Season 2 - Episode 9: Joy as a Spiritual Practice: Why Fun Is Not Frivolous
Shownotes:
This is your permission slip. Consider it signed, sealed, and delivered.
In this luminous, laughter-filled episode of SoulFire Sisters, Dr. Mary Newstrom and Dawn Morningstar make the case — explicitly, joyfully, and without apology — that joy is not a reward you earn after the suffering is done. Joy is not a break from spiritual practice. Joy is spiritual practice. And the sooner we stop treating delight as something frivolous, the sooner we remember what we were actually made for.
Drawing from shamanic wisdom, Dawn’s 21 days of silent study with enlightened monks in India (who turned out to be hilariously funny), Dr. Sue Morter’s teaching that a beautiful life comes down to being loving, joyful, and playful, and the healing science of laughter — this episode is part permission slip, part love letter, and part gentle revolution.
They get a little righteous about it too, because they should: the conditioning that keeps women from joy is not accidental. A woman full of her own joy is not available to manage everyone else’s discomfort. Which means reclaiming joy isn’t just good for you — it’s a radical act.
Mary reminds us that our spirit guides have a sense of humor. Dawn reminds us that joy is a frequency, not a feeling — something you can cultivate and return to even on the hard days. And together they remind us that chronic seriousness is not depth. It’s a stuck frequency. And joy moves stuck energy faster than just about anything else.
This week’s SoulFire Spark: Do one thing this week purely because it delights you. Blow bubbles. Dance in your kitchen. Call the friend who makes you snort-laugh. Watch a ridiculous movie. And when that voice shows up — the one that says you should be doing something more productive — say this out loud:
My joy is my medicine.
Because it is.
Dr. Mary Newstrom’s website: ZenithHigh.com
Dawn Morningstar’s websites: NewWorldWomen.com and RadiantFace18.com
Produced by New World Women
New World Women co-founders Dawn Morningstar (founder of Venerable Women) and Shawn Vougeot (founder of Empowering Women) have created a global sisterhood and sanctuary for women to heal, rise and nurture a loving new world… together.
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