Episode 124: Finding Courage to Celebrate with Nicole Zasowski, M.A. LMFT

The Mattsons sit down with Nicole Zasowski to talk about cultivating joy. Life can be hard. Trauma interferes with our hope. We start to expect the next disappointment or “the next shoe to drop”. Nicole Zasowski, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and author of What If It’s Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate (Thomas Nelson, March 8, 2022), invites us to practice the discipline of celebration. Even the word “discipline” makes Nicole cringe, but she shares the gold she finds on the other side. She opens up about her own losses and how she reached a point of not wanting to miss her God-given life in the throes of her grief. Nicole offers insights to why we struggle with celebration, how joy is really the most vulnerable place we can find ourselves, and how we can stay stuck in the shadows of our stories. Nicole says that the center of our joy determines the satiation of our joy, offering practical ways we can choose rhythms that foster, even double, our joy. Don’t miss this episode! If you like what you hear, make sure you share the link and leave a review!   To connect with Nicole Zasowski, visit: ONLINE - nicolezasowski.com SOCIAL - Facebook - @nicolezasowskiwriter Instagram - @nicolezasowski   BOOKS - From Lost to Found What If It’s Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate     Subscribe to the #living_wholeheartedpodcast anywhere you find your podcasts.   Instagram @TerraMattson @Living_Wholehearted @MyCourageousGirls #living_wholeheartedpodcast #shrinkingtheintegritygap Facebook @MyCourageousGirls @WeAreLivingWholehearted Websites LivingWholehearted.com TerraMattson.com MyCourageousGirls.com MyCourageousBook.com   Resources Shrinking the Integrity Gap (book) Shrinking the Integrity Gap e-Course Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted in Grace (book) Dear Mattsons (youtube series)