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39. Meditation with Music: Healing the Rejected Self Meditation
We all have pieces of ourselves that we feel are flawed, broken, and that we reject. That rejection keeps us in a stuck place. This meditation helps to bring these stories to the surface so that we can let them go and...
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38. Know Your Obstacles to Joy... Two Small Ones And A Really Big One
In this episode, we're talking about three common roadblocks that stand in the way of our element of sympathetic joy (and joy in general). These three obstacles trick us into feeling like we're always the victim,...
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37. Meditation with Music: Sympathetic Joy Meditation
This meditation is a surprisingly helpful tool to shift mood and perspective. If you're not sure what sympathetic joy is, head to our last episode, number 36, before or after this. But, the short version is that we're...
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36. Eight Billion Quick Tips for Joy
Sympathetic joy may sound like a... funny kind of element. But it is surprisingly powerful. This element encourages us to join in with all the joy that is around us. That means when someone else (like any of the 8...
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35. The Happiness Paradox and Cheering for Your Rivals to Build Joy
How do our elements of joy help us build this internal, infinite supply of joy that is within us? One reason is that we don't focus on happiness here at Joy Lab. Sounds wild, right? That's because of a little thing...
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34. Meditation with Music: Heart-Opening Meditation
In this episode, we're building on what we've discussed in our last few episodes on Gratitude. After a short intro from Aimee, you'll find the Heart-Opening Meditation from Henry. It's a powerful practice to tune into...
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33. Intro to Your Three Meditation/Visualizations
Greetings, everyone! You'll see three special meditations show up soon wherever you listen or watch your Joy Lab podcast. These three meditations will help you work with the elements of gratitude, sympathetic joy, and...
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32. Gratitude in the Wild: Choose Wisely
In this episode, we're talking about the element of Gratitude and the third of our strategies to put it into practice (see the first and second strategies in episodes #30 and #31, respectively). This strategy...
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31. Gratitude in the Wild: Accept What Is
In this episode, we're talking about the element of Gratitude and the second of our strategies to put it into practice (see the first strategy in episode #30). This strategy of "Accepting what is" can be tough....
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30. Gratitude in the Wild: See What Is
In this episode, we're talking about the element of Gratitude. There's a ton of research on gratitude and how powerful it can be for mental health. We'll talk about a really helpful step-by-step strategy that can be...
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29. Backdraft: When Being Good to Yourself Feels Bad
In this episode, Aimee is talking about an interesting obstacle to self-compassion: Backdraft. Just to note, this isn't about the 1991 movie, Backdraft (though who doesn't love a De Niro flick?!). Instead, we're...
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28. Self-Compassion: Remembering You're Not Alone
In this episode, we're talking about self-compassion. We're digging into that third aspect of self-compassion noted by researcher Dr. Kristin Neff, which is: common humanity vs isolation. The essence of this aspect...
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