The purpose of the JoyPhrase Campaign was twofold: (1) to replace the disempowering expression "no pain, no gain" with a more empowering one and (2) to lift the consciousness about the life-enhancing use of language. Further information about this campaign is presented in the article, "Let's Replace this Expression: No Pain, No Gain."

The June 1996 JoyPhrase Campaign began with the June 3 affirmation:

"I let go of everything that appears to prevent or block joy.
I cancel the picture created by the expression, "no pain, no gain."

All 365 affirmations are available at the DailyAffirm blog site. Please read about our DailyAffirm Email Alert Options. This Personal Development Process has been available on the Internet since 1994.

This article includes the awards given in the June 1996 JoyPhrase Campaign and the June (and later) entries to the JoyPhrase Campaign. The entries are numbered in the order in which they were received.

Continue To Create Empowering Expressions

Many wonderful phrases were submitted. However, no one JoyPhrase stood out as the obvious first choice for those voting for their preferences. I have my favorite; others have their favorites. I think that having lots of JoyPhrases is a wonderful idea! We don't all need to have the same number one choice.

Six years after the beginning of this campaign, I noticed in an article in a local newspaper reviewing some spa retreats that the author found that "no pain, no gain" is no longer a popular concept. Bravo!

The Official Winners

The DailyAffirm List Subscribers' Favorites

These are the JoyPhrases selected by two rounds of voting by the subscribers to the DailyAffirm Email List. In both rounds, each subscriber was given three votes. These are the seven highest vote getters — all seven are acknowledged essentially equally as the choice of the DailyAffirm Subscribers

#22. Grow with the flow ..... Richard F Cooke

#54. Release for peace! ..... Steve

#59. Employ Joy ..... Donaleen Saul

#81. For painless gain retrain your brain ..... Lane Koeslin

#111. Play works! ..... Sara Deutsch

#119. No pain, My gain! ..... Debbi Springfield

#123. No pain, doubles gain. ..... Dennis

The Sheila Awards

• For the easiest to transfer to the Ballot: Lane Koeslin
• For the entries with greatest enthusiasm: Richard Cooke

The Jeanie Awards

• For VOLUMES of entries that followed the guidelines most closely:
  Richard Cooke
  Lane Koeslin
  Mark *Andrew* Frey
  Sara Deutsch
  LadySponsr
  
  
• For her assistance in administering this Campaign: Sheila Marsman

Jeanie's Favorite

Although I really like all the winners, my favorite is "Go with the Flow."

Please review the entries as we received them.