In this episode of The JOY Factor Podcast, Julie Hanson sits down with Marriage and Family Therapist Tiff Majette to explore the power of rewriting our stories, cultivating joy, and choosing resilience—even in the face of pain and challenge. Tiff shares her journey from aspiring FBI profiler to becoming a therapist devoted to healing families, communities, and cultures through curiosity, empathy, and narrative therapy.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode

• How Tiff’s path led from psychology to marriage and family therapy
• The meaning of the Joy Factor and how joy supports health and resilience
• How narrative therapy helps people rewrite old stories and create new, empowering ones
• Practical ways to shift internal dialogue toward self-compassion and gratitude
• Why time and intentional pauses are essential in healing
• Everyday practices for reclaiming joy, even when life feels overwhelming
• How choosing joy daily can be both an act of resilience and resistance

Memorable Quotes from Tiff

• “Narrative therapy helps us shift how we tell our stories and therefore how we see ourselves.”
• “Give time, time—and you will get through.”
• “Joy doesn’t simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.”

Resources & Where to Find Tiff

• Instagram: @tifft.mft23
• https://inner-evolution.com/staff/tiff-majette