How To Hold More Happiness And Break Free From Old Patterns

Why do we pull back when joy expands within us? Many of us have an invisible limit on how much happiness we allow ourselves to feel before guilt or self-sabotage creeps in. We downplay success, create unnecessary struggles, or convince ourselves we don’t deserve ease. This talk explores how to recognize and expand that limit, so we can hold more joy, lead with presence, and show our children that happiness is not something to fear—it’s something to embrace.

Reviews

Thank you for sharing so vulnerably! You made me think of a talk by Brené Brown in which she pointed out that joy is the most vulnerable feeling we can access.
I do sit with one question, however. I wonder why success takes center stage towards the end? What happened to your initial focus on joy and healing in its own right? How do you define success? Our Western understandings of success have a very individual framing, and I believe our times call for a conscious unlearning and reframing of that. I believe much indigenous wisdom has been lost and that an important step as a parent is to look into not only our intimate layers of self-narration, but also the collective dominant narratives. They are so intertwined.
Thank you again for sharing this important talk on grief as a portal to joy ❤️