Welcome to The Unruly Joy Club!

Making Joy A Priority :0)

Wonderful to meet you! My name is Jasmine (she/her/hers) and I am the one and only Madame President of The Unruly Joy Club :0)

The Unruly Joy Club was founded to provide a space to express my love of learning and building new skills, on social media and the internet as a whole! Through this website and blog, TikTok, YouTube, Substack, Instagram (and more!), I hope to reach more people than I ever could in my daily life. I want to show people that there ARE options and ways to make our lives worth living.

Join us, as we discover new hobbies, meet new people, and reconnect with ourselves. The Unruly Joy Club emphasizes how we can learn to create our own happiness and inner peace, while we navigate this beautiful and cruel world. I’m the type of person that clings to a single thread if it will help me move forward and get out of the gunk (the messy, sticky, heavy, annoying, and gross parts of life).

In a way, this is a virtual community. You may have found my lovely blog here through the many, many social media platforms, by meeting me, or other avenues. Either way, no matter where you choose to connect, you are apart of the club!

Do I look like a therapist? A librarian? A preschool/kindergarten teacher? Certainly hope so.

About Me

My name is Jasmine and I go by Madame President for obvious reasons. I am a writer, reader, crocheter, plant mom, and master’s level counselor who aspires to call herself a painter, embroiderer, photographer, and gardener (different from a plant mom). I have so many interests it can be hard to keep track. I have dreams and aspirations that I am so sure of now and may change my mind about later. One thing I have always been certain of, is that I want to make the world a better place one smile at a time.

The Meaning of Unruly Joy

Joy is one of many emotions, but out of the main six it is special: It is the only emotion where every feeling along its spectrum is a good feeling. By good feeling I don’t mean that it is the best, or that the other emotions are always bad. No, joy is simply the one that allows us to feel pleasure, to feel relieved, to feel better. At the same time, joy (to me) is the most profound.

Unruly joy is all about owning our right to be happy. We practice unruly joy when we allow ourselves to feel at peace and go at our pace, even when feel pressured to push past our limits at the expense of our well-being. When we try something new despite the fear of failure and limits of perfection, we are unruly with our joy! It can be challenging to see the good in the world and to feel hope. It can become an act of defiance, even resistance to take action and be the people make it so.

About Me, Professionally

Both as a therapist and as a person, I need my own ground to stand on, in order to walk alongside others. I like to view life as a journey and the pursuit of a better life akin to hiking the tallest of mountains and tripping over small bumps in the road. My chosen profession and purpose in life is to act as a guide, a healer, and comrade in arms to those who know they are not alone and need someone to lean on.

We all need someone to talk to about our struggles and our dreams. We deserve safe spaces to be present and process experiences, thoughts, and feelings that can leave us overwhelmed. It can be hard to find the time to focus on our own goals and even harder to know where to start. I strive to meet others exactly where they are with sincerity, patience, and optimism.

I practice Adlerian therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). I incorporate motivational interviewing and narrative approaches, as well. Through the acceptance of our present, understanding of our past, and commitment to our goals for the future, we can make lasting changes.

My approach is centered on the belief that fostering community and social support is necessary to heal and grow. I welcome conversations about race, gender, culture, sexuality, and other parts of our identities. I have extensive experience supporting people of all ages (from infants to the elderly), and as a mental health technician I help patients with a variety of mental and physical health conditions, including anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, substance use.