RACHEL HARRISThe JOY Coach • Life Story Strategist
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Reclaim Your Joy: The Favorite Things List That Brings You Back in Midlife and Beyond

July 9, 2026·8:19

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You can name everyone else's favorites — your kid's, your husband's, your best

friend's. But when someone asks you? You go blank. This week we fix that.


If you've been feeling lost in midlife — foggy about who you even are anymore

after years of taking care of everyone else — this episode is the fastest,

most joyful map back to yourself I know. It starts with one question we

haven't been asked since we were kids: what do you love? And it ends with a

simple, do-it-on-a-receipt tool called the Favorite Things List.

 

Because your joys aren't fluff. They're breadcrumbs — the glittering

fingerprints of the woman you actually are, the one no amount of shoulds ever

fully erased.

 

IN THIS EPISODE:

- Why you can't reclaim a self you never bothered to notice

- The Favorite Things List: 3 little moves (Then / Now / the Through-Line)

- How to get specific enough that the list reintroduces you to yourself

- Why what delights you points straight at your God-given gifts

- Your pinkie-toe step: reclaim ONE favorite thing this week

Chapters

  • 0:00 — The handshake: meeting the woman you've been too busy to know
  • 0:23 — What today is about (and one embarrassing warning)
  • 1:20 — My favorite things (yes, I sing)
  • 2:17 — The one list I go back to more than any other
  • 3:03 — Joy Nugget: you can't reclaim a self you never noticed
  • 3:15 — Digging where the clues are buried: childhood
  • 4:14 — Your factory settings + the Favorite Things List (3 moves)
  • 5:40 — Then / Now / the Through-Line
  • 6:21 — A peek at my present-day list (glimpses of heaven)
  • 8:02 — Joy Nugget: what lights you up is your light
  • 8:57 — Your Rebel Move this week
  • 9:37 — The most honest prayer you've got
  • 10:23 — Your pinkie-toe step
  • 10:53 — Reclaim your JOY (free tools inside)


A LINE TO KEEP: "Your joy was never a distraction from your purpose.

Some days it's the most honest prayer you've got."

 

Welcome to the Rebellion. We've saved you a seat.

 Start here / work with me:
 → Free "Are You a Good Girl Ghost?" quiz: www.Rachelharrisonline.com/ggg-quiz
 → The Rebel Response Mini Kit — the in-the-moment words in your pocket: RachelHarrisOnline.com/kit
 → Book a Rebel Hour (1:1) with me: https://rachelharrisonline.com/work-with-me
 → Substack, Goodbye, Good Girl: www.rachelharrisonline.com/goodbyegoodgirl
→ Instagram: @RachelHarrisOnline 

- Free Play: REBEL JOY Card Deck — Romanticize your life and reclaim your light — one tiny rebellion at a time. Seven print-and-keep cards, each with one brave, joyful prompt. Pick a card, set a 60-second timer, and play. Start Playing Again! https://rachel-harris-online.kit.com/72c327f4a4 

Are YOU A Joyful Rebel? https://rachelharrisonline.com/joyful-rebel


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