Happiness in Progress: Recent Episodes
Danielle Craig
An Emmy-award winning journalist hosts Happiness in Progress. You'll hear from some incredibly inspiring people and get motivation each episode to better your life and find your own happiness.
In this enlightening episode, Danielle Craig sits down with Pema Sherpa and Brendan Barca—partners in life and practice—who are bringing ancient Buddhist teachings into modern workplaces. As the co-founders of Brema Solutions and authors of the the new book The Daily Buddhist, Pema and Brendan are passionate about sharing Buddhist wisdom, mindfulness, and meditation with people across the globe.
Pema was born and raised in Nepal and has practiced Tibetan Buddhism since childhood. She holds a master's degree in Buddhist philosophy from Harvard Divinity School. Brendan came to Buddhism in his twenties after struggling with burnout, and has since devoted his life to studying and living these teachings.
In this episode, we explore:
- How you don't have to be Buddhist to benefit from the philosophy
- The transformative power of understanding impermanence
- How generosity and compassion can reshape your life
- The importance of seeing our shared humanity
- What it really means to seek enlightenment in a modern context
- How Buddhist teachings can help us navigate stress, loss, and change with clarity and grace
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What happens when your identity is built on your voice—and then you lose it? In this powerful episode, we’re joined by Greta Morgan, a celebrated songwriter, storyteller, and multi-instrumentalist known for performing with Springtime Carnivore, Gold Motel, and The Hush Sound, and performing with artists like Vampire Weekend and Jenny Lewis.
She is the author of the new book, The Lost Voice.
Greta opens up about the disorienting experience of losing her identity as a singer due to long Covid, and how that loss became an unexpected invitation to redefine who she is.
We talk about:
- What it felt like to lose her voice.
- How she navigated suicidal thoughts.
- How she was able to move forward after the devastating diagnosis.
- The healing work that helped her become whole again and redefine her identity.
This conversation is a moving exploration of redefining identity, creativity as a path to healing, and finding meaning in life after everything changes.
Greta shares what she’s gained—spiritually, emotionally, and creatively—through surrendering the career that once defined her.
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Do you feel like you're constantly living in survival mode, battling an inner critic that just won’t quit?
In this episode of Happiness in Progress, we’re joined by Britt Frank, LSCSW, a clinician, speaker, trauma specialist, and the author of The Science of Stuck and her new book Align Your Mind. With her work featured by NPR, Forbes, Esquire, New York Magazine, and The New York Times, Britt brings clarity to the chaos of mental health.
Tune in to learn:
- How to work with your brain instead of against it
- What parts work is and how it can lead to healing
- Practical strategies to become aligned with your authentic self
- How to transform your inner critic into a supportive coach
- Why the words you use matter—and how to stop labeling everything as anxiety
This episode is packed with insights to help you get unstuck, overcome self-sabotage, and find true emotional freedom.
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"Although we may not remember what happned, the nervous system remembers how it felt." - Britt Piper
Brittany Piper is an internationally renowned speaker, author, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, author of Body-First Healing: A Revolutionary Guide to Nervous System Recovery and expert in sexual violence prevention and trauma-informed care.
Over the past 13 years, she has delivered more than 400 programs across three continents. Her work has been recognized by the U.S. Army, the Department of Justice, the Laura Bush Institute for Women’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Elite Daily, and others. As a rape survivor and leading advocate on sexual violence prevention, Brittany speaks to tens of thousands each year. She is also a forensic neurobiology expert, conducting trauma-informed trainings with the U.S. Army and Sex Crimes Detectives.
Creator of @healwithbritt and founder of the internationally acclaimed Body-First Healing Program, Brittany continues to inspire and lead in the field of trauma recovery.
In this conversation we talk about the basics; what is somatic experiencing and what is trauma. We also talk about: - How to learn to live with trauma. - How our nervous sytems become unregulated and what to do moving forward. - An easy practice to begin healing.
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Rickson Gracie is the New York Times bestselling author of Breathe. A member of the most prominent martial arts family, he entered his first Jiu Jitsu competition at the age of six. By the age of fifteen he was teaching his family’s martial art. Now, after almost two decades of fighting, Gracie is facing a new challenge, a Parkinson's diagnosis.
Today, he teaches seminars around the world and his students come from all walks of life: men, women, children, senior citizens, law enforcement officers, military personnel, veterans suffering from PTSD, and martial artists of all styles.
In this conversation, we will talk about his new book, Comfort in Darkness. That means this conversation includes:
- What invisible Jiu Jitsu is. - How you can get a strong psychological base and how it will help you through life. - How to conquer fear. - What getting a Parkinson's diagnosis felt like, especially given Rickson's physical career and passion. - How to find passion through life.
You'll also hear how he defines his passion today and it's nothing short of extraordinary.
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Mory is a sought-after Intuitive Life & Leadership coach and the Founder of Eight22 Group, a consultancy that helps organizations elevate their consciousness. After a notable career as a crisis manager for Fortune 500 companies, Mory realized many leaders fail because they are disconnected from their intuition and purpose.
As an Intuitive Coach, Mory guides C-suite leaders, performers and other public personalities, to reconnect with their inner wisdom to successfully navigate change, challenges and growth. Her work is essential today to help move our society away from divisiveness and toward empathy, empowerment and unity.
Her first book is Higher Self: Reclaiming the Power of your Intuition.
In Mory's second visit on the Happiness in Progress podcast, we talk about how to reconnect with your higher self.
Plus:
- How to differentiate between anxiety and your intuition.
- How to recognize our higher self.
- What happens when we cling to control and how to loosen the grip.
- And so much more!
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In this episode, we dive deep into the powerful connection between our emotions and the stories we tell ourselves.
When intense emotions arise—whether it's fear, self-doubt, or shame—they often come with narratives that shape how we see ourselves and our world. But here's where the power comes in - realizing those stories aren't true.
In this episode, Danielle Craig shares two powerful shifts you can take when you begin to tell yourself a negative story. She talks us through how to stay present and stick to the facts.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in a cycle of self-criticism or overwhelmed by the weight of your own thoughts, this episode is for you. Tune in to discover how to take control of your inner dialogue and create a story that supports the life you truly want.
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In this episode, Danielle sits down with Stephanie Barron Hall - an Enneagram expert and author of the new book, Enneagram in Real Life.
Danielle and Stephanie talk about how the powerful tool of the Enneagram has the potential to transform our relationships and communication.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What the Enneagram is.
- A breakdown of all nine Enneagram types, focusing on their motivations, fears, and growth areas. Stephanie describes these by motivations, rather than behaviors.
- How understanding your own and others’ Enneagram types can improve communication, resolve conflicts, and deepen connections.
- Why curiosity is key to preventing miscommunication and fostering better relationships.
- Real-life applications of the Enneagram, from professional settings to personal relationships.
Stephanie shares her insights from interviewing individuals across different Enneagram types and provides practical tips for leveraging this tool for self-discovery and meaningful connection.
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Jennifer Jiménez is Founder of the Health & Well-Being Division at Brave Thinking Institute, as well as a highly sought-after speaker, consultant, trainer and coach.
Through her transformational retreats, workshops and cutting-edge Vibrant Healthy Woman Program, Jennifer has coached thousands worldwide to become more confident, healthy, joyful, abundant and full of life, so that they feel fully empowered to make the difference they are here to make in the world.
She's also the creator of the highly acclaimed transformative movement modality TranscenDance™️, helping people of all ages and backgrounds world-wide, move stuck energy, dance their dreams into reality, and truly thrive with joy and vitality in their body temple!
In this conversation, you'll hear about:
- The power of vision over resolution
- How to craft a vision for your life
- Overcoming burnout and misalignment
- And how to keep a corner of your mind open for the possibility of your dreams coming true!
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This week on Happiness in Progress, I had the privilege of sitting down with Jordan Pickell to dive into a topic that resonates deeply during the holiday season—boundaries. Jordan is a trauma and relationship therapist. She helps people use self-exploration and boundaries to disrupt generaitonal patterns. She also hosts a holiday boundaries workshop, which you can access here.
Here’s what we talked about: * Why family gatherings can feel so triggering: From reverting to old roles to managing relational power dynamics. * Preparation before stepping into challenging environments: Tools for grounding yourself, setting intentions, and pre-emptively managing boundaries. * Effective communication strategies: From handling uncomfortable questions to addressing triggering behaviors with grace and assertiveness. * Redefining traditions: Breaking free from guilt-driven participation and creating new rituals that resonate with you and your family. * The importance of self-worth and boundaries: Why prioritizing your needs is not only okay but necessary for your well-being. * Handling the aftermath of setting boundaries: Managing others’ emotions without taking responsibility for their feelings. * Finding humor and compassion: Viewing family dynamics through a lens of grace and lightheartedness.
Jordan also shared about her Holiday Boundaries Workshop, a valuable resource for anyone wanting to feel more empowered this season.
This conversation is filled with practical tools, empathetic insights, and relatable anecdotes that will leave you feeling both seen and equipped for the holidays. To hear all the gems Jordan shared, be sure to tune in to the full episode of Happiness in Progress.
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In this episode, I sat down with Rachel Marie Martin, author of Get Your Spark Back, to explore her personal journey of rediscovering joy and authenticity. Rachel shared powerful insights on overcoming life's unexpected challenges and embracing your unique story.
Rachel is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of both Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood and a founding partner in Audience Industries – a company designed to train and equip entrepreneurs in their ventures. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages.
Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Today Show, Star Tribune, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly and many more.
In this episode you'll hear:
- Breaking Free from Linear Thinking: A discussion on how societal expectations often push us toward rigid paths, while reclaiming wonder and intuition can lead to more fulfilling lives.
- Rediscovering Your Identity: Rachel shared how asking simple questions like “Who am I?” and “What do I love to do?” helped her reconnect with activities that brought her joy, like playing the piano.
- Owning Your Spark: Rachel talked about the importance of taking ownership of your journey and story, making it uniquely yours.
- Small Steps, Big Changes: Advice for those starting their "spark journey"—focus on small, daily acts of self-care, like enjoying a good cup of coffee or taking a walk.
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This week on the Happiness in Progress podcast, Danielle Craig sits down with Brooke DeBoer—author of Living the Free Life and life coach—to discuss her transformative journey of healing from bullying and traumatic relationships. Brooke opens up about the challenges she faced and the steps she took to reconnect with her inner voice and find freedom.
In This Episode, Brooke Shares: * How bullying shaped her self-image and relationships. * The impact of traumatic relationships on her sense of self-worth. * Her process of healing through boundaries, reflection, and reconnecting with her inner voice. * Practical steps to define core values and create a life of freedom. “Freedom is being the person I was created to be, not the person everyone else tried to define me as,” Brooke says.
Listen to the full conversation for actionable insights on healing from past pain and creating an authentic, joyful life.
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HIP Episode #109 Brooke DeBoer
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In this episode of Happiness in Progress, I’m joined by the incredible Alea Lovely, host of the Spiritual Sht podcast and author of The Meaningful Manifestation Method*.
Alea is a spiritual teacher and intuitive empath who has helped countless people reconnect with their authentic desires and heal the limiting beliefs holding them back.
Together, we dive into redefining manifestation—not as a tool for acquiring things but as a way to cultivate meaningful, fulfilling lives.
Listen to hear: * The root of meaningful manifestation: Understanding how aligning with your true desires transforms your life. * Unpacking limiting beliefs: Identifying and healing the "rot messages" that hold you back. * Manifestation vs. acquisition: Why meaningful manifestation goes beyond material goals. * Rewriting old narratives: Alea’s personal journey of shifting societal and cultural narratives to uncover her authentic self. * Authentic desires vs. societal expectations: How to discern between what you want and what you’ve been told to want. * Practical tools for transformation: Simple steps to reconnect with your inner self and manifest meaningfully.
Enjoy this healing conversation with Alea.
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In this episode, Danielle Craig sits down with manifestation expert Tammy Mastroberte to discuss the power of “higher help” in manifesting your desires and the importance of slowing down to recognize signs that guide you along the way.
Tammy explains how connecting with a higher source—whether it’s the universe, God, or your inner wisdom—can amplify your ability to manifest.
Discover practical tips for asking for guidance, slowing down, and becoming more aware of the signs around you.
Listen to the full episode for insights on how to deepen your manifestation journey with spiritual guidance and presence.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How asking for spiritual guidance can help you feel supported and aligned with your goals.
- Why taking time for mindfulness and presence is essential to notice signs from the universe.
- Actionable tips to enhance your manifestation practice with daily requests for guidance, intentions to receive signs, and creating moments of calm to remain open.
- Stories illustrating how unseen guidance and subtle signs have helped others along their manifestation journey.
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Breaking a habit is hard. If you haven't added a habit yet, go check out adding habits in the last HIP Habit mini-episode.
If you're ready for a challenge, let's dig in. Several authors, including Charles Duhigg and James Clear, teach us about the habit loop. In this episode, learn how the habit loop is impacting your daily choices. Once you understand that, you can engineer how you want your choices to look.
In this bonus episode, learn how to hack your habits by taking control of
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The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer
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"Living life without my eyesight, every day that I wake up I'm tapping into a certain level of trust in myself. I have to trust that I'm going in the right direction. I have to trust that as I put one foot in front of the other, I am in fact getting to where I need to go." - Lex Gillette
Lex Gillette is a globally recognized Paralympian who competes primarily in the long jump. He's a fivetime Paralympic medalist and four-time world champion.
As a keynote speaker, Lex's message is There is no need for sight when you have a vision®
I loved having Lex back on the podcast to talk about his new book No Need for Sight When You have a Vision: What Blindness can teach us about risk and leadership
In this episode we talk about what happened right after our long conversation - ahem - the pandemic. He had been training for the 2020 paralympics, that were delayed. We talk about how he took that delay and the mindset tricks he used to manage the disappointment.
You'll also hear:
- The importance of trust. How he trusts himself and how he trusts others.
- The role vulnerability plays in trust.
- How risk helped him know what he was capable of
- And much more!
Listen to Episode #30 with Lex Gillette
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Often, when we want to change our health or behaviors the first thing we do is determine which habits to take out of our lives.
I propose going with adding a habit instead.
In this bonus episode, learn why adding a habit might be a better fit than trying to exclude habits from your life.
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"It gives you permission that you don’t need the validation of other people. If you say you’re special, if you say you’re awesome - believe it." - Amy Kaufman
Calling all of you who've been told you're "too much" or feel like there's something wrong with your personality.
I aboslutely loved this episode with Amy.
We met during an event where we both spoke. During that event, she got up and said, "I know I am a gift. It's really stupid I had to almost lose my life to realize I'm special because I say I am. I am loveable because I'm worth loving."
Amy Kaufman is a bookstagramer, ahem for all things spicy and booky meet at @bookstackbrat. She is a cancer fighter and survivor, sober mom, makeup artist and realtor.
In this episode, we talk about so much including:- Learning how to forgive and love ourselves. - Overcoming our old stories and traumas. - Self worth. - What she learned about herself during her cancer fight. - Allowing ourselves to leave others opinions behind to write and believe in our own stories.
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"If you try to become just the same blob of people, it doesn't work. If you're trying to control the other person and you think they're trying to control you it really doesn't change people's behavior. Instead it makes people push those behaviors under ground, they become secretive, they get better at pretending like something isn't a problem. It really leads to a lot of dysfunction." - Amy Morin
Amy Morin is a psychotherapist and a bestselling author. She has released several books. Today we're talking about the latest book, 13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don't Do.
This is such a great book that offers practical advice for issues you might be coming up against in your relationship.
In this conversation we talked about:
- Not using your emotions as a weapon.
- Setting emotional rules. Is it okay to slam the door? Is it okay to throw stuff when we fight?
- What to do instead of trying to fix your partner.
- How to go back to how you fell in love in the first place.
This is by far a favorite episode of mine. Let me know what you think by visiting me on Instagram or Facebook.
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"Boundaries are not just about saying no. Boundaries are actually about saying yes to what's important. That's what we have to get clear on - what's the yes that I'm saying yes to?" - Stella Grizont
Stella Grizont is an Author, Executive Coach &; Positive Psychology Expert who founded The Work Happiness Method. Her coaching program is designed to help people work happier and live better.
This week, Stella released her new book ‘The Work Happiness Method.’ In this episode, we talk about the book - and a few of the eight essential skills you can develop to feel happier and more fulfilled in your career.
In this episode we go over:
- How to get clear on your values.
- How a "complaining vacation" can change how you feel about going to work.
- What learned optimism is and how to practice.
- Plus, setting boundaries. How to say 'no' and what happens when you do.
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"If you can find joy with the perceived dark parts of yourself, it’s so much easier to find joy everyday." - Kristy Laschober
Kristy is the author of Perfectly Flawed: Uncovering Your Greatest Purpose. In it, she writes about her experience servign time in a federal prison sentence.
Kristy has been a fierce advocate for re-entry and prison reform since her release from Federal Prison in 2017, advocating to provide new opportunities for second chances. Her successful fight to remove the criminal history box on all college applications, in the state of Oregon, was realized in 2020. This was achieved by collaborating with key partners, legislators, and higher education coalitions.
That same year, Kristy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Innovation and Leadership at Southern Oregon University, graduating summa cum laude.
Kristy recently published her first best-selling book, Perfectly Flawed - Uncovering Your Greatest Purpose. Her book is a raw, interactive, reflective reading experience, revealing the complexity of the human spirit in all of its glory, pain, and compassion.
Kristy founded The Freedom Exchange Project, where she connects and has conversations with men and women impacted by the criminal legal system, to amplify their voices. Kristy has a certificate in Community Storytelling, is a Certified Peer Support Specialist, and is a member of the Faces of Women Imprisoned Speakers Bureau. Kristy is a board member of the Association for Justice-Involved Females and Organizations, a member of Unlock Higher Ed, and is the Pre-Release Coordinator and Policy Advocate at Operation Restoration. Kristy is an alumnus of Just Leadership USA - Leading with Conviction fellowship program in 2023.
Kristy is passionate about bridging communities and cultures so that people have opportunities to realize their ultimate potential.
In this conversation we talk about:
- Facing shame
- Becoming vulnerable and why it's so important
- How to love ourselves
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The first time I learned I couldn't be my authentic self in the world was in second grade when I wore a Barney shirt to school. Yep, you guessed it, so not cool.
It's instances like that where we learn to not be ourselves, to be small and to shrink ourselves into what works for others.
In this conversation, I'm going to share what happens when our authentic self is disconnected from our public persona and how to bridge the gap.
If you feel like you've been getting smaller and smaller to fit the needs of others - then this conversation is for you.
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“We all have a reason for being here… I want to make sure I’m doing my best to fulfill that meaning and do the best job I can while I’m here.” - Hadley Vlahos, RN
Oh. My. Gosh. Stop everything and press play on this episode.
I’m so excited to share this conversation with Hadley Vlahos. Hadley is a registered nurse, specializing in hospice and palliative care, a nonprofit founder and the author of the new book, The In-Between
In this book, Hadley shares her experiences as a hospice nurse that have cemented her belief in an afterlife.
In this conversation, we talk about what she has witnessed in hospice - as patients’ loved ones seemingly come from beyond to escort them from this life to the next. She also talks about how she believes some of her patients have protected her from the other side. Hear about the advice she thinks about often… and why all of this changes the way she lives her life.
I want to give a shoutout to one of my patrons - Kristen McKendry! Kristen, thank you for subscribing!
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“It wasn’t about what I couldn’t do with them, but what I was helping them become.”
Today I get to introduce you to one of my good friends, Stephanie Hirtle. Stephanie practices self-compassion regularly… as her life and motherhood don’t look like she thought they would.
Stephanie is the stay at home mom of four kids ranging in age from 12 to 25. She has a degree in American Studies and Business management.
Stephanie has been struggling with pain for the last thirteen years. Through a variety of treatments, she is at a more manageable level, but still struggles with pain every day.
IN this conversation, she’ll talk about the impact of chronic pain in every part of her life.
We also talk about:
-Tangible tools she’s learned to offer herself more self-compassion
-How to give herself grace, even when those around her aren’t offering her grace
-How much she’s learned from this experience… and re-focused what success means
A special shoutout to my first patron on Patreon. Shoutout to one Jaylene Wood (eh hem, my mom)
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“I see you. I understand you. I care for you. I got you. When you turn that in toward you, the question is what does that translate to in terms of action. And sometimes that action is going out and doing something and sometimes that action is doing less.” - Nicola Taggart
Oh, this is the conversation that everyone needs. I talked to one of my favorite people and the creator of The Calm the Chaos Journal, Nicola Taggart about how at the heart of self-care, we find self-love.
Nicola is a life and leadership success strategist, coach, and author who has helped business owners, leaders and their teams improve their communication, increase their confidence and strengthen their connections, in all areas of their lives. She is also the author and creator of the Calm the Chaos Journal: A Daily Practice for a More Peaceful Life, and the Calm the Chaos Card Deck: 65 Simple Practices for a More Peaceful Life.
In this powerful conversation, we talk about how to stop seeing self-care as an added item on our checklist, but instead, a way of life.
We also talk about:
- Finding self-care and self-compassion
- How to practice self-care in the middle of a busy schedule
- How to stop looking outward for success and have centered success
- Tangible tips on coming back to the center
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One of the most powerful things we can do is challenge our negative thoughts. In this HIP Habit, I want to challenge you to be aware of the thoughts that come into your life this week.
In this bonus episode, learn about how to bring awareness to your thoughts, choose to disrupt the thought and then work your way toward something you'd rather believe about yourself.
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Have you noticed that it seems we need to spend a lot of dollars to achieve the ultimate self-care? In this episode, Danielle challenges the advertisements and social media claims. Instead, we're going to focus on how everything you need to care for your self exists within you.
In this episode, Danielle will share three main ways to practice self-care on a daily basis.
Learn more about practicing self-care through the following ways; 1) your thoughts, 2) your movement and 3) showing up for yourself!
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In this mini-episode, the challenge is to find a micro moment of peace in your day. This can be as little as 20 seconds per day.
Danielle shares about creating an intention around your five senses so that you can step away from what might feel like chaos - to become re-centered.
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“When i think about it, I think of all the good people who came. That was the most beautiful thing. There was one bad man at the epicenter, but every ripple out - hundreds of hundreds of good people.” - Noelle Rasmussen
Three years ago on Christmas morning, an RV parked on the road in Nashville and played over a loud speaker “This RV will blow up in a few minutes.”
My friend’s apartment was right next to this vehicle. In this episode, you’ll hear from Noelle Rasmussen, about what it was like to be asked to leave her apartment with her family on Christmas morning, seeing the explosion and healing from the traumatic experience.
In this episode we talk about:
- How she followed the voice in her head to leave during the evacuation
- What healing for her 4 year old and for her looked like
- What coping tool she learned that she still uses
- How she’s been able to find blessings in the bombing
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In this mini-episode, the challenge is to add 20 minutes of exercise to your daily routine.
Danielle shares research that shows how daily physical activity impacts your brain function. That's all the important stuff, like memory and the ability to learn.
To read more about the research, head here.
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“I am who I was looking for.” - Eboni Banks
This month, we continue to focus on taking the time to re-set. That’s why I wanted to talk to Eboni about using our own intuition (Yes! We have to trust ourselves) to heal from trauma.
As a trauma survivor, Eboni has learned to use her wealth of inner spiritual resources to thrive on her own healing journey and is now inspired to teach people how to do the same. To access their intuition to heal the parts of their lives that are stuck and prevent them from living the life they desire.
In this episode we talk about:
- Healing trauma intuitively
- What it means to rely on yourself and how to really cultivating a trusting relationship with yourself
- How to have an inner dialogue that supports us rather than beats ourselves up
- And how you are who you’re looking for
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In this mini-episode, learn the steps to meditate for beginners!
Danielle breaks down meditating into 3 simple steps:
1) Sit comfortably 2) Focus on something 3) Bring your wandering mind back to the focus Try it and let Danielle know how it goes!
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“I’m not crazy. And I know I’m not crazy. I can absolutely trust myself. I’m awake. And I’m fully awake.” - Arielle Estoria
Arielle Estoria is a Poet, Actor, Model and Author.
Arielle has shared her work through custom spoken word pieces, workshops and themed keynote talks with companies such as Google, Lululemon, Dressember, Tedx, the SKIMS campaign by Kim Kardashian and more.
You may recognize her from commercials for brands like Etsy, Starbucks, PayPal, TJ Maxx and more.
She is the author of the new book, The Unfolding. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today.
In this episode, you’ll learn about:
- Trusting yourself
- Learning to hear your own voice and distinguishing that voice from others
- Living authentically over living for approval
- The steps to returning home to yourself
- And so much more!
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In this mini-episode, learn about research that proves journaling can actually impact your physical body!
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“I don’t want to be someone who misses their life. I don’t want to look back and think What did I do? Was I present?” - Andrea Scher
Andrea Scher is an artist, author and a big believer in the transformative power of creativity. She wrote the book WonderSeeker: 52 Ways to Wake Up and Find Your Creativity.
And that’s what we’re going to talk about today.
Today you’ll hear from Andrea - and how to be a wonder seeker even though we’re busy… even though we’re not kids anymore… even more all the things.
We talk about:
- How wonder and the messiness of life can coexist
- How wonder can heal
- How to shift our attention to the positive from the negative
- Finding wonder everyday and the impact that can make
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My world as I knew it was ending. I was just faced with all of the mistakes that led me to that. And I was just like, 'Why am I here? I don’t want to be here anymore.' I wasn’t trying to physically harm myself, but I was thinking I just wish this would end. I just wanted life to end." - Kay Recede
I absolutely loved talking to Kay Recede about her experience with depression, anxiety and vicarious trauma. Kay is a journalist who recently left TV news.
In this conversation, we talk about what led her to making that decision.
We talk about:
- What it was like when she wanted life to be over
- What she did to receive immediate treatment
- Why putting a name to the monsters of anxiety, depression and vicarious trauma was so empowering
- Some of the tools she learned in therapy that she relies on most
- How she has been able to move forward with a love for the present and for life
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EMDR Explained 10% Happier
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"All of this, whether you’re designing your life or you’re designing a chair, requires courage. You’re creating something that doesn’t exist. Based on what you know today, you’re imaging the future." - Ayse Birsel
Ayse Birsel is one of the world’s leading industrial designers. She is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People In Business and Interior Design Magazine recognized her as the Best Of Year Product Designer of 2020 You’ve probably held or sat on something she has designed for Miller Knoll, Target, TOTO or Toyota, among many others.
Ayse is the author of the best-selling Design the Life You Love: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Meaningful Future.
In this conversation, Ayse gives us some insight into how a designer thinks and how we can create our own life we really want.
Plus,
- How to deconstruct and reconstruct our lives
- A neat trick to getting to the bottom of our values
- Finding purpose
- How all of this applies to you no matter what age you are- in fact, she’ll talk about how a long life is the key to innovation
Buy Ayse's new book Design the Life You Love
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"I think it's all about clarity about what is you want. Then really leaning into the why behind it. I had such a strong why that anything else didn't really feel like a possibliity to me." - Lyssa Jackson
As we being a new year, we hope you are able to have one with a big vision for your life. That's why Danielle asked Vision Board Expert Lyssa Jackson to come on the podcast. She is a creator, coach and the founder of CreateHER Co. LJ is a certified Life and Success coach. She's been vision boarding for more than a decade and has since taught hundreds of others how to create vision boards.
She is the author of the new book, EnvisionHER: The Vision Board Book for Women, a book designed to be cut into pieces to create a vision board that works!
In this conversation, you'll hear:
- How to allow for magic in your goal setting
- What to do when your vision isn’t happening
- Dealing with set backs out of your control
- Lyssa’s unique way of doing vision boards
If you like this episode, don't forget to give this podcast a rating and let us know what you like about it!
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In this mini-episode, larn about how long experts say it takes to make a habit stick. Danielle shares two pieces of research - and why when we take longer to perfect a habit there are benefits. Be sure to download Danielle's free Habit Tracker here.
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The holidays and our expectations can create a stress-fueled December for us and our families.
In this episode, I wanted to offer you some ideas on how to get those expecations in check so it's easier to deal with unmet expecations when things don't go according to plan. One of the most important things I talk about today will be how to make sure your unmet expectations don't turn into negative stories you're writing about yourself. Join me for this episode and please, if you enjoy listening subscribe or leave a rating telling me what you liked about listening.
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"You don't have to tell your whole story which can be painful. The beauty of that is you don't even have to have all the memories and details of your whole story and still be able to get some good work done. The beauty of that is you don't even have to be ready to talk about your story as long as you're ready to go inward because a lot of the work is happening inward. We're just prompting the brain and the body to do what it does naturally, which is to heal." - Melissa Dumaz, LMFT
Melissa Dumaz is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Best Selling Author of The Love Challenge, co-host of The HatsPodcast and founder of You Help You, her own practice. She specializes in guiding clients through the complexities of overcoming emotional and physical trauma. She also helps clients deal with grief & loss, relationship satisfaction, parenting, transitions in life, self-care management and more.
Today we talked about EMDR. I loved learning all about EMDR from Melissa. She explained how EMDR helps with trauma (what "counts" as trauma), how EMDR works and who it can help. This is a fascinating conversation. I hope you enjoy it.
This was the second time Melissa came on the podcast, check out our first conversation here.
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Welcome to HIP Habits! The mini-podcast episode (I promise under 5 minutes) that gives you something to add to your life to improve it and find more joy along the way.
This week, we're focusing on your relationship with your phone. Don't forget to get your free printable here.
Your phone has you at its beck and call. You can put some distance between you and your phone, by turning off notifications. Listen to this episode to find out why turning off your notifications can have such a big impact on your life.
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Inspired by the quotes on Instagram encouraging us to just go change our life if we don't like it, I wanted to talk about what to do when there are parts of our life we can't change.
Take a listen to get my tricks on changing my mindset while honoring the fact that the unchangeable is hard!
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If all the time, I'm a woman and I"m thinking about how I'm not good enough. If I'm thinking about how clothes are looking on me. If I'm thinking about all these other women around me who are better than me. Then how can I focus on things that actually really matter."
- Chardét Ryel
Today you get to hear from Chardét Ryel. She is a wellness entrepreneur and Behaviour Change Specialist, empowering women globally with body confidence and well-being beyond the scale. She is also the host of the Feel Good Nakd podcast for women and founder of Corpão Fitness, a Brazilian-inspired fitness brand.
Today we talk about:
- Why diet culture has such a stronghold over us
- How to move past it
- How to feel good naked… without losing weight
- And some mindset shifts we can practice today… without changing the way we look
CONNECT WITH ME!
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Connect with Chardét:
Feel Good Naked
Charet's Website
Carpoa Fitness Website
Follow Chardét on Social:
IG: @chardetryel
FB: Corpão Fitness
Tiktok: @feelgoodnakd
Today's HIP Habit challenges you curate your social media feeds. The algorithm is always listening to what we click on, watch and spend our time on. That's why it's important we start taking control of what we're seeing. We can also take control by muting and blocking accounts.
To start setting boundaries, ask yourself the questions in this episode - or download them from the free mini workbook I made you.
Get the free mini-workbook printable here
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"You’re not an idiot for forgetting that you're limitless. You’re not stupid because you haven’t been operating from that. And you’re not self-indulgent when you do." - Alison Faulkner
Get ready for an AWESOME conversation with the awesome Alison Faulkner.
Alison Faulkner is a branding and events expert, host of the podcast Awesome with Alison a top 100 health and wellness podcast, consultant for Fortune 500 companies, writer, speaker, self-proclaimed nonsense dancer, and CEO of Alison’s Brand School.
Alison recently released her new book You're Already Awesome.
In this conversation, we talk about what it means to be "awesome," where our worth really comes from, how we can lean into our inherent worth and feeling limitless.
CONNECT WITH ALISON:
Buy the Book
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Today's HIP Habit challenges you to set some boundaries with your phone. When you live by these habits, you're able to be present with the people in front of you. To start setting boundaries, ask yourself the three questions in this episode - or download them from the free mini workbook I made you.
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"Learning to love who you are and being able to see yourself seperate from the things that you struggle with. Even though you're struggling with them, they don't define who you are." - Cassidy Sanchez
Today, we are talking about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety. As many of you know, I was diagnosed with OCD in college. It was really great to have Cassidy Sanchez on the show to talk about her recent diagnosis.
Cassidy is an Instagram influencer and mental health advocate behind the page @LoveCassCo. She's gained a following as she shares vulnerable and true elements of having OCD and anxiety.
In this conversation we talk about:
- The relief of getting a diagnosis
- Tools to deal with intrusive thoughts
- Breaking generational stigmas
- The impact of showing people they are not alone
Even if you don't have OCD or anxiety, I think you'll learn a lot in this episode about your thoughts, overcoming thoughts and dealing with intrusive thoughts.
Resources mentioned:
NOCD app
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I am excited that you get to hear from one of my new favorite authors! I recently read The Alternate Ending of Cassidy Marchand. I loved it and knew I had to have the author on!
That brings us to now! Today you'll get to hear from Tracey Barski. Tracey is a mostly stay at home mom who lives in Colorado with her husband of 10 years and their two children. She wears many hats, working part-time as an editor and proofreader and a sign language interpreter. She published her debut novel, The Alternate Ending of Cassidy Marchand, earlier this year with plans to release a second book this fall.
Today we talked about:
- How Tracey made this happen while being a stay-at-home-mom of two young children
- Overcoming self-doubt over and over again in the process
- Moving through limiting beliefs and putting herself out there
- and more!
CONNECT WITH TRACEY:
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Website
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This is our new series, HIP Habits! Every week, join me for a short (less than 5 minutes, short) micro-episode about one habit you can add to your life for more joy in the everyday.
To kick us off, the first four weeks will focus on our relationships with our smartphones. This week, we are setting personal goals for a digital detox that will help our own lives.
Get the free mini-workbook printable here
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"Reframing and stopping and saying whenever we feel stuck, what’s another way I can look at this? What else might be true? What else might be possible?" - Lia Garvin
Lia Garvin is an author, speaker, organizational consultant and coach. She is a career expert and operation leader for influential companies including Microsoft, Apple and Google and career expert,
Lia is Featured as an expert in Forbes, Business Insider and CNN Business, she’s also the author of Unstuck: Reframe your thinking to free yourself from the patterns and people that hold you back.
Today we talk about:
- How you may be stuck
- How you can start to get yourself unstuck
- Working through things like your inner critic, comparison and someone else’s feedback
- How to start challenging yourself with helpful questions…
CONNECT WITH LIA
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Lia's tips
Youtube
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"It's almost like a survival mechanism. I have to hold onto what is positive and what's going to get me through this day. I have to look forward or everything is going to drag me down." - Samantha Russell
I am so grateful to be introducing you to an incredible woman today. Samantha Russel is a 3x Cancer Survivor, advocate and content creator.
She shares her unique experience as a cancer survivor and double ostomate online. By sharing her story, she hopes to raise awareness and encourage self love and healing for others.
In this conversation we talk about her cancer fight and what kept her fighting through her first, second and third diagnosis.
You'll also hear:
- how she finds joy in small things
- how her plans and goals for the future have changed over the last six years
- how she practices self-love for herself
- creating a positive foundation for her mindset
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"Everything we’re motivated to find on the outside, we already have on the inside. That’s what the joke is. Instead of looking into it, we’re looking away from it." - Udo Erasmus
The legendary Udo Erasmus came on the podcast today. He is the co-founder of Udo’s Choice Line, which can be found in Whole Foods and other health food stores worldwide.
Udo walked a difficult path to become the man he is today. Being a child of war, Udo’s life began with intense struggle. As an adult, he got pesticide poisoning in 1980.
Udo is an acclaimed speaker and author of many books, including the best-selling Fats That Heal Fats That Kill. He teaches at events hosted by Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra, has keynoted an international brain health conference, and has traveled to more than 30 countries to conduct thousands of live presentations, media interviews, and staff trainings impacting more than 25,000,000.
Today Udo shares his story to peace on the podcast.
We chat about:
- growing up as a child of war
- beginning a search for peace as a 6-year-old
- what he learned about where peace comes from
- the impact that came after he tapped into peace and unconditional love
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
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For this 200th episode, Happiness in Progress is turning the tables. Guest Host, Elizabeth Watts came on the show to interview me!
She interviews me by asking her 20 questions - 10 about myself and 10 about the podcast!
You'll also hear some listeners chime in about their favorite episodes over the last five years.
Above all, I want to thank you for being here and supporting the Happiness in Progress podcast all these years! I couldn't do this without you. Thank you so much.
Elizabeth Watts is one of my best friends. She's a multi-Emmy-award winning journalist, a wife, step-mom. Now she works in communications and public relations in Colorado.
You can stay in contact with her on Instagram here.
Are you sick of the mean girls storyline that is told over and over again about women?
In this episode, Danielle Craig talks about how we can support one another with tangible tools. She shares two tools that have made a difference in her life.
Plus, she shares several comments from social media about what other women are doing to support one another.
Be Part of the 200th episode!
Share one lesson you've learned from this podcast, by leaving a voicemail at this phone number! (541) 690-8212
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
HIP Habits Freebie - 4 Week Phone Challenge
Why You Can't Stop Comparing Yourself
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"I allow myself to cry about it, but then I always say to myself, 'What did I learn from this and what is the whisper from the universe? And what am I meant to do next?' I really view this as messages that are meant to take me to the next level." - Angela Jia Kim
Angela Jia Kim is a former concert pianist and founder of Savor Beauty + Spa, a Manhattan-based skincare and spa brand inspired by Korean beauty rituals. She’s also the author of Radical Radiance: 12 Weeks of Self-Love Rituals to Manifest Abundance, Beauty, and Joy and the creator of the Savor Beauty Planner, a self-care guide that helps women manifest beauty, brilliance, and balance.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Creating a radical self care routine
- What radical radiance means
- How to replace our various titles with ‘I am’
- Tapping into your inner essence and having spiritual intelligence
- and so much more
CONNECT WITH ANGELA
Buy Radical Radiance
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Savor Beauty Instagram
Youtube
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"When we're joyful, that joy spills out and helps other people feel it. You're not just doing yourself a service of good and positive energy, but you're actually spreading it." - Michelle Burke
Today you are going to hear from the founders of the Joy Cards. Michelle Burke and Lilamani de Sliva came together to create these cards to help you infuse more joy into your life.
Michelle is a sought-after leadership coach, facilitator, speaker, and founder and CEO of Energy Catalyst Group, a consulting and training company for well-being. Michelle has trained thousands of participants to make positive change—bridging communication gaps getting in the way of a thriving workplace and a joy-filled life. Her clients include Stanford University, Microsoft, Sony PlayStation, Snap Inc., and HP. She’s been featured in Business Week Magazine, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Wall Street Journal. Michelle is author of The Valuable Office Professional and coauthor of 15 Minute Pause: A Radical Reboot for Busy People.
Lilamani has worked in media relations, TV production, and more. She also worked for London Zoo, BBC World, and has helped produce documentaries for Discovery, Animal Planet, and ITV. Her paintings illustrate Joy Cards.
In this conversation, we talk about what joy gems are and how to find them.
Plus:
- How focusing on joy lowers stress and helps you feel lighter
- They draw a card from their joy cards to share with us and give us a challenge for joy today
- What it means to take joyful action
- How spreading joy to those around you makes a difference
Buy Joy Cards
Connect with Michelle & Lilamani:
Michelle's Facebook
Joy Card's Facebook
Lilamani's Facebook
Michelle's Instagram
Lilamani's Instagram
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"It wasn't a matter of me working harder, working more, burning myself out. It was a matter of me shifting my mindset to what I was capable of doing." - Katie Dodd
My friend Katie has done an incredible job of creating herself the business and life she wants!
Katie is a geriatric dietitian, writer, speaker, consultant, mentor, and leader. She is a Board Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition and Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She spent 13 years working as a home care dietitian for the VA before diving into entrepreneurship full time. Katie is the owner of Katie Dodd Nutrition LLC, founder of The Geriatric Dietitian blog and High Calorie Recipes food blog, and the host Dietitian Side Hustle podcast. She is lives in Medford, OR and is mom to Gavin and Emily.
In this conversation, we talk about:
- How she got started with her entrepreneurial dreams
- How important mindset is and she even shared some mantras you can use
- Why staying grateful and uncomfortable is so important as you chase after your dreams
- Why risk is such an important part of going for your goals
CONNECT WITH KATIE:
Website - Dietitian Side Hustle
Website - The Geriatric Dietitian
Dietitian Side Hustle Podcast
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"I just wake up and thank God that I'm alive because I didn’t have to be. I’ve been through the fire." - Carlos Spann
Today you get to hear from my old friend and colleague, Carlos Spann, about his diagnosis and journey with MS.
Carlos is a photo journalist who was just inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame in October 2021. During his career in news, at just 33 years old, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He’s also a divorced man with a six year old son - now living in Atlanta Georgia.
In this conversation we talk about:
- what it was like to get that MS diagnosis
- What keeps him going with a hopeful attitude rather than one of hopelessness
- The miracles he's received when he needed the push to keep going for just one day at a time
- And how he’s remained positive with MS amid a very difficult year
CONNECT WITH CARLOS
Loved his voice? He does voiceover work, you can connect with him on Instagram
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That sense of self that was always there, that I have something unique to bring to the world, it starts to rebuild itself." - Angie Browne
Angie has been a leading luminary coach to organizations, schools, and educators for more than 20 years.
Her deep passion is to infuse leadership with spirituality. She is founder of Sovereign Woman, a coaching programme designed for women that brings spirituality into their businesses and across all aspects of their personal life.
She also is a Bloomsbury published author of the book 'Lighting The Way’ and has a second book on the way.
She is a TEDx speaker and stand-out star of BBC show ‘School.’
Today, we talk about:
- how to find your light within
- How that light gets dampened
- How to be a leader within your community
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
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CONNECT WITH ANGIE:
Website
YOU MIGHT LIKE THESE EPISODES:
The Pull of Something More
A Wake Up Call for your Dreams
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"You're learning to be comfortable with your body." - Danielle Craig
In this episode, Danielle talks about changing the way we think about our bodies this summer. She gives us four ideas to start having confidence in our bodies - how they are today.
She'll talk about:
- understanding tearing apart old thought processes will take time
- changing the media we consume
- consider wearing something this summer that may make you feel a little uncomfortable
- don't ruminate on negative thoughts about your body
Body Positive Instagram Accounts:
Alex Light
Danae Mercer
Color Me Courtney
YOU MIGHT LIKE THESE EPISODES:
Trusting Yourself with Intuitive Eating
#JustWearTheSuit
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Marcus Bridgewater, known as Garden Marcus, is a creator - well-known on tik-tok. He has been compared to Bob Ross and Mister Rogers for the genuine warmth, compassion, and enthusiasm he conveys.
Marcus Bridgewater creates a space for us all to grow and reflect in his debut book, How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself
In the book he focuses on mental health, physical fitness, and spiritual awareness.
That’s exactly what we talk about in this conversation.
We’ll talk about how humans are like plants… and what we can learn about our own growth from them… how we can support our own growth… as well as our communities. I absolutely loved this conversation and I think you will too!
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"It [life] changes and it can change on a dime. I see it everyday. Whether it's a young man in a motorcycle accident, whether it’s a baby from SIDS. It changes on a dime." - Chris Meyer
Chris is the author of several books including Life in 20 Lessons: What a Funeral Guy Discovered About Life From Death.
Chris is a funeral home owner.
He also created www.funandmoving.com, the world’s largest low-impact exercise and rehab platform for people just starting out in their exercise journey.
He is also the father of three and says, like his Opa before him, he simply believes in family above all.
In this episode we talk about some of the most meaningful lessons Chris has learned working in the funeral industry. He explains why family and time are the most important things in this life.
We also talk about:
- What one question can focus your attention in this life
- What he's learned about possessions after we die
- how he lost $7,000 out of kindness
- and the poignant lesson he learned about race after death
- and much more
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"You can’t move forward if you don’t know the direction you’re heading. And you don’t know the direction you’re going if you don’t know who you are." - Mandy Capehart
Mandy Capehart is an author, speaker, and certified grief and life coach in the Pacific Northwest. She is the founder of The Restorative Grief Project, an online community of grievers and grief supporters looking for movement while they heal.
Her first book is titled, “Restorative Grief: Embracing our losses without losing ourselves” released in 2021.
You can hear more about her grief work on her podcast, Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart. She also co-hosts The Uncomfortable Grace Podcast, where space is held for growth amid the messy middle-parts of life.
In this episode we talked about:
- what restorative grief is
- how grief shifts us and how Mandy experienced that shift with the loss of her mom
- how to create a non judgmental space to grieve
- developing emotional intelligence and what moralizing emotions does to our experience with them
- becoming present with grief
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"You're infinitely worthy regardless of anything else that makes you feel that feeling of worth. Because when those things are gone - you're worth is sitll there. 100% Totally intact." - Danielle Craig In this episode, you'll hear about the ego and how it leads us to desprately define our identities to gain the perception of worth.
Danielle shares how her recent concussion left her feeling disconnected from her identity and what that did to her mental health.
And how to have a healthy relationship with your identity so you can thrive in the good, the bad and the in-between!
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"Hurt people hurt people. A lot of people look at the hurt that they recieve, not recognizing it came from hurt itself."
Juan Lee is an author and teacher on the powerful principle of love. For more than 30 years, he has studied organized religion to find the elements that unite humanity and share the message with those who need it.
He is the author of Love Made Simple: A Guide to Inner Peace, Contentment, and Success.
We talk about
- What love is
- What keeps us from loving others
- How to overcome division
- And how to love someone who has hurt us
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Jessica Zimmerman is the author of Sleeping with a Stranger and founder of Zimmerman Events and Education. She turned a $100,000 business loan into a seven-figure empire, all while caring for her ailing husband.
Her debut book, reached The Wall Street Journal’s and USA Today’s bestseller lists. It’s a book about the power of healing and that’s what we talk about today.
We talk about how the trauma of losing her sister at just 3 years old impacted her life, her decisions and even her parenting. How she believes happiness is not the goal - and how to understand life is happening FOR us. We also chatted about operating out of fear, how to tune into your own knowing - and much more.
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"To admit there are mental health benefits to [exercise], you have to admit there are problems - and we have trouble doing that." - Dilan Dane
Dilan Dane is the CEO of Sytem2. That's the first relationship based, technology fitness brand that prioritizes longevity over quick-fix exercise fads and unnatural appearance standards.
Dilan grew up in Sri Lanka, but ultimately studied computer science at MIT. Dilan founded the tech company Scoopler which was acquired by Google in 2011.
He credits fitness as the corner stone of his success and progress which is why he created System2.
Today we talk about:
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What it was like growing up in Sri Lanka
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What happened when he go to MIT and how his mental health took a huge hit
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What one professor did that may have saved his life
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We also chat about fitness and its impact on mental health
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"When you put your reality up against someone else's faux reality on social media you start having a little FOMO - and it's not really fear of missing out. but it's more like am I doing this life right? Your level of dissatisfaction starts to get higher and higher as you realize all of these different things." - Danielle Craig In this episode, Danielle talks about the importance of shutting down the outside world and voices to listen to yourself and be in touch with your present. Danielle has had to do that over the last two and a half months dealing with a concusin. Get $10 in BTC when you sign up for Swan Bitcoin through this link CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Buy the HIP Habits Workbook Facebook
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"I want to create generational wealth for my family. That’s the biggest gift I could give them." - Latasha Kinnard
Today you will hear from Latasha Kinnard. She is the CEO of Godeste where she helps her clients maximize their income and effectively build for the future. She is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of 20-Something & Rich.
In this conversation, Tasha and Danielle talk about staying out of debt during the holidays, redeeming your holiday budget and how to change your mindset around money.
Plus:
- A powerful exercise to begin with as you examine your mindset
- What lack mentality can do to you
- How to get out of a cycle that doesn't allow you to gain wealth
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'Tis the holiday season - for some of us, that means not only pumpkin pie and gratitude, but also dealing with difficult family members.
My guest today, is Stephanie Essenfeld. She has practiced family psychology and therapy for the last eight years.
Her goal is to provide helpful tools for effective communication, empathy, boundaries, decision making and many more — many of these we talk about today.
You can find Stephanie on Instagram at Therapy Untangled.
This episode will offer you real tangible tools you can use this Thanksgiving and throughout December as you deal with family members, but also in your daily life.
We talk about:
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How to set boundaries with your family members
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Determine what your needs are
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How to check your expectations.
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Specific difficult family dynamics including parents and adult children, dealing with in-laws and sibling rivalries
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Being on the receiving end of someone setting boundaries. How to deal with it when your spouse says they are struggling with your parents or what to do when your a parent whose adult child says they need boundaries.
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"To one degree or another we're going to disagree with everyone to some extent - even the closest people to us - we're not going to agree with them on 100% of everything because they're a different person. Being able to tolerate those kinds of differences, different points of view and disagreements while still keeping up some level of connection is a really useful life skill." - Edward "Ted" Brodkin
"It would be a beautiful world... Even just a little bit of movement in this area can have really dramatic impact on your own life and ideally, if it can have an impact on your relationships one on one, it can over time have impact on a more community level - and ideally on a more systems level." - Ashley Pallathra
We are so lucky to get to talk to Edward Brodkin and Ashley Pallathra - the leading experts on human connection and authors of Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections. Edward - or Ted as he goes by - is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry. He is the Founder and Director of the Adult Autism Spectrum Program at Penn Medicine. Ashley is a Clinical Researcher and Therapist. She is the author of several published research articles and a book chapter in the fields of autism research, social neuroscience and social-emotional functioning in youth.
Today we talk about:
- human connection … and why it’s so important…
- How to connect with someone you fundamentally disagree with… and navigating conflict.
- We also talk about the four components of atunement… and how to practice these in your own lives for stronger connections
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This episode was recorded live on social media
"It's not petty if it protects your mental health." - Danielle Craig
In this episode, Danielle talks about how to protect your mental health by creating a social media feed that makes you feel good.
She explains how your feed is a byproduct of your activity because the algorithm will give you more of what you spend the most time on.
If you spend a lot of time reading and commenting on posts that are talking negatively about you or your lifestyle - you will get more content with that very same content.
If you feel triggered by accounts promoting diets when you have struggled with disordered eating - you can unfollow them.
If you are brought back to a trauma every time a family name's post appears on your feed - you can mute their account.
Check out this episode for more tips, why this is important and get your permission to do start taking action.
"You don't have to know how it's going to work, but you do have to hold onto the idea that you can do both." - Courtney Dashe
"If you support your friends, you show love and kindness - that will come back to you. The people who are not capable of that - they’ll keep on walking and that’s okay." - Morgan Leigh Garner The duo that makes up Hadley Park, Courtney Dashe and Morgan Leigh Garner, came on the Happiness in Progress podcast to share their journey in music and motherhood. The Nashville singers/songwriters have been featured on the Netflix production, “The Ranch,” Spotify’s “Wild Country” and “New Music Nashville” playlists, Sirius XM’s “The Highway,” the Country Network, and CMT.com. They are also the podcast hosts of "Chasing Dreams & Raising Babies" which they launched with the release of their music project called "Time's a Thief." In this episode, Danielle talks with Courtney and Morgan about how Hadley Park was formed.
Plus,
- The life-saving grace of female friendships
- Challenges of what they like to say chasing dreams and raising babies
- How to make time for your dreams as a mother
- The making of their song 'Times a Thief'
- and much more
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This is a live recording of Happiness in Progress on Facebook and Instagram Danielle tackles the question - should I always be grateful? In this episode, Danielle talks about the importance of not "Shoulding on yourself" and when you can move into gratitude if you're not feeling grateful. CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Buy the HIP Habits Workbook
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If you are looking for a jam-packed episode with tangible tools on living a happier life - this is for you!
Michelle Wax is the founder of American Happiness Project. It's a movement across 50 states focused on creating more joy.
In 2019, Michelle took off in her Jeep and interviewed 500+ self-described happy people in all 50 states. Her goal was to learn how people achieve internal happiness, regardless of external circumstances.
She made the documentary American Happiness along the way.
Today we talked about:
- Michelle’s experience traveling the country interviewing people about happiness
- How to build resilience
- How to using stress to your advantage
- How our minds are hardwired for the negative and how to re-map that
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How to Make Stress Your Friend
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"Are you living your dream? Are you living society’s dream? Are you still evolving and stretching or have you become stagnant based upon the fact that 'Hey, I’ve arrived'?" - Teneshia Jackson Warner
If your dreams have been put on the back burner during this pandemic - this episode is for you.
Teneshia Jackson Warner is the founder and CEO of one of the country’s most successful multicultural marketing and communications firms, EGAMI Group.
She’s creator of The Dream Project, which inspired her to write her book, The Big Stretch: 90 Days to Expand Your Dreams, Crush Your Goals and Create Your Own Success.
The book is is a soul-searching, life-transforming, 12-week boot camp that reveals how to get from where you are to where you dream to be – in life and in business.
In this episode we talk about
- where our dreams stand during this pandemic
- How to relight the fire our our dreams
- How the biggest thief of an extraordinary life is a great lif
- How comparisons impacts our dreams
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"Worthiness is a birth right. We have to remember it’s not based on how many things we’ve achieved. It’s not based on outer validation. It actually doesn’t even matter how much outer validation you have." - Cristi Christensen
Cristi Christensen is a global empowerment coach and author of the brand new book, Chakra Rituals: Awakening the Wild Woman Within. She’s the creator of Soul Fire, a unique style of yoga that incorporates dance, meditation and mudra practices, and the co-founder of the Asia based Kirana Yoga School and US based Deep Exhale, a transformational experience merging breath, music & movement. She has taught in 20 countries around the globe to tens of thousands of women.
Her new book out today, Chakra Rituals offers a seven-week program to guide readers through the ancient science of Chakras in an easy and accessible way to enliven and empower the reader.
In this conversation, Danielle and Cristi talk about:
- What the seven chakras are
- How we have become disconnected with our bodies
- How to come home to our bodies
- How she was able to use this practice when the pandemic began and she lost her livelihood
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"We are a performance based society. We measure things in likes, salary, time, duration, looks, followers - we judge everything, we measure everything. What I like to remind people is that meditation is not a performance based activity." - Rebecca Pacheco
Rebecca is the author of the brand new book out today Still Life: The Myths and Magic of Mindful Living.
She is also the author of Do Your Om Thing, which was named one of the “top ten yoga and meditation books every yogi needs” by Yoga Journal.
Previously, she founded and wrote the popular blog Om Gal. She’s the creator of the Runner’s World Yoga Center as well as videos for Women’s Health. She frequently contributes to the Boston Globe.
In today's episode, we talk about her brand new book Still Life.
Plus,
- what meditation does for your life
- how to stop judging your thoughts and how to observe them instead
- how you won't lose your edge with a meditation practice
- and so much more
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"Therapists still go to therapy, doctors still see a doctor, professionals still have to get professional help. It doesn’t make you an imposter, it makes you experienced." - Taylor Arco
Taylor Arco is a certified life coach and future marriage and family therapist who specializes in mindset coaching. She has helped dozens of women stop their negative self talk, create lasting healthy habits, and find success in their careers.
Today we talk about:
- How to have a holistic view of your own wellness
- How to cultivate a positive mindset
- The power of journaling and how it can help you create a happier and more grateful life
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"It is sacred to go and sit with someone in their pain, not try to fix it, not try to change it, but just be there and try to understand." - Charlie Bird
Charlie Bird was Cosmo the Cougar at Brigham Young University from 2016-2018. He is an LBGTQ advocate and is involved with nonprofit organizations across Utah and nationwide. He is the author of the bestselling memoir, Without the Mask and the host of the podcast "Questions from the Closet." This episode will empower you to lead with your heart in conversations that you may not understand to support those in the LGBTQ community. In this conversation, Charlie and Danielle talk about the LGBTQ youth suicide rate, how creating safe spaces can be the difference between life and death and how Charlie's family created that for him when he came out. We also talk about: - How you can create that safe space
- How being gay and religious can co-exist
- How Charlie initially had a lot of shame around being gay and how that has turned into true pride by accepting himself CONNECT WITH CHARLIE: Buy Without the Mask Instagram Questions from the Closet podcast CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Buy the HIP Habits Workbook
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This episode was recorded live on Instagram and Facebook
In this episode of Happiness in Progress, Danielle Craig talks about three questions to ask yourself before making a big decision.
She used these same questions when making the decision to leave news to start a podcast in 2017.
She will also tell you a pro of the pros and cons list and why your decisions aren't the last decisions you'll make.
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"She’s been the one to say go after your dreams. What you pour into your children, they turn back and pour it into you as well." - Lisa Lee Arneaud
Today you get to hear from Award-winning TV Broadcaster & Reporter, Lisa Lee Arneaud. She is the Host of ‘Taste the Islands’, streaming on Amazon Prime TV, the host of 'School Duel' and was featured as Miami's Top 40 under 40 Leaders of Tomorrow in Legacy Magazine.
Most recently she launched The LA | PR FIRM.
While she has done all of these amazing things with her career - today we focus on another title - motherhood.
Lisa Lee is the mother of three.
In this episode she talks about how she truly enjoys her children, how she's built strong, trusting bonds with them and why she lets them have their own social media accounts.
We also talk about what it was like growing up as a first generation American and how she chooses diversity for her children.
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"It takes our community to see our potential on the inside." - Kr!sten Chr!sty
Today you will hear from the 2018 AFI Air Force Spouse of the year, a 2019 Top 30 Women Military Influencer, and a 2020 Remarkable Woman finalist.
Kristen Christy is a Master Resilience Trainer and resilience expert. She is the co-founder of the non-profit National Veterans Vocational Village Foundation, the co-creator of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention lifeline number, and creator of National Resilience Day.
In today's episode Kristen shares her deeply personal story of losing her first husband to suicide and the ripple effect it had on her two young sons.
She shares a voicemail from one of her sons that he left on the night he attempted suicide.
She says this voicemail has saved lives.
We also talk about how community can reach people in the depths of despair, what she does to make sure people are seen everywhere she goes and how you can add daily routines to help others.
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"Listen to [the pull of something more]. If you push it away and tamp it down, you might not feel the pull. It might go away. You might become so immune to the pull of it and pushing it down that you don't feel it anymore. But I think recognizing it, feeling it and listening to it and not being afraid to go toward it... that is where the adventure is." - Camille Andros
Camille is a children's book author and a mother of six. Her newest book, The Boy and the Sea is out today!
She felt the pull of something more as her youngest child turned one. In this conversation, Camille talks about what it was like to jump into the world of children's book publishing - even though it was not part of her original plan.
In this conversation you'll hear:
- what it was like for Camille to walk down the path of the unknown.
- how to hear and lean into the pull of something more
- how to move confidently forward
- learning to sit with the 'not knowing'
- and much more
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"If shame feeds off of loneliness and convincing you that you’re the only one - and that’s taken away - then shame gets taken away. In place of shame comes acceptance, power and the ability to move forward through what it is you’re going through." - Ashley LeMieux
Today you will get to hear from Ashley Lemieux. She is the founder and CEO of The Shine Project. Her brand new book, I Am Here, is out today! Her company, The Shine Project, is an online community for women that helps them find support, resources, motivation, and encouragement to triumph over the challenges in their lives.
In this conversation, Danielle and Ashley talk about I Am Here and her painful experience of losing her two children in a contested adoption and then the loss of her rainbow baby and almost her own life.
In this conversation you will also hear about:
- Feeling alone because of shame
- How to break open the shame to learn that you’re not alone
- Ashley's experience with sepsis the week COVID shut hospitals down
- The five questions she asks herself everyday
- How pain is not part of your identity
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"To work out of shame and to begin to untangle all the messiness that shame is in someone’s life - for me, what I found, is that I need to SPEAK. I need to use my words." - Kelli Evans
Kelli Evans is a Eating Recovery Center Alum and Recovery Ambassador Council Member. Kelli shares her recovery journey from anorexia, bulimia, alcoholism, anxiety, major depressive disorder, and C-PTSD. Kelli speaks at community outreach events and to healthcare providers at UC Medical School. In sharing her story Kelli wants people to believe recovery is possible at any age!
Kelli also writes about her eating disorder and recovery journey at Redemptive Recovery.
In this episode, Danielle and Kelli talk about how shame was at the core of her battle with an eating disorder. Plus, how she was ultimately able to walk out of shame and find her worth, what she's learned about herself through recovery and the stigma that comes with being in your 40s with an eating disorder.
Eating Recovery Center
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"Time is the most important thing in life. It’s not money, its not prestige. It’s not all these other things. Without time, there really is nothing." - Novell Loh
In this episode, you'll meet professional ballroom dancer, Novell Loh. Several years ago, Novell lost her mom. In the coming months, she had her own medical scare.
She found herself asking the question, "If I die today, what would I regret?"
The question led her on a path out of corporate America and a high-paying job to be a professional dancer in New York City.
Novell has since created a business to help people build wealth with Money Boss Co.
In this episode Danielle and Novell talk about:
- what deep questions Novell started to ask herself about life
- what she realized life was about when she was close to losing her own life
- what it was like following her passion
- the challenges that have come up in following her dream to dance
- advice on following your heart
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"When we let people judge us, we start to realize their judgements are not as heavy as we thought. They don't make that big of a difference on our lives. They're not as scary. They don't change us. They don't make us any less valuable or cool or fun or whatever it is we want to be. Their judgements are on them - and they always will be." - Danielle Craig
In this episode, Danielle hones in on one of the skills she has a lot of experience in - confidence. Danielle shares that she gained a lot of confidence out of practicing it everyday live on the morning news.
She also shares five tips that can help you develop more confidence in yourself.
In this episode, you'll learn how to practice confidence, why setting your ego aside will make the difference in your confidence and a small thing you can do today to start becoming more confident.
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"We are creatures of habit. Habits don't care if they're good or bad, if they're helping or hurting. If we have bad habits they're going to continue." - Will Moore
Today you are going to meet Will Moore. He is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, life coach and happiness expert. Will is the owner of Moore Momentum. His goal is to teach people how to hold themselves accountable and take the necessary action to replace their "failure habits" with "success habits."
Danielle and Will talk about a lot in this episode including how to get back to your "success habits" you may have lost during the pandemic, how to start small, how to edge out the "failure habits" when they've been engrained for decades and much more.
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
Atomic Habits
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"Our brains are being rewired to feel disappointed when we look in an unfiltered mirror" - Danielle Craig
In this episode, Danielle Craig takes a look at how using social media filters on apps like Instagram and Snapchat are impacting our brains.
Danielle describes how social media filters can be a double-edged sword. They can impact the mental health of the person posting the image and the person looking at it.
Articles & Research Mentioned:
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Filtered Photos & Our Memories
Is Spending All Day on Zoom Killing Your Confidence?
Khloe Kardashian's Photo "Scandal"
Psychological Impact of Social Media
#StatusOfMind Campaign
Does Social Media Cause Depression?
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"You don’t have to join a non-profit or become a monk to have a purpose. That’s a lie we’ve been told about success by very powerful institutions so we could be cogs in their wheel... Everyone has a purpose. Everyone." - Mory Fontanez
Mory Fontanez is an Executive Purpose Coach and the CEO/founder of 822 Group. After a successful career in corporate America, Mory realized many leaders were leading without a purpose. Instead, they were operating out of fear and scarcity.
Now she teaches leaders how to align with their purpose to bring more connection, empathy and social good into the equation.
In this conversation we talk about how to find your purpose, what happens when we operate outside of our purpose and why so many people are unintentionally inauthentic.
You'll also hear:
- how you can be authentic to yourself
- how to listen to your intuition
- how to create boundaries to allow people to feel uncomfortable without taking it on ourselves
- so much more!
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"Trauma is not a one and done." - Bonnie VanDusen
In this powerful episode about love, you'll hear from Bonnie VanDusen. She is a child abuse survivor who has risen from her trauma to fight for other children experiencing trauma. She does that through foster care. She is the founder of the Geronimo Founder, a mother and speaker.
You will hear about how she survived physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. She explains how she was able to stay strong, what she has learned about trauma and how the definition of love has changed.
She also describes how the bio-parents of many of the foster children she takes in are dealing with their own trauma. Hear how she sees herself and her dad in these parents - and what she does to help them.
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"Make sure your routines are for you and they’re not built upon someone else’s life." -Ashley Brown
Today you get to hear from Ashley Brown, the creator and owner of Routine and Things. She's also the host of the Routine and Things Podcast.
Ashley strongly believes routines are a form of wellness and can be a beautiful springboard for improving your home, yourself, and your life.
In this episode of Happiness in Progress, Danielle and Ashley talk about how to create a routine, how routines helped bring Ashley out of a depression and how to be a good steward of your time.
Ashley also talks about how if you try to copy someone else's routines, but they don't fit for your life - they won't be effective.
That and much more in this episode.
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"I wish we didn’t have to go through [horrible, hard things] and we could be like I know what I want and wouldn’t need to have this huge horrible experience to be reminded of it." - Stefanie Grassley
Today's guest is a survivor. Stefanie Grassley was living the dream after purchasing a beautiful Italian castle with her husband. Within the first year of owners, she was involved in a horrific explosion that caught her on fire.
In today's episode, she will share what was going on in her mind when this happened. She shares with Danielle, what some of the hardest parts of recovery were and where she has found strength in the darkest days.
We also talk about the last Facebook post she posted before her accident - about how she was grateful for hard experiences. She explains what she thinks about that today.
Of course, a castle event venue has struggled during the global shutdown. Feel free to support them as they've switched gears to sell organic goods from their beautiful property. The link is below.
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"Every time you diet, every time you try to fake out hunger, every time you fake out fullness - that’s a trust disrupter." - Evelyn Tribole
This episode is for all of you who need to work on healing your relationship with food and your body. Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CERD-S is an award winning registered dietitian, co-creator of Intuitive Eating and best selling author with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, California.
Today, Evelyn's new book, Intuitive Eating for Every Day: 365 Practices and Inspirations to Rediscover the Pleasures of Eating hits bookshelves.
Evelyn has been seen on CNN, The Atlantic and The New York Times.
In this episode we talk about what exactly intuitive eating is and how to get started.
Plus:
- how diet culture is impacting us
- how mental health is just as important as physical health
- how to walk away from ideas like "I can't trust my own body" and feeling guilt because of eating something
CONNECT WITH EVELYN:
Buy Evelyn's new book: Intuitive Eating for Every Day
Check out Evelyn's past books:
Intuitive Eating (A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach)
The Intuitive Eating Workbook
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works
Website
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We have now made it through one full year of the pandemic.
In this episode, Danielle talks about five skills we've been forced to grow and learn throughout the past year.
Danielle talks about how we've become stronger in the face of loss. How we've learned and practiced empathy and perspective. Plus, what we've learned about relationships and our own power within.
EPISODES MENTIONED:
Thriving in Uncertainty feat. Michelle Pierson Young
Growth During Uncertainty feat. Sam Jones
What to do When Life Feels Out of Control
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"Every time we have a thought and we welcome it with acceptance and openness rather than judgment - we are practicing self care." - Dr. Catherine Schmidt
Today you are going to hear from Dr. Catherine Schmidt. She is a licensed clinical psychologist based in San Francisco, California. Within her private practice she specializes in helping women alleviate anxiety, improve their relationships and cultivate fulfilling, balanced lives.
In this conversation you will learn tangible tips you can use in your daily life to deal with anxiety. That includes everything from scheduling worry time to pausing for anxiety.
Plus:
- How (and why) anxiety shows up in the body
- What to do with negative self talk
- How self love can help with your anxiety
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Relief from Anxiety Program
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“It has to be a balance of radical honesty with ourselves and also speaking the truth in love.” - Lindsay McPhail
In this episode of Happiness in Progress, the founders of Outsider Coffee join Danielle Craig to talk about building a business together, facing big risks and growing as a couple.
C.J. and Lindsay McPhail have been married for more than 20 years. They're the parents of four boys. In the past nine years, they have written several books, launched an outreach called Fight Night, a retreat series called STRIKE and a unique coffee drive thru experience called Outsider.
In this episode, you'll hear about
- What taking big risks have taught the McPhails
- How building business together have impacted their relationship
- How to deal with your partner pointing out weaknesses
- How risk and love go hand in hand
- and much more
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It's the week of love so Danielle is sharing three ways she has been able to have a successful relationship within her marriage.
Successful relationships are made up of several elements including the basic building blocks of trust and mutual respect.
In this episode, Danielle will focus on three things that have made a difference in her 16 year relationship with her husband.
Check out this episode for some tips on how to fight right, how appreciating your partner can make all of the difference and John Gottman's research on supporting a healthy sex life.
Links mentioned:
Buy the HIP Habits Workbook
Improve Communication in your Relationship, feat. Elizabeth Earnshaw
Feeling the Love in Your Relationship
John Gottman's Steps for a Healthy Sex Life
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"The universe is calling on you to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma that didn’t even start with you." - Dr. Nima Rahmany
In this fascinating episode, Danielle Craig talks with Dr. Nima Rahmany about the root cause of stress and where stress originates. Dr. Rahmany believes it is the result of intergenerational trauma. Danielle asks about dealing with stressful situations within a situation like the pandemic. You have to hear what Dr. Rahmany says about that as he explains yes, even the pandemic is bringing up stress tied to intergenerational traumas.
Dr. Rahmany is a Chiropractor turned 'Edutainer.' He is the creator of The Overview Method (TM) and The Trigger Proof Show. He has helped countless people who are stuck in toxic relationships, career limbo and emotional trauma.
In this episode you'll hear about:
- Intergenerational Trauma
- How to break the cycle
- How to become trigger proof
- The difference between someone dealing with a stressful situation who has addressed intergenerational trauma nd someone who has not
- and much more
Resources Mentioned:
Man's Search for Meaning
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The newest data shows moms are more stressed out than ever before and it's taking a mental toll. Research out of Canada shows more than 40% of new moms are dealing with depression symptoms. That's compared to 15% before the pandemic. Anxiety symptoms have increased in new moms more than 40%.
That's why Danielle Craig offers this podcast episode about dealing with mom burnout and motherhood fatigue.
In this episode, Danielle will offer five ways to fight the mama burnout when you're in the middle of overwhelm.
Learn about how to enjoy the moment with your kids, what to do when you just can't enjoy the moment and how to redefine what 'self care' means for you.
This episode also features advice from those of you who weighed in on social media.
Links mentioned:
Buy the HIP Habits Workbook
Find 5 Minutes for Yourself
Canadian Study
Jennifer Borget episode: Cherishing Motherhood and Life
Shanna Malone episode: Teaching Kids Emotional Regulation at Home
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Health and metabolism aren't always related, Angelo Poli explains in this episode of Happiness in Progress.
In this episode, Danielle Craig talks with globally recognized fitness and nutrition expert, Angelo Poli. He's the founder of MetPro. He's been featured in Men's Health, The Huffington Post, TedX, Sports Illustrated and many more publications.
Angelo talks about what the metabolism is, how it works, how we can play a role in its function and why men seem to always lose weight faster than women.
You'll also learn how the metabolism adapts to keep us alive and how a healthy lifestyle isn't always related to a fast metabolism.
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It has become popular in recent years to create a 'word of the year.' It can include anything from 'perseverance' to 'clarity' and 'gratitude.'
In this episode, Danielle Craig will discuss three different ways you can make sure your 'word of the year' becomes an intentional part of your life.
She will discuss making sure you see your word often, defining your word and prompts to include it in your journaling practice.
While making a 'word of the year' is great - if we don't revisit it throughout the year, it will likely not make the impact we originally had hoped.
These ideas will help you make sure your year is intentional.
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"I am my own solution." - Ryan Haddon
In this powerful episode about dealing with triggers and connecting with your subconscious, you will hear from Ryan Haddon. She is a certified life and spiritual coach, hypnotherapist and meditation teacher.
Ryan does private workshops and is the in-house Life Coach at Kourtney Kardashian's website Poosh. Ryan worked for Good Morning America, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, Extra! and Court TV before working at a film production company.
While living in Hollywood, Ryan realized she had been looking for happiness in all the wrong places. On her path of healing, she sought out mentors, healers, spiritualists and a tribe of people to learn and grow alongside.
In this conversation, you will hear about how Ryan has a different approach to triggers. How she says they can be gifts and what we can learn fro them.
You'll also learn:
- how your solution is already within you
- what self hypnosis is and how to put it into practice
- why bringing the subconscious into the conscious matters
- how to recognize unconscious beliefs about yourself and the world
Resources mentioned:
Ryan's Self Hypnosis Guide
CAA Relaxation Hypnosis
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
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Today we are ringing in a big milestone - 150 episodes of Happiness in Progress!
In today's episode, Danielle Craig will look back at five lessons from five of her guests over the last three years.
This episode is packed with meaningful thoughts about life, how we view ourselves and others and our soul's journey. You'll also hear about how a woman who lost her daughter in the Sandy Hook shooting was able to forgive the shooter. Plus, how we will all experience loss throughout our lives.
You'll hear clips from the following episodes. To hear more, just click!
#124 Ending Suffering During a Crisis feat. Preethaji
#02 Healing After Sandy Hook feat. Alissa Parker
#114 A Place for Grief & Joy feat. Treva Kuyper Runyan
#79 Spiritual Transformation feat. David Ghiyam
#145 The Money Mindset You Need feat. Latasha Kinnard
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"Every pound I lost felt like a pound of baggage from the abuse I let go." - Lydia Bordo
When we see the before and afters online - they're impressive! When we dig a little deeper - it's even more impressive!
Today, you're going to hear from Lydia Bordo. She's a Peloton obsessed mom and wife. She's also a domestic violence survivor. She was recently on the Today Show to talk about her weight loss journey. She lost more than 30 pounds in the last year.
In this conversation, Danielle and Lydia talk about not only the physical change, but what occurred internally.
Plus:
- how Lydia used goals to get through 2020 and to face trauma as a domestic violence survivor
- how she has continued to show up for herself and her online community
- why she chooses a positive mindset
- and what to do if you'd like to adopt a better mindset and better eating habits
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"It’s not that we have too many goals - it’s that we have a lack of grace to go along with them." - Danielle Craig
2020 was a year that delivered disappointment after disappointment. Goals have apparently became a victim of the disappointments.
But Danielle says the fear of disappointment shouldn't keep us from setting goals.
In this episode, she discusses how to add grace to your goals with three easy ways to measure growth.
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“You don’t have to change the world - change your world.” - Sam Jones
Today you're going to hear from Life Coach, Sam Jones. Sam has worked with more than 300 clients (from everyday professionals to celebrities). Sam helps people facing challenges of having no direction in life, comparisons and not organizing their lives for happiness.
This episode is the perfect one to start the year out with.
Sam and Danielle talk about how to navigate uncertainty, setting goals, how to deal with the voice in your head and learning versus action. There's that and a lot more.
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"We are so plan-oriented so we don’t allow serendipity to happen. We are in such a rush, rush mentality... I know there’s going to be chance encounters and I am setting my mind up for that. Through allowing time, I can allow space for that." - Dr. Chad Thatcher
Start your new year out with an intention to have more serendipity in your life. Dr. Chad Thatcher came on the Happiness in Progress podcast with Danielle Craig to talk about how to maximize serendipity.
Dr. Thatcher is a professor at SOU’s Outdoor Adventure Leadership department. His passion centers around exploration and helping others discover their inner explorer. Dr. Thatcher helped design and implement the Master of Outdoor Adventure and Expedition Leadership degree at SOU.
In this conversation, you'll hear about what you can do to prepare your mind for serendipitous moments. You'll also learn why you need grit and tenacity for serendipity.
Plus:
- what exploring and serendipity have in common
- the first steps to be ready for more serendipity
- what a sagacious mindset is and how to develop it
- how seizing the moment and being present allow you to find serendipity
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"I want to create generational wealth for my family. That’s the biggest gift I could give them." - Latasha Kinnard
Today you will hear from Latasha Kinnard. She is the CEO of Godeste where she helps her clients maximize their income and effectively build for the future. She is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of 20-Something & Rich.
In this conversation, Tasha and Danielle talk about staying out of debt during the holidays, redeeming your holiday budget and how to change your mindset around money.
Plus:
- A powerful exercise to begin with as you examine your mindset
- What lack mentality can do to you
- How to get out of a cycle that doesn't allow you to gain wealth
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Personalized Wealth Plan
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Free Budget Template
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"Sometimes the best you can do is accept that you cannot accept. It can be too much if you've just come through something or you're still in something to say 'well I need to accept this and move on' - that's not going to happen." - Katherine Ingram, M.A.
This holiday season comes at the tail end of a year full of grief - whether that's the loss of a person, the loss of a job, home, comfort and the life we knew before.
That's why I wanted to have Katherine Ingram (a.k.a Grief Girl) on the podcast. Katherine is a life transitions coach, counselor, speaker and award-winning author of Washing the Bones: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Transformation and Grief Girl's Guide: How to Grieve, Why You Should and What's In It for You.
In this episode, we talk about:
- tangible tools on dealing with loss and grief
- why it's okay to not accept what's happening
- expectations for the holidays
- handling losses
- what a loss is
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"Leadership starts with yourself. It starts with leading yourself and when you are leading yourself other people are naturally attracted to you and it gives you the opportunity to influence others and have leadership roles." - Kathleen Ries-Jubenville
Kathleen Ries-Jubenville is a Certified High-Performance
Coach who educates her clients on proven, successful business strategies. She helps them implement the systems they need to create a thriving business that supports the lifestyle of their dreams!
Today, she shares with Danielle Craig about the high-performance leadership skills that help us not just succeed, but thrive, in our careers, relationships and well-being.
You'll hear:
- How to Start Developing a Leadership Mindset
- How to get past fear
- How to take action
- And much, much more.
Resources Mentioned:
High Performance Habits
Hinds Feet on High Places
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Website
Get Kathleen's Free E-Book 'Grow a Pair of Antlers'
Take the 5 day Freedom Challenge
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This Election season is a high-stress season - with emotions and tensions running high.
It's hard to come together - when we are constantly debating online and shouting over one another.
In this episode, Danielle Craig walks through three things you can do to have a conversation with someone you disagree with.
EPISODES MENTIONED:
If you need exit strategies for your conversation - listen to this episode: Setting Boundaries Around Politics feat. Cassandra Rowe
If you need to have a boundaries talk - listen to this episode: Dealing with Difficult Family feat. Stephanie Essenfeld
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Want to improve your well-being? It can be as easy as writing a thank you note!
Listen to this quick HIPHabits episode for what needs to be included in that note to make a difference, how it impacts depression symptoms and happiness and what researchers found!
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"Setting boundaries feels different but it should feel different because you’re protecting yourself." - Cassandra Rowe
This November, between a highly emotionally-charged Election Day and Thanksgiving, might be a tough one when it comes to navigating relationships.
That's why Danielle wanted to have The Boundaries Therapist on the podcast to help equip us with tools.
Cassandra Rowe is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and LPC Clinical Supervisor (LPC-S). She has worked as a Student Support Counselor (Crisis Counselor) and is the owner of Epiphany Counseling Services, LLC.
In this conversation, Danielle and Cassandra talk about setting boundaries around politics and at the Thanksgiving dinner table.
You'll also hear:
- how to determine your own boundaries
- what to do on Election Day and in the following weeks to protect yourself
- how to give yourself time to process
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In this short 2-minute bonus episode - learn a simple tool to letting go of control on Election Day.
Anxiety and stress can occur when we are holding tightly onto our desired outcome. Unfortunately, the only control we have over the outcome on Election Day is our vote.
Aside from volunteer work or getting involved in politics in the future. Today, you have done all you can do.
Check out this quick episode on how to let go of today's outcome.
HIP Habits are the Happiness in Progress short 3-minute or less bonus episodes to learn tangible habits to make your life a little better. Make sure to subscribe for a bonus episode every Monday.
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"Rarely was I focused on the quality rather than the quantity because I was trying to make the most people happy, trying to say 'yes' to as many things as possible - over extending myself, over extending my family. My poor family didn’t get the best of me. They got the last little chopped up slivers that were left over. By allowing myself to focus on those few things - the quality for sure is much better." - Alana Dawson
Alana Dawson is a growth podcast coach and the host of The Podcasting Party Podcast. She is a military spouse, mama to two daughters & one French Bulldog.
Danielle loved talking with Alana - she says she laughed, cried and felt inspired.
In this conversation Danielle and Alana talk about the medical emergency Alana had that forced her to change her life.
You'll also hear:
- How the Not To Do list was born
- How exactly it works & how you can set one up yourself
- How it helps prioritizing your life
- Reduces the mental load
- And what life looks like when your drop the overwhelm for focused priorites
Mentioned in this Episode:
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
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"The more you judge, the more you compare. The more you compare, the more you judge. It goes and goes - and if we do this we will find that we are constantly assessing other people and how we fall in relation to them." - Danielle Craig
For many people, comparison is a tricky game. We spend hours scrolling our social media feeds comparing our homes, partners and even our children.
Danielle has talked about how comparison steals joy and tricks to stop, but today she is talking about an underlying cause of comparison - judgement.
In this episode, you'll learn how judgement is negatively impacting the way we feel about ourselves.
You'll also learn:
- What to do when you start to judge someone
- How forgiveness can help you see people in a new light
- Why it's important to understand everyone has their own circumstances, tools and traumas
Resources Mentioned:
Alissa Parker's episode
More episodes on comparison:
Comparing Real Life to Highlight Reels
Comparison is the Thief of Joy
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In today's Happiness in Progress Habit, Danielle Craig will tell you about the number one trick she uses to falling asleep with a busy mind. Danielle started using this trick when she was in the early days of her news career, working overnights.
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“Our instincts are to protect our kids from dealing with these kinds of struggles. The first thing we have to remember is the way kids become resilient is by practicing dealing with hard things with enough support.” - Tina Payne Bryson
Dr. Tina Payne Bryson is the author of the Bottom Line for Baby and co-author (with Dan Siegel) of two New York Times Best Sellers—The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. She has also co-authored The Yes Brain and The Power of Showing Up.
She is the Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Connection, a multidisciplinary clinical practice in Southern California. Dr. Bryson keynotes conferences and conducts workshops for parents, educators, and clinicians all over the world, and she frequently consults with schools, businesses, and other organizations. She is also the mom of three boys.
In this conversation we talked about how to use the pandemic as an opportunity to teach our children resilience.
You'll also hear about:
- how to create predictability for children and how this helps their brain's wiring
- how to offer support during emotional meltdowns
- what secure attachment is and how you can create that for your child
- the best ways to talk about the pandemic
Resources Mentioned:
Book: The Power of Showing Up
Book: The Whole Brain Child
Book: Bottom Line for Baby
Video: Sending Your Kid to College in a Pandemic
Video: Fear Messaging Vs. Safety Messaging
Video: 2 Things that Increase Chronic Stress & 2 Things that Reduce Chronic Stress for Children
If you liked this episode, look for these parenting episodes:
The Good News About Bad Behavior feat. Katherine Reynolds Teaching Kids Emotional Resilience feat. Suzanne Tucker
Teaching Kids to Manage Stress & School feat Lori Lite
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"Get to know yourself beyond your identity, beyond your personality, beyond the roles that you play in life… you start to discover a deeper aspect of yourself. That deeper aspect of yourself does not suffer. It’s never anxious. It’s never afraid." - Giovanni Dienstmann
Today you will hear from meditation coach and teacher, Giovanni Dienstmann. Giovanni is the author of the best-selling book Practical Meditation.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
- how meditation helps with anxiety
- how our primitive brains are wired
- what you can do to change negative mindsets
- tangible tools to use the moment you start feeling anxious
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Strength in Stillness with Valerie Gangas
Ending Suffering During Crisis with Preethaji
Calming the Chaos with Meditation
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The year 2020 hasn't been a walk in the park for anyone. The last couple weeks have been overwhelming for Danielle Craig personally. On this episode, she talks about some stressful events that have added to this, including the death off her uncle.
After days of trying to numb the emotions and "take the edge off," Danielle realized that was exactly what she was doing.
She read from Brene Brown's book 'Dare to Lead' these words -
“We can not selectively numb emotion - if we numb the dark, we numb the light. If we take the edge off pain and discomfort - we are taking the edge off joy, love and belonging.”
In this episode, Danielle shares the tools she started implementing to find comfort instead of numbing.
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In this episode of Happiness in Progress, you will hear from three now-young women who were diagnosed with different types of cancer. They are all in different parts of their fight.
Julia Nicholson has been fighting brain cancer, but just finished her last dose of chemo.
Chloe Davison fought Leukemia when she was 5 years old. Now she's in 8th grade.
Sarah Wood was diagnosed with brain cancer as a high school student and is fighting it five years later. Her fight continues as she looks for treatments that will help her fight.
You'll hear from each cancer fighter for about ten minutes. They'll tell you about what it was like to learn they had cancer, what they want you to know and the hardest parts about their journeys.
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"Maybe I don’t feel joy right now because I’m going through something really hard right now, but I am going to feel it again. It will come again and this will pass." - Christine Daoust
Today's episode comes on the heels of a massive disaster in southern Oregon - the burning of thousands of homes. Today, you'll get to know Christine Daoust. She is a victim - or survivor - of the Oak Knoll Fire that destroyed a street of homes in 2010.
In today's episode, she talks about her rise from the ashes. How she was able to move on from the loss of all of her belongings to becoming stronger and what the tangible process of rebuilding looks like. She also offers insurance advice to those who have lost their homes. Christine and Danielle also talk about the best way to help.
There are many causes to support the victims of the Almeda Fire. Consider donating to The United Way, Phoenix/Talent School District or the Red Cross (mention Jackson County, Oregon in the notes).
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“You need that silence in your life. You need that break everyday because the world is so crazy and it keeps you up in your mind and that’s not where the magic is.” - Valerie Gangas
Today you get to hear from Valerie Gangas! She is a transformational speaker, life coach and author of Enlightenment Is Sexy:Every Woman’s Guide to a Magical Life. She also hosts the podcast "Everything You Think You Know is Wrong" and for two years she taught Oprah and her staff about meditation and consciousness.
Valerie specializes in helping people make radical shifts in
their self-perception to gain a deeper understanding of who they are, so they can genuinely thrive and unleash their magic more fully into the world.
In this podcast episode, we talk about how her mom's death sent her into a deep suicidal depression. She explains how she went from suicidal to happy with the help of Transcendental Meditation.
You'll hear:
- how to create magic in life
- the key to transformation
- what transcendental meditation (TM meditation) is and how to practice this type of meditation
- how this practice can help us as we are stuck in a pandemic with a lack of control
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“It was a wake up. For me it was I either made a decision to change my life or not.” - Ed Chun
Today you're going to hear from Ed Chun. He is a father, husband, entrepreneur and a recovering addict. For many years, he was a well-known member of the southern Oregon community - involved in politics, non-profits and the community's culture. Despite the success and notoriety, he became addicted to street drugs. 2 1/2 years ago, he was pulled over and charged with possession.
In this conversation, we talk about how someone successful gets involved in street drugs, why recovery worked the second time when it failed the first time - and why he believes in brutal transparency. You'll hear how transparency and how "being average" has changed his life.
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"If you are experiencing things that are not normally like you - like you're appetite is different, if your mood is different, if you're having these thoughts and feelings that you don't normally have - to know that it's not just because there's this virus going around - it's because it's impacting your mental, physical, emotional wellbeing." - Melissa Dumaz This episode is packed to the brim with tangible advice you can use as you deal with the exhaustion of living in a pandemic. You'll be hearing from Melissa Dumaz. She is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Best Selling Author of The Love Challenge and hosts The Hats Podcast. She specializes in guiding clients through the complexities of overcoming trauma, grief & loss and improve relationship satisfaction. Melissa sees clients through her Practice, U Help You, where she believes that a healthy you starts with you making new (healthier) choices to live your best life! In this episode you'll hear about: - Why understanding this pandemic is a trauma will make an impact on our life
- How to communicate with our partner when we don't agree on plans of action (i.e. do we send the kids to school?/should we stay on lockdown?)
- Supporting our families through exhaustion
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I know, I know - who has time for being a fun mom during a pandemic when we also need to be teachers, custodians and basically everything in-between.
That is why I asked Anne Cropper to come on the podcast to talk about being a 'fun mom.' She says she's not a fun mom by nature, but made a New Year's Resolution to be more fun. That was the birth of her project #ACMoreFun (you can follow along on her Instagram page).
In this conversation, you'll hear how she has been able to successfully add more fun to her family's lives, what she's learned about herself, tangible tips to more fun during the pandemic, how to give yourself grace while doing it and so much more.
"Life has so many ups and downs and there are so many successes and failures - and if we only base our happiness on the times that we succeed, or the times that we accomplish or prove ourselves - it can lead to a lot of unhappiness." - Anne Cropper/Ep. 130, How to be a Fun Mom
Anne Cropper is the face behind annecropper.com. You can find her on Instagram (@annecropper). Her family owns BioSkin. She's the mother of five, a wife, writer and stylist.
If you liked this episode, here are some more episodes about motherhood you may appreciate:
Cherishing Motherhood
Teaching Kids Emotional Resilience
Teaching Kids to Manage Stress & School
Believing in Her Son Helped this Mom Believe in Herself
Cultivating a Strong Bond with your Kids
Raising Teens & Tweens
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It can really be hard to find "your people." The ride-or-die kind of friendships that support you, aren't afraid to have tough conversations and love you in the good and the bad.
Our guest today, Kena Sampson, has a group of female friends that empower one another and build each other up.
Kena is the Southern Oregon Director of Sparrow Clubs and an incredible encourager of people who pours love wherever she goes.
In this podcast episode, we talk about how cultivating authentic friendships by setting boundaries. You'll also hear how friendships are hard work, how to take responsibility in being the friend we want to have and how gossip impacts relationships. There is so much more - check out this episode to learn how to be an authentic friend.
If you liked this episode - make sure to listen to this episode about Spring Cleaning Your S.O.U.L.
Check out this episode about the Power of Positivity and the amazing things women do when they come together.
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In today's Happiness in Progress Habits (HIP Habits) episode, you'll learn about why taking a moment to pat yourself on the back can help you feel better in your daily life. Don't forget to subscribe to catch the episode on how to build your ride or die tribe of friends - coming later this week.
If you liked this episode, check out this one - How to L.O.V.E. Your Life in 4 Easy Steps.
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"All of that trauma is being displayed online and it is very unfortunate trauma and we are all very sensitive too and I’m very empathetic to all of it. But the constant barrage of it onto our system is re-wounding us over and over. Traumatizing us over and over. And can I help my brother If I am less reactive and able to approach situations with a calm” - Dr. Lori Whatley
In this episode of Happiness in Progress, you'll hear from Dr. Whatley who is a clinical psychologist. In her practice, she started to notice that excessive digital device use was at the core of many of her clients problems - anxiety, sleep, depression, relationship issues.
That's when she started to investigate how smartphones are impacting our entire worlds.
In this conversation, we talk about what she found. You'll also learn how to determine if you are too dependent on your phone, how you can start distancing yourself from it and the immediate impact you'll see and feel.
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"We're stripping away a lot of the shoulds - this life should look like this, this year should have looked like this and instead we're allowing ourselves to live in the present, to be where we are, to understand this is our reality. And by bringing in flexibility to our life - it also allows us to start being flexible, start getting scrappy with our business, start learning new things and trying new things." - Danielle Craig
In today's episode of Happiness in Progress, learn how you can come to terms with unmet expectations. Danielle shares how she learned to deal with unmet expectations. You'll hear how a simple change in the words you use can change your reality without lowering your expectations. Plus, find out how expectations can actually impact you physically.
Check out the first episode of Happiness in Progress on unmet expectations here!
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In today's Happiness in Progress Habits (HIP Habits) episode, you'll learn about one thing you can do to come to a big breakthrough decision. Find out what research shows about how you can make a breakthrough decision, simply by putting your smartphone down. Don't forget to subscribe to catch the episode on how to end your excessive smartphone use.
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“If we can help one family or someone’s friend not have to go what we’re going through because it’s a living nightmare, every single day. If we can help one child or one adult not take their own life than we’ve made a difference." - Dane Halbert
About five years ago, Dane Halbert and his wife lost their 15-year-old son to suicide. Now they are on a mission to equip teenagers and their parents with the tools to prevent teen suicide.
The Halberts started Bear4Life to provide people, specifically teenagers, with the tools to recognize suicidal behaviors in their friends and be empowered to get help.
The Halberts have also started racing, to promote their message and honor their son Keylo (aka 'Bear').
In this episode, you will hear about what it's like to lose a son to suicide and the single message the Halberts want all parents to hear. You'll also learn about how to recognize suicidal behaviors, how to ask hard questions and why that's important and word to encourage those who need it.
If you are in immediate danger because of suicidal thoughts please call the suicide hotlines. 1-800-273-8255 or 1-800-SUICIDE. You can also text the number 741741 to seek immediate help.
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Welcome to this brand new 'Bonus Series' called HIPHabits. Each week, Danielle Craig will share a habit you can bring into your life and how that habit can make a difference in the way you feel. These bonus episodes are bite-sized wisdom that will be less than five minutes!
This week, the week of a Pandemic-touched Fourth of July, the habit is - make a choice to enjoy the day. Find out how you have the power to take back the holiday.
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"Changing my environment made me feel like if I can literally see something different, maybe there’s the possibility of something different. Not just with my sofa or with my paint color - it felt like hope." - Rebecca West
We're all stuck in our homes a lot these days - and that makes it even more important to be happy within the walls of your home.
Today you'll hear from Rebecca West, a psychology coach of Seriously Happy Homes and author of the book Happy Starts at Home. She will be talking about how to make your home a happier place. She is dedicated to helping people create more joy in their lives by changing what is happening in their home and making it work for them.
Today, Rebecca talks about how changing her home helped her take control after a divorce, how things in our homes that don't work for us impact our daily life and how to decide what is and isn't working for you in your home. Plus, why you may feel not happy at home and what to do to be happier at home. Danielle Craig and Rebecca also talk about how commercial buildings consider what a room looks like because money is on the line. Find out what you can do to start taking that kind of care into what your personal rooms look like.
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"It is a difficult time for everyone. Everyone of us have to act responsibly. If you are able to nurture connection, please understand you will get immense support from this universe." - Preethaji
Preethaji is back on the podcast for a second time.
She is a transformational leader, co-founder of the renowned O&O Academy and co-author of The Four Sacred Secrets: For Love and Prosperity, a Guide to Living in a Beautiful Statealong with her husband, Krishnaji.
She and her husband have been seen on several platforms including TEDx, Forbes and Huffington Post. They have mentored many world leaders including Usher, Tony Robbins and Hugh Jackman.
I wanted to have Preethaji on the podcast to talk about walking out of suffering at a time when so many of us are suffering - between a worldwide pandemic, economic hardships and a racial divide in America.
Today we talk about:
- how to walk out of suffering in a time where so many are dealing with anxiety over the future, fear, anger
- how to come together as one
- how to stop viewing people different than us as an "other"
- how the individual has the power to transform human consciousness
Preethaji also walks us through a Serene Mind Practice.
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"The starting point is to have the conversations, but we feel super uncomfortable having conversations when we don’t have a lot of understanding." - Emily Green
Several huge campaigns to support black people and their voices has spread throughout social media like wildfire. Of course, you've seen peaceful protests and riots across the country.
The question is what's next? What can you do in your home and community to make a difference.
Today you are going to hear from Mike and Emily Green. They are a biracial couple who have created a workshop called “How to Talk to Kids About Race in America.” With riots happening across the country, they have put together an incredible resource for you called “How to Talk to Kids about Riots in America.”
Mike is the co-founder of Scale Up Partners LLC. It’s a national consultancy specializing in inclusive economic competitiveness strategies.
In this conversation, you'll learn about the value of our children and human beings in general. You'll hear about history you likely didn't learn in class, how there are still inequality issues in our lives, what they are and what can change. Plus, you'll hear about how to start teaching your children about race.
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Welcome to this brand new 'Bonus Series' called HIPHabits. Each week, Danielle will share a habit you can bring into your life and how that habit can make a difference in the way you feel. These bonus episodes are bite-sized wisdom that will be less than five minutes!
Our first topic, is Going Beyond Slacktavism. Danielle will talk about what slacktavism is and how to do get skin in the game for your cause. There are times when social media campaigns work really well, but there are times it doesn't.
Catch it all in this first bonus episode of HIPHabits!
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Our country has been in turmoil for weeks, months - probably even years, but listening can help two parties come together.
Danielle Craig talks us through the art of listening. She describes how she had no other choice but to learn how to listen as a reporter.
You'll hear how to listen with empathy, listen for learning and how to listen while withholding judgement. Bringing your authentic opinions to conversations will also help you learn and grow as a human being.
Plus, would you shake a known murder suspect's hand? Hear why a reporter did just that.
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"When you are true to yourself, everything becomes better." - Shannon Kaiser
In today's episode, you're going to hear from Shannon Kaiser. Shannon is the bestselling author of five books on the psychology of happiness and fulfillment, including the #1 bestseller, The Self-Love Experiment and Adventures for Your Soul and her latest book Joy Seeker.
In today's conversation, we talk about finding yourself again, how to embrace fear by recognizing the "good fear" and how to figure out what's blocking you.
Shannon also give us practical tips to get in touch with ourselves and how to practice self-love. How to get unstuck and how we learn to trust the world more than we trust ourselves.
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"When we become chaotic, it adds to their chaos. We share that energy. We can share our calm with them or we can share our chaos with them. A child will never be in a higher center of their brain than the adult who is responding to them." - Shanna Malone
Today’s guest is one of my longest and dearest friends, Shanna Malone.
She has been in the education field for 10 years as a classroom teacher, an assistant director over a non-profit for children experiencing homelessness, and a coach. This year, she took on the role of Social Emotional Support Specialist for the elementary schools in a city outside of Dallas.
She has been coaching teachers on using their classroom management as an effective manner for delivering social and emotional learning. She says her vision for education is that we create a generation of students that are equipped with the emotional and social tools required to navigate adulthood with healthy and helpful strategies.
In today’s conversation we are talking about tools to help all of the parents who have students at home because of COVID-19.
In this conversation you'll hear:
- how to help teach your child emotional regulation
- how to deal with sibling fights
- how to make sure your anxiety doesn't become their anxiety
- how to teach them emotional awareness
- the power of offering choices
- and much more
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"When we look at this and go 'Well, that's not what I wanted to have happen. Well, that's not how I wanted this to go. I really wanted to - whatever it was...' The more time I'm distracted by it and think about it, the more time I spend mourning it. If I open my hand and let it go... and ask the question 'What is the new opportunity?' - Michelle Pierson Young
In a time of uncertainty, for many of us it might feel impossible to find opportunity and a chance to thrive in the unknown but today you'll learn some tangible tools to look for opportunity, reframe our mindsets about this pandemic and tools on processing our emotions.
Michelle Pierson Young works in the personal development arena as a presenter, teacher and coach. She is certified in several coaching programs. Since the pandemic started, she created a workshop called 'Apocalypse Mastery.' It's designed to help us thrive during these uncertain times.
We talk about:
- how to experience growth when our plans for growth have been dissolved
- dealing with anxiety
- processing our emotions
- how fear isn't a bad thing
- finding new opportunity
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We are in a pandemic and it doesn't feel comfortable. It is scary, anxiety-inducing, worrisome and there is a lot of unknown.
In this episode of Happiness in Progress, Danielle talks about what we can do as we have very little control of the external parts of our lives.
Danielle talks about how she gained control in spite of her diagnosed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. When you have OCD your mind tells you to do crazy things to somehow grasp control. In this episode, Danielle shares three tips that have helped her OCD and that can help you in a time of uncertainty. She'll provide tips on how to find some control, respond to what control you do have and how to let go of outcomes.
She will also reveal how a checkpoint person can help you back out of spiraling thoughts on worse case scenarios.
Danielle mentions a releasing outcomes exercise. If you would like to experience that mental exercise in real time - look for the bonus episode.
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"What I really want to get down to is the core of how we see ourselves regardless of what our appearance actually is. I want us to spend a whole lot more time in our bodies, loving our bodies than resenting our bodies, resenting whether that is the weight, or the height, or the jean size, or the bra size - or aging." - Danielle Craig
Scientific research shows how we think about aging can actually impact how we physically age. In this episode of Happiness in Progress, Danielle shares some new thoughts and ideas to help you reset your mindset around aging.
You'll also hear the scientific research that explains why we age and what can slow the process down. And how changing your mindset about aging can actually decrease your risk of dementia.
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"It's not about what's next, it's about what's important." - Jaimee Newberry
Today you're going to meet Jaimee Newberry. She's the founder and CEO of Picture this Clothing (and you get a 20% off code to try her product further down in show notes!)
Jaimee left the corporate world to focus on her core values. In this episode you're going to hear how focusing on what was important helped her create the company and life she wanted.
Jaimee has been featured on The Today Show, Huffington Post, Babble, Scary Mommy, TechCrunch and more.
In this episode we talk about how to design your life and...
- what to do if you're dealing with burnout
- how to create your own compass of intention
- how to move when you don't feel motivated
- how to create new habits
- how to stop being stuck
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Atomic Habits by James Clear
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Today we're talking all about honesty - why we lie and how honesty or dishonesty impacts us, our relationships and our communities.
Today's guest is award winning journalist, Judi Ketteler. She is the author of Would I Lie to You? The Amazing Power of Being Honest in a World that Lies.
You may have seen Judi's writing in the New York Times, Better Homes & Gardens, Good Housekeeping, SELF, Women's Health and many more.
We talk about being honest in parenting (don't listen to this one with kids around!), how to decide what to tell your partner, why we lie, when it's okay to lie and how making a choice to be honest can impact your wellbeing and maybe even the world.
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"Grief is hard, but it's not bad. It's part of our process. We have to have it in order to get through that sorrow. It's just something that has to be faced.
Otherwise, if we push it away - it's just going to eat us up. It's not going to yield anything good for us if we don't face it." - Treva Kuyper Runyan
Today's guest is Treva Kuyper Runyan. She is the founder of Not Just a Widow, where she works to gather widows together online and in person to find friendship and comradery. She was the director of the The Loft for teen girls for 8 years. She's also a children's muralist.
In this conversation, we talked about Treva's late husband - what it was like losing him and continuing to be a mom in grief. She had a lot of ideas about how you can stand with your friends who are dealing with intense grief. She talks about how to find hope and joy again and how she's had two loves in her life.
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In this episode of Happiness in Progress we're focusing in on the month of love with tips on how to L.O.V.E. your life.
You'll get four items in your life to focus on to better focus on getting more fulfillment out of your life.
L - love the little things
O - own your life
V - victories, celebrate them
E - ego, how to disconnect from your ego
RESOURCES:
Cherish 365 Photo Challenge
A New Earth
Secrets of the Top 2% course from Brendon Burchard
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"You appreciate less and less and you feel that they owe you more and more. If they're your partner, your husband, your wife then they should do this. You stop seeing them as their own person and you see them as somebody who needs to fulfill all your wants, desires, hopes, dreams, etc.
The big danger here is when you lose appreciation through a lot of expectation you feel like the love is lost. but it's not lost, you just can't access it anymore." - Monica Berg
I am thrilled to introduce you to Monica Berg. She is an international spiritual thought leader. She has just authored another book, out this week - Rethink Love: 3 Steps to Being the One, Attracting the One and Becoming One.
Monica is the Chief Information Officer for the Kabbalah Centre. And she's a self-proclaimed change junkie.
In this conversation you'll hear about:
- why it's so important to embrace your true self
- being okay with internal feedback instead of external feedback
- how change impacts a relationship
- some of the illusions we have about being in a relationship and how to rewrite what we think we know
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"What she goes through is this growing, understanding that life is right now. No matter what mistakes, or losses, or pain we've experienced in the past - that there's still beauty in this particular moment and there's still hope and potential in every moment. So that instead of giving up on life, maybe the moment we think we want to give up is really the beginning of it all to see life and feel it and experience it." - Debra Landwehr Engle
Today you’re going to meet Debra Landwehr Engle. She is the author of several non-fiction titles including Grace from the Garden and the Only Little Prayer You Need, featuring a foreword by the Dalai Lama - and now she’s adding a fiction book to the list.
Debra is co-founder of Tending Your Inner Garden. Debra and her work have been featured in Oprah Magazine and TIME Magazine. She also teaches A Course in Miracles.
I really enjoyed talking to Deb about how her newest book, her debut novel, Twenty. We talked about the parallels between her non-fiction books. We also chatted about about how her main character was able to start doing some hard things - like letting go of guilt and being mindful. Plus, you'll walk away with tips on how you can bring those same concepts into your own life. Deb has some really insightful words about losing a child, how our burdens of guilt grow in the dark and how living intentionally can make an impact in our lives.
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When you face the possibility of death, which is something you do when you get diagnosed with cancer, you look at every single day differently. You start to appreciate the little things and the time and stop worrying about the smaller things." - Michelle Velez
Michelle Velez is a news anchor in Las Vegas, a mother of two, a wife and most recently became a cancer warrior.
In the fall, Michelle was diagnosed with cancer, specifically stage 4 Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia. This type of cancer came about because of a molar pregnancy.
Within days, Michelle went from the excitement of expecting her third child to learning a baby hadn't formed, to believing she was miscarrying and then to hear she had cancer.
In this episode, you'll hear more about this type of pregnancy. One of the important things to Michelle is to make sure more women know about this. You'll also hear about what it's like being a mom of little ones while battling cancer and what Michelle has learned about herself in this fight.
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Today's guest is Brooke DeBoer. She is a mom and wife, filmmaker, photographer, storyteller, and inspirer.
She is the creator of the Amazon Prime docuseries, FastLife.
But while living the fast life, Brooke was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. She was forced to slow down.
With doctor's orders, Brooke started 'The Year of Brooke.' In 2018, Brooke focused on self-care. She started taking time for herself including everything from meditation to journaling.
In this episode, you will learn how Brooke improved her health by turning inward, why it's so important to heal past trauma, some of the everyday tips Brooke uses to take care of herself and how you can create 'The Year of YOU.'
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FreeBrooke
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Watch FastLife
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I am so grateful Preethaji agreed to share the Serene Mind Practice with us.
You can listen to this when you start to enter a state of suffering - like anxiety, stress, isolation, etc. Come back to this episode as often as you need.
You can listen to the Happiness in Progress episode featuring Preethaji by going to episode 101.
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Website
Serene Mind Practice
Buy The Four Sacred Secrets
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In this episode, Danielle talks about how to add grace to our goals. In many cases, when we set a goal, we are chasing the feeling we believe our goal will give us.
Unfortunately, because of the way our human brains work, when we do reach the achievement - we find ourselves on the hedonic treadmill. It’s enough for a moment, then it’s not enough anymore. Now we need the next best thing to feel happy, confident and respected. When we live our lives this way, nothing is ever good enough. We could achieve the world - and none of it would be good enough.
Danielle has created three steps to help you add grace to your goals and mindset.
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"Who you are is exactly perfect. The great thing about that is that means you don't have to do anything. You just have to be who you are. All the perceived negative things that you are - those are the things that are going to propel you to be different." - Kristy Laschober
Our guest today is Kristy Laschober. I love the way Kristy describes herself as a waymaker and an encourager.
Two years ago, Kristy was released from a 60-month federal prison sentence. She has been sharing her soul searching journey with women ever since.
She is about to graduate from Southern Oregon University’s Innovation and Leadership program. She also runs Ashland Fight Night.
In this conversation, you’ll hear how a successful wardrobe stylist ended up in prison. we talk about how shame was at the root of Kristy’s addiction, selling drugs and even winding up in prison. Hear how she learned it’s so important to be seen and how we can start walking out of shame.
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My guest today is Doug Turner. Doug is an independent coach and career counselor. He’s held several positions in HR and has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology.
I loved learning about positive psychology during this conversation. We talked about what we can do to take our happiness in our own hands, the five things we need to increase our wellbeing, how to find meaning in our lives… and so much more.
One of my favorite parts of this episode is that Doug gives us two things we can do TODAY to improve our wellbeing IMMEDIATELY.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Man's Search for Meaning
PERMA
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Elizabeth Earnshaw is a mom, wife and therapist living in Philadelphia. Liz owns A Better Life Therapy focused on helping people to develop better relationships. As a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Gottman Therapist, she supports individuals and couples in the therapy room, through her courses, and on Instagram (@LizListens) to build better relationships with themselves so they can connect better with others.
This episode is one of my favorites and I really believe it can be life changing for you and your partner (and other relationships in your life).
We talk about communication issues, how to turn your complaints and criticism about your partner into your needs, Liz shares some direct language you can use when bringing up conflict or stressors, and how to fight right.
Plus, Liz tells me 2/3 of all problems between couples are kind of unsolvable.. find out why that is. And how you can live with someone and love that someone — despite this.
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Courses
A Better Life Therapy
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"It is okay to feel the feelings you are feeling.
We are afraid of being lonely, upset, angry, sad at Christmas because we think Christmas is supposed to look a certain way.
It doesn’t have to look that way for you and I imagine most humans will have a Christmas or even several Christmas’ that don’t look perfect." - Danielle Craig
A report out last year found about 20% of americans feel isolated or lonely.
If you are feeling lonely this holiday season, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Again, 20% of people are feeling lonely. And the majority of them are under the age of 50.
In this episode, Danielle Craig shares three things that can help you during a lonely holiday.
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Today's episode is with one of my favorite bloggers, Amanda Rodriguez. You may recognize her as the Dude Mom. Amanda is a humor blogger at dudemom.com. She is the mom of three sons - or dudes. She's married to her college sweetheart. She has contributed to other websites and programs, including the Today Show.
Amanda's first book is out TODAY! You can grab it where you buy your favorite books. It's called 50 Things to do in Baby's First Year: The First-time Mom's Guide for your Baby, Yourself and Your Sanity. The book is different than your typical baby book - because it ties in humor and real, simple tips you didn't realize you needed. From nursing and teething to managing anxiety and finding support.
I wanted to talk to Amanda because she is someone who has found so much joy in raising her kids. In this episode, we talk about the good times and the harder times with the dudes. We also chat about how losing her mom recently has impacted her, how she's stayed mom while dealing with grief and the simple things she - and her mom for that matter - did to cultivate a strong bond with their kids.
We laughed, we cried - I think you'll love this conversation.
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Buy her book
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Most of us have had a toxic boss at one point or another. When I was having a particularly hard time with one boss, I had to dig deep to keep the joy at work.
In this episode, Danielle focuses on three things you can do to keep the joy when your boss seems to be sucking it out of you.
Danielle will talk about getting focused on your purpose, finding a passion project and why it's important to quit gossiping in the workplace.
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“We live our lives in a state of anxiety. We live our lives in a state of fear. We live our lives in a state of anger. It's become normal. It's okay. That’s what the society has made us feel - that it is okay to live in suffering states because everyone is there. But it is important to nurture a beautiful state. Depending on your beautiful state will be your experience of life." - Preethaji
Preethaji is the co-founder of O & O academy, a philosophy and meditation school for transforming consciousness. She offers courses in major cities around the world. Her TEDx talk has been watched by more than 2 million people. In her new book, The Four Sacred Secrets, she and her husband, Krishnaji, teach everyday people how to harness the power of living in a transformed state of consciousness.
I met Preetha-ji earlier this year at a book launch dinner hosted by Usher. He said his life has gained more meaning through the practices he learned from Krishnaji and Preethaji.
Here's what you'll hear in this episode:
- how self-centric thinking is at the center of suffering
- how we have become “addicted” to things like stress, anxiety, loneliness and conflict and how to start walking out of that
- how we have been taught to deal with stress, anxiety, etc by ignoring it - and what to do instead
- AND Preethaji leads us in her Serene Mind practice (you can also go on to find this in the bonus content of this podcast)
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Website
Serene Mind Practice
Soul Sync Meditation
Buy The Four Sacred Secrets
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Welcome to Episode 100! You are going to love this episode because I have included a soundbite from each guest I’ve had on the show. This is a quick paced, motivation-packed episode.
At the end of each episode, I ask my guests - “What is one tip to finding more joy in the everyday - during the good days, the bad days and the in between?”
I’ve taken all my guests answers to that one question and have them edited here for you. However, especially in the early days, I wasn’t always consistent about asking the question - so some of my former guests have sound bites that did not come after my specific question. But they are equally motivating.
While editing this podcast, I’ve just had so much gratitude for the amazing people I’ve had on the podcast. Each of them really showed up with wisdom, life experience and a desire to make your life better. I am so thankful to them and their sacrifice of time and willingness to share what they’ve learned in their lives.
I am also thankful to all of you for being here, downloading, rating, sharing - every single time you do that it allows me to keep doing this work.
All of the guests' soundbites are in order of their episodes.
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'Tis the holiday season - for some of us, that means not only pumpkin pie and gratitude, but also dealing with difficult family members.
My guest today, is Stephanie Essenfeld. She has practiced family psychology and therapy for the last eight years.
Her goal is to provide helpful tools for effective communication, empathy, boundaries, decision making and many more — many of these we talk about today.
You can find Stephanie on Instagram at Therapy Untangled.
This episode will offer you real tangible tools you can use this Thanksgiving and throughout December as you deal with family members, but also in your daily life.
We talk about:
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How to set boundaries with your family members
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Determine what your needs are
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How to check your expectations.
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Specific difficult family dynamics including parents and adult children, dealing with in-laws and sibling rivalries
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Being on the receiving end of someone setting boundaries. How to deal with it when your spouse says they are struggling with your parents or what to do when your a parent whose adult child says they need boundaries.
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Therapy Untangled
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"Living a service-oriented life is looking for tiny opportunities to serve. All you need to do is be on the lookout for someone who needs a hand." - Danielle Craig
In this episode, Danielle Craig talks about how to bring more service into your life.
She'll talk about how this can bring more joy into your life, how to figure out what people need help with and the one question not to ask when you want to help someone.
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“It [debt] stressed us all the time, we always felt like the boogyman was going to come from around the corner and get us.” - Jason Mayfield
Today’s guests bring a lot to the table with their personal story of getting out of 63,801.99 of debt in 6 months.
In this episode you’ll hear from Ashleigh and Jason Mayfield. They build their income online through social media and Youtube which we talk a little bit about in this episode.
But there were two really big things I wanted to touch on with the Mayfields:
1) having that awkward - maybe contentious - conversation with your spouse about getting out of debt and changing your spending habits.
2) doing this during the holidays… which, by the way, is exactly when the Mayfields cut back their spending and got out of debt.
In this episode you’ll hear about how the financial burden of debt paralyzes us, the three things they did right at the beginning of their journey to set themselves up for success, staying focused and how to start building wealth.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
The Total Money Makeover
How to Become a Millionaire
CONNECT WITH ASHLEIGH & JASON
Jason’s Youtube Channel
Ashleigh’s Instagram
Jason's Instagram
Ashleigh’s Facebook
Ashleigh’s Website
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Today’s conversation is a little different than my typical interviews … because me and my guest, Jennifer Borget had so much fun talking about Disney.
Jennifer is a former journalist, mom of three and the creator behind Cherish 365. She writes, takes incredible photos and is always looking for new ways to tell stories with incredible videos. Her blog has won several awards including for Best photography and Mom Blog of the Year in 2018.
You’ve seen her on CNN, The Today Show, Huffington Post, Baby Center and many more.
This is Jennifer’s second time on the podcast. She came on in the early days of this podcast. You can check out episode 19 about cherishing motherhood and life.
I wanted to have Jennifer back on for her love of Disney. We’re celebrating the launch of Disney+ by talking all things Disney. This is a little lighthearted, but also we take Disney a little deeper. We talk about everything from the impact movie night traditions have had on Jennifer’s family to talking about how Disney movies create a space to talk about difficult things happening in a child’s life. We also talk about about Disney’s decision to cast a black woman as Ariel. You guys will love the first reaction Jennifer’s daughter had when she found out and hear Jennifer’s thoughts on why representation matters.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
The 7 Mindsets
Sulwe
Disney+
Disney Backet
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In this world we’ve been taught we need to BE someone to be important. Maybe a little bit taught, but also a little built in.
Have you heard about the ego? The ego is the part of us that tells us we need to be someone, do something and have something to matter. The ego tells us “YOU matter when you accomplish. YOU matter when you own expensive stuff. YOU matter when you have a fancy title.”
This is one of the reasons we cling so tightly to our identities.
But placing our identity - or worth - in something is risky because when it fails us - we can feel empty and worthless. We can question who we are and where we belong.
In this episode, Danielle talks about how our worth is not attached to our identity. She says we are worthy, not because of our achievements, titles or belongings - but because of our innate worth.
Plus, hear about how our identities hold us back. How to re-write the story you've been telling yourself since you were a child.
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"If i just did this individually, privately, quietly - I would lose the opportunity to have someone learn from my experience." - Rebecca Cressman
Rebecca is a radio host of FM 100.3’s midday show in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rebecca is an Emmy-nominated former TV host and continues to guest-host television programming in Salt Lake City. She is the mom of three and a loving wife.
Most recently, Rebecca has become a cancer patient. She was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago. Between chemo treatments, she came on the podcast to talk about her perspective on life, her thoughts about mortality and insights on losing her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to the same disease she is now fighting. She also talked about why it’s so important for her to continue to advocate for breast cancer patients and mammograms.
This is an incredible episode packed with perspective, unmatched love for others and why although pink covers the month of October - there is education that needs to be shared.
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"I had to learn how to be a good human inside chaos." - Lydia Slaby
Lydia Slaby is an advocate, speaker and writer who just released her debut memoir this year called Wait, It Gets Worse.
Lydia was living a very successful life as an attorney and married to a husband working on a presidential campaign. But the reality was that her marriage was failingand a doctor’s appointment for stressturned into a Lymphoma diagnosis.
In this conversation, we talk about how Lydia pieced her marriage, career, and life back together - WHILE FIGHTING CANCER.
We talked about how to stay present when life is falling apart, how Lydia deals with her need to be in control and tips that saved her marriage. She talks about tools she's using to be a good human - more compassionate with others and herself.
Buy Wait, It Gets Worse
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"Blame is a killer. Blame is going to keep you exactly where you are."
Josh Cary is the Hidden Entrepreneur. He is the host of a podcast of the same name.
He sent four decades living behind a man. Since taking that mask off he's on a mission to make sure no one lives behind a facade.
In this episode, we talk about improving your life, becoming self-aware of your own emotions, dealing with setbacks and the anxious mind. We also talk about evolving into the person you're meant to be.
CONNECT WITH JOSH:
Listen to The Hidden Entrepreneur Show with Josh Cary
Youtube
Website
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN’T AFRAID?
Would you try a new skill - like dancing? Or piano? Would you open a buisness? Would you start selling homemade earrings out of your home? Would you ask for a higher price for the cupcakes your selling? Or the e-book you wrote? Would you leave a relationship? Ask for a raise? Would you go to an event? Say ‘hi’ to someone? Sign up for a gym membership?
As I’ve been thinking about the fear that comes with doing a lot of things… I realize A LOT of this comes back to “but what will people think?”
In this episode, I'll talk about how to stop worrying about what people thing. Plus, two tips on how to take action when you're afraid you'll fail.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Everything is Figureoutable
Atomic Habits
How Repetition Helps You Get Better
Episode 89: Letting Go of Perfectionism
Episode 87: Can I Be Happy While Trying to Improve
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"With each step i took I was getting rid of of the giants that were holding me back."
I first met Mona Pinon as a force of motherhood when she decided to build a wheelchair accessible playground for her son. She rallied support from her community behind the so-called "Blue Slide Project."
Mona works in real estate in southern Oregon and is the mom of five. She’s also in the middle of writing her first book.
In today’s episode - we talk about one of Mona’s greatest skills being an advocate for her children. You’ll learn how that advocacy helped Mona start fighting for herself. Plus, we’ll talk about setting your mindset, waking up with intent and how she learned to finally see her worth.
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"We cannot create or give life to something new if we are waiting for the ground to be perfect." - Danielle Craig
In this episode, Danielle talks about how perfectionism holds us back from our goals and impacts our mental and physical health.
She gives us five tools to start letting imperfection in our lives.
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Today we are talking about the secret to connectivity - connection is something we all need, yet not something we’re all good at that.
For that - you’ll hear from Ginger Johnson today.
Ginger’s mission is to connect the world, one person at a time on purpose and with purpose.
Ginger is a speaker, trainer and coach… and the author of the Connectivity Canon. AND coming up in November, she’s holding the Art of Connecting Summit. I’m putting a link in the bio.
On the podcast today - you’ll hear her talk about about how technology is not a replacement for connectivity… what to do if you feel stuck… how you can connect EVEN if you identify as an introvert… and how connecting is a skill and a practice… and what to do when a relationship isn’t working for you.
Get tickets to the Art of Connecting Summit HERE
Buy the Connectivity Canon Here
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"The key to finding happiness is to find it not in ACHIEVING… but in the GROWTH it takes to get there." - Danielle Craig
In this podcast episode, Danielle talks about finding joy in the journey.
The big question - can I be happy while trying to improve?
The answer - yes.
Danielle talks through how to measure progress in a productive way that will empower you through a transformation journey.
She talks about:
- What progress looks like
- How to pick a productive measure of progress
- Three ways to stay focused on finding joy in not only success, but also growth
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Mikaela is an elementary school teacher. She is the 2017 winner of the limelight video contest… in which she told her story - living and teaching with a form of dwarfism and blindness.
Mikaela teachers lower elementary school children - most of whom - she is smaller than. She also does this with a visual impairment that causes her to be legally blind.
But she doesn’t let this hold her back.
When I first reached out to Mikaela, I thought we would chat about the difficulties of dealing with these disabilities - or disadvantages. BUT I realized - some of the biggest difficulties she deals with are less to do with dwarfism and blindness — but instead - her classroom. So we talked about both!
In this episode, you’re going to hear a lot about the challenges that come with being a teacher in the 21st century, how you can help your child be successful socially and how Mikaela deals with violent outbursts in her classroom.
PLUS, we’ll talk about how Mikaela has always been optimistic. Her secret to having the happiness skill and how to start loving the very person you are today.
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Today we’re going to talk about mental illness in children.
Andrea Berryman Childreth is the author of ‘On the Edge: Help and Hope for Parenting Children with Mental Illness.” Andrea wrote this book after struggling to find resources in her own journey of raising a child with a neurological disorder and mental illness. She also the founder of blog “Bipolar Lemonade.”
In this conversation, she shares her experience, why early intervention is so critical, finding a new normal with mental illness and some tangible tips to help a child with mental illness cope.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
On the Edge: Help & Hope for Parenting Children with Mental Illness
Dr. Ross Green Resources
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Website
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Today you get to hear from an incredibly inspiring woman who has been featured on the Today Show and in magazines including Health, FIt Pregnancy, Shape and Disability magazine.
Amberly Lago is the author of True Grit and Grace, a tedX speaker… and an expert in the field of resilience, transformation and health and wellness.
Amberly was involved in a motorcycle crash that mangled her leg… ultimately giving her a painful nerve condition called CRPS.
It’s nicknamed “The Suicide Disease”… because many people with this condition take their own lives… because the pain is that bad.
Chronic pain is a real problem in our country - and we talk about how she deals with daily pain and how she breaks the pain cycle. She tells us how she’s found light int he darkness, what she does every morning… and how gratitude helps - even when she’s dealing with physical pain.
CONNECT WITH AMBERLY:
Website
Buy True Grit & Grace: Turning Tragedy into Triumph
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"When you compare yourself online - you are focusing on your reality compared to his/her highlights." - Danielle Craig
In this episode, Danielle talks about how comparing yourself on social media impacts you and your goals.
- How we get distracted on social media
- How to re-focus on your goals/concerns/homes untouched by what people on your social media feed are doing
- How comparisons make it so that our success will never be enough
- How to get rid of your scarcity mindset to make way for your own growth
Want more talk on comparisons? Check out this episode of the #HIPPodcast
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"It’s not just about the bathing suit. It’s about the fact that so many women feel this way and it’s just ridiculous."
Today’s guest is one of my favorite bloggers and Instagramers. Carly Anderson is someone who is changing the way women see themselves and what it means to have a swimsuit body.
Carly is the woman behind Lipgloss and Crayons. She is a former elementary school teacher. She’s also the winner of the Iris Award from the Mom 2.0 Community for the 2019 Instagram of the year. She's also a mom.
What we really focus on today is her movement #JustWearTheSuit. It’s a campaign calling for women of all shapes and sizes to just put the swimsuit on. This has gained so much traction it was recently featured in both Parade and People Magazines.
We talk about a lot including:
- How she had an anxiety attack the first time she put on a swimsuit
- How she went from being a person who had been to the pool a few times as an adult to someone who owns more than 80 swimsuits
- Real tips to start wearing your own swim suit
- How to embrace a thought disrupter when your insecurities are taking over
- Carly’s perspective as a former school teacher who has seen courageous five year olds turn into insecure 12 year olds
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The very first Happiness in Progress LIVE! podcast happened last week and it was such an incredible event. The was real, true connection, important introspection and an understanding that we're all in this together.
The LIVE! guests were Lu Crenshaw and Shantell Dayton of Camp17.
This episode will include a few key lessons from the evening including how to finally decide you're worthy, understanding you are your body and letting to of shame as an excuse.
Lu Crenshaw and Shantell Dayton are the founders of Camp17. Camp17 is a revolutionary holistic fitness experience that wakes you up to you. Lu believes fitness and nutrition are some of the most powerful tools in the world, able to unlock the potential inside every person emotionally, spiritually and physically. Shantell has been involved with training and coaching for more than 15 years - and loves watching her clients grow physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
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Website
Youtube
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Emily Norton is one of my favorite people. In days, her first book, The Seven Longest Yards — written with her husband Chris Norton - will hit book shelves.
Emily’s story went viral when she helped her husband Chris walk across the stage for graduation… then again when she helped him walk down the wedding aisle. Their story has been shared in People Magazine, on Good Morning America, the Today show, CNN and many more.
Chris and Emily have been on the podcast before - where we talked about the football accident that paralyzed him from the neck down. Listen to it here.
This episode is different. I wanted to focus on Emily. Today we talk about something she hasn’t really talked about publicly until this book - her battle with depression.
She gets real here on the podcast AND in their book about why it took her so long to come to grips with the fact that she needed help, what life is like since getting help and what she’s learned from the experience.
The second half of this episode we focus on Emily’s incredible work with children in the foster care system. She and Chris have adopted FIVE kids now and still bring in foster children. I love hearing about why she does this, great tips to work with children from painful circumstances and why she believes she’s called to do this work.
CONNECT WITH EMILY:
Chris Norton on Facebook
Buy The Seven Longest Yards
Visit Chris' Website
GET INVOLVED WITH FOSTER CARE IN OREGON
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Website
You can get the first two chapters of The Seven Longest Yards for free by texting '7yards' to 44222.
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"There’s a direct correlation with doubts and sadness and certainty and happiness." - David Ghiyam
David Ghiyam is a course teacher for Kabbalah One, based on the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah. He has offered tens of thousands of hours of spiritual coaching with everyone including celebrities and Fortune 500 CEOs.
David was a teenager when he earned his first million dollars. Because of his financial aptitude, his family introduced him to a life of spirituality to keep him on the right path.
In our converstaion, he talks about walking away from the money to lead a life of spirituality.
He explains what Kabbalah is, how it fits in with religion, how it can calm the chaos in life and one of my favorite parts about this is Kabbalah’s explanation of our lives — to personally transform.
We also talk about doubt, finding joy in relationships and what some of the most successful people have told him about their regrets in life.
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"Most people have practiced character assassination for decades." - Nando Raynolds
Nando Raynolds is a psychotherapist and life coach who has helped hundreds of people manage their internal negativity with mindfulness and compassion.
He created the workbook, “Transforming Your Inner Critic into an Inner Coach.”
Today we talk about why we have the inner critic. And what I really love about Nando’s take on this - is he believes it’s just trying to help us. In the episode, you’ll hear practical tips to transform the voice from just a critic to one with constructive criticsm.
We talk about the different types of voices that show up in our head - like the one that makes us feel bad about the past and the one that tells us we can’t do it as we look to the future. Nando breaks down these voices to help us look at what they’re saying objectively.
We also talk about living on autopilot, how you can be mindful without meditating and how to accomplish your goals while being compassionate with yourself. If you have a negative voice in your head - this episode is for you!
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Tai Chi Youtube Channel
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"It's amazing what changing your perspective just a little bit does to your entire outlook in life." - Courtney Paulk
Courtney Paulk is a powerhouse in everything she does. In the office, she is the first female president of an 80-lawyer law firm, Hirschler. In her free time she is known for her ultra-distance open water swimming feats.
She is one of only 201 people who has completed the Triple Crown of Open-water swimming… and only the fifth person to do it twice.
Courtney blogs about her feats on her blog Swim & Tonic.
This is such a fun conversation with Courtney because open swimming is so fascinating. She talks a lot about what it’s like to swim for 33 hours straight — and everything that goes into that — the mental game, dealing with disappointments, how gratitude even works when you’ve been swimming in cold water for hours — and hilarious hallucinations.
The conversation bounces back and forth between her work as a lawyer and as a swimmer because so much of what she has learned about herself in the water plays a role in her fast-paced life.
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GPS Tracker for her Swims
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"If you could only see what I see in you, you would understand - your potential is limitless. Stop worrying. Try it. Go for it. Do it." - Lydia Fenet
Lydia Fenet is the Managing Director and Global Director of Strategic Partnerships at Christies. She has raised more than half a billion dollars for non-profits worldwide as the leading benefit auctioneer in the country. Most recently, Lydia released her new book “The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You.” The book has received praise from many women nationwide including Barbara Corcoran, Martha Stewart and Arianna Huffington. Lydia and her achievements have been featured on The Today Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Vogue and many more.
In this episode, Lydia opens up about getting her role, authenticity, overcoming fear and how when things don’t go our way - sometimes it’s for the better. We talk about how we can grow from disappointment and how to become the most powerful woman in the room.
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"There’s nothing wrong with feeling the way you feel." - Dr. Rubina Tahir
Dr. Rubina Tahir is a board certified chriopractor and co-founder of the Positivity Charge. Her goal is to inspire healthy lifestyles - in the office, on her podcast and as she holds retreats and pop-up events in cities nationwide.
Rubina has contributed for the Huffington Post Blog and Thrive Global. She’s been quoted in Reader’s Digest, Cosmopolitan, Prevention Magazine, Men’s Health Magazine and many more.
In this episode we talked about so much! We talked about how Rubina got started on a quest for more positivity in her life and how you can bring that into your own life. We chat how to turn around a negative day, how to journal about your emotions, how important it is to have face to face REAL conversations with people and how to celebrate the little things.
CONNECT WITH RUBINA:
The Positivity Charge
The Positivity Charge Podcast
Philadelphia Wellness Retreat
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"Connection happens with our kids when we can sit in the discomfort of whatever it is they're feeling and let them talk about that." - Sheryl Gould
The tween and teen years are tough to live through and tough to parent through.
That's why I'm so excited to introduce you to Sheryl Gould. She is the founder of 'Moms of Tweens and Teens.' It’s a national organization that has created a non-judgmental and compassionate place for tens of thousands of parents to share the struggles and triumphs of raising teens and tweens.
Sheryl is a parenting expert and author of the upcoming book, “You’re Not Crazy, You’re Not a Bad Parent and No, Your Teen Really Doesn’t Hate You.” She connects with parents through her weekly groups, blog, public speaking and interactive parenting workshops.
Sheryl offers so much wisdom in this conversation. We talk a lot about how to make connections with our kids and how strong emotions like anger can help us do this. She gives us great sentences to use to get into these conversations and how to talk to a child struggling. You’ll also hear about creating a safe haven in your home.
LINKS MENTIONED:
Dangers of Apps
Podcast: Teaching Kids Emotional Resilience
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Moms of Teens & Tweens Website
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Today we're talking about cleaning out the mind. Our minds are so powerful and so many of us are carrying around junk impacting how we feel on a daily basis and how we show up in the world.
In this podcast episode, we'll talk about how powerful our minds are (think placebo effect).
You'll learn three steps to stop feeding the negative parts of your brain.
1) Powerful tools to rewrite your old stories
2) Choosing what comes into your mind
3) Practicing Mindfulness
LINKS MENTIONED:
Beating Stress
Ending a Lifetime of Negative Self Talk (Affirmations)
Gabby Bernstein's Guided Meditations
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"I understand what it means to not want to go on. I understand what it means to feel like you’ll never be yourself again and your family would be better off without you. I understand what depression in that context means." - Jane Clayson Johnson
Jane Clayson Johnson is an award-winning journalist known for her work on CBS News as a co-host on The Early Show with Bryant Gumbel, ABC News and on the nationally syndicated NPR program, On Point.
She’s now a two-time author of ‘I am a Mother’ and her most recent book - “Silent Souls Weeping: Depression-sharing stories, Finding Hope.”
This is what we talked about today - mental illness. What she learned from writing this book.. and we talked about her own experience.
A big takeaway of this conversation is to start talking - talking about your experience with mental illness or asking someone you are worried about really hard questions. We talk about the stigma of mental illness, how people take depression on as an identity or character flaw -- how toxic perfectionism plays a role and what it’s like to be on the outside looking in.
SILENT SOULS WEEPING
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I want to introduce you to Molly Trotter.
I met her many years ago - when we were both working at competing TV stations. A couple of years ago, Molly got out of the business — looking for more freedom.
Now she’s a full-time entrepreneur, running her company, ‘Take Charge Consulting.’ She focuses on nutrition, fitness, social media branding and life coaching. She’s also a public speaker who works in network marketing and teaches financial literacy through trading.
I wanted to talk to Molly to hear about her mindset, how she’s been able to transition to an entrepreneur, including some of the scary times in the early days. She talks about what she thinks it takes to be successful and daily practices for that success.
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Do you feel like sugar is impacting your mood?
Research backs you up.
In this episode, Danielle Craig explores several studies showing how researchers have found sugar is linked to depression and anxiety.
This includes the in-depth research of a young woman who changed her diet over the course of 12-weeks. The changes researchers saw in their subject were life-changing.
Plus, how you can manipulate the habit loop to help you rewrite the habit of eating sugar.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Link Between Sugar & Depression
Dietary Pattern & Depressive Symptoms
Hypoglycemia & Anxiety Improves with Diet Changes
Resources of Habit Loop from The Power of Habit
Episode #60 Hacking Your Habits
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"You can do anything you want in life - anything. I mean whoever thought they could b build metal and watch a car drive by or a plane fly in the sky? The guy who thought it was possible. You can do anything you dream of." - Troy Wohosky
Troy Wohosky is the man behind Spartan Boxing… where he helps steer troubled youth in the right direction. But this comes after finding his own way… and digging back from a difficult childhood. As a young boy, he got involved with gangs, ran into trouble with the law… and was only 15 years old when he had his first child.
Troy became one of the country’s top boxers, ranked #3 in the nation. Troy has traveled all over the world competing.. and has an impressive boxing record.
In this episode, we talk about when he made the shift from the gang life, including a manslaughter charge that was dropped… to focus on making a better life for himself and his family. Plus, how he built a boxing gym from nothing. And how he believes everyone has a gift they can share with the world.
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Does money buy happiness?
You know we’ve always been told that money can’t buy happiness.
Yet, we set our entire lives… I mean from the time we are little kids… around money. We go to school, to learn how to be constructive members of society… we talk about what we want to be when we grow up… and all of that comes down to how we’ll make money.
Money is a HUGE part of our lives. Money pays for the roof over our head, the food to eat, the clothes to wear.
Those are the BASIC necessities of life. And we need money to pay for them.
In this episode, Danielle Craig explores what research has shown about whether money can buy happiness, the hedonic treadmill and the best ways to spend money to equal more happiness. Plus, the number one way you should not spend money if you want to be happier.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Money Buys Happiness
Princeton Study on Money & Happiness
Buying Time Research
Episode 65: Getting Out of Debt
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"I want to be doing more things with my kids and less time on the stuff." - Zoë Kim
Zoë Kim is the creator of Raising Simple and author of Minimalism for Families. She is a simplicity coach who partners with women to tackle the challenges of a cluttered home and life. Zoë helps families find the best solutions to simplify their home and life.
Zoë talked with Danielle about what made her want to get rid of all the extra stuff and the way it changed her family once she did. We also chatted about how you can get started de-cluttering things like paper, dishes, toys and clothes. If you’re not feeling like you can do a minimalist lifestyle, she has some tips for you too to just get started living with less.
Resources Mentioned:
Creating a Simplified Wardrobe
Opt Out of Mailing Lists
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Website
Buy Minimalism for Families
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"Give yourself time to realize where you are physically and emotionally ." - Nancy Smith
I want you to meet Nancy Smith. Nancy was on a trip with her daughter's Girl Scout troop when a head-on car accident paralyzed her from the neck down. That happened ten years ago.
Nancy is the author of Only the Rats are Walking. She has taken part in research of the brain at CalTech and UCLA. She’s also, with the help of her husband, created art pieces for CalTech and a gallery at Montclair Mall.
Before becoming paralyzed, Nancy taught high school. She has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and a Masters in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling.
This conversation is a very raw and honest conversation about what it’s like to realize you no longer have control over your body. Nancy talks about the crash, rehab... and what she’s learned about life through this experience. And sometimes... it’s very difficult to find joy - we talk about how she has been able to find glimmers of happiness.
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Only the Rats are Walking
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Jessica Garbarino is the founder of Every Single Dollar. She helps people, specifically single women, get a hold of their personal finances. She got start after getting out of $56k. In the first year of her journey - she paid off $26k. She is a coach, speaker and teacher on various financial topics.
We talked about how to get out of debt - the number one places in your budget to save money and where to find extra money. One of my favorite things we talked about are the reasons people say they can’t pay off the debt or save. Why she believes anyone, no matter how much you make, can do this. She tells us about the tools that worked for her and how living a debt free life has improved her lifestyle.
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Every Single Dollar
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Dave Ramsey
Side Hustle Nation
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It is the month of love and Danielle is talking about the love that often goes ignored - self-love.
The problem with self-love is it starts with our inner dialogue - an often times our inner dialogue isn't positive.
Danielle talks about how to back away from negative thoughts and to choose not to let those words have power.
"You are enough right now regardless of your pant size, the number on the scale, your relationship status, your bank account. You did not have to earn your worth. You are worthy now."
ARTICLE MENTIONED:
Wild Woman Magazine
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"When you are doing something that is uncomfortable - that is when the change is happening." - Damona Hoffman
I am so excited for today’s guests. Relationships have changed in the 21st century - specifically finding relationships in the modern day world where people meet on apps instead of in person.
This is where Damona Hoffman comes in.
Damona is a certified dating coach, radio host, and TV personality. She has made hundreds of media appearances on NBC, Fox, Animal Planet, Sirius Radio, Woman’s Day Magazine and more.
She's a guest speaker for Match.com events, a published author, and a writer for The Huffington Post among many others.
She is the host of Dates & Mates podcast and the dating expert on the FYI Network’s new series #BlackLove.
We talked about how much dating has changed in the 21st century. For those of you who are single looking for a relationship - you are going to walk away with some solid advice on strategizing dating and getting started. For those of you who are in a relationship - there are takeaways on communicating with people — and for everyone - YOUR MINDSET. How what you think about yourself matters to those around you.
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"Life is a gift and even when it’s at its worst there’s opportunity to find love, and happiness and hope and gratitude again." - Claudia Gerbasi
I am so thrilled to introduce you to today’s guest Claudia Ann Gerbasi- Ruggiere-Donovan. Claudia lost her husband on the day many of us watched terror unfolding on the television, September 11th. Her husband, Bart was working at the World Trade Center that morning.
Claudia and three other widows lifted each other up in the days and years after the attack that took their husbands. They eventually went on to write Love You, Mean It: A True Story of Love, Loss & Friendship.
Claudia now lives in New York City with her husband, John and their daughter.
I absolutely loved talking to Claudia - and I’m so thankful she shared her story. We talked about so much - including losing her husband, the struggles that come from being a widow, friendship and how the group they dubbed 'The Widows Club' helped each other find joy again.
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Love You, Mean It: A True Story of Love, Loss & Friendship
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In this bonus episode, Nick Ortner, the CEO of The Tapping Solution and a New York Times best selling author, walks us through tapping.
He will explain where to tap while using general language to help you deal with stress, triggers and much more.
You've seen Nick on national programs like Dr. Oz, the Today Show and here on the Happiness in Progress podcast.
You can check out his full episode here.
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The Tapping Solution App
The Tapping Solution
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"We do not need to be defined by a number."
My Happier in 2019 Challenge health month is winding down, but I wanted to get a fitness expert on the podcast to chat about what worked for her and a little bit of her fitness journey.
Today you’re going to meet Meredith Stanford. She is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and also partners with Beachbody as a coach.
Today we talk about so many aspects of health including why she thinks so many people have trouble trying to break habits around eating, self-doubt and motivation.
Meredith says she tried just about every diet out there until her body started fighting against her. She developed digestive and hormonal issues. That’s when she discovered functional medicine.
In this episode we talk about Meredith’s story, how success goes far beyond a number on the scale and what she works on with clients.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Atomic Habits
High Performance Habits
The Power of Habit
Better than Before
Made to Crave
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We are twenty something days into January — and I’ve really been trying to understand habits.
How can we change our habits into ones that work for us - ESPECIALLY because so many of our habits were established when we were kids and young adults?
In this episode, Danielle talks about the habit loop - how it works and how you can manipulate it to see your own results.
Plus, how to stop hating yourself into change. Negative talk isn't successful in helping you change behaviors you don't like. Danielle talks about an easy way to reframe your thoughts about habits you'd like to change.
And finally, keeping momentum as you try to accomplish your goals.
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“I ask people - when do you make your best choices? When do you have your biggest inspiration? When are you creative? They’ll say things like ‘in the shower’ or ‘taking a bath’ or 'going for a walk in nature.' They bring up places in their lives when they aren’t stressed. That’s when the inspiration comes.” - Nick Ortner
Nick Ortner is the CEO of The Tapping Solution. He is the New York Times best selling author of The Tapping Solution.
Nick's goal is to empower people to live stress free lives with EFT. He’s worked to bring it to the mainstream. In fact, you may have seen him on national programs like Dr. Oz and the Today Show talking about it.
If you are new to tapping - and maybe it seems a little weird to you - give it a chance.
In this episode you will hear how it works to help you deal with stress, triggers, even PTSD.
Specifically in this episode we talk about how it can help you conquer your goals by changing your belief systems.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
The Tapping Solution App
Tapping for Veterans
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The Tapping Solution
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Today we're kicking off Season 2 of Happiness in Progress with a guest all the way from New Zealand - Jake Bailey.
You’ve probably seen him online. His story has gone viral several times since he gave a speech at his high school graduation three years ago. At that time - he had just been diagnosed with cancer… and had been told he had two weeks to live.
Jake is now a public speaker, the author of 'What Cancer Taught Me,' the subject of a documentary and a weekly columnist.
I loved talking to Jake. He talks us through his fast moving cancer and some of the thoughts he had as a teenager given two weeks to live. We talk about what cancer taught him, how he craved the monotony of life, the formula for happiness, resilience and bravery.
This conversation is the perfect way to start the new year - with a renewed love for that monotony of life and getting to a place where we are really living for the moment.
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WEBSITE
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WATCH HIS DOCUMENTARY: THE COMMON TOUCH
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"When I thought I was going to die I didn’t think about money, I didn’t think about these companies. I literally just thought about happiness." - Burke Laidler
Burke Laidler is a musician and the vocalist for his band 'Ofi.' This year, lost in the middle of nowhere he made some big decisions - including to live a more authentic life by pursuing music and divorcing his wife.
We talk about both of those things, the fear that comes with walking away from a life of comfort that’s not necessarily happy.
We also chat about making the life you want out of a rough childhood and his powerful, meaningful music.
One of the reasons I wanted to share this episode now - is because the holidays can be tough. It’s really easy to question your worth and life on this earth around this time of year.
Many years ago, Burke wanted to take his own life. You’ll hear what he did and how grateful he is to have gotten a second chance.
"I have a brand new canvas and all the paint in the world. I get to paint whatever makes me happy."
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The holidays are supposed to be and probably are generally pretty happy. But it’s such a fine line of happiness. We straddle this line of expectations and reality.
In this episode, Danielle Craig talks about how to enjoy the holiday by letting go of expectations (eh hem - or traditions)! Plus, how service can impact your holiday. And the way to get an easy win on your to-do list for less stress during the holiday.
STUDIES MENTIONED:
Happier on Christmas Day
Mood, Self Esteem Improve with Service
Service Helps With Depression
Volunteer Works Keeps Blood Pressure Down
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Stressed at work, home or on the road? Take 2 minutes to reset your day with a quick breathing exercise.
Kerry Wekelo leads this guided relaxatiion.
To hear more from Kerry, check out episode #55 Bringing Mindfulness into the Workplace
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Just about everyone has at least one complaint about their workplace.
That’s where Kerry Wekelo comes in. She’s created a program to help companies turn things around - focusing on communication, work/life balance and bringing wellness into the office.
Kerry is a coach, yoga instructor, award-winning author of Culture Infusion and HR Director at Actualize Consulting. Kerry's program and insights have been featured on several media outlets, including ABC, NBC, NPR Marketplace, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Inc. and New York Post.
We talk about connecting mindfulness with the workplace. She lets you in on her number one secret to do this - the three 'P's. We also chatted about avoiding gossip, what YOU can do if you’re in a workplace that has low morale and how you can bring mindfulness in. She also walks us through a quick breathing exercise you can use in your own day.
I’m going to create a bonus episode with JUST THE BREATHING that you can check out as many times as you'd like.
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How many times have you put off a weight loss plan in December because of the holidays?
Melissa Mountain's story has been featured on Good Morning America. She lost 60 lbs. just in time for her wedding. She even had to get a last minute wedding dress exchange.
Guess what? She started that weight loss mid-November, before Thanksgiving and Christmas.
We talk about how she did it, how she stayed motivated and how if she can, you can.
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"If we’re not intentional about the way we’re going to choose to show up in the world and the things we’re going to give our attention to - then we’re just operating out of default and it’s just constant reaction, reaction, reaction. That’s where we end up looking back on the days and years with regret."
Nicola Ries Taggart is the creator of the new Calm the Chaos journal. The journal is available on Amazon and in the store, Anthropologie. She is a life, leadership and love success strategist, coach and speaker. For the last 15 years she’s been helping business owners and executives with focused development on important parts of life including emotional intelligence, leadership mindset, communication, relationships and more.
We talk about how taking time to yourself can help calm the chaos, how to get on the right foot for the holidays, what question to ask yourself as the holidays get underway and how to juggle inner and external expectations.
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Website
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"You don’t get that worth by being the prettiest, the thinest, the strongest, the bravest, the most succesful, the one with the best jobs, or biggest house -- or anything.
You were born with worth. You don’t have to do anything fancy, or get any great title to be worthy."
Danielle talks about how she finally learned everyone else's opinion about her had nothing to do with her. That's the same for you - someone else's opinion about YOU has nothing to do with YOU.
Danielle talks about finding your own self-worth, how to stop comparing yourself and the difference between belonging and fitting it.
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I want to introduce you to Aly Plaut, the owner of Hazel Eye Photography. She’s a successful photographer in the Pacific Northwest whose work has been recognized by the Today Show, The Chive, Hearst Magazine and Cosmopolitan. Her work has been nominated among the top wedding photography studios in the state of Oregon for Oregon Bride Magazine. She also does pro-bono work for the non-profit Sparrow Clubs taking pictures of children in medical need.
But it hasn’t always been easy. In fact, Aly has clawed her way back up from rock bottom — when she didn’t have a home, couldn’t pay the bills, shuffled around her two kids as a single mom and at one point ended up in the hospital when she thought she just couldn’t handle this life anymore.
Aly's story is one that will empower you and allow you to know you are absolutely capable of changing your life.
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Hazel Eye Photography Website
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Have you ever noticed negativity breeds negativity?
As I scroll through my Facebook feed, I’ve started to think maybe we actually LIKE feeling this way. Maybe we like the negativity, the anger, the fighting and everything that comes with it.
It’s more than just bad news that’s shared. It’s negative opinions, it’s anger, it’s complaints - there is so much NEGATIVITY on our social media feeds.
Some experts say negativity is an addiction - even comparing it to addictions to drugs and alcohol.
In this episode, Danielle talks about research looking at how negativity impacts the brain and the so-called negativity bias.
Plus, get ideas on how to fight the negativity bias (the thing in your brain that makes negative stuff impact you more than positive stuff) and live a happier life day to day.
LINKS MENTIONED:
Addicted to Negativity
Negativity Bias
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"The one attitude I've tried to change is focusing on giving yourself the moments with your children. You can't just assume you'll have time for it one day."
Today I’m talking to Dr. Tali Lando in a very candid conversation about breast cancer.
Dr. Lando is a full-time pediatric ENT surgeon. She is also a breast cancer survivor. But the year she was diagnosed with cancer was anything but easy. Months before, she delivered her third daughter, a little preemie. Then her dad was diagnosed with brain cancer. And finally her own advanced breast cancer diagnosis.
She recently published a book about her experience called “Hell and Back: Wife and Mother, Doctor and Patient, Dragon Slayer.”
We talk about what it was like being a doctor who was suddenly a vulnerable patient. In this honest conversation she talks about her relationship with her body, living in the moment and what she learned from her experience.
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"Being bored creates a space that allows creativity, free play and use of imagination."
Lori is the founder of Stress Free Kids. She has authored many children’s books meant to teach children techniques and tools to manage stress, big emotions and self-esteem. I saw her newest book in the Scholastic book order just today - it’s called Stay Cool at School. Lori’s tips have been featured in hundreds of media outlets including CBS News, CNN Living, WebMD and Family Circle Magazine.
We talk about tools you can bring into your own home, how your stress impacts your child. We go over reducing the brain chatter in your child’s head, what to do when your child wants to stay mad and Lori even walks us through some deep breathing.
CONNECT WITH LORI:
Stress Free Kids Website
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Website
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For another episode about helping teach children mindfulness - check out this one with Generation Mindful's creator.
"Grief is never going to go away. It just comes in waves. It has no limits."
Stacey Skrysak is a news anchor in Central Illinois, but she says her favorite title is Mom. She is the mother of a miracle triplet and two angels. We’ll talk a lot about her experience with infertility, to then finding out she was expecting triplets - to the lowest low - losing two of those sweet babies after their births.
Stacey’s story has appeared on the Today Show, UpWorthy, Huffington Post, people.com, ABC News and Redbook.
Stacey talks about delivering her triplets at 22 weeks gestation and losing two of those babies. We’ll talk about how she is able to honor her lost children while celebrating her surviving miracle girl.
We talk about what Stacey has learned about grief and how to accept the moments of joy as she simultaneously feels that grief.
And something that's hard for a lot of us - how to talk to people who have lost someone - specifically a child.
CONNECT WITH STACEY:
WEBSITE
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Website
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If you liked this episode, check out another story of infertility with Kristen Hewitt here.
"We recognize we want to live better, healthier lives - but we have to get really uncomfortable for a minute to get to the other side."
Jeanette Schneider is the author of Lore: Harnessing Your Past to Create Your Future.
The book came out just days ago and is meant to empower women based on what she's learned in her own life and her Love Letters project.
Jeanette was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce in Nevada, and was selected as a Vegas, Inc. “Woman to Watch” in 2016.
She's given powerful lectures and workshops to many groups including The Women's Leadership Conference at the MGM and The Influencer Academy.
Today we talk about:
- Writing a love letter to your younger self and how this helps with self-compassion, understanding and moving forward
- Forgiving others and yourself
- Seeking approval from exterior sources
- Manifesting the future you want
CONNECT WITH JEANETTE:
Website
To Submit a Love Letter
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If you loved this episode, check out this episode from another empowering woman.
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The World Health Organization says depression is increasing at a huge rate. It was up more than 18% between 2005 and 2015.
More than 300 million people around the world are dealing with this, according to WHO.
In this episode, Danielle Craig talks about three daily habits that help her in dealing with depression in pregnancy and postpartum.
Remember, these are tools to be used in conjunction with talking to a professional or being on medication.
If you are feeling suicidal - please reach out to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 1-800-273-8255
RESEARCH CITED:
Gratitude Predicts Less Depression/Anxiety
Research on Gratitudes Mental Health Impact
Depression Doing the Thinking
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Website
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"It made me feel worthy. It made me feel strong. It made me feel like I am supposed to be here and I can help other people."
You may recognize Hayden Ryals from a viral story over the summer. She is the woman who first donated her bone marrow to save a 1-year-old with leukemia - and then, years later, invited her to be the flower girl at her wedding.
You likely saw Hayden and little Skye’s story online - or on Good Morning America, People Magazine, CNN or one of the many other news organizations.
In part one of this episode series - you heard from Skye Savren-McCormick’s parents about fighting cancer and how Hayden literally saved Skye’s life.
Now you’ll hear from Hayden who says Skye saved her life. We talk about how her bone marrow donation led her to find clarity, eased her anxiety and depression and gave her a new world view.
Of course, we also talk about giving bone marrow.
AND as we kick of Childhood Cancer Awareness month, 18-44 year olds can also get in the bone marrow registry.
I’m so excited to be working with the Mail Tribune to hold a Bone Marrow Registry Drive.
If you are a southern Oregon listener - come out and get your cheek swabbed to be put in the registry.
Tuesday, September 18th
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Mail Tribune Offices
111 N. Fir St., Medford
If you are not a local listener and would like a kit sent to your home - you register here.
You may have seen Skye Savren-McCormick’s story on People Magazine, The Washington Post, Good Morning America, CBS news and many more.
Skye played a big role in a wedding as the flower girl, but only after the bride saved Skye’s life with a bone marrow transplant.
Skye has spent the majority of her young life fighting cancer. She has had three bone marrow transplants - two of which came from Hayden Ryals.
Hayden asked Skye to be in her wedding as the flower girl.
Hayden was very literally Skye's hero, but Hayden says the same about Skye.
In this episode you'll hear from Skye's parents. Next week you'll hear from Hayden.
In this episode we talk about living in a tiny hospital room, the importance of taking even just five minutes for self care, following mom gut - even when that means you’re standing up to medical experts — and the worst day of their lives - hearing their daughter only had 10% chance of survival.
As we kick of Childhood Cancer Awareness month, 18-44 year olds can also get in the bone marrow registry. It is just a cotton swab to the inner cheek.
If you are a southern Oregon listener:
Tuesday, September 18th
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Mail Tribune Offices
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Click here to receive a kit via mail
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"If you wouldn’t let a boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse talk to you in that way - stop talking to yourself in that way."
What are you saying to yourself that is absolutely unacceptable? Have you said, "I'm not good enough," "I'm fat," "I'm worthless" or "I can't do it?"
In this episode, Danielle talks about negative self-talk - how it impacts us and five steps to change your thoughts.
LINKS MENTIONED:
'Too Fat to Fit through the Door' Anorexia Nervosa Study
"I am" versus third person reference
NPR: Why Saying is Believing
Affirmations & the Brain
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis*
#38 Phillip Mountrose, Finding Your Purpose (Affirmations)
#11 Calming the Chaos with Meditation
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Website
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"It says a lot about us how we handle risk, how we handle failure, how we handle embarrassment and how we deal with shame." - Jenna Benton
In this episode, you'll hear from Jenna Benton. She's the author of the book, Awkward: A 30 Day Challenge. She’s also the senior editor of The Wild Woman Magazine. Right now, Jenna is working on her next book, a short film and coaching writers to tell their own stories.
In this episode we talk about:
- Taking risks even when the voices in your head say you can't do it or you're not qualified
- We also chat about how to not let fear have a vote in your life
- Jenna opens up about losing her mother just months ago - and how she's coping after such deep loss.
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Website
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“We need our kids to actually solve those problems of life and to deal with the things that need to happen as opposed to always turning to us and expecting us to reward them.”
Today you'll hear from Katherine Reynolds Lewis, the author of the new book, "The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids are Less Disciplined than Ever - and What To Do About It.”
She's appeared on several publications including CNN, NPR and The New York Times and The Washington Post Magazine.
In this episode we talk:
- skyrocketing number of mental health issues and suicides in our children
- teaching your child to be capable and to contribute
- communicating privileges and consequences (tips that are getting my toddler to bed in 30 minutes instead of 4 hours!)
CONNECT WITH KATHERINE:
BUY THE BOOK
Ross Greene Videos
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Website
"The worst thing is to get fired by yourself. That’s you giving up, you're not going to work today."
What I’ve noticed as an outsider is some people thrive in Multi-level marketing sales and others fizzle out within a few months.
I wanted to talk to a successful MLM salesperson about how to get the numbers you want. A lot of her tips will help you if you're a business owner, a blogger, podcaster - anyone who needs to be self-motivated.
Jacqueline Thomas started in direct sales three years ago and quickly became a team leader.
We talk about staying motivated, building self-confidence, what separates people who are successful and not in this massive industry -- and if you can be successful if you have a dozen friends selling the same product.
PRODUCTS MENTIONED:
The Go Giver
CONNECT WITH JACQUELINE:
Website
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Website
"The more love and grace you have for other people - the more love and grace you have for yourself."
In this episode, hear how you can change your brain toward compassion. And how compassion can act as an antidepressant and help with anxiety. The research backs it up!
ARTICLES MENTIONED:
Understanding Limitations & Offering More Grace
Changing the Brain toward Compassion
How Compassion Changed a Witnesses Reaction to Cheating
Compassion for Mental Health
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Do you like to listen rather than read?
A couple times a month I'll publish a bonus episode of one of my blog posts at DanielleCraig.com
Today - A Changed Perspective: What My Miscarriage Taught Me About My Sons.
"So no – my boys aren’t “rainbow” babies. They were the calm before the storm. They were the beautiful sunshine on a cloudless day. They were my blessings, my miracles before I had a chance to recognize them as such."
If you prefer to read, check out the post here.
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Daniellecraig.com
Today you’ll hear from 'The Sleep Doctor,' Dr. Michael Breus.
Dr. Breus appears regularly on The Dr. Oz Show. He’s been interviewed by Oprah, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Ray and you’ve also seen him on The View, The Doctors, The Today Show and many more. He’s the author of “The Power of When” and “the Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan.”
We talk about so much in this episode - including his top five tips to get better sleep. Plus, the myth of eight hours of sleep. We’ll talk about how much sleep you really need and the best time to do everything. That includes when to have sex, to when you’re the most productive and when you should have that daily caffeine to maximize your energy. I’ll give you a hint - it’s not first thing in the morning.
If you are struggling with getting good sleep or you want to know what to do if you can't get good sleep - this is the episode for you.
LINKS MENTIONED:
Sleep Calculator
The Power of When Quiz
The Sleep Doctor Blog
More on Melatonin
Buy The Power of When
PRODUCTS MENTIONED:
Melatonin Tablets
BLU Energy Light Therapy
CONNECT WITH DR. BREUS
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Daniellecraig.com
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Today, you’re going to hear from Suzanne Tucker. She’s the founder of Generation Mindful. Generation Mindful helps teach children - and even their parents - about emotional resilience. She’s put together fun and colorful charts and games - to make up the Time In toolkit and the Peacemakers game.
Suzanne talks about the long road she traveled to get to Generation Mindful. You’ll hear about what she learned from several miscarraiges. She talked about how she shifted her goals for her children and why it’s important to reframe "bad" or "wrong" behavior to seeing it as a challenge.
Plus, how you can shift time-outs from a shaming practice.
CONNECT WITH SUZANNE:
Check out Generation Mindful
More about the Time-In Toolkit here
More about the Peacemakers Game here
Get Suzanne's Free Positive Parenting Class here
Generation Mindful on Facebook
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Daniellecraig.com
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Danielle Craig talks to Phillip Mountrose, a holistic coach who focuses on helping people transform their lives.
Phillip runs the non-profit organization Awakenings Institute and has authored more than a dozen books and manuals on self-development. His most recent book, he wrote with his wife is called The Ultimate Paradigm Shift: A Guidebook for Creating the Life You Were Born to Live.
We talked about some of the tools Phillip teaches, including EFT tapping. In fact, he’ll talk you through how to do tapping and how he says it can actually help everything from fear and anxiety to back pain. We also talk about affirmations, dealing with stress and the one question to ask yourself to determine your purpose.
CONNECT WITH PHILLIP:
Website
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Daniellecraig.com
Here’s the thing about stress - it affects us SO badly when we don’t handle it correctly. There are billions of studies and tons of research on what can happen to us if we are too stressed.
BUT that is not what I want to focus on.
Why? Because stressing about our stress can be more dangerous than the original stress.
When it comes to stress - perception is reality. In this episode, Danielle talks about how to use stress to motivate you, instead of letting it get the best of you.
LINKS MENTIONED:
Research Shows Perception of Stress Impacts Health
Huffington Post: Are Fruiter Desserts a Healthier Chioce
104-Year-Old Woman Drinks 3 Dr. Peppers a Day
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Daniellecraig.com
Do you like to listen rather than read?
A couple times a month I'll publish a bonus episode of one of my blog posts at DanielleCraig.com
Today - How to Have It All - you know that impossible standard that has been defined for all of us women.
If you prefer to read, check out the post here.
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Daniellecraig.com
Tonya Farrens is a suicide survivor. About 2 1/2 years ago, her dad took his own life. Tonya and I talk about the emotions that came with that… and what it took to learn to cope and feel okay again.
Now, Tonya is doing something incredible to not only honor her dad, but to help people who are suffering. It’s called the Bringing Back Happy Experience. It's a big concert event with a goal of giving people a chance to feel some joy.
This is a really powerful conversation about suicide. I know listening to conversations like this can be hard - BUT I believe you’ll come out of this feeling a little more equipped to either support a friend in need or to get that support yourself.
National Suicide Crisis Number: 1-800-273-8255
CONNECT WITH TONYA:
Bringing Happy Back Experience
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Daniellecraig.com
Jacqueline Pirtle says happiness is her superpower. She's the author of 365 Days of Happiness and the founder of FreakyHealer.com. She has worked as a mindfulness-happiness coach and international speaker.
We talked about how you can choose happiness on a daily basis, why she decided to get into this work and her new book.
I'm giving away a copy of her book, 365 Days of Happiness on Instagram. Look for the giveaway here.
Buy the book here
CONNECTED WITH JACQUELINE:
Website, Freaky Healer
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Daniellecraig.com
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Have you heard of impermanence? It’s a big centerpiece of Buddhist teachings - nothing is permanent.
The idea is once you understand impermanence, you can decrease suffering.
There are two things we can do once we can really internalize and accept that nothing is permanent.
1 - When things are good, you can embrace them, love them and enjoy this part of your life.
2 - When things are NOT going as planned, when life is not good - you can understand, this will pass.
Danielle talks about working in news and how the signature of journalism is impermanence. She interviewed people constantly who had their whole lives changed. What she learned from them. And how you can move forward when things aren't going well.
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Daniellecraig.com
Have you heard of impermanence? It’s a big centerpiece of Buddhist teachings - nothing is permanent.
The idea is once you understand impermanence, you can decrease suffering.
There are two things we can do once we can really internalize and accept that nothing is permanent.
1 - When things are good, you can embrace them, love them and enjoy this part of your life.
2 - When things are NOT going as planned, when life is not good - you can understand, this will pass.
Danielle talks about working in news and how the signature of journalism is impermanence. She interviewed people constantly who had their whole lives changed. What she learned from them. And how you can move forward when things aren't going well.
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Daniellecraig.com
Today you’ll meet Lex Gillette. Lex is a four-time silver medalist in the Paralympics for the long jump. What makes his feat especially incredible, is that he’s blind. He is the current world record holder in the long jump and the only totally blind athlete to ever eclipse the 22-foot barrier in the long jump.
He was just 8 years old when he lost his sight.
He's a motivational speaker. His story has been featured on Sports Illustrated, USA Today, The New York Times and many more.
We talk about what it was like to suddenly not be able to see, how he has been able to be so successful in a visual world, what it’s like to walk out for the Paralympic games. And of course, something we can all take into our own lives - how you don’t have to have sight to have a vision. Why it’s important to follow your own vision and so much more.
CONNECT WITH LEX:
Youtube
Lex Gillette Website
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Daniellecraig.com
The "Baseball Gypsy," Korrin Torres, started out working in TV and eventually made it to Fox Sports. But she left it all behind to support her husband, Nick Torres living the minor league and now independent baseball life. Since then she’s created “The Baseball Gypsy.”
In this episode, you’ll hear what it’s like to chase the dream of Major League Baseball. We also talk about how Korrin chose to leave her TV job to support her husband, how she deals with negative comments on her social media accounts and how you can find happiness EVEN when your life doesn’t look how you want it to.
CONNECT WITH KORRIN:
The Baseball Gypsy
Youtube
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Daniellecraig.com
I’m really excited to talk about control - or more accurately, the LACK OF CONTROL we have in this life.
When we surrender, we let go. But it’s not as easy as just saying “oh you have to let go of control.”
You’re not “letting go” of the pain, anxiety, fear or anything else. But you are letting go of the idea that you have control over the situation.
We'll talk more about surrender and two questions you can ask yourself to determine whether you can control the situation you're in.
Check out The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It.
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Chris Norton was living the dream. He was a college football player right out of high school. All that changed when he he mistimed a tackle. In a moment he could not move. He was paralyzed from the neck down.
You’ve likely seen Chris’ story recently as he’s gone viral and been featured with his new wife, Emily, on People Magazine, Good Morning Ameirca, CBS Sports, CNN and much more.
In the viral video - you see Chris, who was given a 3% chance of ever moving below the neck, walk down the aisle at his wedding.
About halfway through this interview you’ll also hear from his wife, Emily, who was integral in making that happened.
Watch the viral video - when Chris walks down the aisle with Emily
Check out Chris' website here.
Check out Chris' foundation and opportunity to donate here.
MORE WAYS TO CONNECT WITH CHRIS:
Watch: 7 Yards Documentary
Read: The Power of Faith When Tragedy Strikes: A Father-Son Memoir
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Daniellecraig.com
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Today Danielle Craig is talking to Artesha Downing-Spencer. Artesia lost her son when she was seven months pregnant. As you can imagine, it sent her to a dark place.
Through this unimaginable experience, she was able to find perspective and purpose. She started Peyton's Purpose, named for the son she lost. Through the organization she sends out care packages to women suffering pregnancy loss. These packages have gone all over the world.. as far as South Africa and New Zealand. She’s also been on “The Real” to talk about her non-profit.
In this episode, Artesha talks about what it was like to lose a child, finding purpose in his life and founding Peyton’s Purpose. Plus, there is a beautiful rainbow at this point in her story, the adoption of her second son, Mason.
CHECK OUT PEYTON'S PURPOSE:
on Facebook
Online
Donate to Peyton's Purpose HERE (monetary or in-kind)
Request a Care Package through Peyton's Purpose
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Daniellecraig.com
Always Within; Grieving the Loss of Your Infant
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In this episode, Danielle Craig talks about four ways to spring clean the soul.
SOUL - Simplify, Own Your Life, YOU and Love
Learn valuable information about what to cut out of your life, how to take responsibility for your own life, focusing on you and adding connections into your life.
"Our lives are so busy we assume we’re being productive, but the movement alone isn’t a recipe for success — or a happier life."
The Success Principles(TM) By Jack Canfield
How Connection Impacts Your Life
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Today's guest is Matt Kozar. Matt is a former journalist and Emmy-award winner who worked all across the country, including New York City.
In 2010, Matt’s brother was killed in a drunk driving crash when a man with a blood alcohol level far exceeding the legal limit… ran into him and a friend.
Matt has released his debut novel, "Angels on the Bridge." It's a fictional book, inspired by his brother's story. In it, he tells the story of a fictional character killed in a drunk driving crash. In this story, the main character is then asked to be a guardian angel or spirit guide for the man who killed him. This story is one of forgiveness, inspiration and the soul’s journey.
I talked to Matt about his brother’s death, “Angels on the Bridge," and the parallels between the two.
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Have you ever felt like parenting your highly-emotional kids is impossible? Yeah, me too.
That's why I'm so excited for you to hear from Hunter Clarke-Fields. She calls herself a Mindful Mama Mentor. She coaches over-stressed parents on mindfulness.
She's been featured on the The Huffington Post, Tiny Buddha, Zen Parenting Radio and more. She’s the creator of the Mindful Parenting course and host of the Mindful Mama Podcast.
Hear about changing generational patterns, self-love and exercising mindfulness in parenting.
FREE COURSE: 5 Simple Things You Can do to be Less Irritable with your Child
Mindful Mama Podcast
CONNECT WITH HUNTER:
Mindful Mama Website
Hunter Clarke-Fields on FACEBOOK
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Daniellecraig.com
When you're stuck in the merry-go-round of life it is really easy to focus on the daily grind and not get a chance to breathe. Insert the overwhelm and burnout.
I used to be a live-for-Friday kind of person. On the newscasts I anchored I would say “Good morning - its Wednesday, halfway to Friday. It’s Thursday - you know, Friday-eve.”
But then when I got to Friday and the weekend - I would catch up on all the things I had been putting off during the insane previous five days.
Danielle talks about five ways to break the cycle of overwhelm and to add more joy into your everyday life.
How do you fight burnout? Take part in the conversation here.
ARTICLES SITED:
Overworked Americans
TO CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Daniellecraig.com
Today’s episode is for the woman who has ever felt like she’s not enough. The woman who has that self-doubt who says ‘you can’t’ more than ‘you can.’
I am so excited to introduce you to Lindsay McPhail. She's the recipient of a beautiful home from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Hear how Lindsay knew something had to change, what she did, how to find a deeper love for yourself and for others and how she adopted “Fearless” as a rallying cry.
She is the author of several books - including The Fearless Experiment.
CONNECT WITH LINDSAY:
On Facebook
TO CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Daniellecraig.com
There is so much irony in 21st century with connection and communication. We are connected to more people than ever, yet our connections are not real and intentional. We are not connecting how we used to - in a meaningful way.
In this episode, Danielle talks about the importance of connecting and how to connect.
On Facebook, many people said a fear of judgement keeps them from connecting with others. Danielle explains how she got over her own fear (yes! She used to be afraid of talking to other people before becoming a news anchor/reporter).
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:
Gretchin Rubin's Happiness Blog
Teen Depression & Suicide Linked to Phone Use
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Danielle Craig is talking to Jennifer Borget. She is the brain behind Cherish365.com. When she first started blogging she was the Baby Making Machine.
You’ve seen Jennifer on Huffington Post, Baby Center, the Today Show and much much more. And just this week she interviewed OPRAH! I’ll link her blog because she’s promising to write all about it.
We talk about being a successful blogger, but also maintaining individuality in motherhood. Jennifer talks about being in the middle of what is causing a lot of contention in our country. She is a black woman, married to a white police officer. Hear how she's learning compassion in contention.
CONNECT WITH JENNIFER:
Cherish365
Jennifer on Facebook
Jennifer on Instagram
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Daniellecraig.com
I think many of us are acting without intention every single day, several times a day as we answer questions and make decisions.
Many years ago, Oprah said people are not living on purpose. She said the principle of intention rules her life.
In this episode, Danielle Craig talks about what intention is and why we are not acting with intention in this 21st century world. That includes the ways social media and being busy is making it harder to live with intention.
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The status symbol of being busy
Facebook addiction
2005 The Oprah Winfrey Show with Dave Ramsey
Six Tips to Living with Intent with Mallika Chopra
Episode 13: The Year of You
CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
Daniellecraig.com
In 2010, Rachelle Friedman Chapman broke her neck in a freak accident on the night of her bachelorette party. The media nicknamed her "The Paralyzed Bride."
She talks with Danielle Craig about the moment she was pushed into a pool by one of her bridesmaids, how quickly she realized something was wrong, how her fiancé stood by her and the challenges she’s faced since.
Rachelle has been featured on the Today Show, People magaizine, ABC News, USA Today and many more media outlets… TLC also documented her life as a new mother last year. She wrote about her experience in the book "The Promise."
Hear about how to stay positive, but to give yourself some slack when you’re stuck in something negative. Plus, how her love lasted this tragic accident.
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The Promise: A Tragic Accident, a Paralyzed Bride, and the Power of Love, Loyalty and Friendship
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Your host, Danielle Craig talks about the keys to a happy relationship. Her relationship has had highs and lows, but the turning point was when she thought she was going to lose her husband.
She talks about what she learned in the moments her husband's heart stopped, but also about research on what can make a happier marriage.
"A relationship isn't 50-50, it's two people giving 100%." - Danielle Craig
RESEARCH REFERENCED:
Kindness is the Key to Marital Happiness
Making a 'Bid' or Attempt for Connection
Fighting About Nothing
50 Years of Research Determine 4 Secrets to Happy Relationships
CONFLICT DOES NOT INCLUDE ABUSE.
RESOURCES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS:
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Domestic Violence Resources by State
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE KEY TO MARITAL HAPPINESS? CONNECT WITH DANIELLE TO LET HER KNOW:
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Good health is a big part of happiness. Today Danielle Craig talks to Dr. Thaddeus Gala about reducing inflammation and chronic disease.
Dr. Gala is the Medical Director of Complete Care in Southern Oregon. He’s a licensed chiropractor who says he’s been freeing people from pain since 2005.
He performs health lectures on nutrition, weight loss and diabetic management. He’s written a number of books including "The Secret to Defy Disease & Decay” and the “Anti-Inflammatory Shake Guide.”
We talk about so much in this podcast - including the importance of taking care of your diet and listening to the warning signs our bodies give us.
Dr. Gala's Website
Dr. Gala's Facebook Page
The Sleep Doctor
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Happiness in Progress host, Danielle Craig, talks about making an effort to live in the present.
She'll talk about some of the things that hold us back from enjoying TODAY and some of the tools you can use to start this practice - including something you can do right now that will really make a difference.
Shawn Achor TEDx Talk
Woman Writes Powerful Note at End of Her Life, Holly Butcher's Facebook page
Article About Smartphone Concerns: Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can't you put it down?!?
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In our over-obligated, more is better, multi-tasking 21st century world - we are doing less and less for ourselves.
Our to-do lists are packed full and we are checking everything off, but we are not taking care of the person responsible for those to-dos - THAT'S YOU.
Today, Danielle Craig is talking about why it's so important to give yourself time and peace to connect with yourself.
Learn about getting in alignment, how to stop seeking outward approval and how to re-write the negative stories you're using to define yourself.
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BOOKS MENTIONED:
You are a Badass by Jen Sincero
Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
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Daniellecraig.com
It is so easy to focus on gratitude when things are going well - of course there's a lot to be thankful for. But what about when things are not going as according to plan?
Kristen Hewitt, sports reporter & lifestyle blogger, takes us inside her journey to be grateful even as she fought to bring her two girls to this world. While she's not perfect at it, Kristen has many ideas to stay on a path focused on gratitude.
In this episode, Danielle and Kristen talk about Kristen's struggle with infertility and how she overcame a fear of needles to do IVF.
They talk about healing, being happy with where you are now and being who you want to be.
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Visit KristenHewitt.me
Connect on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter
Check out Kristen's podcast, Cold Coffee
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Daniellecraig.com
For years, Danielle has been living in a state of chaos - just one more to-do from sinking as she was treading water.
For many years, she has juggled being a working mom with a schedule that keeps her awake from 2 a.m. - 9 p.m. Throughout the day she hasn't had a time to stop and breathe.
She race to work where she would face deadline after deadline. Then she'd head home to face a never-ending list of responsibilities.
It felt chaotic - until Danielle discovered meditation. Danielle believes mediation is for ANYONE. You don't need to prescribe to a specific religion, be spiritual or any other thing you think it requires. You just need to be a human being in need of mental break.
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Manny Munoz is childhood cancer survivor who started a non-profit called Gamerosity. It’s a crowd-funding platform that gives out what it calls hero packages to heroes, kids stuck in the hospital fighting cancer nationwide.
The name of his non-profit is fitting because Manny is possibly the most generous human being I have ever met. He lives SO authentically and by phrases like “Love recklessly” and “hustle kindness.”
GAMEROSITY
Connect with Manny on Facebook
Check out Manny's blog, Love Recklessly
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What if you woke up tomorrow, with only the things you were grateful for yesterday?
November may be over, but gratitude is something that can change your life year-round. Today, Dnaielle Craig is talking about how gratitude can help you mentally and physically.
READ MORE:
Study on heart benefits
FUTURE EPISODES:
Gamerosity
Kristen Hewitt
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Today Danielle Craig will sit down with Lu Crenshaw & Shantell Dayton. They're the creators of Camp 17, a 6-week training program in Southern Oregon. The goal of the program is to connect your mind, body and soul.
The two have a combined 30 years of coaching and mentoring women in fitness and martial arts. Through Camp 17, women take part in fitness, learn teamwork and get in touch with their souls.
Lu said, "We punish ourselves because we don’t like ourselves. We try to weigh less because we think we’ll be happier." Shantell said, "If you’ve never practiced the struggle. When you go to life you don’t know what to do when the struggle presents itself." LEARN MORE ABOUT CAMP 17 HERE Connect with Camp 17 on Facebook CONNECT WITH DANIELLE:
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Perspective is SUCH a powerful thing. When we can understand we are not the sun and the world is not revolving around us - it allows us to look outside of ourselves and our story. When we understand our scenario is not the worst, we are given strength to overcome.
Perspective can empower you with gratitude.
Danielle Craig will tell you about some incredible people who have inspired her to keep perspective in mind.
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In this episode, you'll meet a man who has found joy regardless of the circumstances.
Brandon Anderson is a firefighter with the Fishers Fire Department in Indiana.
More than just the strength and courage it takes to be a firefighter - Brandon has been up against the impossible. He lost a leg in a motorcycle crash in the summer of 2016.
Just a year later, he is back on the force - now with a prosthetic.
He is the first ever above-the-knee amputee to be at full duty as a firefighter.
In this episode, you’ll hear about the crash, the decision to amputate his leg and how he was able to get back to full duty as a firefighter. He has some great advice for looking forward and how to stop asking "WHY ME!?" and start taking control of your life.
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In this episode, Danielle Craig talks about the idea that joy or happiness isn’t an end state. She compares it to the marathon she just completed. In life, there isn't a finish line of happiness. There isn't a time where you finish a line and yelp "I'm done! I'm happy now."
Joy is something we strive for each day.
The trick is to find joy in the good, the bad, the ugly and even the heartbreaking.
Danielle gives you some tips for doing that - including the unbelievable things studies say a smile can do.
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Today Danielle Craig sits down with longtime friend and writer, Kim Christenson.
Kim is currently working on her first novel. She has a background in news radio, book blurb writing, PR and associate editing Utah Valley magaine. You can also find her on Talk Wordy to Me at talkingwordy.com. She writes about her favorite books, parenting and mindfulness.
Danielle asks Kim about leaving a career to pursue writing a novel. Plus, they talk about infertility, deciding on how many kids to have and how to be okay during the tough parts of relationships.
Connect with Kim Christenson:
Instagram
TalkingWordy.com
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Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
DanielleCraig.com
'Comparison is not fair because we are comparing a situation we know EVERYTHING about… to one we know only a FRACTION about.' - Danielle Craig
In this episode, Danielle Craig, talks about the problems with comparison and how you can use it to benefit yourself, instead of let it bring you down.
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In this episode, you're going to hear from Alissa Parker. She's a Mom to three girls. When her oldest daughter, Emilie was just 6 years old -- she lost her life. Emilie was one of the first graders at Sandy Hook Elementary who was shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in a classroom.
After her daughter was killed, Alissa co-founded two non-profits Safe and Sound Schools and The Emilie Parker Art Connection.
Alissa has also written a book about her beautiful daughter and how Alissa has found healing and hope. It's called An Unseen Angel: A Mother's Story of Faith, Hope and Healing aftter Sandy Hook.
You will learn so much from Alissa including how she took back control when so much of her control was taken, the anxiety she has dealt with in sending her other daughters to school and what she means when she says she's forgiven the shooter.
For more from Alissa Parker:
Safe and Sound Schools
The Emilie Parker Art Connection
An Unseen Angel: A Mother's Story of Faith, Hope and Healing after Sandy Hook
The Parker 5
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DanielleCraig.com
“If you are depressed, you live in the past. If you are anxious, you live in the future, if you are at peace, you live in the present.”
In episode one, Danielle Craig, talks about the driving force behind this podcast. You'll learn about the moment she was forced to live in the present - when her husband's heart stopped.
What kept her from living in the present? Unmet expectations.
Many of us come up with a picture of how our life will look.
Maybe you plan to have kids… but you can’t.
Maybe you had kids… but they’re not well-behaved, they got sick or they became adults and rejected everything you taught them.
Maybe your plan includes a marriage… but it falls apart.
Maybe your plan includes making at least six figures... but you haven’t had your big break.
We're talking about how you can get out from under unmet expectations and why they can steal your joy (even when you have so much to be grateful for!).
Be sure to connect with Danielle on social media to share what's on your heart - what unmet expectations hold you back from living a happier life?
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