Joy First™
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<p><strong>Discover why and how to put joy first in a world that rewards hustle over happiness.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This bi-weekly show is for workaholics, founders, perfectionists and parents…the hardworking humans who struggle to find, choose or share joy because they are just so damn busy surviving.</p><br><p>Expect inspiration, education and practical how-to’s for living and working in a way that allows you to easily and consistently prioritize joy over fear.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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10/21/2024
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
A Real Life Joy First Day
<h1>Today was too hot to work. </h1><p><br></p><p>Schools shut, there were heat warnings and travel bans in London, and my garden office turned into a sauna. </p><br><p>So instead of the day I had planned, I let the day become something else, and somewhere between a slow coffee with my father-in-law, a grocery shop where my brain refused to cooperate, a garden picnic, and water fight with the kids, and a barefoot evening watering the plants, I realised the whole day had been one big joy first experiment.</p><br><p>This one is recorded late, off the cuff, and a bit un-edited (you get to see exactly how last-minute this show sometimes is). But showing you all of it felt like the honest thing and very in the spirit of what this season is all about: what joy <u>actually looks like</u><u> </u>in the messy middle. Not the pretty, pre-planned, beautifully spacious version we put on a pedestal.</p><br><p>In this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why joy first living is a series of small choices (not one grand cinematic gesture)</li><li>The "judgey clipboard lady" in your head, and what changes when she takes the day off</li><li>Why entrepreneurs never seem to get the free passes everyone else does </li><li>How to keep a commitment without letting time-scarcity turn you into a jerk</li><li>Integrating joy into the chores and the to-do list, rather than treating it as separate</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Take the Joy FIrst Audit Substack: https://joyfirstworld.substack.com/t/joy-first-audit</p><br><p>If this show gives you something, a review on Apple Podcasts helps more people find it. And come and find me on YouTube, where these episodes go up as videos too: https://www.youtube.com/@JoyFirstWorld/videos</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 10, 2026
What Would Be Easy?
<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: what would be easy? ( £80 and 2 pre-treated wood 'build-your-own' kits later, I had one.)</p><br><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><br><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><br><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 & 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> </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><br><p>With love, xx Nic</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 27, 2026
Colour is Free, Instant, and Everywhere. So Why Aren't We Using It?
<h1>I have spent my career using colour as a precision instrument...</h1><p>For brands, for commercial photography, for building the kind of visual identity that makes people trust and buy. </p><br><p>But somewhere along the way, I forgot to use it for myself.</p><br><p>This is the first of our joy experiment episodes dedicated to colour, and it is a bit of a confession. Because even as a colour psychology expert, I got so caught up in life lifing, that I stopped consistently putting colour to work as an intentional joy practice on the day-to-day... Something I purposefully set out to rectify this year.</p><br><p>In this episode I walk you through how that is changing: from the rainbow placemats pulled out of a cupboard, to the home renovation I have been putting off for five years, to getting my own colours done properly and discovering I am a Seaside even though my entire personality is Fireside. And the moment I realized doing in-person colour analysis for others, in Lancashire, is one of the most joyful things I have added back into my work.</p><br><p>What we cover:</p><p>— Why colour is one of the most underused joy tools we have (even though it is free and accessible right now)</p><p>— The specific ways I am using colour for joy this year</p><p>— The fear that stops most of us being brave with colour in our homes, and what I think it is really about</p><p>— What happened when a colour expert finally got her own colours done</p><p>— Why I started offering in-person colour consultations in Lancashire </p><p>— What colour harmony actually feels like when you find it for yourself</p><br><p>If you want to find your own colour and personality type, take the quiz: https://go.jnicholesmith.com/quiz</p><br><p>And if you want to go deeper with your personal colours, including the AI tool I built to help you bridge what looks good on you with what you actually love, that is inside the Joy First Substack at https://joyfirstworld.substack.com/ - Available to founding members.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Joy First™?
<p><strong>Discover why and how to put joy first in a world that rewards hustle over happiness.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This bi-weekly show is for workaholics, founders, perfectionists and parents…the hardworking humans who struggle to find, choose or share joy because they are just so damn busy surviving.</p><br><p>Expect inspiration, education and practical how-to’s for living and working in a way that allows you to easily and consistently prioritize joy over fear.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.
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