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EP 43: Micro Joys & Radical Satisfaction (How to Stay Human Right Now)
Episode 43

EP 43: Micro Joys & Radical Satisfaction (How to Stay Human Right Now)

Mystical Aunties · Elisha Tichelle, Elizabeth DiAlto

February 25, 202649m 39s

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This week, we're talking about joy. Yes. In this world. Because as one meme so perfectly put it: "Micro joys are how we survive macro grief." Elizabeth and Elisha dive into what it actually means to orient your life around joy and satisfaction — not as escapism, but as devotion. Not as denial, but as medicine. Experience the conversation face-to-face—head over to YouTube to watch the episode HERE Inside this episode:

  • Why joy might be more available than ever — if you choose to foreground it

  • Beauty as a spiritual practice (and why hiding your love of beauty is a wound)

  • The complicated politics of being perceived as beautiful

  • Decentering the male gaze without shrinking yourself

  • Salsa dancing as liberation (and why not caring if you're rusty is peak freedom)

  • The joy of creative expression with zero attachment to outcome"

  • The healing power of a full breakdown

  • Cold walks, fire energy, wholesome toddlers in snow suits, and laughing until you choke

  • Being "properly fucked" as a nervous system reset

  • Why satisfaction is the ultimate discernment tool

  • Getting fired from "advanced management" of everyone else's projections

  • Following your own curriculum instead of fixing everyone else's

There's something radical about choosing satisfaction in a time that wants you braced, inflamed, and perpetually reacting.

There's something healing about letting yourself want what actually feels good.

There's something deeply stabilizing about deciding:

My satisfaction is not selfish. It is alignment.

If you've been over-functioning, over-managing, over-explaining, or trying to stay ahead of everyone else's projections, this episode might feel like a long exhale.

We're not bypassing the darkness.

We're building capacity for beauty inside it.

Come for the philosophy.

Stay for the spa fountain story.

Leave with permission to follow your own rhythm.

Work with us:

Elizabeth DiAlto

Elisha Tichelle

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