Courses
Finding Your Happy Place: A 4-week hands-on exploration into reflection, resilience, and creativity
Starting January 5, 2026
January is a strange month.
The holidays end, the lights come down, and life suddenly becomes quiet.
The days are short. The energy dips. Many people feel heavier, more emotional, or simply unmotivated. Researchers even note that January is often the month when mood and wellbeing take the biggest hit.
But January also gives us something special:
a natural pause — a moment to reset, reflect, and begin again.
That’s exactly why this is the perfect time to start Finding Your Happy Place.
This is a pilot course — intimate, friendly, and experimental in the best way.
We’ll explore together.
We’ll learn together.
We’ll start the year together.
My hope is that by the end of January, you feel lighter, clearer, and more grounded — with a renewed sense of possibility for the year ahead.
How the course works
Each week has a theme that builds on the last:
Week 1
Understanding Yourself Through Life Challenges
Why you feel the way you do, what shapes your inner world, and how to meet yourself with honesty.
Week 2
Cultivating Resilience and Self Compassion
Learning to soften self-criticism, handle emotional dips, and strengthen your internal support system.
Week 3
Creativity as a Tool for Personal Growth
Using simple creative exercises to access clarity, perspective, and emotional release.
Week 4
Finding Your Happy Place
Identifying what brings you calm, joy, alignment — and building practices to return to it any time.
Weekly Rhythm
Every week follows a gentle, steady flow:
Days 1–5:
Explore your guided worksheet on your own — a blend of reflection prompts, creative practices, and small experiments you can weave into your day.
Day 6:
A personal pause. Time to reflect, rest, and let the week’s insights settle.
Day 7 (Sunday):
A live group call — a supportive space to share, listen, ask questions, and deepen the week’s theme together.
Additional Support (Optional)
You’ll also have the option to schedule two 30-minute one-on-one calls with me:
- One in Week 1 or 2
To set intentions, personalize your journey, and receive tailored guidance. - A second call in Week 4 or anytime afterward
To integrate your insights and support your next steps.
These are completely optional but often deeply helpful.
let’s recap what you’ll get
Guided weekly worksheets
Filled with reflection prompts, creative exercises, and gentle practices
→ learn at your own pace, in your own way
A weekly live call
A warm space for reflection, sharing, and integration
→ learn with and from one another
Optional 1:1 support
Two 30-minute personal calls for deeper clarity and guidance
→ learn in a way that truly fits you
Who this course is for
This course is for you if:
- You’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or emotionally drained
and you want a gentle reset rather than another push to “do more.” - You’re going through a transition — in identity, career, relationships, or simply how you feel inside —
and you’re looking for steadiness and direction. - You’re tired of carrying everything on your own
and crave a small, supportive group where it’s safe to show up as you are. - You want time and space to reflect
but don’t know where to start or how to structure that reflection. - You’re a creative spirit — or someone who used to be — who feels stuck
and you’re longing to reconnect with inspiration, expression, or the part of you that once felt alive and imaginative. - You’re curious about creativity as a tool for emotional wellbeing
even if you don’t think of yourself as “creative.” - You want 2026 to feel different — calmer, clearer, more grounded, more purposeful—
and you’re willing to give yourself a month of intentional practice. - You’re drawn to learning in a quiet, thoughtful, human way
without pressure, judgment, or performance.
This is a gentle course for gentle people —
for anyone who wants to reconnect with themselves, rebuild resilience, and begin the year with intention.
Finding Your Happy Place is designed with the challenges of midlife in mind — shaped both by my own lived experiences and by the insights from my research dissertation, Lived Experiences of Depression and Overcoming Depression in Midlife.
The emotional shifts, identity questions, and transitions that often surface during this period are real, tender, and deeply human. But this course is open to everyone.
The themes we explore — reflection, resilience, creativity, grounding, and reconnecting with yourself — belong to all of us, at any age.
If something in these words feels familiar or comforting, you are welcome here.
Enrollment & Pricing
I’m still building this section — the price and payment link will be available during the first week of December.
If you’re interested in joining this small January pilot group, email me directly at ella@ellajoseph.net.