Why You Don't Have to Try to Feel Joy

Joy is often treated as a goal or a reward. In this episode of ALWAYS CONNECTED, we explore a different view: joy as something already present, even in ordinary moments. Through live interaction and spirit-guided inquiry, we look at how effort, vigilance, and self-monitoring can obscure joy—and what helps it naturally surface again. During the show, I mentioned the question that keeps coming up around missing-person cases — why this is so hard, even for those who are genuinely open and well trained. I took it directly to Spirit. Over the past few weeks, that inquiry has led me into a much clearer understanding of how consciousness works and how information does — and does not — become available. It explained things that had never fully made sense to me before, and it refined my own connection in very practical ways. In the upcoming special edition of The Monthly Connection, I’ll be sharing a teaching called “Why We Can’t Find Them.” Once I understood my own misunderstanding, a lot of pieces fell into place — not just about missing persons, but about why we sometimes do and don’t receive certain kinds of information from loved ones in spirit and from our guides. If you’ve wrestled with this question, I think you’ll appreciate the clarity. Join us March 10th, 8pm eastern: https://suzannegiesemann.com/event/th... Check out Lynette's blog post from An Unexpected Mystic: https://anunexpectedmystic.com/2026/0... Suzanne Giesemann is a former Navy Commander-turned spiritual teacher, author, documentarian and evidential medium. Through The Awakened Way, she shares practical tools for living with peace, balance, and joyful connection to Spirit. In her vast YouTube library you will find inspired teachings, messages from her guides, Sanaya, meditations, and evidence that love and life never end. 🌟 To stay connected 🌟 Join my newsletter - https://bit.ly/suzanne-news Follow me on Facebook - / suzannegiesemann See my linktr.ee - https://linktr.ee/suzanne_giesemann #SuzanneGiesemann #TheAwakenedWay #SpiritualAwakening #Mediumship #AfterlifeEvidence #ChannelingSpirit #LivingInOneness #SpiritGuides #MessagesFromSpirit #Grief #Hope #BeyondTheVeil