Joy Zone with Lisa McCourt

In a world increasingly fractured by division, where "us versus them" thinking dominates public discourse, Lisa shares her upcoming plans for a multi-pronged project that reaches across the culture-war battlefield -- a bold, heart-centered approach to healing our collective wounds. Incorporating today’s most robust science and research on love, UN-OTHERING introduces a new paradigm of activism – o...

You might know Leon Logothetis as the host of the Netflix series The Kindness Diaries, in which he circumnavigated the globe while relying solely on the kindness of strangers, giving life-changing gifts along the way to unsuspecting good Samaritans! Also a bestselling author and humanitarian influencer, Leon has garnered millions of views and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for those in ne...

Lisa and her superstar friend Paul Boynton (bestselling author and creator of the famous Begin with Yes movement) led an event recently to help their communities deal with these heartbreaking times in the most effective and high-consciousness ways possible. The positive feedback was overwhelming, so the full event is now offered in this episode of Joy Zone. Allow the inspiration and powerful heali...

Feeling triggered? You’re not alone. Our commitment to staying centered, loving, and peaceful is being challenged at every turn. What if you could learn tools for not only surviving these challenging times but transmuting them into fuel for exhilarating expansion and positive transformation? In this episode, Lisa talks about using your triggers as opportunities for deep healing work, and interview...

When the world is on fire, it’s a wakeup call to all of us to redouble our commitment to staying in our power, getting clear about our boundaries, and standing up for the rights of ourselves and others! In this episode, we drop in on a Joy School session with guest teacher Nedjma Belaid, an expert on overcoming people-pleasing and reclaiming our voice and our strength. Lisa McCourt - JOY School an...

As one calendar year has come to a close and a new one looms all fresh and inviting before us, we're invited to take stock of where we ARE at this moment in time. How well have we stayed on track in aligning our lives with what's most meaningful and true for us? Lisa and her friend Christi Clemons Hoffman discuss the benefits of a spirit-led lifestyle in this inspiring episode! Lisa McCourt- JOY S...

When it comes to New Year resolutions, Lisa urges listeners to carefully consider whether they’re using this custom to honor themselves or judge themselves. We do much better when we make our goals about self-honoring! Lisa interviews Sabine Kvenberg about tips for stepping fully and unapologetically into your passions in the coming year. It’s your year to shine! Lisa McCourt Joy School and Happin...

“Self-love is rocket fuel on the spiritual path. We can never be a refuge for anyone else beyond the degree to which we can be a refuge for ourselves.” Lisa’s gift to you this holiday season is this powerful teaching and meditation led by her wise spiritual-teacher friend David Cronin. This episode is filled with wisdom for dealing with family during the holiday season, or dealing with challenges...

“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” Can you relate to this often-cited quote by Ram Dass? Often, it’s those we’ve known the longest with whom we struggle the most to stay open-hearted and compassionate since they’re the ones most likely to trigger our oldest wounds. Lisa offers some insights for handling the stress of holiday-time gatherings in this episode, and ta...

“The only thing we can control right now is the state of our own consciousness,” says Lisa’s friend and guest for this episode, Lisa Campion. They discuss ways to keep your vibration elevated, lean toward unity consciousness (and away from fear), and apply solid tools for calming your nervous system when you notice you’re triggered. As we each focus on elevating our own consciousness, we’re doing...

“The flushing of the shadow is painful, but critical to the movement forward. When the shadows become illuminated, we need to choose to lean into the light. We must meet the pain with love, open our hearts even more to discover our divinity,” says Lisa’s guest, healer and spiritual teacher Kristin Kirk. At the time of this episode’s release, many Americans are reeling from a particularly stressful...

America has a big problem. Most Americans feel their problems will be solved if the political party they prefer is the party in charge. But in this delicate conversation between Lisa and her friend Chris Niebauer, Ph,D., they point to the bigger problem of a nation divided. When we engage in “othering,” of any kind, we are training ourselves away from our most natural human capacities for empathy...

Welcome to the Joy Zone – where Lisa and her guests share insights and tools for living above the fray in these challenging times! In this first episode of the Joy Zone podcast (formerly known as Do Joy!) Lisa and her Joy Schoolers talk about the myriad benefits of adopting a spiritual lifestyle with award-winning and Emmy-nominated TV producer and host Meredith Porte. Meredith shares how her spir...

Can the healing power of limitless love rise to cure the divisiveness and negativity that threaten to overwhelm our planet today? That’s what Lisa and her guest are counting on! Rajashree Maa (Joni Dittrich, Ph. D.) is an author, healer, psychologist, teacher of meditation, yoga philosophy, and holistic wellness who was blessed with a mystical experience that provided a tool for making the energy...

If you’re fascinated with the inner workings of the human mind and the latest understandings around what makes us inscrutable human creatures tick the way we do, you’ll love Lisa’s interview with Ravinder Taylor! For the past 30 years, Ravinder has been researching and analyzing self-help modalities. She’s the co-author of over 200 personal motivation audio programs, two prior books, and her newes...

Lisa celebrates her 60th birthday by exploring the energy of the unapologetic goddess with author and psychotherapist Seana Zelazo. Enjoy this lively exploration of nonduality, sensuality, radical authenticity through the maintenance of sacred boundaries, and living unapologetically with love! Highlighting examples from Seana’s book The Way of Inanna: A Heroine’s Guide to Living Unapologetically,...

In the collective, there’s no debating that the energy of anger is on the rise. In this fascinating episode, Lisa interviews psychologist and author Faust Ruggiero about the role anger plays in our lives and in the world today. Is there ever such a thing as healthy anger? What are emotionally healthy ways to deal with anger when it shows up for us? How can we channel and repurpose our anger for in...

Why is it so hard to offer our bodies the unconditional love and tender care they deserve? It’s time we start celebrating these precious vessels we move through life as -- the unique-to-each-of-us human suit that we wear throughout our Earth journey. Let Lisa and Weight Release Expert & Body Love Coach Sarah Haas inspire you to honor the whispers and needs of your uniquely remarkable body in this...

We all want peace. We all want a life of joy and meaning. We want to feel blissfully comfortable in our own skin, moving through the world with grace and ease. But how many of us are actively taking the steps to create such a life? By learning some foundational principles and practicing their application in our day-to-day activities, every one of us can elevate our own personal joy setpoint to liv...

Former lawyer turned mystic, Jessica Falcon is an International Soul Embodiment Guide who has identified the core beliefs – deeply embedded in the individual and collective psyche – that keep us from owning our power, speaking our truth, and liberating our sexuality. Jessica says: “You remember who you truly are and reclaim your divine sovereignty, so you experience true freedom. This naturally tr...

Dr. Paul Zeitz has just returned from the Middle East where he was involved in peace-keeping efforts between Israelis and Palestinians, having held prestigious government positions spanning diverse sectors including climate transformation, racial and gender equity, authentic democracy, sustainable development, child welfare, and global health. Lisa talks with him about his new book, Revolutionary...

The Do Joy! podcast is all about creating a life of joy and meaning through love of self and others, and Pride Month is the perfect time to celebrate that! These beautiful conversations with LGBTQ+ influencers and authors Jazz Jennings and Ben Greene, plus love-activist authors Scott Stabile and David Ault, are guaranteed to open your heart. It is only through an open heart that love can flow, and...

What does sacred geometry have to do with you and your life? Much more than you can imagine! Lisa invites the foremost experts on sacred geometry to share their remarkable knowledge about this ancient key that unlocks gateways to elevated realms of consciousness and inner peace. Gail and Gregory Hoag explain how utilizing the secrets of sacred geometry allows us to attain emotional equilibrium, co...

What do spiritual teachers really mean by “consciousness” and how can we elevate ours? From the Joy School perspective, elevating consciousness means becoming ever more skilled and proficient at aligning with the part of us that existed before it got muddied up with all the beliefs and programs of our human-y experience – the pure essence of our soul self, where each of us already fully embodies j...

According to bestselling author and spiritual teacher Anodea Judith, it’s time for the re-emergence of the feminine face of God -- a reorientation toward the Goddess, who represents a wide range of expressions that serve both men and women. To learn about her is to explore, at an archetypal level, a necessary part of ourselves that has been tragically sublimated in our contemporary world. Join Lis...