3 Soulful Ways to Invite More Joy Into Your Life
Let’s talk about joy. Not the fleeting, Instagram-worthy kind. But the kind that rises from within—quietly, powerfully, and often in the most unexpected places.
Joy, in its truest form, isn’t something we chase. It’s something we remember.
Something we create space for, even when life is messy, uncertain, or unfolding in ways we didn’t plan.
So in honor of International Happiness Day, I wanted to offer a few simple, soul-centered ways to reconnect with your own joy—especially if you’ve been feeling a little disconnected, heavy, or stuck in the noise of “doing.”
Here Are Three Gentle Practices To Reconnect With Your Joy
1. Anchor into the Now (Even if It’s Imperfect)
We spend so much time trying to get somewhere else—a better version of ourselves, a different chapter, the next goalpost.
But joy lives in the now—in the sip of your morning tea, the way sunlight spills across your floor, or the moment you take a full breath and feel your body soften.
Try this: Pause for 30 seconds today. Hand on heart. Deep breath in.
Ask yourself: What is beautiful about this moment—even if nothing is perfect?
Joy doesn’t need perfection. It just needs your presence.
2. Tend to Your Inner Landscape
Happiness often starts in the quiet places we rarely tend to—our thoughts, our stories, the parts of us still trying to prove, hustle, or earn our worth.
The truth is, you don’t have to fix yourself to feel joy. But you may need to soften.
You may need to rewire the old beliefs that tell you joy is something you’ll earn once everything else is done.
One of the practices I use with my clients in my Rise & Thrive coaching program is inner rewiring—gently reshaping the mental and emotional patterns that have kept joy at arm’s length.
What would it feel like to believe that joy is your birthright—not a reward?
3. Create Soul-Space for What Lights You Up
Joy needs room to breathe.
Whether it’s dancing in your kitchen, making art, walking barefoot in nature, or simply saying no to something that drains you—give yourself permission to do the things that feed your spirit.
We are so good at tending to others. But what would happen if you poured some of that care into yourself?
Maybe today is the day you start.
A Gentle Reminder, You Deserve Joy—Not Just Survival
This world can be heavy, especially now. I get it. But I want to remind you that within you, there is a well of light that can never be extinguished.
Happiness doesn’t mean bypassing your pain—it means allowing your heart to expand wide enough to hold both the grief and the beauty. The ache and the aliveness. Because when we can find the joy in the messiness that’s when deep, transformational healing begins!
So, on this International Happiness Day, I invite you to choose one small thing that reconnects you to joy. Not later, but today.
You don’t need to earn your way to it. You just need to come home to it.