055 Embodiment Meditation #lioness

It’s Debbie Happy Cohen and Michele Stone here at Joy-Based Living with a special program for you. We would like to invite you to treat yourself to an inner bath of appreciation, personal presence, kindness and honor.
Allow yourself the beauty of experiencing relaxation and aliveness at the same time. You deserve this quality time and attention. This is a great way to fill your cup. Much love. … More 055 Embodiment Meditation #lioness

Cleaning up your inner thoughts for the sake of your inner peace – Episode 29

Podcast Episode 29: Spending more time with yourself during quarantine can bring up lots of different thoughts, including thoughts that aren’t comfortable. In this episode, Michele and I talk about the nature of thoughts, the nature of the mind, and developing inner peace. To access all blog posts and podcasts with Debbie and Michele, just … More Cleaning up your inner thoughts for the sake of your inner peace – Episode 29

Our JBL mission puts words to the JBL Trifecta

Our JBL mission is to make self-awareness easier than ever (12 Practices) self-esteem more beautiful than ever (psychological/ trauma/ self-connection)) self-worth more obvious than ever (spiritual/ metaphysical) outer success more joyful than ever (achievement/ inspiration/ performance) The JBL Trifecta / Venn Diagram offers a great visual for this mission. Debbie Happy Cohen, author and coach, … More Our JBL mission puts words to the JBL Trifecta

A prayer for surrendering feelings of powerlessness, let them be replaced with love

Please pray with me. Thank you. Much love, Happy D For more info about CPTSR/ CPTSD/ codependency/ co-narcissism, just enter any of those terms in the search bar (in the website footer) at https://joybasedliving.com/ Debbie Happy Cohen is a master coach with a graduate degree in counseling. She’s the founder of Joy-Based Living, an online … More A prayer for surrendering feelings of powerlessness, let them be replaced with love

The harm of indifference and the healing power of love #cptsr #cptsd #codependency

If there was a simple healing formula for CPTSR, it would be an embodied experience of: awareness acceptance articulation allowing The body knows how to heal itself. So does the mind. They work in tandem, they are connected at all times. My hope is that by sharing these messages, you will be able to improve … More The harm of indifference and the healing power of love #cptsr #cptsd #codependency

The Big Love in Me and in You – with quote by Louise Hay

If the love in me (or you) wasn’t so big great magnanimous huge plentiful and powerful (like the ocean), then putting the brakes on it (which is what emotional abuse and/ or neglect/ CPTSD/ CPTSR feels like) would not ever hurt. There is always present in each of us a fullness of love longing to … More The Big Love in Me and in You – with quote by Louise Hay

Short Sweet Embodiment Meditation 5-3-19

The purpose of an embodiment meditation is to help center yourself in your body. It’s very helpful to do just prior to engaging a meaningful conversation. You can do the meditation by yourself, or with a person who is about to join you in the conversation. You can even start a meeting with it. It’s … More Short Sweet Embodiment Meditation 5-3-19

Trauma – a personal note from me

Why would anybody – ever – in the history of humankind – put the brakes on their joy – if they hadn’t experienced some kind of trauma?They wouldn’t. Now, some people respond to trauma by repeating the behavior and traumatizing others. Because it’s familiar. Other people respond to trauma by repeating their experience, allowing themselves … More Trauma – a personal note from me

3 metaphors for healing cultural and personal trauma (CPTSD) (CPTSR)

You deserve to swim fast, fly free, run like Secretariat and enjoy your treasure every single day of your life! So many metaphors, so little time!  PENGUINS AND SEAGULLS When I first started the Joy-Based Living conversation and community, I saw us cleaning ourselves and each other of cultural wounds (shame, abandonment, betrayal) the way … More 3 metaphors for healing cultural and personal trauma (CPTSD) (CPTSR)