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One holiday week, a client, estranged from her adult children said she 'couldn't find joy.' As sometimes happens a completely unrelated vision leapt into my head, my beautiful cousin Joy-Ann, and then a gleeful irreverent statement came out of my mouth (so much for being intentional), in direct opposition to my client's sad admission, I blurted out, 'Well Joy is out there you need to go find her!' The following week my client reported, 'You were right, I found Joy and she was everywhere, all I had to do was look for her.' Joy and happiness are not out of our reach sometimes all we need to do is look or them.
Find joy, meaning, connection, and fulfillment—Be awake to the moment.
Stop waiting for joy to find you.
Learn the skills you need to finding joy each day.
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BE OPTIMISTIC: FINDING MOMENTS OF JOY
A Short Course in Learning to Notice What Is Still Good
Optimism is not believing that everything will turn out perfectly.
It is refusing to let difficulty become the only thing you are able to see.
Our brains are remarkably good at detecting problems.
That ability helped human beings survive.
But it can also create a life in which the unfinished task,
disappointing interaction, frightening possibility, and thing
that went wrong receive far more attention than the
dozens of moments that were perfectly okay—or even good.
Be Optimistic: Finding Moments of Joy is not about
pretending life is wonderful when it is not.
It is not toxic positivity.
It does not ask you to deny grief, fear, anger,
injustice, disappointment, or hardship.
Instead, this short course explores our ability to
deliberately notice experiences of goodness
alongside what is difficult.
A warm cup of coffee.
A dog delighted to see you.
A beautiful sky.
Music.
A funny conversation.
A task completed.
A horse quietly breathing beside you.
Someone who checked in.
A moment when your body felt comfortable.
Something you learned.
A little progress.
Joy often arrives in very small packages.
If we only recognize happiness when life is extraordinary,
we may miss much of the happiness actually available to us.
What You’ll Practice
In this short course, you will practice how to:
Optimism Is Not “Everything Will Be Fine”
Sometimes everything is not fine.
People get sick.
Relationships end.
Plans fail.
Loss occurs.
Optimism does not require lying to yourself.
Realistic optimism says:
“This is difficult—and difficulty is not necessarily the entire story.”
It leaves room for possibility.
Your Attention Shapes Your Experience
What we repeatedly look for becomes easier to notice.
If our attention scans exclusively for problems, the world begins to appear made entirely of problems.
We can train attention to become more balanced.
Not:
“Ignore what is wrong.”
But:
“Also notice what is right.”
Both belong to reality.
Joy Is Often Small
We sometimes postpone happiness until something enormous happens.
The vacation.
The relationship.
The promotion.
The perfect house.
Retirement.
But most human life occurs between those events.
Joy often happens in minutes.
Notice them.
That is not trivial.
Those moments accumulate into a life.
Savor Before Moving On
Positive experiences are often brief partly because
we barely stop to experience them.
Something tastes wonderful.
A friend makes us laugh.
We see something beautiful.
Then immediately:
What’s next?
Savoring simply means allowing the good experience
a little more attention before moving away from it.
Stay ten seconds longer.
Notice.
Let it register.
Gratitude and Pain Can Coexist
Gratitude should never become:
“Other people have it worse, so I shouldn’t feel bad.”
You can be grieving and grateful.
Afraid and appreciative.
Angry and still capable of seeing beauty.
Emotion does not have to be either/or.
A psychologically rich life has room for many truths at once.
Who Is This Short Course For?
This course may be especially useful if you:
Optimism is not closing your eyes to darkness.
It is remembering to look around long enough
to notice where the light still gets in.
Courses will vary in length. However you will have lifetime access to the courses you have purchased.
Yes. Although under extenuating circumstances some leeway can occur. Given the group is on-line it would be rare that someone would need to miss it due to lack of access.
We recommend that you complete the One to One(s) within the weeks you are attending the group.
The courses are individually priced. You can find the cost on the individual course landing page if you access the course directly from the main menu. The individual course only price is found on the All Courses page.
Every search for joy begins with one intentional step. If you're ready to stop waiting for joy and start finding it, I'd be honored to walk beside you.
Lifetime access to all course materials, Q & A access, Download availability of all course materials, Email Coach Support.
All LEVEL 1 features + 3 Mos. Weekly Skills Group
All LEVEL 1 features + 3 Mos. Weekly Skills Group + 1 Mini One to One Session
All LEVEL 1 features + 3 Mos. Weekly Skills Group + 6 Mini One to One Sessions + 1 Equine Collaborated Coaching Session
All LEVEL 1 features + 3 Mos. Weekly Skills Group + 3 Mini One to One Sessions
All LEVEL 1 features + 3 Mos. Weekly Skills Group-Participant + 3 Mos. Weekly Skills Group-Coach in Training + 9 Mini One to One Sessions + 1 Equine Collaborated Coaching Session