7/26/26: Allowing Ourselves to Smile More

Self-Care with Jean · Jul 23, 2026 · 10m

This week's episode is all about — smiling and laughter. Two of the simplest things in the world, and yet they are profoundly healing.

We talk about what actually happens inside our body when we smile and when we laugh. We talk about why laughter can coexist with grief, why some of the people who laugh most deeply are the ones who've walked through the hardest things. And we talk about why, somewhere along the way, so many of us adults forgot how to play.

Self-care isn't only about managing stress, my friends. It's about remembering how to feel alive.

So this week, I invite you to notice what…