Smiles and Joy: Recent Episodes
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Created with the intent to spread as many Smiles and as much Joy as possible. Please pass it on and it will come back around and brighten your world! Happiness is a choice, and we have the power to act on it. But to truly appreciate and understand Joy and Happiness in our life, we need to embrace and learn from all of life's hurdles and pitfalls. Smiles and Joy is a podcast to have discussions about what brought about a Smile or some Joy into your life and the lessons we learn from everyday interactions. We hope our podcast and Happy Trinkets store, found on smilesandjoy.com, will inspire, motivate and encourage others to remember the power of a smile. Not just for others, but also for ourselves. "It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift." - Dalai Lama XIV
Sharing my thoughts on the different steps in the pain process and how the power of a genuine smile can help ease the pain. This is the third broadcast and 3 is my favorite number, so I think this will be a charm!!!
I shout out to my lovely friend Marie and get to reference some amazing people today - #brenebrown #susancain #drphil - that have influenced me in my thought process with pain and healing. I also share some fun facts about the power of a smile and the benefits you may not even realize comes with a true smile!
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I wanted to start to unveil some of the past trauma that changed my world and a bit of insight into how I was feeling then versus now as well as how I tried to change my way of dealing with the situation.
We all have many little things that come together to make up who we are and how we process and look at the world. And more than likely we all have a few big moments that are largely defining and influential to who we become. How we deal with a life defining situation is incredibly important and the sooner we learn coping techniques and the power of positivity, the better the healing.
We are all human and we are all different. We all are affected differently by situations. Our coping mechanisms and positive thought processes will differ and we all matter. Let's try and do less judging and more listening and sharing.
** I would love to hear your story or pass on a great story to the listeners of Smiles and Joy. Please contact me if you would like to share the story and how you or someone you know found ways to cope and how you find the strength to choose a smile even through the pain.
Smiles,
Joy
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WELCOME!!!
So grateful to get to share this passion project of mine with the world! Please bear with me on this first episode ever as I'm not a professional, I am just speaking from the heart. I'm a real, flawed human that has found great appreciation for the love and positivity in life, despite going through some devastation and hard times. I want to talk about the obstacles, pain and hardships we have faced in life and how we get through them with positive thoughts, discovering what will help us cope, heal and strengthen us along the way.
Inspiration for this podcast has been found along many steps in my personal journey. One inspiration I found is The Book of Joy by the Dahli Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. They spell out that to truly appreciate and understand joy, you must endure hardship. I would add that it isn't a question of must, but when, as we all will endure hardship. Hardships will take many different forms and will be different for everyone, but it is inevitable. How we choose to react, process and handle the hardship is what is key.
Looking forward to good talks with people that have amazing stories of hardship and their methods of working through the pain, what positive lessons they learned, how they use it going forward and how they are doing now.
**Side note: My sense of humor absolutely loves that my first podcast is being published on April Fool's Day - Love it!!!
Smiles,
Joy
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