Staying connected with JOY matters. I have found that reading inspirational stories and insights around joy greatly increases my joy factor. I have also found that sharing some of my best tools and techniques for keeping JOY alive are useful and helpful. I created the JOY beat to provide a fun and joyful blog for you. In addition, it’s a way for you to keep up to date with all the happenings in our Life Full of JOY world. Don’t miss a beat-sign up today!
On an early morning walk, I saw something that brought tears to my eyes. It was roughly 6:00 AM and dark outside, that cozy winter darkness. A truck I recognized pulled up to one of the houses that I walk by often. The gentleman getting out carefully took out a
I was recently working with a client who was making a BIG decision. As we continued exploring throughout her session, it became clear that she struggled with three key things: We have three conversations (maybe more) going on all the time. The one in our head, the one with other
On a recent flight, I was finally able to watch the movie, It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a movie based on the inspiring work and life of Fred Rogers. If you haven’t seen the movie, you can decide whether to read this blog before you watch it. If
It’s that time when we capture all the amazing things we experienced in 2025 and get intentional about our 2026! As I reflect on this past year, I am aware that now, more than ever, we must embrace all of the experiences-not just the amazing ones. Every single experience provides
I can’t help myself. Call it inspiration of the season or the number of hours I could spend in front of a glowing Christmas Tree, but I HAVE to talk about Christmas lights! Christmas Lights are all around us in December. Many people put them on trees, they are hung
You get to pick the word that comes after “becoming” for today’s blog because at the core of our conversation together, it’s about the concept of not chasing something but rather becoming it. I invite you to step back from that for a minute. How many times have we “chased”
