Journey of You

Devin, Chris & Felicia

Welcome to The Journey of You Podcast!  Hosted by Dr. Devin DeGreif, a joy enthusiast and author of "Good Grief: The Journey from Grief to Joy," Chris, scientist, coach, illustrator and advocate for guilt-free joy,  and Felicia, an international bowling champion and coach, and  Soulstice Magician! This podcast is your guide to unlocking your inner joy and living a more authentic life.  Get ready to be inspired, laugh along with us, and receive your cosmic permission slip to embrace joy! ✨

  1. Ep52: Busting a Manifestation Myth

    4D AGO

    Ep52: Busting a Manifestation Myth

    In this solo episode of JOY – The Journey of You, Chris dismantles a common manifestation myth: that conscious manifestation means a life without challenges. Many people on a spiritual or self-development path assume that difficulties indicate low vibration, wrong thinking, or failure.  When you learn the art of true manifestation, you learn how to make lemonade out of the lemons that life gives you. You learn to roll with the punches and surf the waves. Because challenges are your Soul's invitations for growth, trust, surrender, patience, and self-leadership.  What essentially shapes our reality is therefore not whether or not we face difficulties in our lives, but how we choose meet them. As Chris shares her personal experience of a profound health journey, she shares how meeting challenges with openness allows the lessons to integrate faster and with more ease, whereas when we try to "manifest" the challenges away, they will persist - as Felicia shared in Ep 51! So when we stop fighting the current reality, and instead ask, “What is this here to teach me? What is the gold in this?”, life can begin to flow again. Chris guides you through a short grounding and visualization practice to help you connect with your future self and receive insight into the deeper purpose of your current challenges – supporting nervous system regulation, clarity, and emotional balance. This episode invites you to stop self-blame, release perfectionism, and learn how to truly surf life, even - or especially - when the waves feel big. Good things are coming your way! So listen in! ✨ Send us a text ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you loved what you heard, we'd love for you to spread the joy! ✨ 💗 And if you'd love to get in touch or work with us, you can find us here: Devin's website: https://www.drdevindegreif.com insta: @drdevindegreif Chris: https://linktr.ee/chrisbrandwein Felicia's website: https://www.happieryoucoaching.com insta: @iamfeliciawong ✨ Credits for the fun background music ("The Fun of Everyday Life!" 😁) go to "JK_Production007" on audiojungle!

    16 min
  2. Ep 51: What is Your Resistance Telling You?

    JAN 27

    Ep 51: What is Your Resistance Telling You?

    What if the very thing you’re avoiding is the doorway to your freedom—and your joy? ✨ In this solo episode of Journey of You JoyCast, Felicia tenderly unpacks the truth that what we resist, persists, inviting you into a compassionate, embodied exploration of resistance as a powerful teacher rather than an obstacle. Through personal storytelling, gentle inquiry, and a guided somatic practice, this episode becomes a living permission slip to be seen, to feel, and to choose joy anyway. Rooted in authentic self-expression, emotional awareness, and personal expansion, this conversation reminds us that resistance isn’t a failure—it’s information. When we meet our fear, vulnerability, and old belief systems with curiosity and grace, density softens, energy moves, and truth rises to the surface. This is conscious awakening work made human, relatable, and deeply kind. In this episode, you will explore: Why resisting emotions or situations keeps us stuck—and how allowing them creates flowHow fear of being seen blocks joy, and how self-compassion reopens the doorA simple, embodied practice to sit with resistance and gently upgrade your inner dialogueThe liberating truth that joy doesn’t require perfection—only presenceThis episode naturally weaves themes of inner joy, emotional healing, and spiritual growth, offering a grounded yet sparkly reminder that joy is your birthright—and you’re allowed to claim it. ✨ If this episode resonates, listen all the way through, subscribe to Journey of You JoyCast for more conversations on joy and truth, and share it with someone who might need permission to soften, feel, and expand today. Send us a text ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you loved what you heard, we'd love for you to spread the joy! ✨ 💗 And if you'd love to get in touch or work with us, you can find us here: Devin's website: https://www.drdevindegreif.com insta: @drdevindegreif Chris: https://linktr.ee/chrisbrandwein Felicia's website: https://www.happieryoucoaching.com insta: @iamfeliciawong ✨ Credits for the fun background music ("The Fun of Everyday Life!" 😁) go to "JK_Production007" on audiojungle!

    18 min
  3. JAN 19

    Ep 50: Winning the Game of Self-Doubt

    What if self-doubt is not something you need to fix, but something you can learn to recognize and move beyond? In this episode, we explore how self-doubt quietly weaves itself into everyday decisions and how it loosens its hold the moment it is seen clearly. This conversation invites you back into honesty with yourself, where authenticity replaces self judgement and joy begins to return naturally. Rather than treating self-doubt as a problem, this episode offers a different perspective. Self-doubt is often learned, repeated, and reinforced through experience. When met with awareness instead of resistance, it starts to lose its authority. From that place, self trust grows and personal expansion becomes possible. You will hear how choosing truth over inner stories allows space for joy, ease, and clearer decisions. This episode is for anyone who has felt stuck, hesitant, or unsure of themselves and is ready to meet life with more confidence and self compassion. In this episode, you will explore: • Why self-doubt is rarely personal • How authenticity builds self trust • The subtle ways doubt interrupts joy • How awareness changes the inner conversation 🎧 Listen now and reconnect with your inner clarity. ✨ Subscribe, share, and pass this episode to someone who needs encouragement today. Send us a text ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you loved what you heard, we'd love for you to spread the joy! ✨ 💗 And if you'd love to get in touch or work with us, you can find us here: Devin's website: https://www.drdevindegreif.com insta: @drdevindegreif Chris: https://linktr.ee/chrisbrandwein Felicia's website: https://www.happieryoucoaching.com insta: @iamfeliciawong ✨ Credits for the fun background music ("The Fun of Everyday Life!" 😁) go to "JK_Production007" on audiojungle!

    40 min
  4. JAN 12

    Ep 49: The Secret to allowing Life to Flow

    What if the secret to an easier, more joyful life isn’t effort at all—but learning how to allow the flow? ✨ In this heart-opening episode of the Journey of You Joycast, the hosts explore the art of surrender and alignment, inviting you into a gentler, truer way of living where joy doesn’t need to be chased—it naturally arises. This conversation is a loving reminder that when you release control and listen deeply to your inner truth, life begins to move with you rather than against you. Through honest reflection, lived experience, and soulful insight, this episode illuminates how authenticity and trust are the gateways to personal expansion. You’ll feel what happens when you stop forcing outcomes, soften into presence, and give yourself full permission for joy—not someday, but now. Themes of allowing the flow, conscious surrender, and embodied truth weave together to awaken a deeper sense of ease, aliveness, and connection. Main takeaways from this episode: How letting go of resistance creates more clarity, energy, and joyWhy surrender is an act of personal power, not passivityThe link between authenticity, nervous system ease, and natural flowHow to align with truth so life unfolds with greater grace and meaningThis episode is an invitation to remember that joy is your natural state—and flow is what happens when you stop getting in your own way. 🎧 Listen now to feel into the truth of allowing the flow.  ✨ Subscribe to the Journey of You Joycast for more conversations on joy, authenticity, and conscious expansion.  💫 Share this episode with someone who’s ready to soften, trust, and come home to themselves. Send us a text ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you loved what you heard, we'd love for you to spread the joy! ✨ 💗 And if you'd love to get in touch or work with us, you can find us here: Devin's website: https://www.drdevindegreif.com insta: @drdevindegreif Chris: https://linktr.ee/chrisbrandwein Felicia's website: https://www.happieryoucoaching.com insta: @iamfeliciawong ✨ Credits for the fun background music ("The Fun of Everyday Life!" 😁) go to "JK_Production007" on audiojungle!

    25 min
  5. 12/29/2025

    Ep 47: Revisiting Your Why

    As the year comes to a close, it is easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of the holidays. But before we rush into the New Year, we are hitting pause. In this special holiday episode, Devin and Felicia introduce a replay of the very first episode of Joy: The Journey of You. Recorded during the reflective energy of the Winter Solstice, this episode is an invitation to turn inward and reconnect with the driving force behind everything you do: Your Why. Whether you are a new listener or have been with us for the full year, this is the perfect moment to reset your compass. You’ll discover: The Solstice Reset: Why the end of the year is the most potent time to balance the light and dark within yourself.Survival vs. Thriving: How knowing your "Why" shifts you out of reactive survival mode and into a life guided by joy.The Origin Story: A look back at how Chris and Devin met in Europe and the intuitive "download" that birthed this podcast.Authentic Joy vs. Toxic Positivity: Why true joy isn't about spiritual bypassing, but about feeling the full "piano keyboard" of emotions.The "Shits & Giggles" Factor: Why doing things simply for the love of them is a valid and powerful spiritual purpose.A Journaling Practice: How to move beyond surface-level goals and find the deep, energetic "Why" that fuels your life force.Let’s celebrate one full year of joy together by going back to where it all began. 🎧 Tune in to Episode 47: Revisiting Your Why, available now! Send us a text ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you loved what you heard, we'd love for you to spread the joy! ✨ 💗 And if you'd love to get in touch or work with us, you can find us here: Devin's website: https://www.drdevindegreif.com insta: @drdevindegreif Chris: https://linktr.ee/chrisbrandwein Felicia's website: https://www.happieryoucoaching.com insta: @iamfeliciawong ✨ Credits for the fun background music ("The Fun of Everyday Life!" 😁) go to "JK_Production007" on audiojungle!

    21 min
  6. 12/22/2025

    Ep 46: Transitions

    How many times a day do you rush from one task to the next without taking a single breath? In this grounding solo episode, host Felicia explores the hidden power of transitions - those naturally occurring spaces between waking and sleeping, or meeting and eating, that we often ignore. You’ll discover: The Hidden Power of the "In-Between": Why the moments between tasks are actually the most potent times to shift your entire energy and perspective.The Danger of the Blur: How moving unconsciously from task to task leaves you swept up in external stress and "putting out fires" rather than leading your life.The 30-Second Reset: A simple, real-time guided practice to drop into your body and reset your nervous system before starting your next activity.The Morning Trap: Why reaching for your phone first thing in the morning drains your energy, and the specific visualization aimed at the Reticular Activating System (RAS) to replace it.The Invitation: How to stop "barreling through" your day and start using transitions to choose how you want to feel.Stop letting the day rule you. Learn to pause, breathe, and transition with intention. 🎧 Tune in to Episode 46: Transitions, available now!  #Transitions #Mindfulness #MorningRoutine #IntentionalLiving #StressRelief #RAS #MindsetShift #PauseAndBreathe #PodcastLife #NewEpisode #JoyJourneyPodcast Send us a text ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you loved what you heard, we'd love for you to spread the joy! ✨ 💗 And if you'd love to get in touch or work with us, you can find us here: Devin's website: https://www.drdevindegreif.com insta: @drdevindegreif Chris: https://linktr.ee/chrisbrandwein Felicia's website: https://www.happieryoucoaching.com insta: @iamfeliciawong ✨ Credits for the fun background music ("The Fun of Everyday Life!" 😁) go to "JK_Production007" on audiojungle!

    18 min
  7. 12/15/2025

    Ep 45: Motivation

    Are you waiting for motivation to strike before you take action? You might be waiting a long time. In this solo episode, host Felicia navigates a real-time battle with jet lag and lethargy after returning from the World Championships in Hong Kong. Instead of forcing herself through the planned topic, she pivots to address the very thing she was struggling with: a total lack of motivation. You’ll discover: The Winter Slump: Why things naturally slow down this time of year and the difference between intentional rest and paralyzed procrastinationThe Pre-Step: Why you must use Resonance and Reflection (checking in with your intuition) before trying to force yourself to move.The Physiology of Action: How movement creates the energy shift needed to spark motivation, rather than waiting for the feeling to arrive first.The "Breath of Joy": Felicia guides you through a specific, seated breathwork practice designed to instantly move stagnation and boost your energy.Energy Regulation: How simple movements—like shaking your arms or standing up—can regulate your nervous system and bring you back online.This episode is your toolkit for those days when you can't get off the couch but know you want to move forward. 🎧 Tune in to Episode 45: Motivation, available now! Send us a text ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ If you loved what you heard, we'd love for you to spread the joy! ✨ 💗 And if you'd love to get in touch or work with us, you can find us here: Devin's website: https://www.drdevindegreif.com insta: @drdevindegreif Chris: https://linktr.ee/chrisbrandwein Felicia's website: https://www.happieryoucoaching.com insta: @iamfeliciawong ✨ Credits for the fun background music ("The Fun of Everyday Life!" 😁) go to "JK_Production007" on audiojungle!

    14 min

About

Welcome to The Journey of You Podcast!  Hosted by Dr. Devin DeGreif, a joy enthusiast and author of "Good Grief: The Journey from Grief to Joy," Chris, scientist, coach, illustrator and advocate for guilt-free joy,  and Felicia, an international bowling champion and coach, and  Soulstice Magician! This podcast is your guide to unlocking your inner joy and living a more authentic life.  Get ready to be inspired, laugh along with us, and receive your cosmic permission slip to embrace joy! ✨