{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66ed4a97c63b952f9ac375ff/6a29dd2c7fe177e75b6288b0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What Would Be Easy? ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66ed4a97c63b952f9ac375ff/1781125792816-d223e9be-72a5-41c5-ac31-532bd9b85633.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h1>The first joy experiment: why ease is a better engine than discipline, and how to choose it.</h1><p><br></p><p>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: <em>what would be easy?</em> ( £80 and 2 pre-treated wood 'build-your-own' kits later, I had one.)</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><p>• The two questions that change the energy you bring to just about everything, and why that energy is so important.</p><p>• The dog-training science behind my dislike of the word discipline, drawn from years working with Victoria Stilwell</p><p>• The honest caveat about joy vs comfort</p><p>• Why frameworks make better scaffolding than gospel, and the human design insight (with Jazze Jervis) that reorganised how I work</p><p>• Real \"what would be easy\" decisions, from the flat-pack flower beds to where values complicate convenience</p><p><br></p><p>LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>WATCH ON YOUTUBE: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/FZgvz4V7Vfs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/FZgvz4V7Vfs</a></li><li>How and why I ditched discipline: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZMyoCCsyN-/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/p/DZMyoCCsyN-/</a></li><li>Forbes article | Comfort &amp; Joy: <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelldebevoise/2026/06/09/comfort-and-joy-are-not-what-you-think/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelldebevoise/2026/06/09/comfort-and-joy-are-not-what-you-think/</a></li><li>Find your colour personality type (the quiz): <a href=\"https://go.jnicholesmith.com/quiz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://go.jnicholesmith.com/quiz</a></li><li>Go deeper with us on Substack @joyfirstworld: <a href=\"https://joyfirstworld.substack.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://joyfirstworld.substack.com</a></li><li>Free Summer Alignment Sessions on alignment: <a href=\"https://go.joyfirstworld.com/summer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://go.joyfirstworld.com/summer</a></li><li>Our Joy First Founders' Circle community:<a href=\" https://go.joyfirstworld.com/jffc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://go.joyfirstworld.com/jffc</a></li><li>Jazze's free 'Find your Human Design' tool: <a href=\"https://www.jazzejervis.com.au/generate-your-chart-nic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.jazzejervis.com.au/generate-your-chart-nic</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>If this resonated, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more people find their way to a bit more joy.</p><p><br></p><p>With love, xx Nic</p>","author_name":"J.Nichole Smith"}