Joy doesn’t disappear.

It waits.

In this episode of The Self-Made Happyaire, I explore why joy can feel lost even when nothing is technically “wrong” — and how your nervous system plays a much bigger role than you may realize.

Using a simple but powerful metaphor — an inner control cabin with dials that regulate everything from stress to peace to joy — we talk about nervous system static, emotional interference, and the science of allostasis and allostatic load. When your body has been adapting to stress for too long, joy doesn’t vanish… it just gets harder to hear.

Let's weave together neuroscience, hypnosis training, lived experience, and lessons straight from the pasture. Horses show us how to rise, release, and return to baseline — something humans often forget how to do.

This episode is an invitation to stop chasing happiness and start tuning into it.

To remember that you hold the keys to your control cabin.

And to reclaim sovereignty over the frequency you’re living in right now.

Joy doesn’t need to be full-time.

Peace and quiet are valid settings too.

The power is knowing you can adjust the dial.