What if joy wasn’t a bonus after surviving the grind—but the intentional practice that sustains the work, heals the wounds, and builds community? In this stripped-down minisode of Highly Visible & A Little Misunderstood, Jonathan Dumas shares powerful highlight moments from two women doing the internal and external work—Melany Del Carpio and Kenisha Coon. They unpack how ritual, self-expression, boundary-setting, and radical commitment to joy become both armor and repair in lives filled with equity work, identity navigation, and creative evolution. What You’ll Hear: Melany’s morning and evening rituals that center her—ceremonial matcha, “rest is resistance” card pulls, and the symbolic cleansing to offload energy from work. How self-expression (clothes, tattoos, intention) becomes a practice of alignment, intuition, and reclaiming presence. Kenisha’s framing of joy as survival, transformation, and sustainable fuel for justice and equity work. The difference between community that drains vs. community that holds you accountable and amplifies belonging. Practical boundary language and the real mechanics of choosing joy while showing up in heavy systems. The connective thread between identity, purpose, and choosing yourself in seasons of uncertainty. Guests: Melany Del Carpio – Coach-in-training, creative self-expression advocate, and ritual practitioner. LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanydelcarpio/  Kenisha Coon – Equity strategist, author, consultant, and joy-as-repair practitioner. Instagram →  @kenishacoon (https://www.instagram.com/kcoon9288/?hl=en) Website → https://www.kenishacoon.com/ Kenisha Coon’s Memoir, And Then She Persisted → https://bookshop.org/a/79820/9798888385968  💬 Join the Conversation! What small intentional ritual keeps you grounded? Drop a comment or send a voice note → https://form.smartsuite.com/sszxz4mn/sxwLOAg7ur   📬 Join our community + get free stickers https://highlyvisiblepod.ck.page/684e1e911f   ☕️ Support the show on Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/highlyvisiblepod   Catch us on Youtube 📺: https://www.youtube.com/@HighlyVisiblePod     Follow us for more: 📸 Instagram & TikTok: @HighlyVisiblePod 🎙️ All platforms: https://linktr.ee/highlyvisiblepod   🎛️ Production Credits Produced & Edited by: Jonathan Dumas Co-Produced & Additional Editing: Reggie Hall Contact: HighlyVisiblePodcast@gmail.com    #Podcast #BlackJoy #HighlyVisiblePodcast #OnJoy #RestCulture #WorkingMoms #MentalHealth #BlackPodcastCommunity #Joy&Career #BlackCreators #JoyRituals #RestIsResistance #Self-Expression #EquityWork #CommunityBuilding #RadicalJoy #MentalHealth #IntentionalLiving #IdentityReclamation #PersonalBranding #AuthenticLeadership #BoundarySetting #PodcastHighlights #Anti-Racism #JoyAsResistance #BurnoutRecovery