We are living through a Joy Crisis.

Leaders, physicians, high achievers, and everyday humans are waking up successful on paper, yet spiritually, emotionally, and energetically empty.

In this episode, Dr. V sits down with executive coach Dianna Moore to uncover why joy has quietly faded from modern life and how to bring it back with intention.

Dianna spent 25 years in aerospace, moved into executive leadership, later became COO of a venture-backed startup, and now coaches high-stakes leaders in medicine, technology, and cybersecurity. Her journey did not begin with joy. It began with survival.

At 18, she was a young mother in college with a baby on her hip. Achievement became her fuel. Later, she realized achievement and joy were not the same thing.

This conversation blends science, wisdom, personal experience, and real leadership insight. It offers a grounded path to reclaiming joy in a world that rewards burnout.

What We Cover:

• What Joy Really Is - Not happiness, not distraction, not numbing. Joy is a deeper internal state tied to meaning, purpose, nervous system balance, and long-term health.
• The Joy Deficit in Modern Leadership - Medical leaders, cybersecurity executives, and corporate teams often operate in chronic stress without emotional recovery. Joy has disappeared from everyday language and the results show up in burnout, isolation, and strained relationships.
• Success Versus Joy - Dianna explains how achievement became her identity. Promotions and accomplishments created momentum, yet not fulfillment. Joy had to be cultivated separately.
• What Joy Looks Like Somatically - Dr. V breaks down how joy affects inflammation, hormones, mitochondrial function, and healing potential. This is where mindset, biology, and longevity truly connect.
• Simple Practices to Rebuild Joy - Helping others, movement, strength training, reconnecting with your childhood imagination, and returning to purpose. These accessible practices help you reignite joy even in difficult seasons.
• The Top Joy Killer: Comparison - One of Dianna's most powerful insights at 25:04. Comparison drains energy, confidence, and presence. It is one of the fastest ways to shut down joy.
  

What You Will Learn

• Why joy is a performance strategy and not a luxury
• How to identify signs of a hidden joy deficit
• Ways high performers accidentally numb instead of nourish
• How to tell the difference between comfort, happiness, and true joy
• Why meaningful relationships matter more than professional success
• Daily practices that create noticeable joy in under five minutes
• How reconnecting with your childhood self restores creativity and vitality

About Dianna Moore

Executive Coach and Founder of Moore Joy Group specializing in leaders in medicine, cybersecurity, technology, and the C-suite moorejoygroup.com

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What if the most painful moment of your life became the doorway to your liberation?

In this powerful episode, Doctor V sits down with transformational teacher Marina Galán to explore the moment she confronted her childhood abuser and discovered a new understanding of trauma, consciousness, healing, and personal power.

Her story is raw, brave, and full of insight. This conversation will shift how you see your past, your emotions, and your ability to create a new reality.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How childhood experiences shape identity and long-term emotional patterns
• Why trauma lives in the meaning we create, not just the event
• The moment Marina confronted her abuser and the unexpected truth she discovered
• Why forgiveness can happen in an instant
• How feelings act as a real-time feedback system
• What consciousness, thought, and sensation have to do with emotional healing
• Practical awareness tools for dissolving old patterns
• How to reclaim your power and rewrite your story

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Episode Highlight:

• Parenting, presence, life rhythms, and the foundations of consciousness
  
• Marina's viral post and the story behind the conversation
  
• Childhood trauma, silence, and the identity shaped by suffering
  
• The confrontation: the unexpected response that shifted everything
  
• Forgiveness, insights, and the "Santa Claus moment"
  
• Triggers, emotional feedback, and learning from feelings
  
• How identity filters create suffering and shape biology
  
• Getting lost and finding yourself again
  
• Two questions that dissolve suffering in the moment
  
• Marina's mission