What if your worst days didn’t have to be bad? What if you could manufacture a good day, even in the middle of a crisis?

In this episode, host Joelle Kaufman shares the “Happiness Tripwire” methodology—the specific strategy she used to turn 12 rounds of chemotherapy into what she calls her “Cancer Obliteration Days”.

Joelle explains that while we cannot control the treatment or the diagnosis, we can control the environment. By setting “tripwires”—small, planned sparks of joy, connection, and ritual—she transformed a sterile medical experience into a “Power Day”.

If you are going through treatment, or just feeling powerless in a tough situation, this episode will teach you how to stop waiting for happiness to find you, and how to start building it yourself.

In this episode:

• From victim to victor: The psychology of the “Obliteration Day”.
• How to set “Happiness Tripwires” in a hospital (or anywhere else).
• The role of community and connection as good medicine.

Kicking Cancer’s Ass makes facing cancer less scary and more doable—with real stories, cutting-edge science, and proven suggestions.