Happy Minds Podcast Series With Janet Groom

JOY - THE STEP BEYOND HAPPINESS WHAT IS THE JOY FACTOR? So many people strive for HAPPINESS in their lives, and that is a great thing.   Being Happy is, in my personal opinion, all about finding your BALANCE in LIFE.   It is really knowing who you are and what you need to do and have in your life to enjoy your life, with a sense of contentment.    Whereas, in my personal opinion, JOY is a deeper sense of being totally at ONE with your LIFE PATH - really being in HARMONY with the world around you and knowing at deep level you are following your LIFE MISSION.   HOW TO ACHIEVE JOY IN YOUR LIFE? Wow- this really is the Million Dollar Question.    For me it has been a series of steps:  Self-Love, Your Life Mission, and finally Trust and Faith.   1)  SELF-LOVE The first important step, I believe, is that you need to be able to LOVE YOURSELF.    Not the egotistical self-obsessed "love", but the real feeling that you know who you are and you are c