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Joy Lab | strengthen your mental health with the science of joy — 291 episodes · page 1 of 3
Letting Go of the Need for Closure: Why Life's Biggest Problems Can Only Be Outgrown [292]
Letting Go of the Stories You Tell Yourself: Is It True? Is It Helpful? Is It Kind? [291]
Letting Go of Intrusive Thoughts & Rumination: The Pink Elephant Paradox, The Whac-A-Mole Problem, & Skills That Actually Help [290]
What Are You Holding On To? The Science & Skill of Letting Go [289]
A Mental Health Podcast With No Ads? Why We Refuse Ads & How Joy Lab Keeps Going [288]
Who Are You Trying to Be Enough For? The Psychology of Being Enough & Building Self-Worth [287]
It's OK to Be Wrong: Releasing Perfectionism & Building the Skill of Knowing Enough [286]
Why Doing Enough Is Enough + Why Perfectionism Predicts Burnout, Depression, & Anxiety, Not Performance [285]
Having Enough: Why Acquiring More Will Never Fill the Hole in Your Self-Worth [284]
You Are Enough: The Science and Practices of Enoughness [283]
Manage Energy, Not Time for Better Mood and Mental Health (encore) [282]
Rest Isn't the Opposite of Productivity (stress management tips & burnout recovery for us busy-busy humans) (encore) [281]
Healing Doesn't Have to Feel as Heavy As Hurting: Supporting Mental Health With More Play (encore) [280]
The Power of Play for Depression, Anxiety, & Stress (encore) [279]
Stop Optimizing & Exhausting Yourself and Start Re-Creating [278]
Self-Focused vs. Task-Focused Attention & How Great Things Are Done by a Series of Small Things [277]
Confidence, Motivation, & Values: Focusing on Direction, Not Perfection [276]
You Are Not Your Thoughts: Cognitive Defusion for Confidence & to Change Your Relationship With Self-Critical Thoughts [275]
Building Confidence with Mindful Acceptance (even when anxiety, self-doubt, & the harsh inner-critic show up) [274]
How to Build Confidence (When You Don't Feel Confident Yet) [273]
From Rumination and Defending to Right-Sizing: Recapping the Science & Tips to Build Humility for Mental Health & Wellbeing [272]
Going Beyond Yourself: How Humility Fights Loneliness, Builds Connection, & Protects Mental Health [271]
Check Yourself: Ego Threat, Stress Relief, & Needing to Prove Yourself [270]
Know Yourself: The Humility Practice That Quiets Rumination and Builds Emotional Resilience [269]
Humility Can Be Stressful... And Worth it for Mental Health [268]
You Can't Do Life Alone: Deep Connection is a Key to True Resilience [267]
The Resilience Shortcut That Beats Any Morning TikTok Routine [266]
Not a Fan Of Three Hour Morning Routines? Why Joy Lab Is Different (And Free This May) [265.1]
The Art & Science (+ Shoveling) of Letting Emotions Move Through You [265]
You Are Wired for Resilience: Join the Joy Lab Program Free This Mental Health Awareness Month [264.1]
How to Calm the Mind & Not Feed the ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts) [264]
The Truth About Depression, Anxiety, and Your Inner Strength (Joy Lab's Origin Story) + Joy Lab Free for 30 Days [263.1]
From Surviving to Thriving: The Science and Soul of Resilience [263]
What Are You Doing This For? Breaking Free From Burnout and Joyless Urgency [encore]
Free Joy Lab Program Access + Big Updates: New Elements, New Rhythm, New Experiments [261.1]
Busyness, Time Poverty, & Why You Feel Like You Never Have Enough Time (And What to Do About It) (encore) [261]
Perfectionism Is Stealing Your Balance — Here's How to Take It Back (encore) [260]
Give Your Brain A Break: Solitude & Mindfulness Skills for Stress & Overwhelm [encore] [259]
Self-Improvement Remixed: Renewal Without the Hustle & How to Let Growth Happen [258]
Your Grief Is Valid, Even If It Doesn't Fit a Category or Stage (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 10) [257]
Anticipatory Grief: How to Love Fully When You Know Loss Is Coming (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 9) [256]
You Don't Have to Be There to Feel It: Collective Trauma, Secondary Trauma, & Your Nervous System (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 8) [255]
How Facing the Harm You've Done Can Set You Free [254]
Ancestral Grief, Epigenetics, and Your Mind-Body Connection (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 6) [253]
The Grief of What Should Have Been & The Loss of Not Being Truly Seen (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 5) [252]
We're Wired to Grieve Together: Why Collective Grief Affects Your Mental Health & the Coping Skill of Gathering (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 4) [251]
Grieving the Parts of You That Have Not Known Love & Welcoming Them Back With Self-Acceptance & Self-Love (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 3) [250]
Everything We Love, We Will Lose (Grief Recovery & Healing Series part 2) [249]
Grief, Growth & The Wholeness of Being Human (Holistic Grief Series p.1) [248]
The Science of Goal Setting: Fit (with self-connection) and Grit (with harmonious passion) [247]
The Power of Self-Alignment & Reclaiming Your True Self [246]
Stop Waiting to Accept Yourself: The Truth About Unconditional Self-Acceptance [245]
The Practice of Self-Awareness: Why You're Worth Knowing [244]
Making Self-Connection Your Superpower in 2026 [243]
Joy vs. Happiness: Why Joy Is Your Birthright (And How to Find It in 2026) [242]
From Depression to Joy: Why We Created Joy Lab (And How You Can Help) [241]
The Power of Gathering: Science-Backed Ways to Combat Loneliness Through Group Connection [240]
Caring What Others Think Isn't Your Weakness [239]
Sympathetic Fear vs. Sympathetic Joy: What Are You Tuning Into? [238]
We're Wired to Give, But Are You Giving Too Much? [237]
The Power of Good Enough Parenting & Calling Out Our Moms [236]
Reducing Negative Self-Talk With Illeism (it's a thing!) [235]
Gratitude: Beyond the Hashtags and Eye Rolls [234]
There's More Right With Us Than Wrong With Us (encore) [233]
Facing Pain and Finding Freedom (encore) [232]
Reducing Self-Criticism & Judgment by Recognizing Our Shared Human-ess (encore)
Understanding Ourselves & Others (encore) [230]
Ordinary Human Compassion & Self-Compassion to Improve Mental Health (encore) [ep. 229]
You Belong and Are Connected Meditation (encore) [228]
Self-Love Is Not Narcissism [227]
Self-Love and Finding Light in the Darkness (encore) [226]
Welcome to Love [225]
From FOMO to GOMO: Discovering Freedom and Joy in The Choices We Make [224]
Breaking Free from Pathological Productivity [223]
Are You Stuck in Joyless Urgency? [222]
"The Opposite of Play is Not Work, The Opposite of Play is Depression."
The Still Small Voice: Awakening with Soulfulness [ep. 220]
Follow Your Bliss: Awakening to Joy [ep. 219]
The Road Most Travelled: Awakening Through Suffering [ep. 218]
Embrace Your True Self: Accepted, Connected, & In The Game [ep. 217]
Unmasking Your True Self: Exploring Authenticity and Awe [ep. 216]
Are You Curious to Learn or Confirm? [ep. 215]
Fast-Acting Strategies to Combat Worry and Anxiety [ep. 214]
Worrier? You're Not Alone. Here's Why We Worry... [ep. 213]
How uncertainty & anticipatory anxiety can keep you stressed out & stuck [ep. 212]
What You Need to Know About Hope When You've Lost It [ep. 211]
"I Can't Handle Change" (and how to squash self-limiting beliefs like that one) [ep. 210]
You Are Capable of Radical Change [ep. 209]
When Your Life Passions Become Obsessions (encore) [ep. 208]
Emotional Inertia: Feeling Dull & Disconnected [ep. 207]
Time Poverty & Busyness: Too Busy to Be Well [ep. 206]
Rumination: What It Is And How To Break Free From It [ep. 205]
Understanding Minor Depression And Low Resilience [ep. 204]
Refilling Your Tank and Growing Your Inner Strength [ep. 203]
Do You Push Away The Good Stuff? [ep. 202]
Balance, Perfectionism, & Do-Too-Muchism [ep. 201]
Burnout & Stress Relief Meditation [ep. 200]
Are You Burned Out or Depressed? (encore) [ep. 199]
Unfractured Focus: Mastering the Art of Savoring in a Distracted World [ep. 198]
How Savoring Shifts Your Mood, Mindset, & Behaviors (encore) [ep. 197]