Emotional self-care reminder from Daily Dose of Dawn at dawn about choosing happy to protect mental and physical well-being

Happy keeps you from hurting yourself | #46

October 27, 2025•2 min read

Happy keeps you from hurting yourself | #46 Daily Dose of Dawn at dawn🌞

Feeling good isn’t about ignoring reality—it’s about protecting yourself while you face it. In Daily Dose of Dawn at dawn #46, Dawn Super explains why choosing “happy” is less about manifestation and more about preventing self-inflicted harm during hard times. This post explores how stress, self-criticism, and constant emotional strain affect your body and mind, especially when you’re living with chronic challenges. You’ll learn why feeling better about yourself makes everything easier to manage, how “happy matters” acts as a reminder to stay on your own side, and why self-protection starts with how you treat yourself internally.

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Happy keeps you from hurting yourself – Daily Dose of Dawn #46

I love listening to thought leaders who fill my head with ideas to expand my thinking. Curiosity is so good for personal growth.

There’s a general theme to a couple of them – feel good to manifest your desires.

When we’re so bogged down by our circumstances, our desires can seem light years away – they did for me for like 41 years.

I would hear… stay in a good mood to manifest your desires and that would go great until my body would scream at me about something… and I’d feel like I would never be able to get my desires living in a faulty meatsuit… with a sleep deprived brain that likes to rollercoaster my emotions.

Along the way I realized – when I feel good about myself everything is easier to deal with… even if my body or brain aren’t cooperating.

This may seem like common sense but I didn’t get it – so I’m going to spell it out for those of us who haven’t made this perspective shift yet.

If you are… dealing with chaos, chronic issues, financial pressure – and you are… beating yourself up, stressed to losing hair, lamenting to whomever will listen – you’re literally hurting yourself physiologically.

So, when you hear “happy matters” it’s designed to help you remember that whether you take something on as a victim or a champion – dictates how much you’re supporting your whole self through the circumstances.

We feel our feels but keep our feet out of the fire.

Who better to protect us and our mental wellbeing, than us?

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About the Author

Dawn Super is an empowerment coach, speaker, and writer who helps people thrive — not someday, but right now, exactly as they are. She knows firsthand what it’s like to live with lifelong health challenges, including narcolepsy, and has made it her mission to teach others how to show up for themselves with compassion, courage, and a little bit of humor and sass.
Known for her “mindset magic strategies,” Dawn brings a blend of practical tools, soulful insight, and real-talk encouragement to anyone ready to stop waiting for permission to love themselves. Her work speaks especially to those who’ve felt left out, misunderstood, or stuck on the sidelines — the misfits, the dreamers, the rebels, and the overcomers.
When she’s not coaching, creating, or writing, you might find her meditating at the beach, virtually socializing, or laughing (probably at one of her own jokes). Dawn believes that self-love isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a radical act of rebellion in a world that profits from your doubt.
You can connect with Dawn, learn more about her coaching program and explore the many personal growth courses in her membership at DawnSuper.com.

Dawn Super

About the Author Dawn Super is an empowerment coach, speaker, and writer who helps people thrive — not someday, but right now, exactly as they are. She knows firsthand what it’s like to live with lifelong health challenges, including narcolepsy, and has made it her mission to teach others how to show up for themselves with compassion, courage, and a little bit of humor and sass. Known for her “mindset magic strategies,” Dawn brings a blend of practical tools, soulful insight, and real-talk encouragement to anyone ready to stop waiting for permission to love themselves. Her work speaks especially to those who’ve felt left out, misunderstood, or stuck on the sidelines — the misfits, the dreamers, the rebels, and the overcomers. When she’s not coaching, creating, or writing, you might find her meditating at the beach, virtually socializing, or laughing (probably at one of her own jokes). Dawn believes that self-love isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a radical act of rebellion in a world that profits from your doubt. You can connect with Dawn, learn more about her coaching program and explore the many personal growth courses in her membership at DawnSuper.com.

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