Oh BLISS! Anirban journaling dad JOY. We’re eating delicious donuts and dopamine dressing.

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Joy Part 1: This week’s podcast covers how the feeling of joy comes in many shapes and sizes as well as many types of pizza slices! Bliss can come from brown bread fresh from the oven or a drum beat, guitar lick or jazz notes. We chat about our mother tongues and how joy is often associated with childhood pleasures and memories. Parenting joy or parenting grind? How Anirban has become a more emotionally intelligent parent. Present moment awareness is where joy truly lives. We access joy via our our five senses; through smells, tastes, sounds, tastes and of course sights. Are you aware of your fleeting moments of bliss with others or with nature? Joy allows us to connect the dots creatively and relationally. How positive emotions can lift us up, to feel SO BRILLIANT. Joy and the flow state are connected (see previous podcast on pride for flow state info). Joy also is a motivator and increases our self-confidence. Activism and protesting can be pleasureful and blissful. Joy can be found in minimalism and tidying and organising. Mary Ellen has been dopamine dressing since 1990, or even before with her mum’s clothes, which brings her daily joy. Try a mindful moment with your favourite CUPPA or a teddy shower with your kids! Resources: Soul film by Pixar Disney Song of The Sea (in Irish Amhrán na Mara) 2014 by Cartoon Saloon by Tomm Moore Amelie 2001 French film Motherland TV series written by Sharon Horgan BBC Redefining Feminism - Masterclass with Gloria Steinem et al. Mad Men HBO series - Don Draper lead character Feeling Myself by Nicki Minaj featuring Beyoncé Less is Now by The Minimalists on Netflix Books: Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and other Irish words for Nature by Manchán Magan Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Jon Kabat Zinn Emotion Coaching by John and Julie Gottman Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown Spark Joy by Marie Kondo