SayYes2Joy Mission
Provide equitable joy-based resources to individuals, families and institutions.
Joy as a lifestyle
Joy is the essential state of being alive; joy is the human base-state of peaceful vitality rooted in a deep sense of belonging in self, community, and the natural world.
01. Peaceful Vitality
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The visceral experience of existing in the body without attachment to shame or judgement.
02. Self
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Permission to exist fully within one’s integrity, honoring one’s inextricable connection to worthiness.
03. Community
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Nurturing healthy relationships, honoring others as self. Understanding self as an inextricable part of the greater whole of creation.
04. Natural World
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Understanding the physical world as an extension of the body, fauna and flora as an extension of community; nurturing healthy body and community.
Meet Maya
Maya Sterin
joy expert ○ writer ○ coach
FOUNDER of sayyes2joy
Maya has dedicated the more than a decade to researching joy and applying the best practices evidenced by that research. She started SayYes2Joy, determined to share their joy-based discoveries with the world.
The biggest surprise along the way? Learning that joy comes naturally; joy isn’t something to seek out or add on…joy is innate to each person; they can rediscover and nurture it.
“Joy is the essential state of being alive; joy is the human base-state of peaceful vitality rooted in a deep sense of belonging in self, community, and the natural world.”
Maya Sterin | Research-based Definition of Joy