hey, asparagus stalk.

a couple years ago i dreamed up the idea of joygenjune — an invitation to focus on all the things that bring us joy — to honor, prioritize, and nurture what lights us up so very bright

one, because it feels good + we’re ALLOWED to do it because it feel’s good

two, because i want to live in a world that normalizes joy in our lives + businesses

where we act from joy + love rather than fear or hate

where we stop feeling guilty or unworthy + start embracing the beauty that guides us + thrives within us

at the time, i posted a bit about it but didn’t take it next level

between low bandwidth + other responsibilities, joygenjune didn’t take off beyond that

last year i don’t think i even mentioned it

but that doesn’t mean we give up

what happened with joygenjune is what happens with so many of our joyful pursuits —

life gets in the way

until we make it a PART of our life

which is something i’ve been doing, and something i want YOU to do, too

while i love my regular quiet joy practices, i think we can ALL stand to show some big ass love to what lights us up —

to prioritize + proclaim it

to celebrate + grow it

so i’m going to devote this month to JOY — mine, yours, and joy for the collective

i’ll be offering a variety of ways for you to work with your joy, and i hope you’ll joy/n me in generating more joy in our life + biz

today marks 24 years since my dad passed away. next year when i turn 50, he’ll have been gone a full half of my life

i had big plans for work today, and i’ve already accomplished a LOT

and now, i’m going to let my joy lead the way by giving myself some space to spend a little soul time with him

not sure what i’ll do, but we’ll be doing it together

though starting with loss might not necessarily be the most obvious choice to kick off this joygenjune, it reminds me of something a dear friend, client, mentor + colleague often tells me:

it’s easy to claim joy in the good times. we want to know how you do it when it’s tough

and here’s one answer to that…

you just do it

you refuse to participate in the cultural dogma that insists you need to earn joy, that joy isn’t always appropriate, that you need to suffer when in pain

you dare to be messy + uncomfortable, to walk under the weight of competing truths —

that you are sad, mad, scared or brokenhearted

and that you are STILL allowed to see joy + seek joy, to experience it amidst grief + tough times

you let it look incomplete + feel fuzzy

and you let it heal you in real time

stay tuned, bloom

xxoo, cc

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