What Are Happiness & Joy? A Breakthrough Epiphany
For those of you who have followed my journey over the last several years on my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@globaldivinealchemy) or through various LinkedIn articles that were channeled throughout my evolution, you know that this is one conundrum I have reflected on many times but still hadn’t fully “solved.”
I addressed it very directly in an article that I shared here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-joy-michele-gorman-33fue/?trackingId=jOxFz0KGQyeNdBdS6Vd37A%3D%3D
It has also been threaded through numerous articles throughout my evolution and journey.
And as 2026 unfolded, I was gifted with a breakthrough epiphany—and I wanted to share it in the hopes it inspires you to find your own.
Where the Seed Was First Planted
The truth is, I wasn’t really actively searching for the answer.
The seed was planted numerous years ago when my healing journey started to unfold with an unplanned retreat—one that began with curiosity about learning ancient philosophies and spiritual practices.
During that short retreat in Costa Rica, my homework was to deeply reflect on what happiness and joy meant to me, assigned by the instructor, Master Rebis.
While I go more into the process and the retreat in this video (https://youtu.be/zxXM95dNLo8), the expedited version is this:
I egoically thought that my homework would be an easy reflection that I would get done in 30 minutes.
Instead, it quickly turned into a humbling experience.
I realized that my knee-jerk definition was entirely based on what I did for others—versus what joy truly meant to me and for me.
Needless to say, it tumbled me down a rabbit hole of healing that I had never known beforehand that I needed…nor wanted.
Returning Again and Again to the Question
While you can now find the details of almost the entire journey on the YouTube channel noted above (I am not quite done documenting the entirety of what happened yet), suffice it to say, I have circled back to that very topic for reflection numerous times throughout my evolution.
Each time I cleared out some proverbial layers of mud and radically accepted my own being and truth, I would reflect on it again—at different times and in different ways.
And yet, every time, I intuitively knew:
This still wasn’t the treasure at the root.
I was filling in branches and leaves—but still missing the root.
The Gift That Arrived in 2026
That brings me back to the beginning of 2026 and the gift that flew in with the new year.
To say that I was meditating would be an overstatement.
It was more that I was allowing myself to relax into flowing, connecting, and being—making that a VIP part of my day.
And all of a sudden, out of what felt like nowhere, the answer was crystal clear.
The treasure at the root was shining—like it had been there waiting for me the entire time.
The Truth of Happiness & Joy
Happiness and joy are being fully alive.
Always living fully in exactly who you are—with self-sovereignty.
Freely. Lovingly. Completely.
So elegantly simple.
It had been waiting for me this entire time to find.
It was the complete realization that living this comes with a deep knowing of peace, elegant simplicity, and abundance— a oneness with the natural world and the collective of humanity.
Learnings That Unfolded With This Gift
Such a simple and elegant truth came through endless unveiling and personal layers—so much so that I could write for ages on the personal learnings and lessons.
(And I have shared countless videos and articles that address some of the methodologies and philosophies.)
But here are some of my favorite learnings and lessons that unfolded with this gift:
See the beauty in everything—and I do mean everything. The fun times. The hard times. The mundane. The waiting. The blessings. The lessons. The times when the universe kicks your ass. The moments when a short message from a stranger warms your heart with the exact pick-me-up you needed. Everything.
Nature and animals are divine messengers. You just have to believe and be open.
Accept what is, and move forward to curating your best self. Two of my favorite quotes on this: “If someone argues for their limitations, just simply let them keep them.” “What got you here will not get you there.”
You are not the family you were born into, your past, or your circumstances. You are your truest self when you face the raw, unfiltered, authentic self—and choose to live it with total acceptance. Every choice. Every behavior. Every action. Every thought. Every communication. Every moment. All grounded in complete holistic ownership and self-mastery of your own sovereignty.
Courage is facing your shadow. It is deciding to walk through it and burn it down. There is no dancing around it in transformation. It is necessary to be reborn renewed on the other side. When I was launching my new programs at biofieldhacker.io, ChatGPT created a customized quote for my philosophies about this very thing:
You are not being destroyed—you are initiating your own death. You step into the flames with open eyes, because rebirth isn’t granted—it’s claimed. On the other side, you don’t just live—you begin.
A Proverbial “Dog Biscuit” From the Universe
I could share so much more from this process, but I will leave it there for now.
I will share this, though:
As this epiphany unfolded and I returned to the rest of my day, I decided to quickly watch a video on YouTube.
And as usual—to my great amusement—the universe delivered what I like to call a proverbial dog biscuit.
A little treat for “good behavior.”
As soon as I selected the video, an advertisement for Aritzia popped up—dramatically sunshiny music and visuals capturing moments of simple joy.
It ended with the tagline:
“Everyday Luxury to Elevate Your World.”
I laughed out loud and said with merriment: “Noted. Well played, source and universe.”
Final Thought
Life is filled with signs, signals, and proverbial dog biscuits.
You simply have to believe—and be willing—to get out of your own way.
Wake up. Open up. And allow yourself the gift of seeing them.
The world is truly limitless abundance.
It is only us who limit ourselves.
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Shoutout to ChatGPT for always doing such a nice job with editing and formatting.