This document discusses how trauma impacts one's ability to experience joy and provides strategies for finding joy when dealing with traumatic memories. It explains that trauma lives in the body and inhibits the ability to connect with others and experience love, compassion, relaxation and calm. It discusses healing traumatic memories through grounding techniques, processing small memories through the body, and reconnecting with oneself and others. The key message is that trauma does not have to be a life sentence and that reconnection and empowerment are important for recovery from psychological trauma.