When was the last time you felt real joy in your business? Not just satisfaction, or relief that a project got finished. but genuine, light-you-up joy?
For many fitness, health and wellbeing business owners, joy gets pushed aside. There’s always something urgent: rent to pay, social media posts to write, clients to serve. But joy isn’t frivolous. It’s fuel.
From a mindset perspective, joy expands your capacity. Neuroscience shows that positive emotions build resilience, increase creativity, and widen perspective. In business terms, joy makes you more resourceful, more adaptable, and more inspiring to be around.
Joy isn’t a distraction from success, it’s a pathway to it.
Joy tends to vanish when:
- You get caught in comparison (scrolling other people’s businesses on Instagram).
- You overcommit and leave no breathing space.
- You tie your worth to outcomes rather than effort.
The good news is joy can be reclaimed. Here are some practical ways:
- Celebrate small wins. Don’t wait until you hit the big revenue target. Notice the joy of a client breakthrough, a great class, or even finishing your accounts.
- Add playfulness. This could be music in the studio, a themed class, or trying something new in your marketing.
- Reconnect with why. Joy often hides in the reason you started: helping people feel better, healthier, more confident.
Joy connects to permission. Many business owners withhold joy as if it has to be earned. “When I hit six figures, then I’ll celebrate.” “When I finally get staff sorted, then I’ll relax.” But remember joy delayed is joy denied.
When you permit yourself to experience joy daily, you create an upward spiral. Clients feel it, staff catch it, and your whole brand energy lifts.
Joy can be seasonal. A morning walk in the crisp autumn air, a light summer class outdoors, the simple joy of seeing clients walk in with red cheeks from the cold and leave glowing with energy. These little anchors keep joy alive all year round.
Even in the UK’s darker months, you can find joy in cosy rituals, candles during online classes, a big mug of tea between sessions, and celebrating small client milestones to brighten winter days.
Joy isn’t something you’ll find “one day when the business is sorted.” It’s something you cultivate daily, through choice and attention.
If you’re ready to bring more joy back into your business and let it lift your mindset, email me philippa@holdmyhandcoaching.com and let’s explore 1:1 coaching.
Until next time,
Best wishes
Philippa x