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Joy Lab — Tap Into Your Joy
Science with Soul

Ready to tap into your joy?

Joy Lab is a self-guided program that helps you break free from chronic stress, anxiety, and low moods—and build the kind of resilient, meaningful life that keeps getting better.

$10/month · Cancel anytime · App included

Your Daily Practice
"Doing this inner work takes courage. But it also makes life more meaningful, more fulfilling, and even easier."
12
Elements of Joy
4
Evidence-based pillars
45m
Per week, that's all
This Month's Element
✨ Explore Savoring — the practice of richly experiencing the good that's already in your life

More than feeling better.
It's about thriving.

Joy Lab is a self-guided, science-backed program that helps you understand your patterns, practice letting go, and take meaningful action—week by week, element by element.

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Identify What's Keeping You Stuck
Uncover the unconscious patterns and common obstacles contributing to chronic stress, anxiety, or depression.
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Practice Acceptance & Letting Go
Learn to release what no longer serves you—through evidence-based practices that feel gentle, not forced.
Take Empowering Action
Create new patterns and pathways—not just to feel better, but to tap into the joy that's been there all along.
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Build Lifelong Practices
Deepen your sense of connection and meaning with practices built on your unique strengths—not a one-size-fits-all fix.

"Healing and growth don't need to be heavy and complex to be effective. With Joy Lab, the path is doable—and sustainable."

— Henry Emmons, MD & Aimee Prasek, PhD, Joy Lab Co-Hosts

These Elements aren't quick fixes. Quick fixes don't work for complex lives. Instead, they're building blocks for a more joyful, resilient life.

  • Move through 12 carefully curated Elements of Joy, one per month
  • Experience an upward spiral—strengthening one element grows all the others
  • Grounded in modern neuroscience, psychology, and timeless wisdom traditions
  • Designed for real lives—about 45 minutes per week is all you need
  • Self-guided and flexible—go at your own pace, on your schedule

One element.
One month. Deep roots.

Each month, you'll explore one element that becomes the lens through which you live—woven into your everyday life in realistic and deeply meaningful ways.

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The Upward Spiral Effect

As you strengthen one element, the others grow too. That's the synergy that creates big, lasting changes. Inspiration deepens Gratitude. Awe expands Curiosity. Compassion amplifies Love. This is how Joy Lab creates transformation that actually sticks.

Inspiration
Month 1
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Savoring
Month 2
⚖️
Equanimity
Month 3
💪
Resilience
Month 4
🌅
Hope
Month 5
🔭
Curiosity
Month 6
🌌
Awe
Month 7
🎉
Fun
Month 8
❤️
Love
Month 9
🤲
Compassion
Month 10
🙏
Gratitude
Month 11
🌟
Sympathetic Joy
Month 12

A rhythm that fits
your life.

Joy Lab is built around a simple weekly rhythm. Each week, you'll listen, experiment, and practice—with everything accessible right in the Joy Lab app.

01
Listen to the Podcast
Your weekly Joy Lab Podcast episode is your built-in coach—Henry and Aimee guide you through each Element with warmth, science, and real-world wisdom. About 30–40 minutes.
02
Try the Experiment
Each episode comes with a hands-on experiment—a practice drawn from mindfulness, CBT, positive psychology, and wisdom traditions. Short, meaningful, and grounded in science.
03
Feel the Shift
Over time, small practices compound into profound change. The Elements support each other, the spiral builds, and your inner joy grid lights up—naturally, sustainably.
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iOS & Android

Everything lives in the Joy Lab App

The Joy Lab app is your home base—designed to be easy, intuitive, and encouraging. Track your progress through the Elements, access experiments anytime, connect with the community, and celebrate milestones. Your whole program, in your pocket, whenever you need it.

Where modern science
meets timeless wisdom.

Joy Lab isn't built on one tradition. It draws from four powerful domains to support your whole self—mind, heart, and spirit.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
The gold-standard in evidence-based mental health treatment. CBT tools help you identify and reframe the thought patterns that drive stress, anxiety, and low mood—so you can respond to life rather than react to it.
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Positive Psychology
Instead of only fixing what's broken, positive psychology builds on what's strong. Joy Lab actively cultivates strengths, values, and the conditions for genuine flourishing—not just the absence of suffering.
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Science of Mindfulness
Decades of research confirm that mindfulness rewires the brain for calm, clarity, and connection. But Joy Lab goes beyond sitting meditation—offering a diverse toolkit of practices that honor your unique interests and lifestyle.
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The Wisdom of the Soul
The deepest healing touches something beyond the intellect. Joy Lab weaves in contemplative and wisdom traditions—from ancient to contemporary—to help you reconnect with your authentic, wise self and a life of meaning.

Not your typical
mindfulness program.

Most programs ask too much, for too short a time. Joy Lab is built to fit your life—and grow with you indefinitely.

Most Mindfulness Programs Joy Lab ✦
Duration 6–8 weeks, then what? Ongoing, self-paced
Weekly Time Ask 4–8 hours/week ~45 minutes/week
Focus Fix what's broken Build what's strong
Tools Primarily meditation Diverse strategies that honor your interests
Goal Reduce symptoms Tap into authentic, lasting joy
Structure Rigid, instructor-led Flexible, self-guided with expert guidance

Tools for life.
Not just for now.

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    Manage Stress, Anxiety & Low Moods

    A practical, empowering toolkit to navigate difficult emotions—drawn from the most effective evidence-based approaches available.

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    Deeper Self-Understanding

    Recognize your thought patterns, emotional triggers, and unconscious habits—and understand how to shift them.

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    Meaningful Daily Actions

    Small, doable practices that compound over time. Nothing overwhelming—just consistent, purposeful steps toward the life you want.

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    Connection to Your Inner Resilience

    Reconnect with the resilience and vitality that's always been inside you—your joy grid, ready to be activated.

Tap into your
joy grid.

Think of Joy Lab as your personal joy charger. Inside you, there's an inner current of resilience, vitality, and wellbeing—always there, even when it feels far away. Joy Lab gives you the tools to reconnect with it: to find it on hard days, to deepen it on good ones, and to make it your default setting.

Ready anytime you need a lift in mood, energy, or spirit. That's the promise of Joy Lab.

⚡ Your personal joy charger

Expert voices.
Human hearts.

Joy Lab is co-hosted by two leading clinicians who bring the rigor of science together with the warmth of genuine care.

👨‍⚕️
Henry Emmons, MD
Psychiatrist & Co-Host
Dr. Emmons is a psychiatrist whose integrative approach to mental health has helped thousands of people find a path through depression, anxiety, and burnout. He believes deeply that healing should be whole-person, sustainable, and rooted in what makes us fully human. His work bridges the best of clinical medicine with contemplative wisdom, making science feel like soul.
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Aimee Prasek, PhD
Researcher & Co-Host
Dr. Prasek brings the rigor of research science to the warmth of practical, human-centered wellness. Her expertise in positive psychology and mindfulness shapes how Joy Lab translates complex science into meaningful, actionable practices. She's committed to building programs that actually work for real lives—not just in lab conditions.

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Joy Lab membership is simple, affordable, and built to support you for as long as you want to keep growing.

  • 📱
    Full access to the Joy Lab App (iOS & Android)
  • 🎙️
    New podcast episodes every week—your built-in coach
  • 🧪
    Weekly Experiments that connect directly to each episode
  • 💬
    Community space to discuss podcasts and experiments with fellow members
  • Nombi Award–nominated content in the Wellness & Relationships category
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    Access to all 12 Elements of Joy as you move through the program
Joy Lab Membership
$
10
per month · cancel anytime
Join a supportive community of people committed to building a more joyful, resilient life. Your first step toward something that actually lasts.
  • Joy Lab App (iOS & Android)
  • Weekly podcast episodes
  • Weekly experiments & practices
  • Community discussion space
  • All 12 Elements of Joy
  • Evidence-based mental health tools
  • Cancel anytime, no commitment
Start My Joy Lab Journey →
🔒 Secure checkout · 92% of members stay beyond their first year

Joy is not a destination.
It's a practice.

You don't have to wait until everything is perfect or until you feel ready. Joy Lab meets you where you are—and helps you build from there. One week. One experiment. One element at a time.

Join Joy Lab Today
Starting at $10/month · Cancel anytime