About Joy Jordan
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Teaching
I’ve been a teacher my whole adult life. I love organizing material in a way that’s interesting and accessible. I love creating spaces where people can show up just as they are.
For 14 years, I was a successful statistics professor at Lawrence University. In 2013, I resigned my tenured position to align my inner and outer lives.
Mindfulness
In 2003, I met meditation out of necessity: anxiety attacks, overwhelm, and unregulated (unknown) emotions.
Through a committed practice, I gained self-awareness, clarity, and purpose. I grew my inner resources. The externals of life are the same, but my internals have transformed.
Being a mindfulness teacher keeps me in check: every day, I practice the mind-body exercises I teach my clients. Each year, I attend a silent meditation.
Ordinary Joy
The photographs on this website are taken through my camera lens. Photography—capturing details, light, and beauty—replenishes my heart and strengthens my attention.
Pairing emotive images with insights from everyday life, I create mindful spaces within social media.
Other ways I practice everyday mindfulness: gardening, cooking, and listening; walking in the woods, unplugging from technology, and laughing with friends.
Born joy
I was born with the name “Joy.” I also know joy can be born in daily life.
I can help you to be present with yourself and others, so you experience more connection, joy, and ease.
I can help you face fear and make new, empowering choices.
I can help you live a more authentic life.
Listen to Joy on two recent podcasts…
“Joy is supportive, loving, and authentic—willing to share her own struggles and soft spots. She risked everything, stopped doing what she once valued, and began a new career she believes in even more. Joy truly wants to help others and she meets us wherever we are in our journey.”