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Hosted by Maya Gandaia · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 16 episodes
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Welcome to The JOY Hour with Ella Mesma.Each episode, creative entrepreneurs share their real stories: the struggles, the transformations, and what it truly takes to build a business and life that feels aligned.This isn't about hustle culture or overnight success. It's about the messy, beautiful journey to choosing joy, creativity, and authenticity over everything else.Grab a tea, get cosy, and join us for The JOY Hour
Maya Gandaia hosts The JOY Hour, a education show with 16 episodes published.
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: This week I'm joined by Giel, an American singer-songwriter, producer and connection curator who moved to Lisbon in 2021 and built a life there rooted in music, community and wellness. We talk about t
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Recorded between New Delhi and London. We acknowledge the diverse peoples and communities upon whose lands these cities stand, and the colonial histories that have shaped them. ABOUT THIS EPISODE: A
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Sohyoung Ward is the founder of True Level Leaders, and her own path took her from physicist to economist, from Wall Street to law school, from corporate restructuring attorney to holistic health coun
In this conversation, we explore what it means to find your own rhythm in life... We talk about structure and freedom, manifesting dreams into reality through Lifebook, how to show up as your authentic self, and why mart
In this episode of The JOY Hour, I sit down with Tanya Richam-Odoi who is craniosacral therapist, sound healer, choreographer, and community instigator - to explore the journey from professional dancer to healer, and wha
Lil Muxoll Nielsen is a neurobiologist-turned consciousness mentor who blends hard science with ancient wisdom... and she wants you to know that joy is not just a feeling; it's a biochemical choice. In this conversation,
Sunflowers, Divine Timing and Zero F's Given with Anita Kopacz This episode is lovingly dedicated to Ginalda Tavares Manuel (Leeds/Cape Verde/Angola) - poet, artist, writer, language graduate, and radiant sunflower soul,
In this special episode, my husband Ahmad Jooma interviews me. We talk about what it took to go from survival mode to flow state... from clenching through life as a dancer, a performer, a 'rebellious' daughter, to learni
Maria's dad took his life when she was 16. Her mum fell into a decade-long depression. And Maria made it her mission to bring healing... first to herself, then to her mum, then to the world. This is a conversation about
Harinder Virdee spent 25 plus years in large multinational corporations working in finance across the US, Austria and the UK... then one day chose something completely different. In this conversation, we explore what she
THE JOY HOUR PODCAST In this episode, Isik Tlabar shares her journey from architecture to intuition coaching and Naked Breathwork. Discover how a TikTok series became a book, why bodies are just bodies, and the powerful
THE JOY HOUR PODCAST Nidhi Bhatia shares her journey from feeling trapped to discovering that taking up space is the most natural, divine thing we can do. Explore the daemon: the inner force that either consumes us when
THE JOY HOUR PODCAST Alex Harvey shares her journey from depression and engineering to helping women break free from good girl conditioning. Discover how joy serves as a compass, the antidote to perfectionism, and why ch
Writing is about listening. Connecting and tuning in. All of this enables the words to come through the body. “When we only move from the logical mind and we don’t move from the body mind and the heart mind, and we don’t
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The JOY Hour is hosted by Maya Gandaia. The show is categorised under education (self improvement) and has published 16 episodes.
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