Amy Dickens

Amy Dickens is the founder of Joyfully You, author of 101 Ways to Spread Joy, and a leading voice on joy, play, nervous system regulation, and courageous leadership. Her work invites people to rethink joy—not as a reward for surviving the hard parts, but as the very thing that transforms them.

Drawing from her journey through social anxiety, depression, and chronic fatigue to leading city-wide Joy Parades and MC’ing for hundreds of people, Amy shares how joy and play are powerful tools for resilience, healing, and authentic self-expression.

Amy explores how joy creates a ripple effect of impact in the world—allowing people to lead, connect, and take aligned action from a grounded, joyful state. Through humor, vulnerability, and real-life stories, she reminds us that joy isn’t something we wait for—it’s something we practice.

Joy isn’t a side effect of the dream—it’s the engine behind it. And when we live from joy, it doesn’t just change us—it changes the world.