We center joy.
oh, hey.
GetSomeJoy is a creative wellness agency that supports communities and organizations with joy-flavored trainings and experiences that foster connection and creativity, invite collaboration and vulnerability, and offer accessible wellness resources to maximize joy.
About GetSomeJoy
…cause we been out here.
Founded in 2016 by Alexander Hardy, Enesha Stringer, and Mario Starks after the #GetSomeJoy: A Blackstravaganza for Mental Health Awareness at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY
Launched SelfCareCheckin.com to share wellness resources + tools to be great(er) at work, school, home, and wherever people are peopling
Launched Self-Care Check-In Experiences to spread joy in unexpected places
Partnered with Crisis Text Line so you can text JOY to 741741 to connect with a trained crisis counselor 24/7
Received Everytown for Gun Safety grant
Facilitated a Black LGBTQ peer support group in-person + online, creating a safe space to explore mental and emotional wellness, engage community support, and connect to medical care and wellness resources
Produced Mental Health Monday, talking to creators and community builders what helped them cope mentally and emotionally in the Age of the Rona
Developed and launched interactive Literary Therapy writing workshops as cathartic creative healing spaces for social, non-profit, corporate, municipal, and other community groups
Launched Virtual Cook-alongs to foster connection and spread joy through food and fellowship
Facilitating conversations around mental health, caregiving, disability rights, creativity, and food in two weekly GetSomeJoy Twitter Spaces as part of the Twitter Spaces Spark Program.
Past situations
You should have been there.
Alexander Hardy
Alexander Hardy is a grits-powered writer, mental health advocate and facilitator, home cook, dancer, and lupus survivor. He shares recipes and tools for thriving via The Daily Breakfast Situation, a weekday check-in.
He battles spiritual ashiness as CoFounder of GetSomeJoy, a creative wellness agency supporting communities and organizations with joy-flavored trainings and experiences, soulful storytelling, and accessible wellness resources. Alexander has written for outlets such as Ebony, CNN.com, Food & Wine, Esquire, Courvoisier, The Root, Saint Heron, and Very Smart Brothas.
He supports communities and organizations with English and Spanish Mental Health First Aid trainings, grief and loss workshops, Literary Therapy writing sessions, resource development, and other wellness-infused experiences.
Alexander does not believe in snow or Delaware.
Enesha Stringer
Enesha is a Marketing and Communications strategist invested in the real world applications of the social determinants of health—with 10+ years advising fast-growing tech companies, creative agencies, and social impact organizations.
Enesha applies an interdisciplinary framework to brand strategy and program design to optimize individual + community joy and wellness. You can find her dancing at crosswalks and spreading joy in unexpected places.
Meet Our GetSomeJoy
Wellness Ambassadors.
Community Wellness Ambassadors are village members with authority + expertise in their respective industries, who inform and advise our programming, methodologies, and impact strategies through event collaboration, mutual support, and amplification of their community work.
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We’re connected.
GetSomeJoy is a proud member of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce.
We’ve made magic with these people & others
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Contact Us
Ready to be great(er) together? Have an event, wellness resource, or story we should know about?
Email at hey@getsomejoy.com.
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You’re so pretty.
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