The Effects of Joy on Our Health (S5 E14)

Last Updated on August 19, 2023 by Michelle

In this episode with author Chris Coursey, we dig deep into the beneficial impacts of joy on our health and offer lots of practical encouraging tips and tricks for encouraging a joyful attitude.

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I thoroughly enjoyed sitting down and chatting with author CHRIS COURSEY, about a topic that has always been more difficult for my than most… fostering joy.

The Effects of Joy on Our Health

In this episode:

How being joyful requires practice, not unlike learning to play an instrument
An example of training the brain to have positive thoughts in place of negative thoughts
How your brain needs fuel and if joy isn’t the fuel, fear will be
What fear mapping is, and when and how it happens in your brain
How can we be equipped to “stay ourselves” even when things get hard?
Studies about how children react to their environment when their brain is fear mapped
What happens to cortisol levels and brain growth after just 6 minutes of negative thoughts.
How high-energy joy and low-energy rest are two sides of the same coin and both are necessary
Why at only 2-3 months of age infants can amplify joy
Why 9-month-old infants can build joy for 8 hours every day
How lack of joy leads to harmful addictions
The ages of joy-peaks of growth throughout a lifetime, when we are most receptive to joy and it impacts us the deepest
Why the teenage brain is hard to quiet down and why praise and relationship is so important during teen years
The 4 Habits of a Joy-Filled Life
How these simple habits can alleviate panic attacks
How to recalibrate your nervous system so it runs on joy, in only minutes a day

More About Chris Coursey:

CHRIS COURSEY, co author of The 4 Habits of Joy-filled People is an ordained minister, pastoral counselor, published author, and international speaker. He and his wife, Jen, lead and design the THRIVE Training Program that uses brain-based exercises to train leaders, families, and communities in the 19 relational skills and the Immanuel Lifestyle. Chris is passionate about helping people acquire the skills to make relationships work.

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