When facing unpleasant circumstances, how can we have joy anyway? Today's guest, Joy Coach Robin Shear, shares how we can use joy in messy or even hopeless life situations to overcome and flourish despite them.

Robin Shear is a keynote speaker, joy coach and new author of Messy Joy: How Joy Can Begin Before Your Difficulties End (which went to #1 on Amazon's New Releases in Christian Self-Help). Robin shares her personal journey of seeking ways to serve others in a series of helping occupations. As one career came to a close, she prayed about whether she had failed. The Lord showed her that joy had woven itself through all of her previous work and led her to become a joy coach.

Shear reveals how we can apply joy to the most hopeless struggles. She differentiates between "fluffy" joy and true joy, noting the difference between joy and happiness. Joy transforms our approach to recovery. Integrating joy with our goals makes the journey possible.

We discuss how love is integral to joy and vital to therapy.

Robin describes joy as a lasting and crucial thing. She explains the compelling need to share true joy. Robin clarifies how her use of #feelgood is not encouraging selfishness, but becoming better able to bless others.

Shear defines joy as a collective and communal feeling of goodness.

Shear lists the following steps toward living with the power of joy:

• Believe joy is possible 
• Embrace yourself as deserving of joy without having to earn it. 
• Identify what inspires and uplifts you
• Seek and implement sources of joy, customized to your needs

Shear notes that coaching and therapy help trace the origins of struggles with receiving joy.

We discuss how to plug joy into daily life. Joy shapes how we live more than what we do.

Robin defines the benefits and details of living with gratitude as a key to joy.

Connect with Robin Shear on social media at joycoachrobin or on her website at https://joytotheworldcoaching.com/. For free questions related to her new release, Messy Joy, visit joytotheworldcoaching/messyjoyquestions.

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