#01 - From Stress to Balance: Our Journey into Joy

In this heart-opening first episode of Stress Less, Joy More, hosts Doris and Paula take you behind the scenes of their own personal well-being journeys. From childhood trauma and parenting burnout to high-pressure careers and chronic stress, they share how the pursuit of wellness is not a straight line – but a series of intentional, compassionate steps back to ourselves.

What you’ll learn:

- How Paula turned childhood anxiety into tools for adult vitality

- How Doris’ daughter sparked her emotional and physical healing

- Why gratitude is more than a list—it’s an act of self-awareness

- How 2-minute energy-balancing practices can create big shifts in well-being.

- 3 simple and powerful guided practices with breath and gratitude you can do.

This episode is an invitation: to pause, to breathe, to reconnect. Because all we really want is to feel good today.