What If Healing Could Be Fun?

I used to think healing had to hurt.

That if it didn’t involve crying on a yoga mat, overanalyzing my childhood, or staring into the abyss—it wasn’t real.

But somewhere along the way, something shifted. I stopped trying to “fix” myself… and started following what felt good.

Not because it was a distraction—but because joy is a teacher, too.

Why We Dismiss Joy in Healing

❌ The Seriousness Trap:

Healing often gets wrapped in solemnity. As if fun is frivolous.
But here’s what I learned:

• You can’t regulate a nervous system with pressure and perfection

• Play is where safety starts

• Joy isn’t denial—it’s reclamation

• Laughter, color, mess, randomness… they rebuild the parts of you trauma tried to steal

💡 Tiny Joyful Acts That Shifted Everything:

• Doodling in a notebook with no “point”

• Learning random crafts like dot painting and soap making

• Making playlists of songs I loved at 16 (the FEELS I felt!!!!)

• Creating digital journals that felt like sticker-covered trapper keepers

• Buying an actual Trapper Keeper (with kittens on it!!)

• Wearing glitter while doing trauma work (yes, seriously)

• Laughing at things that used to make me cry

Fun is nervous system regulation in disguise.

Healing doesn't have to be linear. It doesn't have to be tidy.

And it definitely doesn’t have to be beige.

This is your permission to bring sparkle, color, and weird joy back into the process.

Journals + Tools That Spark Joy

Ready to invite fun into your healing?

🪩 30 Days of Magic – A playful gratitude journal with daily magic questions
🪩 Digital Notebooks – Colorful, quirky lined notebooks to catch your sparks
🪩 Spark Sandbox Products – Explore tools that encourage joy-led healing

Or start free with the Spark Starter Kit — gentle rituals, spark prompts, and space to remember what lights you up.