Ambassador of JOY

Barry Shore

Co-Founder

Known as the “Ambassador of JOY,” Barry Shore is a mental health activist, philanthropist, multi-patent holding entrepreneur, speaker, author, podcaster, and former quadriplegic who is now swimming around the world!

After a rare disease paralyzed Barry from the neck down, he created the JOY of LIVING Institute™ (a platform that teaches people to live in joy, no matter the situation), The Keep Smiling movement that has reached multiple celebrities and distributed millions of “Keep Smiling” cards worldwide and a philanthropic platform featured in Oprah’s Magazine.

Barry’s podcast, The JOY of LIVING, has been downloaded more than four million times by hundreds of thousands of listeners globally.

His latest book, The Joy of Living: How to Slay Stress and Be Happy is available on Amazon and Apple Books.