everwell Thoughts on Joy
By the entire everwell team
Registered Psychotherapists & Registered Social Workers
Spark some JOY
As another tough year approaches it’s end, we wanted to use this platform to make room for joy.
That’s why we asked the everwell team on their perspectives and experiences with joy; what it is and how to find it.
“Joy isn’t just found at the top of the mountain when we’ve finished our journey and are enjoying the view. Joy can be found in the plains - the day-to-day, the mundane, the boring. True joy is finding contentment in the little things.” - Brittany Barratt, RP
“Big things don’t have to happen for joy to be there.
Look for joy in the small moments of your day” - Marlena Damone, RP(Q)
“A burst of pleasure, unexpected and fleeting - joy is sparkles catching the light; like finding a jewel among a sea of stones.” - Nikki Wilson, Student Therapist
“We do ourselves a great disservice when we don’t stop and notice
the simple joys in the everyday.” - Hailey Ingram, RP
“When we make room for joy, we make room for everything. Creating space for one emotion creates space for all emotions.” - Carly Fleming, RP
“A sense of joy chosen and integrated into one’s being can be a frame that carries all
experiences, a lens that colours all life.” - Mikaela Gossmann-Bond, RP(Q)
And some quotes that spark JOY in our own lives…
“Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary” - Brene Brown.
“Joy is pleasure accompanied by the idea of something past, which has had
an issue beyond our hope.” - Spinoza
“Let your joy be in your journey - not in some distant goal.” - Tim Cook
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving
in you, a joy.” - Rumi
Find your JOY
We hope that something above resonated with you. Some ember of joy that has been fanned.
We wish you all a joyful and peaceful holiday season. May you sparkle.
- the everwell team
Looking for some support?
If stress is starting to make it hard to enjoy your life and you’d like some help unpacking what’s going on, we want to help. We offer counselling and psychotherapy at various price points to try to make therapy as accessible to as many people as possible. Learn more about Affordable Therapy here.
When you’re ready, we can help.
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