How can we live our best lives in the face of seeming adversity and still think about raising our joy quotient? One way is to think about how we relate to less than ideal interpersonal situations. If we’re not harboring unrealistic expectations View Post
Your SUCCESS lies in your Future
I do a lot of workshops teaching about gratitude and I also do workshops on vision boarding/envisioning your best life all around, in a variety of venues and with different groups and ages. One thing I notice time and again is that everyone has View Post
Creative Adventures in Cursive Writing for Kids
Do you write your letters to others or take notes in cursive, or are you like most people who take notes on your phone? Do you ever bemoan the lost art of cursive writing and all the fun you had making loops and artsy connected letters? Many View Post
Flipping Your Circuit Breaker to JOYFUL
Recently I gave a speech on the power of positivity while living with spondylitis to the Spondylitis Association of America and it was a wonderful occasion in my life. This is a great organization and a real asset to those who are living with either View Post
Gratitude Outside my Window | The Gratitude Mural
On any given day lately, I can look outside my sliding glass patio doors and see the GRATITUDE mural that was recently painted on the side of a store on my block. It’s beautiful, full of colorful flowers, pastel panels and adorned with a huge View Post
Help Ease the Blues in Little Ways
I am a very upbeat and positive person. But I too have days when its a struggle to pull myself out of my blue mood and back into the light. I don’t know if this is universal, but I’ve had lots of people tell me they can relate to that feeling over View Post
Send Forth JOY: Using Card Therapy to Brighten Others’ Days
It was a wonderful 5th Annual Celebrate Life Soiree in our new house. And though it wasn’t a card writing themed event, since I’ve seen the very real power of cards, thank you notes and what messages of connection and gratitude sent to others can do View Post
Spring Forward Towards the Positive! Raising your Joy Quotient
It's the start of a new week and the clocks just shifted to spring us all forward in our lives. I'm sure a lot of us are thinking about the new week and all that we'd like to do and how we'd like to be and I'm no different. At the beginning of View Post
And So it Begins…
Welcome to Joyfestivalindustries.com, where the aim is to help you to find ways to incorporate more happiness and joy and positivity and upbeat vibes into your life! As a way to adjust, deal or healthfully cope with many things in life, I've always View Post