E133 Finding Joy! The Miracle of Being...Together
About this episode
In this episode, Beth Buffington discusses the importance of joy in community and its impact on health and well-being.
Let’s talk about Joy! (...using a story about songs, soccer, and bagpipes.) Is it possible for 50,000 people to descend upon a city to watch soccer — and give the whole city permission to stop worrying and feel good together? The answer is –YES! That’s what joy inside a community can do. Today, we're going to talk about why JOY matters for your health, your heart, and your life. In this episode of Create Today with Beth Buffington, we explore the science of shared joy, and what happens in your brain and body when you experience joy – not alone, but inside a community. Come and discover how YOU can find and savor joy starting today. Nuggets of Joy in This Episode: • The spell they cast on Boston (by a community of bagpipes) during the 2026 FIFA World Cup • Why loneliness is as dangerous as smoking 15 cigarettes a day (from Episode 132) • Dopamine and oxytocin, and why (together) they create something extraordinary • How shared laughter raises oxytocin levels and why joy is physical, not just emotional • Revive and Realize — the first two words of the Going FourWords™ framework, and how community joy activates both • Seven ways YOU can discover and relish joy…
More episodes of Create-Today with Beth Buffington
- E135 - Lost Your Creativity? Four Words Changed My Creative Life
- E134 The Health Pillar You're Skipping (It's Creative Fitness)
- E132 - Being lonely is making you sick. (Here's the Good News...you can fix it!)
- E-131 Want to Be Happier? Find your people. Here’s how I did it
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