Joy looks good on you.

For people who are tired of waiting for permission to live. You do not have to wait until everything is fixed to experience joy — life is happening now, and joy belongs here, too.

September 28-30, 2026 at 7 pm EST$47Live online · Diane A. Butts, MSW

Yes, joy looks good on me

Diane smiling in a bright yellow swimsuit on a boat, holding a pink cup with the ocean behind her

How it started

The yellow bathing suit.

I posted a picture of myself in a bright yellow bathing suit. It was joyful. Visible. Unapologetic. And thousands of people responded.

They were talking about courage. Freedom. Bodies. Aging. Confidence. Permission. Being seen. Choosing life. And I realized something: we were never really talking about a bathing suit. We were talking about what happens when a person stops asking permission to fully inhabit their own life.

That is what this three-day experience is about.

What if you stopped waiting?

What if joy did not have to wait until the problem was solved? What if rest did not have to wait until the work was finished? What if your life did not have to wait until everybody else was okay?

This is not a lecture series. It is not about pretending everything is fine, or positive-thinking your way around real pain. It is about paying attention, telling the truth, recovering your agency — and designing a life that has room for you in it.

The journey

Three days, in season.

What am I waiting for?

Day One · Reading the terrain of your life.

What you are carrying
What you have normalized
Where survival mode has quietly taken over
The rules and expectations shaping your choices
Where strength may have become self-abandonment
What your soul has been trying to tell you

What still belongs to me?

Day Two · Hard seasons limit choices, not agency.

What is still within your control
Who and what has access to your time and energy
Where guilt may be making decisions for you
What needs a boundary
What deserves less access
Where one clear choice could create more peace

What would it mean to live now?

Day Three · Joy as nourishment, not reward.

What brings you alive
What rest makes possible
How Sabbath creates room for your soul
The role of beauty, pleasure, laughter, creativity, and connection
What needs to be protected, reduced, revived, or released
What living more fully could look like in your real life

You will leave with your own 7-Day Joy + Sabbath Reset — a simple, personal plan you can begin immediately.

Your investment

$47for all three days

Three days. One intentional interruption. One opportunity to stop asking "When will life finally let me live?" and begin asking "How will I choose to live now?"

Three live guided sessions
The Joy Looks Good on You Field Guide
Guided reflection exercises
Soul strategy activities
Your personal 7-Day Joy + Sabbath Reset
Limited-time access to session replays

This experience may be for you if…

You are functioning, but you know functioning is not the same thing as flourishing.
You have been waiting for life to calm down before allowing yourself to rest, celebrate, create, enjoy, or breathe.
You are tired of always being the dependable one.
You have spent years responding to what everyone else needs and are beginning to wonder what you need.
You want practical, faith-rooted soul care without shame, performance, or spiritual clichés.
You are ready to make room for yourself in your own life again.

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September 28-30, 2026 at 7 pm EST · live online. Add your details, then complete payment securely below.

A note from Diane

That yellow bathing suit taught me something. Sometimes joy begins before the circumstances cooperate. Sometimes the brave thing is not pushing harder — sometimes it is allowing yourself to be seen, to laugh, to rest, to enjoy, to inhabit the body and the life you have now.

I created Joy Looks Good on You because too many of us have become experts at enduring and strangers to our own aliveness. For three days, I want to help you change that conversation. Not by pretending life is easy — but by remembering that difficulty does not get to own every room in the house. Come with me.

Diane A. Butts, MSW

Soul Care Strategist · Founder, Divine Joy