Hello Beautiful Friends!

When we first started Joy-Based Living, back in 2016, I felt a deep desire to honor, appreciate, and BEHOLD the Inner Radiance in every single person.

As you can see from the word art I painted back then…

“The light inside each and every person is worth fighting for. Standing for. Singing, dancing, and painting for. And bringing out that beautiful light together is so much more fun than doing it alone.”

What I did NOT know or realize at the time…

(And I LOVE our EVOLVING conversations and realizations!)

…was that our Inner Radiance is so much more than a beautiful quality we possess.

Our Inner Radiance is Infinity, Individualized.
Creation manifested as each one of us.

Not just a glimmer or a sparkle at the center of your being.

But WHOOOOO YOOUUUUUUU really are!!!

And as we recognize this, we begin to experience an inner peace and harmony that naturally extends into our lives.

NEWS FLASH!

I believe there’s a fascinating connection here to PERFECTIONISM.

Consider this:

Premise 1: None of us expresses our inner greatness perfectly, all the time.

Premise 2: Somewhere inside, we sense that there is SO MUCH MORE of us waiting to be fully expressed in the world.

Here’s where things can get tricky.

We can turn that beautiful inner knowing into a demand.
We begin expecting ourselves to BE that Brilliant Light perfectly, all the time.
And then we beat ourselves up whenever our very human lives fall short.

HELLO, PERFECTIONISM!

But what if Spiritual Development is actually the practice of remembering and embodying that light through gentleness, kindness, and encouragement?

And doing it IMPERFECTLY.

What if that’s how perfectionism begins to lose its grip?

That’s what we’re up to in our Joy-Based Living communities.

I didn’t know, back in 2016, that this is who we would become.

I didn’t know that by recognizing our radiance on a regular basis, we’d be led to BASK in it, and eventually recognize it as WHOOOOO WEEEEEEE ARE!

Excuse me, your light is showing.

In fact, it’s beaming so brightly, I NEED SOME SHADES!!!

WOOO HOOOOOO!!!!

Being with people who honor your humanness AND behold your light…
Being with people who practice doing the same for themselves, every day…
TAKES MY BREATH AWAY.

I am calling this SPLENDOROLOGY.
​A new psychology of soul recognition.

You’re welcome. 😁

So much love to you!!!

Debbie Happy Cohen
Founder, Joy-Based Living

P.S. You can begin learning this language through our 12 Practices of Joy ebook and our Patreon community.

And now we have music and a Gift Shop, too, to help us remember our SPLENDOR every day!

You’ll find links to all those goodies on our website:

https://www.joybasedliving.com