Joy after trauma can feel like someone offering you a cupcake at a funeral. Kind of inappropriate. Kind of infuriating. Kind of… appealing?  And yet - joy is part of healing. Not the last step. Not the “reward.” A tool.&
✨ NEW SERIES: Book Secrets. (Or, Book Writing Behind the Scenes) ✨⁠ ⁠ Book writing can seem like a really mysterious process, and we've got all sorts of myths around what it looks like. I’ve been wanting to peel back the curtain on all of it -
It was great participating in a workshop with Dr. Dachner Keltner on healing from trauma through awe and joy! I’ve long been an admirer of his research on awe and its impact on the human brain. As for me, I talked all about those nasty joy thie