Put Your Bag Down
Put Your Bag Down is your weekly exhale; the soft landing for the strong friend. A place to sit on the couch, kick your shoes off, and stop pretending everything’s fine. This isn’t a podcast about fixing yourself. It’s a podcast about finally putting some stuff down: the pressure to have it all together, to do it all alone, to be the best, the most productive, the most grateful. Nah. We’re not doing that here. So come in. Put your bag down. Let’s talk.
Put Your Bag Down
Choosing Joy is Stressing Me Out
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Some days, “just choose joy” feels like pressure, not peace.
This episode is for those days.
In this solo episode of Put Your Bag Down, I’m talking about what happens when choosing joy feels impossible… and what to do instead. We’ll get into why joy sometimes hides under self-critique, comparison, and disappointment — and how to find your way back to it gently, in your own time.
Resources Mentioned:
High Functioning by Dr. Judith Joseph
(This link gets you a bonus: https://highfunctioningbook.com/)
Nityda Gessel, LCSW, E-RYT: Movements & Meditations
https://traumaconsciousyoga.com/psoas/
https://soundcloud.com/nityda-bhakti