Dynamite Dance with Dynamite Friends

We’re way over due for a dance video around here, wouldn’t you say? Well, I have some­thing extra spe­cial for you today! Three amaz­ing blog­ger friends of mine agreed to dance with me! Read more

I Made a Present for You!

Those of you who’ve been here a while know that I love mak­ing and shar­ing music mixes. I recently dis­cov­ered a really cool way to share my mixes with EVERYONE using a web­site called 8tracks. So, I cre­ated and uploaded my very first mix just for you! Read more

Let’s Go Huntin’!

Happy Friday, every­one! I think it’s time for some fun around here! We have quite a few new friends to get to know, so how about another group scav­enger hunt? Read more

Protest Dance

Over the week­end, I read an incred­i­ble book: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. READ THIS BOOK. I’m seri­ous. It is a 130-page pow­er­house of truth telling that will feed your spirit and inspire you to shine your authen­tic­ity out to the world. Read more

Mixed CD Giveaway for Dreamers!

I am still glow­ing from last night’s “Discover Your Dreams” tele­con­fer­ence. What an amaz­ing group of peo­ple! What bold, hon­est shar­ing. It was pure magic for me. THANK YOU AGAIN to every­one who showed up! Read more

Magic Dance!

After a period of major life tran­si­tion, the dust has finally set­tled and it’s time to DANCE! Thank you so much for being part of the com­mu­nity here at Being Joy. As always, this dance is for YOU! Read more

More Group Fun!

I think it’s high time we had some more fun group inter­ac­tion, don’t you agree? So here’s my lat­est zany idea for get­ting to know one another: Below, I have listed 5 word pairs. Without over-thinking, stress­ing, or obsess­ing, choose the word from each pair that most res­onates with your essen­tial self. Go with your gut. Then post your string of cho­sen words in the com­ments sec­tion below. Read more

Top Ten Cute Animal Pics

I am a total sucker for cute ani­mal pic­tures. He might kill me for shar­ing this, but my hus­band is even worse than me. We both fre­quent The Daily Squee, Cute Overload, and Zooborns, and get great plea­sure out of say­ing things like, “Honey, did you see the lit­tle panda on Cute Overload today? Wasn’t he the cutest ever?!” Yep. There’s never a dull moment in the Tanksley house­hold.  Read more

Group Scavenger Hunt — Play Along!

Several weeks back I posted a Getting to Know You activ­ity that I thor­oughly enjoyed and many of you have shared with me since that it was one of your favorite things on this blog. So, I have another lit­tle group activ­ity for you today! Read more

Essential Self Summer Fun

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Summer is a won­der­ful time for indulging in some child­like fun. I invite you to engage in at least one activ­ity this week that you adored in the sum­mers of your youth, but maybe haven’t expe­ri­enced in quite a while. Read more