Untangle2 Joulu 2025

The Joy Reset: Rewiring our Brains and Discovering our Capacity to Cultivate Joy. With Dr. MaryCatherine McDonald

Our guest today is Dr. MaryCatherine McDonald, Trauma researcher and Author of the book, "The Joy Reset: Six Ways Trauma Steals Happiness and How to Get It Back.” Her book isn’t just about finding joy; it’s about rewiring our brains and rediscovering our power to cultivate joy EVEN in the darkest moments of life.

She describes the barriers that keep us from accessing joy—hypervigilance, emotional numbing, fear of loss, conditioning, guilt, and shame—and then defines ways to tap into positive emotions that can become the very foundation of psychological resilience.

In our interview she shares some exercises that make joy, hope and gratitude both bite-sized and accessible and how they can show up even in our toughest moments.

I love how she weaves neuroscience into her exploration of trauma and joy, explaining how our brains are biologically wired to both adapt to trauma and heal from it. And…good news…we ARE always biologically capable of joy.

Quote from her website: "Joy does not exist only in the moments that are free of pain. In fact, the brightest, tiniest, most important pieces can only be found in the dark. I want to teach you how to harness and amplify the power of that glinting magic–because this sustainable, endless light source will do more than help you get through your darkest, scariest, loneliest times."

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Resource: https://www.drmcmcdonald.com/

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Cultivate Deeper Connections, Big Love: Navigating the Complexities of Intimacy. With Dr. James Cordova

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9 Kesä 44min

Meditation Monday. Cultivating Joy, With Adreanna Limbach

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8 Kesä 16min

Creative Acts for Curious People. How to Think, Create and Lead in Unconventional Ways. With Sarah Stein Greenberg

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4 Kesä 46min

Exploring What it Takes to Be Pain Free. With Stacey Roberts.

In this encore episode we dive into the world of pain management with Stacey Roberts, author of the book The Pain Free Formula: Solving the Puzzle of Muscle and Joint Pain Without Surgery, Drugs or In...

2 Kesä 49min

Meditation Monday. Effortless Sleep. With Lisa Wimberger.

Welcome to a special edition of Untangle, Meditation Mondays. We’re taking this time to share meditations from our sister app, Meditation Studio. We know that life gets messy and, when it does, Medita...

1 Kesä 25min

How Meditation Helps Us Uncover the Stories in Our Lives. With Dani Shapiro

Today’s encore episode is with the brilliant best selling author. Dani Shapiro. Dani’s written several memoirs including Slow Motion", Devotion, Inheritance and Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage. She’...

28 Touko 31min

The Search For a More Meaningful Live (despite all the outward trappings of success). With Megan Hellerer

Many of us spend years chasing success, believing that if we achieve enough, we’ll finally feel fulfilled. But what happens when we arrive at the destination and still feel empty?In this insightful co...

26 Touko 45min