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Practicing Tragic Optimism: Turning Pain into Purpose
I have been a happiness nerd for a long time. I have a shelf of happiness and psychology books, sitting right next to the several shelves of computer books. Seligman, Csikszentmihalyi, Lyubomirsky, Ben-Shahar. I could quote the studies. I could run the exercises. I had a lot of theory and a pretty good life to…
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June 16, back to work
I took a vacation to attend my high school reunion, visit friends, catch a concert, and be a tourist. I did not take it entirely off. My word total is 19,701 and I redid my mind map and outline to match my new writing plan after time with my coach. I have the first two…
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Deerfield Reunion Embrace Joy Talk
My class agents were kind enough to give me 10 minutes of our 45-year reunion class meeting. Here it is, courtesy of my friend and classmate Todd Allen. The audio is not great, but it’s audible. Embrace Joy. https://embracejoy.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/003-Deerfield.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Downloadhttps://embracejoy.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/003-Deerfield.mp4Podcast (video): Play in new window | Download
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Writing progress
I did not commit to how often, I would post updates on book progress. So here is the commitment: I will update Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with current word count and minimal progress notes. The first five chapters are about my progress from growing a brain tumor, getting it removed, having strokes, getting diagnosed over…
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Writing Commitment
I have decided to get focused on the book and to do that publicly. I am going to start posting words counts which are only a proxy for progress, but it is a meaningful proxy at least through the end of the rough draft. I am following the MORE approach from the book Published by…
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How Gratitude Transformed My Life – as read by my AI voice clone
This is an experiment. I have been playing with AI and I created a low fidelity clone of what my voice sounded like before my strokes. I wrote up a podcast and gave it to my clone. This is what I got. If I like it, I will update with a video version with some…
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Embrace Joy: Your Path to Lasting Happiness
Hi and welcome to Embrace Joy. Embrace Joy is about finding joy and having happiness in your life no matter your circumstances. I am Rob Sartin, your host and owner of Embrace Joy LLC. Together, we are going to explore happiness. We will talk about the elements of happiness. We will find how to be…
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Earth Day Insights: Embracing Happiness and Gratitude
This talk was from a LEAD group meeting for Earth Day run by Rehab without Walls. Rob was working with his speech therapist on improving his breath control and timing, and maintaining volume. He had recently received an injection into his vocal folds, but it had not yet fully taken effect. This speech set his…