Welcome to episode 101, and what better way to celebrate than going back to Joy 101? In this short, sharp episode, Ali shares three of her favourite joy tools. These are the ones she reaches for herself and uses with her Brilliance clients and Joy Rebels whenever life delivers a plot twist, a sticky season, a power pivot, or a detour down the rabbit hole on the way to purpose.

Each one is a "rampage": a stream of consciousness you can speak out loud in the car, voice note on a dog walk, or scribble in your journal. Use them one at a time or all three together.

Rampage 1: The Gratitude Rampage (to lift your mood)
Ali opens up about how a gratitude practice, first given to her by a grief counsellor, carried her through some of the hardest moments of her life, and how even on the night before her mum died, she could still find something to be thankful for. She shares the gratitude insight from Rhonda Byrne's The Magic, Brené Brown's research showing that it's the gratitude practice that brings joy (not the other way round), and why saying thank you out loud tells the universe you're open to receiving more.

Rampage 2: The Shit-Shifting Rampage Release (when you feel heavy and stuck)
For when every door seems to close, it's all taking too long, and it simply isn't fair. Ali invites you to get your Marigolds on, let your inner toddler or teenager have their moment, and write (or shout) your unfiltered letter to the universe. Inspired by the stream-of-consciousness approach in Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, this is about getting the heaviness out so it stops weighing you down.

Rampage 3: The Casting Spells Rampage (to vision your future)
If you can connect the dots looking back, why not cast them forward? Ali shares the story of how one chance seat in a university dining room led to a ski trip and, eventually, to James. She explains how to playfully imagine the many wild and wonderful routes your desires could arrive by, and why this lifts you into joy, the frequency of the super attractor.

Also in this episode:

• Why you should absolutely get your hopes up, and how a client's rampage was followed by a mind-blowing breakthrough the very next day
• The coach's challenge: write 50 ways you could receive the thing you want
• Why grown women can handle a little disappointment, and how fearing it closes the door on everything else that's possible

Your invitation this week: Pick the rampage you need most right now and try it on your next drive or walk. Ali would love to hear how it goes.

This episode contains strong language and discusses baby loss and bereavement. Please look after yourself while listening.

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