Undefended Joy

2025-12-20

Undefended Joy Choosing Willingness, Acceptance, and Faith This Holiday Season The holiday season can be joyful — and it can also be triggering. Family dynamics, social gatherings, unmet expectations, and old habits often leave us feeling tense, reactive, and searching for relief. In this episode, Lynette explores a powerful and compassionate practice she calls Undefended Joy — a way of meeting life without armour, self-protection, or resistance. Drawing on teachings from Dr. Julia DiGangi and real-life experiences, Lynette shares how

Undefended Joy

Choosing Willingness, Acceptance, and Faith This Holiday Season

The holiday season can be joyful — and it can also be triggering. Family dynamics, social gatherings, unmet expectations, and old habits often leave us feeling tense, reactive, and searching for relief.

In this episode, Lynette explores a powerful and compassionate practice she calls Undefended Joy — a way of meeting life without armour, self-protection, or resistance.

Drawing on teachings from Dr. Julia DiGangi and real-life experiences, Lynette shares how willingness, acceptance, and faith can gently replace the need to escape with alcohol or other numbing behaviours.

This episode is not about forcing happiness or “getting it right.”

It’s about softening, staying present, and discovering that joy becomes available when we stop fighting reality.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

Why so many of us drink or overdo things in search of relief
The difference between being undefended and being defenseless
How willingness creates emotional resilience and mental fitness
Why the opposite of certainty is faith
How accepting difference (in ourselves and others) reduces conflict
A simple question to ask when you feel triggered
Why joy is not something to chase — but something that emerges when fear loosens its grip

Lynette also shares a gentle invitation to support yourself through the festive season with Tribe Sober’s Festive Open House, offering free access to community support, inspiration, and live sessions.

A question to reflect on:

What would it look like to meet this moment — just as it is — undefended and willing?

🎄 Tribe Sober Festive Open House

For the first time ever, Tribe Sober is opening its doors for a Festive Open House from 21 December to 2 January.

It’s completely free and gives you a chance to sample: