In this engaging discussion, Rachel Awtrey, author and host of Real Talk with Rachel Awtrey, shares wisdom on finding joy despite life's chaos. She talks about treating joy as a muscle and highlights three types of hard days. Rachel emphasizes the power of asking for help to strengthen friendships and warns against the pitfalls of comparison. Listeners learn practical tips like outdoor meals, grounding exercises, and the importance of adult play to enhance daily joy. Her insights serve as a reminder that small changes can make a big difference.
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Small Interruptions Become A Life Script
Rachel argues we often catastrophize ordinary interruptions because making them dramatic lets us be heroes.
She warns that if we don't change our thinking these rhythms will persist and shape our future life.
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Cayenne, Legos, And The Breaking Point
Rachel ruined a chili batch by accidentally pouring too much cayenne, then hit other small stressors like stepping on Legos and a stained shirt.
Those tiny interruptions piled up until she catastrophized an ordinary evening into a crisis.
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Practice Joy Like A Skill
Treat joy as a learned skill and practice it like any other ability rather than waiting to
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What if joy isn’t a mood but a muscle? In this heartfelt, fast-moving conversation, Rachel Awtrey shares how she learned to “nod to hard things without bowing to them" from cayenne-in-the-chili nights and Lego landmines to job loss and grief. She unpacks three kinds of hard days (typical interruptions, long tough seasons, and true tragedies), why we often compare ourselves to an ideal version of ourselves, and how asking for help actually forges your strongest friendships. Along the way, we talk simple practices that change the temperature of your home: taking more meals outside and counting those hours toward the 1000 Hours Outside Challenge, short walks, grounding, ice-rolling for a quick nervous-system reset, and the underrated experience of adult play.
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