Rooted2Thrive:Conversations That Elevate Our Humanity
Rooted2Thrive:Conversations That Elevate Our Humanity
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Interested in expanding your ability to reach, teach and lead those you’re entrusted serve?
Rooted2Thrive: Conversations That Elevate Our Humanity brings you powerful conversations with experts who are committed to maintaining human dignity in our personal lives, our work and in learning environments. We speak to hearts and minds of leaders and educators with practical insights to counter the programming that makes us, often unconsciously, devalue other humans who we perceive as different from ourselves. CHANGED MINDS will CHANGE DIRECTION!
Rooted2Thrive Podcast: Conversations That Elevate Our Humanity | Joy as a Radical Pathway and Practice of Liberation
Season 5, Episode 50
Host: Rochelle Peterson-Ansari
Guest: Dr. Krista Robinson-Lyles
Overview:
In this inspiring and heart-centered conversation on the Rooted2Thrive Podcast, host Rochelle Peterson-Ansari welcomes Dr. Krista Robinson-Lyles — founder and president of the Joy Hope Collective, creator of the Joy Anyhow platform, and host of the Joy Anyhow Podcast. Together, they explore joy not as a fleeting emotion but as a radical, intentional practice of liberation, healing, and resistance. Drawing from her decades of experience in education and anti-oppression work, Dr. Krista shares how reclaiming joy becomes an act of defiance in the face of injustice and exhaustion. This episode invites listeners to see joy as both a spiritual discipline and a communal strategy for transformation.
Topics Discussed:
Joy as a radical and liberatory practice amid oppression and adversity
The connection between joy, healing, and social justice
How intentional joy challenges systemic burnout and despair
Creating spaces of belonging and community through the Joy Anyhow framework
The importance of self-compassion, rest, and authenticity in collective liberation
Guest:
Dr. Krista Robinson-Lyles
Founder and President of Joy Hope Collective
Instagram: @joyanyhow
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-krista-robinson-lyles-09248120
Websites: joyhopecollective.org and joyanyhow.com
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