Finding Joy in the Chaos

About this episode

This episode explores how to find joy amidst chaos by training our minds to focus on the positive.

This week’s episode was inspired by a podcast episode I heard with poet Ross Gay, who shared how he intentionally looks for small daily delights and writes them down. That idea stuck and sparked a bigger reflection about how easy it is to train our minds to find what’s wrong instead of what’s good. In this solo episode of Black Girls Bonding, we talk about: How our brains can become wired to scan for problems Why finding joy can feel uncomfortable during chaotic times &n...

People in this episode

Host: Kianti Brown Whitney

Topics covered

• joy
• chaos
• mental health
• daily delights
• self-reflection

Keywords

• joy
• chaos
• mental health
• self-reflection
• daily delights

More episodes of Black Girls Bonding

• Freedom Looks Different on Me · June 5, 2026 · 20 min
• Doubt Is Not The Enemy · May 22, 2026 · 15 min
• From Urgent to Unbothered: A New Mindset for Modern Dating · May 8, 2026 · 1h 1m
• The Visibility Tax · April 24, 2026 · 21 min
• Pleasure Is Power: Reclaiming Your Body, Joy, and Yourself with Dr. Nikki · April 10, 2026 · 53 min
• The Meantime · March 13, 2026 · 21 min