The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast 1KHO 576: How To Get Good at Joy When You Don’t Like Your Likable Life | Rachel Awtrey, Love Your Life
Sep 18, 2025
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.
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.
Practice Joy Like A Skill
- Treat joy as a learned skill and practice it like any other ability rather than waiting to
