Radio Headspace Burned Out? How Tiny Joys Can Help You Heal
Oct 20, 2025
Feeling burned out? Discover how tiny joys can shift your perspective and bring healing into your life. Dora shares personal experiences with burnout and a TikTok prompt that inspired her to seek out small delights. She explains three practical steps to help you hunt for joy by training your noticing skills, grounding yourself through your senses, and creating a mental list of joyful moments. Join her in recognizing those fleeting joys that can profoundly impact your well-being.
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Burnout Moment That Sparked Change
- Dora Kamau describes slipping into burnout where rest no longer felt restful and her spark was gone.
- She found a TikTok prompt to 'hunt little for joy' that sparked curiosity and led to a personal practice she brought into therapy.
Tiny Joys As Healing Medicine
- Small moments of joy aren't a cure but they remind you that goodness still exists and you can feel beyond exhaustion.
- That reminder functions as medicine and supports healing alongside larger changes.
Therapy Flicker That Became Practice
- In therapy, a single light moment reminded Dora who she was outside stress and felt like a flicker of joy.
- That small flicker became the starting point of her ongoing 'hunt for joy' practice.