 I’m currently writing this from my villa in Bali which is a miracle in the making. I thought I’d share a bit about how this magical experience unfolded for me. It’s as if I am living a dream of experiencing what’s possible! Everyday seeing life with fresh eyes. Seeing and FEELING the amazing, luscious aliveness of Nature in a way I’ve never quite experienced before and pinching myself to confirm this is for real! Some like to call me a great manifester. Let me share how I see this. First, it’s not unique to me and it’s not a technique as some would advocate. it’s understanding how we have all been designed to be creative beings. To know that we are all much more than what we’ve been led to believe and all of us are part of something much larger than ourselves.  It’s more like just noticing the nudges that we all get from our innate wisdom, without needing to figure it all out via our intellect. It’s noticing and allowing. What do I mean about allowing? Allowing is a space of non-resistance. It's noticing what is, what’s showing up for us in the present moment and not having any resistance to what is. It’s more about being curious and enjoying the space of “being” vs “doing”. Okay, so how in the world did I land in Bali?!? Let me start at the beginning. I was hit with a desire for another adventure which had everything to do with getting out of the winter months here in Bend, Oregon. In my recent past, I’ve had my fill of winter with living another lifetime (over 20 + years) in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan. My favorite joke I like to share is about the extreme winters in the UP. We have 9 months of winter and 3 months of poor sledding! My growing desire for adventure expanded to include creating another magical JOYRIDE experience, similar to the one I had a few years back when I traveled in my Roadtrek camper across the country for a year and out of Michigan’s winter. Yearning for warmth and SUN and out of winter here in Bend, Oregon, it became crystal clear that all roads pointed to sunny Arizona. For the last several years, I have been dreaming of “someday” having another Roadtrek Camper, as my previous JOYRIDE was in a Roadtrek camper. January arrived and I was realizing the timing of obtaining a Roadtrek camper and getting out of winter was going to be delayed. What I didn’t realize was the Universe was conspiring on my behalf with a much better plan, one that was beyond my imagination of possibilities and it arrived by an intriguing invitation.  There was a series of related events that happened and it’s only when I look back, did I see all the connecting dots, following my nudges and being at the right place at the right time. I was at a June Solstice event which included meeting Denise Byron, an amazing astrologist from Ashland. Denise shared with us the significance of the Solstice and was very generous in gifting everyone a reading after the event. As life happens, her offer was delayed by several months due to family issues. I waited patiently, and in November I received a reading from her which was amazing. After the reading, I requested to be on her mailing list and to be kept in the loop regarding any future events. The timing of this is key and now I understand the significance for the delay in receiving my reading from her. The very first email I received from Denise was an invitation to join her weekly podcast, The Cosmic Cauldron. I joined the podcast and it just so happened that she featured the two guests, Christine and Kathy, who were leading the upcoming retreat, “Magic and Meaning” in Bali in January. They gave an amazing presentation and mentioned if anyone was interested to fill out the interest form on their website, as there might be one or two spaces left. My response was “oh heck yeah - I’m in” and filled out their form. As December approached, I didn’t hear back from them and thought they had filled their retreat. In mid-December, I was contacted and invited to join them. I was able to take the last spot (#10, and yes that’s my number) and so that’s how this miracle unfolded. I’m here and feeling beyond blessed. And there’s more to the story, as I had several weather obstacles to overcome to be here which is also part of this miracle. I would be remiss if I didn’t say that a big factor here was that I was not attached to the details. I knew that I would one way or another have a winter escape plan, and I wasn’t attached to “the how” it was going to unfold.  This amazing experience reminded me of the importance of letting go of trying to make things happen and to remember that this infinite intelligence behind all life, which we are all a part of, often has a much greater plan on offer for us than what we could ever imagine.
Creating a space of allowing is where the magic is. When we don’t fill up every free moment with busyness, we create space for something new to come in. In a quieter mind, we are more likely to experience calm and a greater sense of well-being. It's in this state of mind, of clarity and greater sense of well-being, that intriguing ideas, insights, nudges, and curiosity helps us see things differently and with more ease. If anything here resonates with you or you’d like to learn more, let’s connect! I would love to have a conversation with you.
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 Joy's Lifelong Journey Joy continues to be a life-long learner who is passionate about deeply listening and guiding others toward their innate wellbeing. She has been studying this psychological/spiritual understanding for several decades and is very appreciative of all her teachers and mentors who have supported her on this path. To learn more about how this was pivotal in her life, you can click the link to her blog article, The Missing Piece. Educational Career Joy’s career has been in Education where she worked for Michigan State University Extension and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension as an Educator for over 23 years with a focus on children, youth, and family programming. She enjoyed facilitating leadership training programs for adults and teens at the county level as well as state-wide and internationally. Current Endeavors Currently, she enjoys facilitating women’s groups, and coaching individuals. She has recently completed certification as a Rewilding Guide and as an Eden Method Practitioner based on Donna Eden’s work in Energy Medicine. Joy is a proud mother to her daughter Lindsay and her son Aaron, and enjoys time with her adorable granddaughters, Eula and Ruby. In her free time, she enjoys swimming, hiking, dancing, camping, exploring nature, reading, and traveling the world.   Welcome to Joy of Well Being.
The Importance of Health and Well-being I can’t think of a more important topic that has everything to do with our relationships, our career, our clarity, and our level of happiness than our own health and mental well-being. Let me share a story of how this journey started for me and how it’s become my life and soul’s purpose to share this with others. Seeking the Missing Piece From a very early age, I’ve been a seeker, a seeker who was on a mission to finding a missing piece. There was a feeling that I was missing something or a sense of emptiness, and I was determined to find out what that was. Clearly, I am thankful for this journey, and I’ve often wondered had I been raised by conscious, loving parents, I might not know what I know now, and possibly might have missed this amazing journey all together. I have realized for some time, that my parents did the best they could with their level of well-being and their understanding of life. I am thankful for their desire to have a 2nd child and bring me into the world and name me JOY! Discovery of the 3 Principles So, back to my endless searching for that missing piece. The search led me to read a plethora of self-help books which led me to learning healing techniques such as transcendental meditation, hypnotherapy, healing touch, reiki, therapy, NLP, Louise Hay’s workshop, “You Can Heal Your Life”, and numerous other techniques and workshops. I was super motivated to find out what was lacking within me, and very determined to figure this life out, and get it “right”. This endless journey was a large part of my formative years, until about age 45. As I like to say, “the Universe conspires on our behalf” and it was no accident that I was introduced to this understanding known as the 3 Principles through my mentor, Dicken Bettinger. Dicken had the great fortune to learn directly from Sydney Banks. Calling the Search Off On a deep level, I learned that each of us have the same amount of wisdom and innate health within us, and it’s how we each have been divinely designed. To say this understanding has been life changing to me is a huge understatement! What’s been pivotal for me, is the realization that I’m not broken, lacking, or not needing to be fixed and we have everything we need within. This insight was huge for me which meant that I could call the search off. With this new insight, I realized I was no longer missing anything. I wasn’t missing that piece I was looking for that seemed so real for so many decades! As my understanding deepened, I also saw that our personal growth is already inherent in our divine design, and since that is true, I didn’t need to come from a place of lack to work on myself. The important distinction is to continue to learn and grow for the sake of pure enjoyment and not coming from a mindset that I’m not good enough, worthy, or needing to improve myself. What continues to be life changing, is my deepening of this understanding and realizing that life is living me. It’s knowing my essential nature and that I’m guided by my wisdom all the time. Answers to problems come effortlessly to me when I’m not trying to figure things out or by analysis or by problem solving. Living Life with Ease Ideas, insights, and inspiration come through a clarity of mind, which has everything to do with our state of well-being. This way of living life has a feeling of effortlessness as well as freedom. Many others, including me, have wished that they had known this understanding earlier in their lives as we know what a difference it has made in our lives. An Invitation to Explore with Me If you’re curious as to how you might live your life with more joy and less stress, I invite you to have a conversation with me. Take the next step in your personal transformation and schedule a time via my calendar that works for you to have a free discovery call. We will meet over a zoom and see if we’re a good fit and whether we would like to work together. I am looking forward to having a conversation with you!  At the beginning of 2022, I was aware of some old and conditioned thinking that had resurfaced which included thinking I needed to have a plan as to what I wanted to achieve in the new year ahead. This old thinking appeared with some pressure and of course more thinking (that appears so real) that is exactly what successful people do. I was aware that I had feelings that where I was, was not quite good enough, like one always needs to be yearning for “more’. As if my success in life was contingent upon having a plan otherwise nothing worthwhile could happen without a plan and SMART goals. This scenario goes along with the saying, “that if you don’t know where you’re going then any road can take you there.” I now say hogwash!
Getting caught up in my thinking was what I realized what was happening and noticing when I’m in a low mood, it’s easy to get tricked into believing my thinking. Like there’s only way to be successful. In truth, there are many ways, not one “right” way. Noticing my state of mind is a key to understanding where I am regarding my own well-being. Learning to let my thoughts go, without giving them energy or focus, they will just pass on their own. Also, I was reminded to not believe everything, I think. Since taking a deeper dive into the 3 Principles for the last several years, this planning thing has taken an about face, or should I say a paradigm shift. I’ve been seeing more and more that there’s another way to creating in my life. I know that there’s far more on offer in life than I ever knew. I know that life is living through me and that I’m guided in every moment or every step of the way as I’ve learned to trust my wisdom. I’ve become more comfortable in the not knowing, or the mystery of life which frees my mind up to just enjoy what is. From that state of mind, I focus on having a good feeling and that I always have full access to the creative energy behind all life. What’s on offer for each of us is this: we are connected to what’s called Universal Intelligence, Source, Divine Intelligence, which is the energy behind all life. This energy or intelligence behind all life flows through me, you, and everything on this planet. It’s pulsing through our veins right now. It’s the energy that beats our heart, helps us breathe, digests our food, and so much more. This infinite intelligence guides us whether we realize it or not. Since knowing about this connection to Universal Intelligence, my life has unfolded in the most amazing and often magical ways. Unknowingly, I found myself willing to give up the illusion of control and surrender to life as if I was taking my hands off the steering wheel. Surrendering to this greater power and knowing that I am going to be okay no matter what’s going on in my external environment. This deep knowing and trust became so evident for me when I set out on my JoyRide without a plan other than getting out of another Michigan winter. Leaving space for the unknown, embracing the mystery, and trusting that things will naturally unfold proved itself to me over and over so much so that my JoyRide turned out to be an amazing magical year. Learning to trust my wisdom also includes paying attention as to what sparks my joy. Paying attention to clues that show up as emotions, intuition, or what naturally lights me up is a way that I have learned to create my life. This approach to life is a more heart-centered, creative way to living my life vs navigating from my intellect. Are you ready to live your life with more creativity, greater ease and less stress? If you’re just slightly curious or very curious about the potential for change: Let’s connect. I can help. Contact me via my website: Joyofwellbeing.org |
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