Lori HarderFounder of glōci | Bestselling Author

How to Find Joy in the Journey

3 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker (Lori Harder) shares her philosophy for cultivating joy throughout life's challenges. She frames pain as a gift that pushes individuals toward their purpose, emphasizing that true fulfillment arises from serving others and supporting their success. By moving from denial to full acceptance of one's circumstances, she argues that people can take the driver’s seat of their lives, deliberately choosing action infused with grit, extending themselves grace, and ultimately embracing joy. The core message is that acknowledging pain, accepting reality, and consciously choosing purposeful action enable lasting joy on the journey.

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I think that there is a gift in pain. I think pain pushes you until your purpose pulls you. And I think that when you are of service to others and their success, that's where fulfillment really is. How I've really managed to have joy through the journey, even through this, is by acknowledging the pain. I'm like, okay, it is what it is. Being in complete acceptance for it and acknowledgment of it, because I used to try to hide it or I was in denial. I wanted to pretend that it didn't exist. But when we accept where we are, who we are, and what our circumstances are, then we can choose to be in the driver's seat of our life. We can choose to take action steps with grit, give ourselves some grace, and we can choose joy.