The Awesome Human Podcast: Finding microjoys even when life is challenging – with Cyndie Spiegel

September 11, 2023

How can you find joy when life is challenging? Can joy and sadness sit side by side?
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In this inspiring conversation, Nataly talks with Cyndie Spiegel, author of Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay, about the choice we all can make at any moment: to access joy, even when life is difficult.
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What you’ll learn:

The concept of microjoys and how to find more microjoys in your days
Getting rid of the binary mindset around sadness and joy (you can choose to feel both!)
How joy can be powerful fuel when you’re going through grief or hardship (and why you should never feel guilty about it)
Why we don’t owe anyone our suffering but can give them the gift of empathy and possibility of joy by our own practice

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And much more!

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