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Hello everyone,

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It’s been about a month since I last popped into your inbox, and life hasn’t slowed down a bit. I recently traveled to Iceland with my daughter to celebrate her 18th birthday and upcoming high school graduation. Iceland is truly magical—vast landscapes, the beautiful absence of advertising and screens, incredible culinary moments, and nature like you've never experienced. We saw the Northern Lights at 2am, walked under massive waterfalls—each one delivering at least one glorious rainbow, sometimes two. It got me thinking about the awe of nature, how present I felt, and how joy lives in the little things… especially time in nature, of any and every kind.

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So often, when we’re navigating life’s challenges—daily annoyances, heartbreak, grief, job loss, parenting struggles, financial pressure—we find ourselves wishing the day, month, or even the year away.

It made me reflect on how often we “wish away” our lives just to get to some elusive moment of peace, ease, or joy. And yet, if the present is all we really have, how often do we discard it like an unwanted gift? Ironically, presence is exactly what we crave. It’s also where our true power lies.

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Let me bring in some neuroscience basics:

• The human brain has about 6,000 thoughts per day (earlier estimates were over 50,000—but still, that’s a lot of thinking).
• We’re wired with a negativity bias, which activates our stress response and floods us with cortisol—especially when we pile on doom scrolling, traffic, and relationship tension.
• Most of the thoughts we believe aren’t even true. The only ones that can be considered truly true are those that would hold up in a court of law. (Stick with me here.)

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The problem? We go about life believing our thoughts are facts, living by beliefs that keep us stuck or unhappy—forgetting how often we’re actually at choice. And that is the good news.
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As the great Louise Hay said, “It’s just a thought—and a thought can be changed.”
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More good news:
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What if I told you that shifting from overwhelm to calm could be easy—and achieved through joy?
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What if healing could be easier than you thought?
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I’m here to tell you: it can be. And it works.
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JOYHeals is the title of my first book and journal, coming out later this summer. It’s a body of work I’ve taught for years, and now, I’m making it even more accessible. I help clients access presence by showing them how joy releases feel-good hormones that create calm, clarity, and emotional balance. And as I said—presence is where our power lies.

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This June, I’m offering new clients only a one-month coaching experience. You’ll receive my proprietary assessment, learn the framework, and explore 15 joy expressions to help you discover how joy can be a powerful healing modality—on par with talk therapy, somatics, EFT, breathwork, meditation, and more.

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As someone with a highly reactive nervous system and a mind that often feels under-resourced, I deeply understand how necessary it is to have tools that truly help us self-regulate—especially when life feels overwhelming.

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If any of this resonates, click this link and enter the password newbie to unlock the details and reserve your spot. I’m keeping this to just 5 people, and those who sign up will be the first to receive a signed copy of the JOYHeals Journal.

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I cannot wait to share this work with you. I’ve been teaching it in various forms for over seven years, and one thing I know for sure: my clients experience real, lasting change. They check in often with stories of how much more connected they feel—to their lives, to joy, to fun—even when life throws them a curveball.

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So here’s to honoring the present with the gift of our presence. Let me show you how.

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Until then, I’m wishing you peace, love, and tons of joy-chasing fun.

xo, Gabrielle

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