The Joy Team grew last week!! Welcome to our newest member, Nel Rand! Thank you for helping us spread joy, optimism and inspiration to millions!

Happy people live longer, have better immune systems and resist disease more effectively. Being joyful, then, is a direct path to being healthy. And when we’re happy and healthy we make choices that continue to support that health and happiness–it’s a wonderful cycle that ripples out and inspires others to make happy, healthy choices. To that end, we’d like to offer resources to […]

The Holiday JOY Photo Shoot was fabulous! Even in freezing temperatures and rain. Thank you Kate Singh for your amazing photographic talent, Veronika Noize for all your help and unending support, Carol McKeag and Patrick Mcgillivary for staying for hours and bringing goodies, Brian Larsen for setting up the easy-ups (life-saving easy-ups!) and Olga Lafayette for bringing us cayenne infused hot chocolate to keep us […]

Starting today bright yellow billboards will begin going up in Beaverton, Gresham, Oregon City, Portland, and Vancouver sending out holiday wishes of joy. More than doubling the number of billboards in this second round of promoting joy, optimism and inspiration, we’ve brought together 18 Oregon and Washington businesses and one husband and wife couple from New Mexico to put up […]

Yesterday we got some love from Kenda Harris; which reminded us about the FREE posters you can print out and put up to spread joy at work, school, home or anywhere! I just love your organization and the fantastic messages that are out there. I drive by them and just smile…I’ve also printed out a number of these posters to […]

Ever heard the “if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make any sound?” question? So, if a joyful billboard goes up in a city and people don’t comment on it, is it spreading any joy?  The answer is YES. But fortunately we know this because people do comment on the […]

Here are two guys who take spreading joy through compliments to the next level. Thank you, Compliment Guys, for spreading joy, optimism and inspiration!

The Vancouver billboard Love Your Life (brought to you by Ronnie Noize of SoHo Marketing Institute) is back up! Thank you Clear Channel and Ronnie Noize for spreading joy in Vancouver!!!

The Joy Team grew this week! Welcome new member Empowering Grace!  Thank you Sharla & Empowering Grace for helping us spread joy, optimism and inspiration to millions! Look here to find out who else is a member of The Joy Team.

Being happy has been credited with many things: improved physical health, longer life, and better mental health to name a few. Recent research shows that feeling joyful can also improve race relations by erasing some effects of racial bias. A study published by Kareem J. Johnson and Barbara L. Fredrickson shows that feeling happy can eliminate what’s called “own-race bias.” […]