The JOY Broadcast

In this week's Joy Broadcast , Ali talks through two phrases you hear absolutely everywhere in the wellness world. Two phrases that most people don’t truly understand, including the difference between them. In this episode, Ali makes that distinction clear. Plus why 'Regulating' is the wrong word in both cases and what you can do and say instead. In This EpisodeWhy ‘regulation’ is the wrong word and why it mattersYour nervous system: what it actually is, how it works, and why it’s prehistoric by designThe sympathetic and parasympathetic states and why we need bothThe real reason so many high-performing women can’t lose weight (hint: it’s not what you’re eating)Your emotional system: the ocean inside you, and how the mind makes sense of itWhy you can be emotionally intelligent and still absolutely exhaustedBody first, then brain, the sequence that changes everythingHow to work out which system needs your attention right nowThe Key InsightYour nervous system is your physiology,  the body, the container. Your emotional system is your psychology, the ocean of feelings held within that container. Most women are working hard on one and bypassing the other entirely. And if your nervous system is stuck in a stress response, your prefrontal cortex has gone offline, which means all the therapy, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence in the world can’t land properly.Body first. Then the brain. The container, then the ocean.“We aren’t heating systems with knobs. We are oceans. And you cannot calm an entire ocean with a knob.” Links & Next Steps→ Download the Joy List — free in the Joy Emporium→ Join The Joy Rebellion (membership, £222/year): Joy Rebellion→ Brilliance  private one-to-one mentorship with Ali: Work with me→ Email Ali: ali@alimortimer.com If you’re not sure which system needs attention right now, the body or the emotional ocean,  start with the Joy List & the Daily Dose (number one in the Joy Emporium  for free) . It works on both. And if you want to go deeper with personalised support, come and find me inside The Joy Rebellion or drop me an email.Lots of love, Ali xo 🌹https://www.alimortimer.com/

Ali woke up this week with a horrendous migraine  and instead of pushing through or giving up, she did something else entirely. She 'joyed' her way out of it. In this honest, personal, and surprisingly practical episode, Ali shares exactly what she did hour by hour to heal herself using her own joy strategy and why this was a powerful reminder that joy isn't just a philosophy. It is a healer, a strategy, and a verb.The Key IdeasJoy is a verb. 'To joy' is to actively, deliberately choose yourself, your rest, your pleasure, your peace is the strategy. Not something you do after everything else. The thing you do first, or nothing else works properly.Frustration is a signal. As a Generator in Human Design, Ali knows that frustration is her not-self theme,  the signal that she is out of alignment with her own energy. A migraine is her body's loudest version of that message. When she honours it, everything flows. When she ignores it, everything costs twice as much.Slowing down is not falling behind. In choosing to rest, write for pleasure, meditate, and walk slowly, Ali ended the day having done more than she had planned and all of it felt like ease.Joy is chemistry. The Daily DOSE  (Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Endorphins)  is not a concept. It is a biological strategy. When you flood your body with these hormones through small, deliberate acts of joy, you change your internal chemistry. Ali has the OG joy list to prove it, a tiny scrap of paper she has kept since 2016.Resources MentionedThe Original Daily DOSE Episode scroll to the very first episode of The Joy Broadcast for the full story of how joy healed Ali in 2016. Listen here. F*ck Discipline. I Know a Better Way — the Substack article Ali wrote in the sunshine this morning on the energy of devotion. Read it here.The Reason Your To-Do List Never Gets Shorter — the practical Substack article on the 4 D's and the 3 R's. Link: Read it here.The Joy Rebellion: Ali's membership community. 52 weeks of devoted joy, weekly personalised coaching, and eight years of programmes and trainings. £222 for the year (or pay in instalments of £22),  annual members receive a private one-to-one call with Ali. Find the Joy Rebellion Joy in HD The Human Design Mastercourse. Every element of your unique chart, mapped across your body, your work, and your relationships. Including a three-month bonus mastermind with Ali from 1st April. Currently on pre-sale at £1,111. (prices subject to change depending on when you listen)RememberJoy isn't what you earn after you've got through the hard day. Joy is how you get through it.https://www.alimortimer.com/

In this meaty, educational episode, Ali takes you through one of the most powerful exercises she does with her private clients: identifying your core values. Because when you truly know your values, you have an anchor that nothing and no one can take from you. You have confidence that comes from within, not from external validation. And you have the most powerful antidote to anyone who tries to shame, judge, or hurt you.This is the work that has given Ali the clarity to stand on stage, be visible, and receive both praise and criticism, all with an unshakeable sense of who she is.What We Cover in This EpisodeWhy knowing your values changes everything When your inner world and outer world are aligned, living out of integrity with yourself becomes impossible. Ali shares how this work protected her in a pivotal moment and how it does the same for her clients every single day.Values as your antidote When someone throws criticism, judgment, or hate your way, your values are the truth that makes their poison dissolve. Ali even uses them to identify why something is hurting, so she can let it go and move on.Ali's own core values Grit. Grace. Gratitude. Growth. Genuine. Generosity. All beginning with G (because Ali loves alliteration and words are her love language). She walks you through how she arrived at each one, and why Grace was the newest addition and the one she still has to consciously remember.The values discovery exercise — step by stepGrab a blank sheet of paper and write down everything you value in life. Fill the whole page. Don't edit yourself.Ask yourself: When did I feel really, really good about myself? Why? Who was I being? What was I honouring?Ask yourself: When did I feel really hurt or sad? What values were stepped on?Start grouping your words — find the one word that holds all the others for you.Make your list memorable. Alliteration, acronyms, whatever helps you know them off the top of your head.Living the practice Over the next week, witness yourself. When you feel good, which values are you honouring? When you feel off, which ones have been stepped on? This is a practice, not a one-time exercise. Keep coming back to it.Resources MentionedI Know Me and I Love Me:  Life Lab workshop inside The Joy Rebellion. A deep-dive into understanding and truly knowing yourself, which Ali shares with all her private clients early in their work together.Love for Life: A full programme Ali wrote in 2021 during one of her most challenging chapters, helping you start the greatest love affair you'll ever have, the one with yourself. Only available inside The Joy Rebellion.Rebel HD: Arriving on 23rd March. A brand new three-part workshop series using Human Design to understand yourself in your Body, Bedroom, and Boardroom. Available exclusively inside The Joy Rebellion.Joy in HD: The full master course. 12 modules of Human Design, plus a live mastermind element with Ali via Telegram and Zoom. Starting 1st April. Currently on pre-sale at £1,111. Joy in HD Presale until 23rd March.The Joy Rebellion:  Ali's membership where all of these programmes, courses, and trainings live. Join the community - £222 for the year or 12*£22 per month.Remember to share the joy on your socials, with friends!Joy = Just On You. And just on you starts with knohttps://www.alimortimer.com/

Welcome back to The Joy Broadcast and welcome to Year Two!This first episode of season two is a declaration. A relaunch. And a reminder of why joy isn't just a nice idea, it's chemistry, biology, and physics. It's the most powerful strategy you have.Ali opens with a confession: she took a break. She burned things down (very 3/6 of her), sat in the embers, and asked herself what this next chapter of the Joy Broadcast really needed to be about. The answer? Power. Not the soft version of joy, but joy as your sharpest competitive edge.What We Talk About in This EpisodeThe evolution of the Joy Broadcast Year one was about survival:  how to find joy when everything is falling apart. Year two is about something bigger: how to use joy as a strategy when everything is piling up and coming at you all at once. Same answer, different era.Joy is not fluffy. Joy is science. Ali breaks down why joy operates across three branches of science  and why that completely changes how you should think about itChemistry: Joy changes what you're made of. Biology: Joy changes how you function as a living system. Physics: Joy changes your frequency. The Magician card While writing her keynote speech, Ali pulled a tarot card — and out jumped the Magician. The reminder she needed: you are the magic. And magic is always the same formula: power + skill + action. Fear as a messenger, not a shackle Fear comes up in client conversations every single week. Ali reframes it completely here: fear isn't your foe, it's your friend. It is one of your greatest guides.Resources MentionedThe Daily DOSE — your free starting point for flooding your body with the happiness hormones that heal. Download it free from the Joy Emporium — it's number one on the shelf. → Find the free downloads in the Joy Emporium hereThe Joy Codes Bundle — seven workshops and workbooks covering the Harmony Principles. Your biology lesson. Yours for life for £55. → Joy Codes BundleThe Joy Rebellion — Ali's year-long membership community for women who are choosing joy as a strategy. Home to the Hawkins Scale training inside Manifest It, weekly mentorship, monthly sessions, and the full library of Ali's courses and programmes built over eight years. → Join the Joy Rebellion hereThe Joy Brief — Ali's weekly newsletter. A two-minute Monday morning read that directs you to everything you need to bring more joy into your life. One stop shop for joy. → Get The Joy Brief hereIf You Loved This EpisodeLeave a review, it genuinely helps more women find the show.Share it with the woman in your life who needs to hear that joy isn't fluffy. It's her competitive edge.And come and find Ali on Instagram, where the reels are landing, the conversations are real, and joy is always the strategy.The Joy Broadcast is hosted by Ali Mortimer — Joy Coach, Human Design guide, and firm believer that joy isn't a reward. It's a strategy for you to become a superattractor.https://www.alimortimer.com/

Special One Year of Joy Broadcasting Offer !To celebrate the first birthday of The Joy Broadcast, Ali is giving away the Joy Codes — seven in-depth trainings based on the Harmony Principles, plus meditations and workbooks — completely free.To claim: Leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot, share your favourite episode on social media (tag Ali - @alimortimer_thejoycoach), and send the screenshots to Ali via Instagram or email. You'll receive lifetime access to all seven Joy Codes.Or: The Joy Codes are available as a standalone bundle for £55, or included with a Joy Rebellion membership at £22/month.Find out more about the Joy Codes Bundle here: https://www.alimortimer.com/the-joy-codes-bundleFind out more about the Joy Rebellion here: https://www.alimortimer.com/the-joy-rebellionAli is 800 downloads away from reaching 10,000 in Year One. Share your favourite episode with someone who needs to hear it and help spread the joy!In this milestone episode, Ali celebrates one year of The Joy Broadcast!  70 episodes and nearly 10,000 downloads since launching on 22nd February 2025. She takes us on a deeply personal journey through the story behind her work, from the darkest moment of lying in bed in 2016 asking "will I ever be happy again?" to choosing joy as a lifestyle in April 2023 when life delivered a terrifying wake-up call.Ali shares the origin story of the Seven Harmony Principles, born on a sailing trip in Greece, and walks through each one in detail, revealing the framework that has guided her transformation over the last decade. She also makes a special birthday offer to her listeners: the complete Joy Codes training bundle for free in exchange for a review and share.The Seven Harmony PrinciplesH — Hopes and Dreams (and Missions): Always have something to move towards. Hope stands for Hold On, Pain Ends.A — Act in Spirit: Reconnect with your soul and intuition. Let your inner voice guide your daily decisions.R — Resilience and Wholeheart Health: Be the peach, not the egg — strong to the core, not fragile on the outside.M — Mind Mastery and Mindfulness: Your mind can either mess you up or fire you up. You get to choose. Peace of mind is the foundation of joy.O — Own Your Truth: Speak what needs to be said. Living your truth sets you free.N — Nurture Relationships: Starting with the most important one — the relationship with yourself. When you show others how to love you, they know how to.Y — Your Co-Creation: Take full responsibility for what you can control and surrender the rest to the universe.With love alwaysAli xohttps://www.alimortimer.com/

THE JOY BROADCAST: BOO & BAMBI - A SISTER CONVERSATION ABOUT LOVE, NOSTALGIA & NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYONE ELSEThis February, we're exploring love beyond romance. In this special episode, I sit down with my sister Alex (affectionately known as Bambi or Bird) for an intimate conversation about sisterhood, meaningful connections, and the joy of just being yourself.Fresh from our Maldives adventure celebrating my 50th birthday, we dive into questions about nostalgia, childhood memories, modern dating disasters, and what it means to truly switch off from responsibility.IN THIS EPISODE:On Nostalgia & Memory We explore what triggers our memories – from songs and smells to how differently we each process the past. I share how the anniversary of Mum's death affects me through snowdrops and Louis Armstrong, while my sister reveals she's more like Dad, able to leave the past in the past.The Gift of Not Thinking About Anyone Else We discuss what made our Maldives trip so special: the rare luxury of focusing just on ourselves. No kids, no partners, no responsibility for anyone else's happiness – and why that's not selfish, it's essential.The Wisdom of Empathy Alex shares her mantra shift from judgment to empathy – the story about ice creams on a winter school run that changed how she sees people's actions. We explore how we judge ourselves by our thoughts but others by their actions.Childhood Memories & Growing Up From being mistaken for each other on phone calls to Dad, to childhood holidays where we didn't have to worry about anything, we reflect on how adulthood changes the way we experience time off.JOY IS THE ACRONYM FOR JUST ON YOUAs I share in this episode, when you're holding so much – children, partnerships, work, household, pets, everything – your main job is to focus on your own energy. You have to spend time every single day focusing just on yourself so you can expand your capacity to hold everything else. Otherwise, you store up resentment, frustration, and exhaustion from over-giving.This conversation is a reminder that the deepest connections allow you to just be yourself, say "I want to go to bed" on your 50th birthday at 10pm, and know there's no judgment. That's love too.Connect with Ali:Join The Joy Rebellion membership Listen to more episodes of The Joy BroadcastFollow Ali on Instagram for daily adventures in JOY.This episode celebrates sisterhood, meaningful connections, and the revolutionary act of focusing just on you.https://www.alimortimer.com/

Are you playing it safe when your soul is whispering there's more to life? In this episode of The Joy Broadcast, Ali shares a powerful Joy Code about why movement is essential for happiness and when it's time to rock the boat versus when it's time to hold steady.Drawing from conversations with Joy Rebellion members and her own experience of capsizing her life (and rebuilding it), Ali explores the tension between stability and growth, between contentment and that persistent inner voice saying "you're meant for more."If you're feeling stuck in calm waters but restless for adventure or if you're in someone else's storm this episode is your permission slip.What You'll LearnWhy happiness requires movement (according to Arthur Brooks, the "King of Happiness")The difference between intentionally rocking your own boat versus responding to someone else rocking yoursHow to know when it's the right time to make waves (and when it's not)Ali's South of France childhood memory that perfectly captures the joy of rocking the boatThe questions to ask yourself before making any big life changeHow to start rocking the boat gently without capsizing everything on day oneMemorable Quotes"When you start to rock that boat, you're starting to make waves. And it's those waves that lead you to movement.""Happiness to me is always the sense of movement of something better that's coming, something just around the corner.""If you're playing it safe, how can you know where you're going to go? Safe to me is like hiding, it's staying small, it's staying where you are.""You can't get to the next level without waves in whatever you want to do, wherever you want to go.""The common thread in all of these is just to come back to you, just on you—your joy, your definitions, your truth, your knowing, your little voice and your boat."Call to ActionAre you ready to rock the boat—or do you need permission to hold steady?Ali would love to hear from you:Are you going to rock the boat?Are you stabilizing the boat?What are your worries or fears?Join the conversation inside The Joy Rebellion membership where Ali drops Joy Codes every week and women support each other through life's waves—whether you're creating them or riding them out.https://www.alimortimer.com/

What if your definition of success was the thing secretly blocking your joy AND your wealth?In this powerful episode, I'm kicking off a new series called Joy 101—101 ways to create, use, and bring more joy into your life. And we're starting with the code that changed everything for me nearly a decade ago: rewriting my definition of success.Back in 2015, when I walked away from my 20-year IT consulting career, I wrote down three simple lines: Success is loving what I do, loving who I do it with, and loving myself in the process. That definition carried me through a full decade of transformation—from body dysmorphia and not being able to look in the mirror, to building The Joy Rebellion and creating my dream life.But recently, after returning from the Maldives for my 50th birthday, I realised something had shifted. I'd achieved everything in that definition... and now it felt incomplete.This episode is about what happened when I revisited that success definition and discovered the missing piece: money. Not money as greed, but money as the ROOF protecting everything I've built. Money as the overflow that benefits my health, my family, and my clients. Money as strategy, not reward.In this episode, you'll discover:→ Why your old definition of success might be keeping you stuck (even if it once served you beautifully)→ The three foundational blocks that must come FIRST before wealth can flow→ How to add "AND" instead of replacing what already works→ Why women especially hold shame and resistance around making "a fuck ton of money"→ The power of safe spaces where we can talk about money without being shamed or cancelled→ How to write YOUR success definition for who you are TODAY (not who you were five years ago)→ Why joy and wealth aren't opposites, they're partnersThis conversation sparked something powerful in The Joy Rebellion membership, and I knew it needed to reach more women. If you've ever felt conflicted about wanting more money, or if you've achieved "success" but still feel empty, this episode is for you.Action Steps:Your Joy 101 Assignment:Grab your journal and write YOUR definition of success for who you are TODAY, in this era of your life.Ask yourself:What does success mean to me RIGHT NOW (not five years ago)?What am I resisting that might be the missing piece?Where can I add "AND" instead of choosing between things I want?What would success feel like every single day?Don't worry about what anyone else thinks. This is JUST ON YOU.Join the Conversation:If this episode ignited something in you—if you want to explore your money blocks, rewrite your success definition, or have these deep conversations with women who GET IT—I'd love to invite you into The Joy Rebellion.This is the space where we hold each other, where you don't have to hold everyone else, and where joy becomes your strategy, not your reward.Link: https://www.alimortimer.com/the-joy-rebellionLove always, Ali xo 🌹P.S. This is Joy 101, Code #1. There are 100 more coming. If you loved this, you're going to want to be inside The Joy Rebellion for all of them.https://www.alimortimer.com/

What if everything you've been taught about achieving your goals is actually working against you? In this powerful episode, Ali shares the transformative moment when she realised that discipline, determination, and dedication were holding her back - not moving her forward. Discover why devotion is the secret ingredient to sustainable success, a thriving marriage, radiant health, and a business that doesn't drain you.If you're a woman who holds everyone else together but struggles to stay consistent with your own goals and dreams, this episode will change everything.What You'll Learn:Why discipline feels like punishment (and what to do instead)The one-word shift that doubled Ali's business income and tripled her reachHow devotion transformed Ali's 30-year marriage and got her in the best shape of her life at 50The four pillars of joy and how devotion weaves through each oneWhy women in leadership burn out trying to discipline themselves into successHow to stop whipping yourself forward and start loving yourself thereThe difference between devotion (love) and discipline (force)Why joy is your strategy, not your rewardKey Quotes:"Those three D's - discipline, determination, dedication - they sound like whips. And I don't like to be whipped.""Devotion is love. To be devoted IS love. Devotion is a beautiful, loving, honorable energy rooted in passion, not punishment.""You wouldn't lead your team with a whip. So why are you leading yourself that way?""When you're devoted to your joy, you don't burn out. You don't blow everything up. You don't lose yourself taking care of everyone else.""I'm devoted to this one fucking life."The Four Pillars of Joy:Health of the body - Devotion to honoring what makes you feel alive and strongPeace of the mind - Devotion to creating space for stillness and self-compassionLove for your life - Devotion to your marriage, family, home, and workBelief in your dreams - Devotion to the magic of manifestation and faithAli's Transformation Through Devotion:✨ Got into her skinny jeans at nearly 50 (even did modeling this year) ✨ Rekindled her 30-year marriage - stronger than ever ✨ Doubled her business income in 12 months ✨ Tripled her business reach ✨ Created sustainable success without burnoutResources Mentioned:The Joy Rebellion Membership - A community for women who want to prioritize themselves and their joy without apology. Full Blog Post: [Devotion Over Discipline: The One Word That Changed Everything]Connect With Ali:Website: [www.alimortimer.com]Instagram: [@alimortimer_thejoycoach]Join The Joy Rebellion: [The Joy Rebellion Membership]Subscribe to The Joy Broadcast so you never miss an episode where we explore joy in the dark, joy in the hard, and joy at the top.https://www.alimortimer.com/

How do you go from sabbatical to six figures in one year?You find your "me for me" mentor.This week, I'm sitting down with the woman behind the Joy brand - my mentor, my coach, the person who helped me turn a whisper of "I'm a joy coach" into a thriving, purpose-driven, six-figure business.Meet Jana Kingsford: The Big Dreams Genie, creator of the Me Brand framework, author of eight books in three months (yes, really), and the mentor I followed for years before I was ready to work with her.This conversation is about big dreams, personal branding vs. business branding, why your hair doesn't need to be perfect, and what it means to "raw dog" your personal brand (Jana's words, not mine - but I love it).If you've been following someone for years, if you know deep down who your mentor is but haven't clicked the link yet, if you're building something that feels scary and big and true...This episode is for you.What We Talk AboutOn finding your "me for me" mentorOn Jana's origin story: The Big Dreams GenieOn Oneology: The book that changed everythingOn personal branding vs. business brandingOn "raw dogging" your personal brand (Jana's concept)On Jana's hair (yes, really)On the Me Brand frameworkOn Figure Seven (Jana's private coaching)On 2026 and big dreamsKey QuotesAli: "In 2023, everywhere I looked, it just kept saying joy, joy here, joy there, joy this, joy that. When someone said 'what do you do?' I said 'I'm a joy coach.' And that's when it hit me.""Jana, thank you on behalf of me and all of my listeners and all of my clients for helping me bring Joy to the world.""Your Oneology book is like my Bible. Every line crystallises, alchemizes. I've read it so many times and each time I'm like, YES.""I need someone to hold me through the big dick moments."Jana: "I'm the Big Dreams Genie. If we go back to when it started - 2006, pregnant with my second baby at 22, high school dropout signing up to university.""Four months in I knew: I'm not going to get a job in this field. What's the point? Then I got this rush: Janna, you're here to help women feel capable of their big dreams. Later on this is going to make sense. Trust it, do it.""I accidentally wrote eight books in three months. I've lost track of all the others but I think I'm at eight.""If it's ever about THEM for you, it's a business brand. If you're like 'I'm going to create this for this customer' - you're out of personal brand territory.""Personal branding is you being as YOU as you can be. It's saying what you want to say. It's showing us your Christmas parties, wine at sunset, things we don't expect.""My hair is like a client machine. A client paid me £70K and she's like 'it's just your hair, I just wanted to brush it.'""Raw dogging your personal brand is living in it, being fully in it. It's life-giving. You're on purpose and there's a universal God-given situation that happens.""People will be like 'how is it working? You literally just show up with your yacht photos and here's Me Brand, buy now.' Because people know you inside out, upside down, round and round."Connect with JanaInstagram: @janakingsford (this is where the vibe is vibing) https://www.instagram.com/janakingsford/Listen now for the conversation that reveals what's really behind the Joy brand - and what's possible when you find your "me for me" mentor.Subscribe to The Joy Broadcast for conversations with the mentors, teachers, and guides who help us build lives and businesses we lovehttps://www.alimortimer.com/