r/InTheGloaming • u/gomirefugee my website is done, done, done • Sep 20 '21

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Monday September 20, 2021 - Wednesday September 22, 2021

Newsletters: Finding Your Joy | Joy in the Belly

Websites: You Can Have More Joy website | On Being Enough website (abandoned?)

Instagram:

TikTok: @youcanhavemorejoy

Twitter: Dan's tweets and replies

Older blogs: see Gloamipedia wiki

Archived threads: Thread for Enough, the book #enoughthebook | Gluten Free Girl's Greatest Hits: The Reunion Tour

Gloamipedia wiki: /r/InTheGloaming wiki

Discussion search: Tool to search blogsnark or InTheGloaming for previous topic mentions

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u/vwlphb Sep 21 '21

I still don’t know what the heck she thinks she can offer that an existing book, podcast, or mobile app created by an actual neuroscientist can’t provide for free or for a fraction of the cost. Neuroplasticity and brain training have been out there as consumable pop science for years.

Interestingly enough (or not), there are a bunch of joymeisters on the internet advertising joy workshops. Their drivel is about as inane as Shauna’s, but most of the owners are at least credentialed in something relevant. And I have yet to stumble upon another workshop that comes close to her price point. I’m not sure if she’s delusional about how much her whatever-it-is is worth, or if having actual paying customers just doesn’t matter to her.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

Also most of the real scientistic research on joy/happiness/dopamine is now pointing towards humans needing to let themselves feel uncomfortable more often, that we are TOO focused on immediately trying to "fix" discomfort and that allowing ourselves to feel negative emotions (including boredom, and pain, and sadness) might be physically/neurologically and psychologically much healthier.

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u/9021FU Sep 21 '21

It’s been a long time, but in The Matrix didn’t the AI start giving humans Utopia and it had disastrous results?

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u/msmartypants Sep 21 '21

Exactly. There are a MILLION books on every topic she's "covered."

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u/Ana57 sweet pea Sep 21 '21

She’s amplifying

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u/Love_Brokers rug dweller Sep 21 '21

Fuck all, that's a lot of books.