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Allegra Cohen is a TEDx speaker, author and mindset coach who helps leaders and teams cultivate resilience, focus, and emotional agility. Her book, Your Playbook for Living a Brave Life™, encourages readers to tap into micro-JOYS® daily. As Chief Joy Officer, she blends neuroscience, mindfulness, and playful strategies to create environments where people feel safe, creative, and capable of thriving. Living with Crohn’s disease, Allegra leads with experience, showing that joy is an accessible choice even under pressure.  (Amazon link, Author website)

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How to Create Micro-Moments of Joy to Help You Keep Going

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“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

I want to shine a light on something that often gets overlooked in both the medical world and the mental health space. Something I didn’t have a name for until I lived through it myself.

I call it joy deficiency.

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve felt it too.

Maybe you’re living with Crohn’s, like I am.

Maybe you’ve faced chronic migraines, cancer, autoimmune symptoms, depression, fatigue, or simply the exhaustion of carrying emotional pain for far too long.…