Choosing Joy with Chris and Jennifer Coursey
Have you ever wondered what fear was doing to your brain? Are there times when you have felt like you were on a perpetual rollercoaster of hard days? Does it sometimes feel like your days, weeks, months blend together in a cacophony of disappointment, failure, fear, and stress?\xa0\nChris and Jennifer Coursey creators of Thrive Today and the 28 Day Joy Challenge join Jennifer Pepito for an incredible and practical conversation about how to create more joy-filled lives.\xa0\nEpisode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!\nAre you starting to plan for next year's schooling and looking for homeschooling tips?? Check out the Peaceful Press's free\xa0How to Start Homeschooling Booklet.\xa0\nLooking for additional Science and Nature Studies? Check out the Peaceful Press Nature Book Flood. A year round study of God's creation through science experiments, great literature, and exploration of the outdoors.\xa0\nIn this episode\u2013\nWhen we spend time focusing on joyful moments of our day, our brain begins to look for and note those moments more than the bad parts\nCuddling our spouse or our kids releases oxytocin which helps decompress and reduce stress\xa0\nPractical ways to identify negative thought patterns and replace them with joy\nThe importance of choosing what we focus on and our focus's effect on our emotions\nThe 4 Habits of Joy-Filled People by Marcus Warner and Chris Coursey\xa0\nCheck out more books and resources by Chris and Jennifer\nYou can learn more about Jennifer here\u2013\nJennifer's Instagram\nYou can learn more about Chris and Jen here\u2013\nThrive Today\nSome Amazon Affiliate Links.