Joyworks

10/02/2026

Four reasons to join our Joy Academy Membership

1. Because success without joy isn’t success.

You are fed up trying too hard. You are tired. It all looks great on the outside, but you know yourself you deserve to feel better more often. You are a superstar who’s overcome so much! Stop putting your joy at the bottom of your to-do list. Make it a “ta dah list.” Show up every Thursday and make time for you.

For the Joy Academy helps you:

Be more you, have more meaning in life, slow down, take time to listen to what your body really needs.

It gives you the courage to change the things that you know yourself (and have known for perhaps a long time) that need changing.

2. Because your nervous system needs you.

Everything we do is rooted in science-backed wellbeing and the Joyworks! Method. The Joy Academy blends laughter, mindfulness, movement, creativity, and self-compassion to gently reset stress patterns, support wellness and helps your body feel nurtured and energised again.

3. Because you don’t have to do this alone

The Joy Academy is both a wee sanctuary and a community. A place to be seen and feel understood by your fellow joy clan, who give a lot and have made a decision to refill their own cup too.

You’ll don’t need fixed you aren’t broken. You need reminded of your strength, clarity, and capacity for joy and every day tools to do it!

Fourth reason in video below.💜

Check out via link in bio and book your place for this Thursday’s session at 2pm GMT (next week is 7pm GMT. All calls are recorded, and we are off social media on our own private platform — so you get a break from that too!).

Love to see you there and any questions feel free to reach out via DM .

Much love Sharon ###

09/02/2026

Look at all those smiles ! Happiest memories of kicking off the first Flexi-work Festival in Edinburgh!

Hear of a summit, conference or festival that needs an unforgettable starter or closure with wellness workshops throughout the day?

Love if you told them about Joyworks!

We’ve a grand array of different options and offerings and can bespoke to your theme/ mission.

“She literally was the highlight of the day- we loved every minute”

Geraldine Higgins, Development Manager , Working Families Scotland

sharon@joyworks.co.uk
07713033096
www.joyworks.co.uk

08/02/2026

Wonderful to get ‘doon the water’ with my beautiful pal Gill! Wee swim ( inside at Clydebank pool 😁) and grand blethers!

How did you fill your joycup up ? If you are a parent or carer and part of the Trauma Informed Parenting group you can join us for ‘Finding your joy again through Self-Compassion’ fully funded online programme. We begin on Valentine’s Day !

How perfect eh?

We’ve a stand alone workshop ‘Filling your cup!’ which is available too.

The courageous Dixon Carers experienced it on Thursday night -they were all so wonderful !!

Wishing you a fabulous week ahead!

Much love Sharon ###
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06/02/2026

Everyone loves our lovely Karen on the Gupta App!!!!👏👏👏💜

This week’s session was a fun take on Acceptance - Why do we accept ourselves when we are happy and not when we truly need to be our own best friend?

It’s coming up for six years Joyworks has been delivering events on The Gupta App.

An app for those recovering from chronic illness.

It was a big part of my recovery so when Ashok the founder was going to introduce Laughter therapy into his programme I just knew it had to be us !!

Since then myself, Caroline, Steph, Carla and now our lovely Karen have been uplifting and inspiring what must be thousands of peeps across the globe !

Many have said the events have been life-changing and had a big impact impact on their health.

We have a new holistic or thematic topic which we love - for creativity is at the heart of what Joyworks is about!

And you don’t have to be on the Gupta App to experience it for yourself - check out our weekly Joy academy membership!

Or reach out if you’d like a Joyworks event to be an addition to your programme, retreat , summit or conference - we’ve an array of options to choose from!

Thanks again Karen- such an absolute joy having you by my side and to see all the joy you are bringing!! 💜💜😁

Email
sharon@joyworks.co.uk to get a brochure of our services for your staff or client groups or let’s chat and bespoke something especially for your people!

Have a wonderful weekend !

Love Sharon xx💜💜💜

04/02/2026

One person who would be proud of me?

That’s my papa.

When my papa laughed, he laughed!!!

He threw his arms up in the air, slapped his thighs, threw his head back, his eyes sparkling.

And on many, many occasions he said to me,
“Hen, you’ve got to get out and about nobody’s coming round to chap your door!”

A difficult childhood meant I isolated myself.

My first experience of creating joy for change goes right back to when I was about 12 or 13 as a stilt walker with Reg Bolton’s Children’s Suitcase Circus at the Edinburgh Festival.

Standing tall above the crowd, seeing joy ripple out along the Royal Mile flanked each side with people’s cheers!

I had experienced the impact of community arts first-hand and that’s never left me because of that circus workshop in my local community centre from parades to teaching, an acting career and ultimately a way out of the unworthiness.

As a young teacher I couldn’t wait for 3 o’clock to get to the drama group and start rehearsals for the school performance.

Just before Joyworks began, my work shifted.

Always love a challenge and when a fellow director put out a call for help as he couldn’t handle his new project I jumped at the chance and started working in prisons.

My groups were with segregated residents at Polmont Young Offenders and with women on su***de watch at Cornton Vale Women’s Prison.

I was also working closely with prison cognitive skills staff training them in drama techniques and creative methods to build positive confidence, strengthen relationships, and improve wellbeing across the system.

At the same time, I was travelling back and forth to India, doing my own inner work, while directing shows and in service training with staff at the international school.

But I was there for the Yoga and meditation.

Four hours a day of practise!

Quite a commitment.

Alongside this, I worked across theatre directing, creating and managing experiences with Scottish Opera, National Theatre of Scotland, Borderline Theatre, Hopscotch Theatre, Visible Fictions, and Scottish Youth Theatre. I was an animateur at Scottish Opera for over ten years.

I became deeply interested in drama and the arts as a process. Not about the big shows, but about what happens inside people as a result of the creativity and the joy!

That understanding became the seed of Joyworks.

And here we are.

Helping people in and out of the workplace feel seen and treasured while laughing like they’ve never laughed before.

Proud of what my gorgeous team and I are building as we head up to being 18 years on in March!

I know my papa would be happy that I didn’t wait any longer on someone chapping my door! 😁

Photo from TV segment of one of the first Joyworks public workshops in the West End - the days I wore only black! 📺

Who would be proud of you ? I’d love to hear below.

03/02/2026

If you are a parent , carer , teacher , therapist or educational organisation do get this book-the course has been changing lives for seven years and now Suzanne’s book is reaching everyone across the globe!

P.s Super excited for our Finding your Joy Again through Self-compassion with the wonderful TIP Trauma Informed Parenting family which starts on Valentines Day !

The first feedback is in

“A Sunday afternoon well spent refreshing my knowledge. The book is set out well and ideal to dip in and out of. I’m so glad you’ve written this Suzanne.”

“Loving the book so far. Love the fact I can hear your voice in my head as I read “

“I’ve just read another few chapters. It’s absolutely brilliantly written. Although I have listened to your workshop at least 3 times, it’s hitting me much harder written down. I’ve just sobbed my way through chapter 5.”

“A truly wonderfully engaging and brutally honest account of your work and practical guide for families and professionals.”

https://amzn.eu/d/03Nrax0K

03/02/2026

At Joyworks, we love helping the helpers!

It’s our passion to support your people who give so much to others!

Do you work within the NHS?

Last year we facilitated three wellness sessions for hardworking and dedicated Community Links Officers.
They choose our ‘Encouraging Joy at Work’ events!

They choose to have them at the end of their jam packed training days — to send everyone home feeling celebrated, valued, closer to their colleagues, and armed with lots of tips and techniques to use for everyday joy, as well as share with their clients within NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde 🎉🎉

💚 Let’s put their mental health and wellbeing first !

Let’s help your people reconnect with themselves, reduce stress, and feel more resilient at work and beyond.

It’s always a privilege to deliver wellbeing events, projects, and programmes for both staff and clients within the NHS. We’ve done that with:

👏 NHS North Ayrshire
👏 NHS Tyne and Wear
👏 NHS Lothian
👏 NHS Ayrshire and Arran
👏 NHS Tayside
👏 NHS Forth Valley
👏 NHS Highland
👏 NHS Lanarkshire
👏 NHS Grampian
👏 NHS Fife

If you work within the NHS and are looking for something truly different, and the multi award winning Joyworks Method, I’d love to hear from you.

By harnessing joy and laughter, the benefits are felt physically, emotionally, and mentally — and the impact lasts far beyond the session itself.

Get in touch via the link in bio for a brochure or to book a chat to tailor it to what you need!
sharon@joyworks.co.uk
07713033096

02/02/2026

Teams from the Royal Highland Show and Royal Highland Centre came together for a staff away day with one goal: togetherness.

Long-standing faces, new starters, shared laughter — 40 brilliant humans, one joyful experience ✨

If you’re a leader who wants stronger connections, higher morale, and teams that truly feel valued, this is what Joyworks does best.

Let’s schedule a call and plan an unforgettable event for your people. Link in bio .

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01/02/2026

What’s your heart guiding you to do more of for joy this February dear ones ?

January has shown its speaking from more stages across the country for me and our Finding your joy against - through self-compassion workshops and programmes have been chosen the most from our offerings!

Photo from the wonderful - It’s the Vibe day - thanks you Emma for the gorgeous opportunity! !

May it be a wonderful, kind and wholesome February full of surprises that delight!

Much love to you all🩷

Love to hear - February will be filled with ………finish the sentance below !

29/01/2026

✨ Case Study: Virgin Money and Joyworks (One Year On) ✨

✨ Last year, we hosted a fabulous in-person event together at Virgin Money 🎉

🙌 Around 50 HR Managers from across the UK gathered for a full day of training and wanted something different — something fun 😆

A Joyworks event was the perfect way to break up the day, bring everyone closer together, and harness the incredible health and wellbeing benefits of laughter 💖

💻 With so many staff having worked remotely for over four years, days like this were — and still are — more important than ever.

Virgin Money clearly cares deeply about staff wellbeing — it ranked high then, and it really showed on the day 🌟

🤣 Everyone was relaxed, playful, open, and fully up for it.
Amazing to see people making it fun not just for themselves, but for their colleagues too.

🧠 And scientific research tells us that all that joy and laughter meant participants absorbed even more information for the rest of the day 🎊

➡️ What happened next speaks volumes.

Following this in-person HR Managers event, Virgin Money went on to book Unleash Your Superpower and 20 Minutes to Calm virtual sessions for their customer-facing teams, giving them practical tools to help navigate change during their nationwide merger.

A brilliant example of how investing in joy, calm, and human connection can ripple out across an organisation — especially during times of change.

🎉 Have a team you wish to support, reconnect, or energise?
Planning a special day to bring people together with purpose?

📩 Get in touch — 100% flexible and bespoke to your vision and mission.

⚡ It’s Joyworks’ superpower!

🐶 Book a chat at the link in bio, and I’ll get back to you as fast as a puppy can turn a frown upside down! 😂😂

28/01/2026

Delighted to be speaking at the Well Woman Event in Oxton in October!

Last year saw speakers from across the UK gather for this special day- so it’s so wonderful to be asked!

Coming from a small village in Ayrshire I love it when someone makes BIG things happen for their precious community!

So exciting! 🎉🎉

Get in touch if you want to kick off or culminate your special day, event or conference with a talk that will be talked about for years to come while arming your people with joy tools for happier days and thanks Laura for your gorgeous words!

26/01/2026

Join the ranks of change-makers like Coca-Cola, Scottish Water, the Scotland Football Team, Diageo and so many more!👏

Joyworks! provides a refreshingly different and enjoyable team-building experience for your staff. We can come to your workplace, conference or away training day.

Our aim is to build team morale and inspire staff to do things differently!⭐️

If you would like to know more about how Joyworks! can help you, then contact Sharon today sharon@joyworks.co.uk for a brochure to see a range of our services virtual or in-person and/ or schedule a call ✨