Celebrations of any kind can be tricky when living with MBC. On today's Think Joy Thursday Episode we will reflect on how we love them, how we dread them and how we can experience joyful celebrations no matter where our lives are at the moment.

With the holiday season fast approaching, it is a great time to talk about gratitude and how important it is to have a joyful life. Making gratitude a part of your life, just like breathing, is such a huge help if you are searching for joy. But you can't just conjure up a life lived in gratitude. - unlike being thankful, which exists in the mind, gratitude is an appreciation that comes from the heart. It has to be cultivated and practiced. Today's #ThinkJoyThursday explores ways to do this and even offers some helpful hints to make joy a habit in your life.

On this episode of #ThinkJoyThursday, we will be exploring the relationship between perspective and joy. Choosing the way you look at the world is a major key in having a joyful life. You can learn that it is possible to hold joy and sorrow in the same hand by using perspective. It’s not always easy to do this, so we will discuss ways to incorporate perspective into your life, as well as some tips and tricks to make it become your go-to tool when confronted with difficult situations.

On this episode of Think Joy Thursday, we will be exploring the difference between happiness and joy. We will share some scientific research that has been done to determine if we are pre-disposed to being joyful and will delve into ways to help you spot true joy. We will explore how to have joy even if you are experiencing difficult life circumstances by sharing ways to find joy when confronted with both the big and small challenges of life.