How to Choose Joy, a Self-Help Guidebook

To manage my own losses and experiences, choosing joy was not just a choice, but an action. I felt that by writing them here as a guide, you too could navigate your way to choosing joy - whatever that looks like for you. Please join me on this journey, this growing movement of Choosing Joy, by acquiring your own copy today!    How do you "Choose Joy" in the midst of heartbreak and loss? Grief is one of the most difficult of human emotions. There are so many things we grieve: such as loss of a loved one, divorce, job loss, finances, etc... No matter the reason for grief, it can be scary and unforgiving to our mind and heart. We have a tendency to want to put things that hurt deeply in a box in a safe place in order to avoid the pain that accompanies our loss. After the loss of my two eldest children, even just the involuntary act of breathing took effort. Not knowing how to continue without them consumed me. The ‘seven stages of grief’ that professional counselors advise us of in order