You all are in for a treat with this Season 1 Finale. I knew when I started this podcast I wanted to end the season speaking about Joy. When working with my coaching clients to explore their niche in their business, I always start with the question “what brings you joy, that solves a problem/ fills a need for other people, that you’re good at & that they’ll pay you for? They would be able to come up with 3 out of 4, but the first one got them stuck, the joy. What is joy? Where does it come from? What does it feel like? Why is it scary? I still ask myself these questions as well, beyond my work, but in who I am, and in just being. I'm so grateful to have the author of Black Joy on to dig in! As a writer and thought-leader, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts offers those who read her work and hear her speak an authentic experience; an opportunity to explore the intersection of culture, identity, and spirituality at the deepest levels. She is the founder of HeARTspace, a healing community created to serve those who have experienced trauma of any kind through the use of storytelling and the arts.  Tracey has published 25 books including several collaborations with numerous high-profile authors. Calling herself a “literary midwife,” Tracey is a highly sought-after ghostwriter/collaborator whose work includes two New York Times bestselling books by Tabitha Brown, Better Not Bitter by Yusef Salaam, Sideshow by Rickey Smiley, and many others. In 2021, Tracey became one of 20 writers who contributed to the groundbreaking book, You are Your BestThing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience edited by acclaimed researcher, Brene Brown, and founder of the MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke.  In 2022, Tracey's critically-acclaimed book, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration was published and won the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional and has received rave reviews from celebrities like Kerry Washington and media outlets like Good Morning America, Essence Magazine, and USA Today. Her dynamic journal/ daily devotional, The Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days to Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight released on October 29, 2024.  #joy #blackjoy #innerchildhealing #collectiveliberation