Micro Lesson: Week 3 in Dr. Desmond Patton's Journey to Joy Digital Class
Week 3 of Journey to Joy explores how joy and resilience can emerge in the midst of trauma—through tools, collective healing, cultural traditions, and intentional practices.
🌟 Micro Lesson: Joy and Complex Trauma 🌟
In Week 3 of Dr. Desmond Patton's Journey to Joy digital class, we’re diving into how joy and resilience can emerge from the challenges of trauma. This micro lesson introduces tools, frameworks, and reflections to help you find joy even in complex moments.
💡 Key Materials and Insights
1️⃣ Taking Back Joy After Loss or Trauma
This article offers practical tips and personal stories on reclaiming joy as a pathway to resilience after facing life’s most difficult challenges.
2️⃣ Healing Justice: A Framework for Collective Healing
A powerful exploration of how systemic approaches to healing can address trauma and create collective well-being in marginalized communities.
3️⃣ ‘Joy is Resistance’: Black Oral Culture Online
A deep dive into the ways Black oral traditions and online platforms are used to foster resilience, reimagine identity, and reclaim joy in the face of systemic challenges.
🎧 Podcasts to Deepen the Journey
Therapy Chat Podcast: Trauma and Joy
Explores the interplay between grief and joy and how they shape our emotional healing.
Brené Brown: Unlocking Us - The Power of Vulnerability
Discusses how vulnerability can be a tool for building resilience and fostering connection.
📺 TED Talks for Inspiration
The Three Secrets of Resilient People by Dr. Lucy Hone
A practical guide to cultivating resilience through mindset and action.
Joy is an Act of Resistance by Brittany Packnett
Highlights how joy can be a radical tool for personal and collective empowerment.
✍️ Activity: Write a Gratitude Letter
Spend 10 minutes writing a letter to someone who has supported you during tough times. Reflect on how their kindness and presence have helped you find strength and joy.
💬 Let’s Talk!
How do you define joy during difficult times? Share your thoughts and tag someone who has inspired you to keep going.
Insights for Joyful Living and Social Justice
Get a glimpse into my ongoing reflections, stories, and research as I explore the science of joy, the realities of racial justice, and how our digital world shapes both.
✨ Joy and Timely Connections ✨
I highlight joy as a practice that strengthens resilience and deepens human connection.
🔥 What Tries to Kill Joy… and How Joy Wins 🔥
I share how I use joy as a tool for survival and liberation, offering three ways to protect and strengthen it amid life’s challenges.
The Quiet Joy That Brings Us Home
A reflection on using joy as liberation and resilience when life brings negativity, with three intentional practices to protect and nurture joy.
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