Joy by Design
Let's find a little more joy.
Hi, joy seeker.
Welcome. I'm glad you're here.
A small invitation
You don't have to be happy here. You don't have to be calm or do perfect yoga or be healed. You can approach joy practice anytime you like, from any moment life brings. Come on in and relax.
My offering for you
I've assembled my favorite joy practices, cultivated over more than a decade of studying joy, design, and the human heart. With time and cultivation, these practices offer cracks of light: moments of joy, awareness, belonging, and aliveness.
Occasional Joy notes (and a coloring book)
I send reflections and offerings when the moment feels right. No schedule, no joyless spam. When you join the joy email list, I'll send you my Joy by Design Coloring Book for free -- just a little joy from me to you.
Joy by Design is a body of work created by Quinn O’Briant Heller, a writer, teacher, and longtime student of joy. Her background includes human-centered design, mindfulness and movement practices, and years of teaching and facilitation in both personal and professional settings.
Small Joys
Self-guided practices designed to add a sprinkle of joy
Week of Joy Practice
7-day email series
Joy practices delivered to your inbox daily for one week.
- One guiding question about joy each day
- Brief reflection & optional practice
- Designed for busy or difficult seasons
Each practice takes 15 minutes or less. Read at your own pace.
Occasionally available.
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Money Beliefs & Joy
30-minute practice
Our beliefs about money shape how we feel about abundance, generosity, joy, and life. In this one-hour recording, you'll experience a repeatable process for:
- Identifying money beliefs that no longer serve you
- Understanding their origins
- Creating new beliefs that bring more joy
Perfect for days when money stress is eroding your joy.
Available now.
Free, instant access.
Joy Dinner Kit
A guide for hosting meaningful meals
A simple structure for bringing people together around food, joy, and connected conversation. Inside the kit:
- Guidance for setting the tone & getting (a little) organized
- The two "magic" questions
- Tips for creating warmth without pressure
Use it for community-building, weeknight dinners, holidays, or moments when connection feels especially needed.
Occasionally available.
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Deeper Dives into Joy
A deep course on joy, money, and possibility
A comprehensive exploration of how money beliefs shape not just your finances, but your sense of safety, agency, and capacity for joy.
In this in-depth, self-paced course, Quinn guides you through uncovering inherited and unconscious money patterns — and replacing them with beliefs that support steadiness, choice, and a more joyful relationship with money.
Through practical tools, reflective exercises, and real-life examples, you’ll learn how to reduce fear-driven decisions and create more room for ease, meaning, and possibility.
This is not about earning more at all costs.
It’s about cultivating a relationship with money that can support both joy and a well-lived life.
The Joyful Entrepreneur
Occasonally offered
A course for thoughtful founders
A practical course for moving from an early idea to a simple, testable launch without over-investing or rushing ahead.
You’ll learn how to:
- validate ideas using straightforward market research,
- test concepts until you find one that supports both joy and income,
- build relationships with other entrepreneurs,
- and launch a minimum viable product with clarity and restraint.
Designed for founders who want to build sustainably and joyfully.
Joy in Hard Times Masterclass
Occasonally offered
A short course for tough times
When life brings loss or major change, joy can feel out of reach. This masterclass offers a grounded way to work with difficult experiences without forcing positivity or moving on too quickly.
In bite-sized, guided sessions, Quinn shares practical strategies for:
- Staying present with sorrow and uncertainty,
- Finding meaning inside difficult moments,
- Cultivating forms of joy that are honest and resilient.
Not about fixing what hurts.
About learning how joy and sorrow can coexist.
Places I've Taught, Worked, and Learned
Joy by Design is informed by years of work in design, education, and leadership, including teaching, facilitation, and product work in academic and organizational settings. These are a few favorites.
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