{"podcast":{"title":"Joy First®","slug":"joy-first-7061767","podcast_index_feed_id":7061767,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66ed4a97c63b952f9ac375ff","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/joy-first","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1726827065493-6ac89232-18bc-4400-928c-a55ad7bee1da.jpeg","author":"J.Nichole Smith","episode_count":49,"summary":"Discover why and how to put joy first in a world that rewards hustle over happiness. This bi-weekly show is for workaholics, founders, perfectionists and parents…the hardworking humans who struggle to find, choose or share joy because they are just so damn busy surviving. Expect inspiration, education and practical how-to’s for living and working in a way that allows you to easily and consistently prioritize joy over fear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T10:19:00.364477+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joy-first-7061767"},"episode":{"title":"What Would Be Easy?","slug":"what-would-be-easy","published_at":"2026-06-10T22:08:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joy-first-7061767/what-would-be-easy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joy-first-7061767","url":"https://youtu.be/FZgvz4V7Vfs","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66ed4a97c63b952f9ac375ff/e/6a29dd2c7fe177e75b6288b0/media.mp3","summary":"The first joy experiment: why ease is a better engine than discipline, and how to choose it. I wanted a cut flower garden for three years and did absolutely nothing about it, until I asked myself the question I've been putting to my clients for over a decade: what would be easy? ( £80 and 2 pre-treated wood 'build-your-own' kits later, I had one.) This is the first of the Season 4 joy experiments, and it's a big one: choosing ease and joy on purpose, and why that's a better engine than discipline. In this episode: • The two questions that change the energy you bring to just about everything, and why that energy is so important. • The dog-training science behind my dislike of the word discipline, drawn from years working with Victoria Stilwell • The honest caveat about joy vs comfort • Why frameworks make better scaffolding than gospel, and the human design insight (with Jazze Jervis) that reorganised how I work • Real \"what would be easy\" decisions, from the flat-pack flower beds to where values complicate convenience LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE: WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/FZgvz4V7Vfs How and why I ditched discipline: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZMyoCCsyN-/ Forbes article | Comfort & Joy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelldebevoise/2026/06/09/comfort-and-joy-are-not-what-you-think/ Find your colour personality type (the quiz): https://go.jnicholesmith.com/quiz Go deeper with us on Substack @joyfirstworld: https://joyfirstworld.substack.com Free Summer Alignment Sessions on alignment: https://go.joyfirstworld.com/summer Our Joy First Founders' Circle community: https://go.joyfirstworld.com/jffc Jazze's free 'Find your Human Design' tool: https://www.jazzejervis.com.au/generate-your-chart-nic   If this resonated, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more p…","meta_description":"The first joy experiment: why ease is a better engine than discipline, and how to choose it. I wanted a cut flower garden for three years and did absolute…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2529,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/joy-first-7061767/episodes/what-would-be-easy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joy-first-7061767/what-would-be-easy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}