A Queer Personal Trainer’s take on Joy — Church of Sweat
I use the term joy a lot and I wanted to take a second to get clear on how I am defining it. The majority of my thoughts here are inspired by the indomitable Brene Brown whose work I adore. SO. The key is to separate out happiness and joy as they are often used interchangeably but can mean different things. For our purposes, happiness is based on circumstance and etymologically, happy first meant lucky, favoured by fortune or in an advantageous circumstance. Happy. Joy on the other hand, cultivated through attention, vulnerability (the conscious kind) and gratitude is more a state of being than anything related to outside good fortune. https://www.churchofsweat.ca/blog-1/za8nl2iftcba2zbqj2dgu6rvtr7x4y-yf9my