Archive - The Joy Ambassador

Today We Lost Dolly Parton

A song teller, a dreamer and a woman who taught me that perhaps being too much isn't such a bad thing after all

Aug 25 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

The Joy Ambassador Philosophy

Finding joy in a real life, not a perfect one

Aug 18 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

Live with Deronda | The Joy Ambassador and Melinda V King - The Mindful Messy Wanderer

A recording from Deronda | The Joy Ambassador's live video

Aug 17 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador and Melinda V King

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I Think I Forgot to Tell You About the Music

There was a choir, an African language, a famous trio, and somehow...Istanbul

Aug 9 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

Sometimes freedom begins when we stop asking the wrong people to tell us we are worthy.

Aug 2 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

July 2026

Musings of My Heart 💖Home Isn't a Place

Finding joy in the places love has called home...

Jul 29 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

The Woman I Always Wanted to Become

The Legacy I Didn't Realize I Was Already Living

Jul 16 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

June 2026

Letters from Istanbul... Wine, Women, and the Hill That Knows My Name

One old wine cellar, one steep hill, and the city that started whispering my name back to me.

Jun 21 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

Joy Changed Everything

The unexpected journey from finding a voice to finding a life

Jun 19 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

The Year That Felt Like Sunshine

Every once in a while a simple moment pulls you back into a year that still glows in your memory.

Jun 8 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

May 2026

Letters from Istanbul... The Sound of Coming Home

Two pink suitcases, one cold Coke Zero, and the city that taught my soul how to exhale.

May 21 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

The World My Mother Saw—and the One I See Now

Holding love, perspective, and truth in the same conversation

May 6 • Deronda | The Joy Ambassador

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