Hey, joyful humans!

Thank you so much for being here.

When was the last time you experimented?

Remember when we would try new things as kids? It didn't work out most times, but when they DID... wow, it felt amazing. It was the joy of trying and achieving.

I thought more about experimenting as an adult and came up with anxious thoughts. They all wrapped around this question,

What if it doesn't work out?

Makes sense, right? As adults, we want the safer option - the things we know will pay off in the end. Lately, I've been leaning into my guaranteed joys and only doing new things I already know won't "waste my time."

The better question to ask myself then, would be,

What if we miss out on new, exciting joy because we stay with the safe things we already know?

It feels like the right season to talk about this idea - I've felt a special energy lately (and I hope you are too) that's asking us to try new things and let ourselves play (the f**k around and find out energy, if you will 😉).

Because, babe, it's okay if things don't work out.

Rewire your perspective from letting an experiment that doesn't work out hurt your feelings, and chalk it up to collecting data. It's a thing that might not have come out the way you wanted it to, but hey, at least you tried.

Key phrase - at least you tried.

What's something you've wanted to try but haven't yet? I know you know it. See if you can do that thing this week and let me know how it goes. 😘

PS - I'm working on a few experiments behind the scenes, but here's one I tried the other day - making a honey-dill chicken bowl for dinner!

It was a 6/10. The cheese wasn't necessary, and I should have either seasoned my chicken or marinated it in honey-dill sauce. I noticed my creativity went wild after I ate it because I immediately thought, "I could try this next time!" and "What if I did this instead?" Action leads to more action, folks. 😉

One more night of Yoga with Dani IRL classes!

Friends, we're at the last class of this Yoga with Dani IRL series! Running these classes has been such a joy, but I'm excited to have one last hurrah before we break and come back with a new offer! Join us for a relaxing evening of relieving body aches, enjoying the company of new friends, and giving back to yourself for a little while.

Song of the Week

Music for a Sushi Restaurant - Harry Styles

Lately, I've been gravitating towards the Harry's House album—it's a really nice album to have on when you want something in the background but don't want another instrumental. This one, in particular, makes me smile because of how fun it is (but be warned, the music video is pretty out there, haha).

Music For a Sushi Restaurant Harry Styles PREVIEW   ​

Find this song and all the others on the ​Joyful Beats playlist​ on Spotify!

Video of the Week

Protein Chat + Mini Egg High Protein Ice Cream

Happy Mini Egg season!! We're chitchatting about how we're making a delicious vanilla Mini Egg high protein ice cream and why you're always hearing "high protein" this and "eat more protein" that.

While you're at it, follow me on Instagram for more fun videos!

Good News Wednesday

Check out the good news around the world! In our fast-paced world, it’s important to remember “the helpers.”

• New Mexico is the first US state to make childcare free! By doing this one thing, it's lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line.
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• Thanks to a group of students and associations, the Eiffel Tower will be inscribed with names of females who have made significant contributions to science! They will join the 72 men who have already been inscribed on the tower since its completion.
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• A simple, cost-effective blood test has been created to help detect Parkinson's before it shows symptoms!​
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• ​A "game-changing" breast cancer pill will be given to those with advanced breast cancer in the UK and Wales to help slow or stop the disease from growing!
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• Scientists in Switzerland have created the first fully biodegradable battery, made from organic materials that can safely break down in weeks!

Find more good news at Good Good Good!​

Book of the Week

​Everything is Tuberculosis - John Green​

I had been excited and ready to read this one for months (as excited as one can be to read about a deadly disease), but I wasn't prepared for the wild information about a disease that we all thought was just a thing of the past. It's not, but we have the chance to learn, and I think John does this in a really accessible way. I hope you find value in it.

Book Synopsis

Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu­manity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.
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In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John be­came fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequi­ties that allow this curable, preventable infec­tious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.
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In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry's story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world--and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.

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