Let’s talk about Joy!
(...using a story about songs, soccer, and bagpipes.)

Is it possible for 50,000 people to descend upon a city to watch soccer — and give the whole city permission to stop worrying and feel good together?

The answer is –YES! 
That’s what joy inside a community can do. 


Today, we're going to talk about why JOY matters for your health, your heart, and your life.

In this episode of Create Today with Beth Buffington, we explore the science of shared joy, and what happens in your brain and body when you experience joy – not alone, but inside a community.

Come and discover how YOU can find and savor joy starting today.

Nuggets of Joy in This Episode:
• The spell they cast on Boston (by a community of bagpipes) during the 2026 FIFA World Cup
• Why loneliness is as dangerous as smoking 15 cigarettes a day (from Episode 132)
• Dopamine and oxytocin, and why (together) they create something extraordinary
• How shared laughter raises oxytocin levels and why joy is physical, not just emotional
• Revive and Realize — the first two words of the Going FourWords™ framework, and how community joy activates both
• Seven ways YOU can discover and relish joy when you're in community
• Something exciting coming in July — get on the email list so you're first to hear

Timestamp:
0:00  Hello + the World Cup story you didn't expect
2:00  The Tartan Army, Boston, and the spell of joy
4:30  What joy in community is (and why it's different from happiness)
6:30  The dopamine and oxytocin science: why shared joy hits differently
9:00  Going FourWords™: REVIVE, community joy through restoration
12:00  Going FourWords™: REALIZE, waking up from autopilot using joy as a tool
15:30  The Scottish fan quote that is worth remembering
17:00  Mid-roll: Create Today Membership and Sylva Sessions
19:30  Seven ways to discover joy in community
26:30  Closing: the spell was joy

Links Mentioned in this episode E133:
Join the email list: 

https://www.bdi-create.today

Create Today Membership: 

https://www.bdi-create.today

Sylva Sessions Creative Wellness Membership: 

https://www.bdi-create.today/offers/TYb6qQtg/checkout

REVIVE episode (E123): 

https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149197491

REALIZE episode (E124): 

https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149200757

REFINE episode (E125): 

https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149203573

RELEASE episode (E126): 

https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149205396

The Going FourWords Framework explained: 

https://www.bdi-create.today/podcasts/create-today-with-beth-buffington/episodes/2149207250

Create Today with Beth Buffington is the podcast for anyone who wants to use creativity as a wellness practice — for a fuller, happier, healthier life in heart, mind, body, and soul.

Subscribe so you don't miss what's coming in July.

And if this episode made you think of someone who needs more joy right now — send it to them. That small act of reaching out? That's community too.