When Joy Feels Unsafe | Navigating Foreboding Emotions

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Have you ever felt like happiness is just a ticking time bomb? When things start going well, do you brace yourself for disaster?

That feeling has a name: Foreboding Joy—the inability to fully embrace joy because we fear it will be taken away. In this episode of The Free Advantage, we’re exploring why we struggle to trust happiness, how our past experiences shape our expectations of disappointment, and what it costs us to live in fear of joy. I’ll also share the key steps to breaking this cycle so you can start embracing the good in your life without waiting for the other shoe to drop. It’s time to stop bracing for impact and start fully experiencing the joy that’s already yours.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✨ The real reason joy can feel scary

✨ How foreboding joy is a form of self-protection (that doesn’t work)

✨ Why expecting the worst doesn’t prevent pain—it only steals happiness

✨ Practical steps to let yourself feel joy without fear

🎧 Tune in now and start embracing joy instead of fearing it!