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How to Be More Joyful (W/ Ingrid Fetell Lee) | How to Be a Better Human | TED

How to find and create Joy in your life — what is joy? And what is its purpose in our lives? We talk with Ingrid about how to cultivate more joy in our daily lives, especially when we don’t feel particularly in the headspace for joy, and about how our design choices can have a…

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How to find and create Joy in your life — what is joy? And what is its purpose in our lives? We talk with Ingrid about how to cultivate more joy in our daily lives, especially when we don’t feel particularly in the headspace for joy, and about how our design choices can have a huge impact on the way we perceive joy in our environment. We also talk with her about her book Joyful and her TED talk.

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Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy | chrisduffycomedy.com)
Guest: Ingrid Fetell Lee (Instagram: @ingridfetell | @aestheticsofjoy)

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Book: Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
aestheticsofjoy.com/

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31 Comments

  1. @Jasonxbr

    September 3, 2025 at 11:01 am

    Yea, this information should be forwarded to trump, but sadly, a psychopath isn’t going to be a better human 😢😢😢😢😢

    • @eandsm4620

      September 3, 2025 at 11:10 am

      LOL!

    • @FloatingCastle

      September 3, 2025 at 11:28 am

      Y’all protected the war crimes of the Jews for two years and the kids are starving right now

    • @DC-uy1ub

      September 3, 2025 at 11:55 am

      The Jews are starving the children without remorse

  2. @Johngaxy5583

    September 3, 2025 at 11:15 am

    We’re all searching for Joy 💯

  3. @KrishnaChandel-l8r

    September 3, 2025 at 11:18 am

    To be happy is just to rethink about we are alive. ❤

  4. @لامىياسر

    September 3, 2025 at 11:19 am

    Remarkable workshop ❤🎉

  5. @Jasonxbr

    September 3, 2025 at 11:27 am

    Unfortunately, there is no joy in life marked by the two words that forever changed, “President trump.” 😢😢😢😢😢 etched in the annexed of the lexicon condoned of worst person ever.

    • @Baheieujlsksnen

      September 3, 2025 at 4:20 pm

      Ughhhh so lame

    • @King_Alfred_849

      September 3, 2025 at 4:40 pm

      No wars have ever started under Trump. You are a “wrong un” if that doesn’t make you cheerful! 😂👍

  6. @FloatingCastle

    September 3, 2025 at 11:27 am

    The Jews are starving the children without remorse

  7. @DC-uy1ub

    September 3, 2025 at 11:54 am

    Y’all protected the war crimes of the Jews for two years and the kids are starving right now

  8. @mrfalleo

    September 3, 2025 at 12:04 pm

    Joy, requires you to be grateful for certain little things… like how you are breathing, or being grateful you woke up. Or the fact you can think about those things at all. Joy = Gratitude + Authenticity (Self). You need to be true to yourself (Self) to be joyful, to have self-love for oneself, without the need of external validation for oneself. Accept yourself as you are, not as you should be. No one is perfect.

  9. @Narayontalkslife

    September 3, 2025 at 12:27 pm

    Nice speech

  10. @allanpeter7700

    September 3, 2025 at 12:28 pm

    I mean she didn’t say it so, I’m guessing happiness is a general mood, while joy I more of an immediate emotion

  11. @johnkellett7797

    September 3, 2025 at 12:29 pm

    As an architect I try to ‘add’ joy to building design to make it architecture. ‘Joy’ in architecture, is to me, is the high level of Buildability, Functionality, Objective Beauty and Sustainability. The best example of Joy in architecture is Portmeirion in North Wales. The children see all the built in ‘jokes’, but in adulthood nearly everyone except architects can no longer see the jokes. Why is that?

  12. @torquingcars6118

    September 3, 2025 at 1:24 pm

    Find Jesus

  13. @user-pi5lx8dm6k

    September 3, 2025 at 1:36 pm

    “How Find Joy in Life”, also I’d like to know “How Find Grammar in Life”. 😀

  14. @johnconn982

    September 3, 2025 at 1:38 pm

    Wait, Joy is missing?

    • @johnudoh4335

      September 3, 2025 at 9:06 pm

      Hello John

    • @johnconn982

      September 3, 2025 at 10:57 pm

      @@johnudoh4335yeah, hello John….nice name

  15. @GarethThomasTunes

    September 3, 2025 at 3:24 pm

    “Joy spotting” I like that, I think I’m gonna make it a daily practice.

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    September 3, 2025 at 8:23 pm

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    September 3, 2025 at 8:25 pm

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    September 3, 2025 at 8:25 pm

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    September 3, 2025 at 8:25 pm

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  20. @michael_pilot

    September 4, 2025 at 3:56 am

    15:33: *Me, surrounding by my personal colored walls * Yes, I wonder why very few people do it!

  21. @Ren-1979

    September 4, 2025 at 4:42 am

    Awesome interview. Thank you for sharing this.

  22. @ExistentialWolf

    September 4, 2025 at 8:03 am

    Joy comes from the _little_ things in life. It raises your blood pressure, by focusing on details. Simple things, like the bubbles in your Champaign or soda, the sand or granite specs on your skin coming home from the beach, or the giggles of a child at a fry the family pet can’t get to scrambling it’s claws on the slippery kitchen floor. If you’ve had enough joy for one day, think the _big picture_ to manage your blood sugar 😉

  23. @TheBestLifeMindsetWithShelly

    September 4, 2025 at 5:01 pm

    Love this! Joy isn’t something we have to wait for — it’s something we can create daily, in our choices, spaces, and mindset. Such an uplifting reminder! 💖

  24. @todaycountsshow

    September 4, 2025 at 10:05 pm

    Joy is not just something fleeting or childish, but a designable, everyday experience we can cultivate.

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