Choosing Joy: Lessons on Joy, Love, & Living with Eunice Atuejide - Ep. 107
Release Date: 12/14/2025
Choosing Joy: Lessons on Joy, Love, & Living with Eunice Atuejide - Ep. 107
Recounting Life Lessons
In this episode of Recounting Life Lessons, Sione and Alana sit down with Eunice Atuejide to explore what it truly means to choose joy, lead with love, and live fully no matter what the circumstances. Eunice is a lawyer, mother, transformational coach, public speaker, former Nigerian presidential candidate, and the author of Happiness is Free!!! Her life has been impacted by profound hardship, high-level leadership, and a near-death experience that completely transformed how she approaches happiness, purpose, and perspective. She shares how detaching from outcomes, embracing present-moment...
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info_outlineIn this episode of Recounting Life Lessons, Sione and Alana sit down with Eunice Atuejide to explore what it truly means to choose joy, lead with love, and live fully no matter what the circumstances.
Eunice is a lawyer, mother, transformational coach, public speaker, former Nigerian presidential candidate, and the author of Happiness is Free!!! Her life has been impacted by profound hardship, high-level leadership, and a near-death experience that completely transformed how she approaches happiness, purpose, and perspective.
She shares how detaching from outcomes, embracing present-moment living, and leading from a place of love have allowed her to experience joy even through loss, pain, and uncertainty. Eunice's story is a powerful reminder that happiness isn't something we achieve, it's something we choose through how we see life and respond to it.
Together, they discuss radical self-acceptance, resilience, and how adversity can become a tool for growth when we stay open, hopeful, and willing to learn. This conversation invites listeners to rethink where joy comes from and how it's available, even in the middle of life's hardest moments.
Stick around until the end, where Alana highlights key life lessons from Eunice's story and reflects on how choosing perspective, love, and focus can shape a life of greater joy and meaning.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Eunice's journey through hardship. leadership, and a near-death experience
- Why happiness isn't tied to achievements or outcomes
- How detaching from results creates joy in the journey
- The power of present-moment living and intentional choice
- Turning adversity into growth, insight, and purpose
LINKS MENTIONED:
- Eunice Atuejide's website: https://happinessisfree.uk/
- Get Happiness Is Free!!! at https://amzn.to/4rWlUW0 (using this link will also support the podcast)
- Follow Alana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alanauyema/
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