Hacking Happy with Penny Locaso: Recent Episodes
Penny Locaso
Welcome to the Hacking Happy podcast.
I'm your host Penny Locaso. I’m the world’s first happiness hacker and I’m on a bold mission to teach 10 million humans how to realise happiness on their terms by 2025.
This podcast is designed to arm you with tools and experiments that enable you to define happiness on your terms and inject more of it into each day.
So, if you’re ready to ignite your self-belief and inject more of what makes you feel good into each day let’s get started!
In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast, we continue to explore the concept of freedom in how we work and live. I'm sharing the next two steps for you to take in order unlock and live freedom on your terms. I've also invited my beautiful friend and client Lauren Adlam along to share her freedom founder story with you. Lauren is a mum of four, Gen Alpha advocate and the founder of Zown. Zown is a safe space for, tweens and teens to hang out and feel empowered through positive information and skill development.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this weeks episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!
In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast, we continue exploring freedom in how we work and live.
I'm sharing the next three steps for you to take in order to unlock and live freedom on your terms. I've also invited my beautiful friend and client Dani Zetzer along to share her freedom founder story with you.
Dani is the only divorce lawyer I've heard of running a firm that celebrates settlements over billable hours, and she's on a quest to help women struggling with the uncertainty of breakups regain their power and know that it will be okay.
Links & Resources
- Register for the Freedom Blueprint Masterclass here
- Follow Dani on Socials here
- Find out more about Dani here
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Far too often, female founders are sold a linear path to freedom that does not exist. Instagram would have you believe that business growth is like a hockey stick rather than the reality that it’s more like a roller coaster.
This leaves many purpose-led female founders wondering:
- What’s wrong with me?
- Why can’t I create the business and freedom I long for when it looks like everyone else can?
No one’s talking about or teaching female founders how to ride the reality of the rollercoaster. No one shows you how to set up the foundations to create freedom in your business and life in an integrated and realistic way.
It’s for all of these reasons that I’ve created Steps to Freedom, my brand-new campaign.
In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast, I want to explore the concept of freedom, what it means to you and how Steps to Freedom can help you make it happen without the BS.
Links & Resources
- Freedom Blueprint Masterclass - Register HERE
- Book a Breakthrough call with me here
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Ever wanted to become an expert?
Ever considered the fact that every expert was once a beginner?
I’m constantly asked how I became an expert in my field.
What clients and prospective clients really want to know is what credentials they should pursue in order to progress the purpose led work they seek to do and the impact they seek to have.
I decided I’d answer this question in this week's podcast because credentials for impact, growth and income is a pretty fascinating topic, not to mention a helpful one.
In this episode, we’ll explore…
- What credentials are
- Why they matter more than ever
- How to decide which ones are right for you
- And why credentials alone are not enough
Links & Resources
- Download 100 No's here
- Book a Breakthrough call with me here
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How to make more money.
They call her the money rainmaker. She's the go-to guru for purpose-led small business women wanting to scale their impact and revenue. Meet Fi Johnston, the founder of Peach.
In this week's episode, we explore women's money secrets and why not sharing, exploring, and challenging them is holding us back from realising our potential, our impact, and the freedom so many of us long for.
Links & Resources
- Find out more about Fi Johnstone and watch her beautiful documentary here
- Book a Breakthrough call with me here
- Register here for the How To Secure Corporate Clients Masterclass
- Grab your copy of The Artists Way here
- Download 100 No's here
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The neuroscience of motherhood.
Have you ever suffered from a baby's brain or questioned how your brain has changed since becoming a mother?
If the answer is yes, it’s time to meet Dr Sarah McKay.
Sarah is a globally acclaimed neuroscientist and the author of The Women's Brain Book—The Neuroscience of Health, Hormones and Happiness, and Baby Brain—the surprising neuroscience of how pregnancy and motherhood sculpt our brains and change our minds (for the better).
In this thought-provoking conversation, Sarah shifts the deficit perspective we so often hear about how women’s brains turn to mush after giving birth to how our brains actually become meaner, leaner and more efficient.
Links & Recourse
- Find out more about Dr Sarah McKay here
- Connect with Dr Sarah Mackay on Instagram here
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This month, I’m celebrating nine years in my own business.
Nine years as a Lifestylepreneur, and I want to celebrate this moment with you because far too often, I see purpose-led women in business losing heart and motivation because they’re focusing on all the things that aren’t working rather than acknowledging the progress they’ve made.
This week’s episode of the Hacking Happy podcast is Part 2 in the Lessons of a Lifestylpreneur series, a reflective podcast series designed to empower you to acknowledge the progress you're making when doing hard things so that you can stay the course. The win is in the long and consistent game, so I’ve learned.
Links & Resources
- Book a Breakthrough call with me here
- Register here for the How To Secure Corporate Clients Masterclass
- Grab your copy of The Artists Way here
- Check out the One Roof community hereand
- The Launchpad community here
- Grab a copy of Profit First here
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This month, I’m celebrating nine years in my own business. 9 years as a Lifestylepreneur, and I want to celebrate this moment with you because far too often, I see purpose-led women in business losing heart and motivation because they’re focusing on all the things that aren’t working rather than acknowledging the progress they’ve made and what has worked.
This podcast reflects the lessons I’ve learned over the last nine years as a Lifestylepreneur. I want to share with you the power of acknowledging progress when you’re playing a long game and hopefully inspire you to create your own reflective practice to help you stay the course when doing hard things.
I also want to share the truth of running your own business in a world of BS gurus selling how they made six figures in 5 minutes and how you can do the same.
Links & Resources
- Book a Breakthrough call with me here
- Register here for the How To Secure Corporate Clients Masterclass
- Grab your copy of The Artists Way here
- Download 100 No's here
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Have you ever considered how much real estate in your brain is consumed by the attachments you hold? Attachment is our way of trying to control uncertainty which let’s face it is impossible in a world where uncertainty is the only certainty.
Attachment gives away our power, our energy and our precious present time to overthinking.
That’s why in this week’s episode I’m sharing a powerful experiment I tested on myself and with my community in The Present Woman Challenge to help you reclaim your power by creating awareness of how much of it you are giving away to attachments shaped by the hurt of the past or the fear of the future.
Come journey with me on what is a vulnerable and profound insight into how our attachments shape our stories and our lives.
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Resources
Book a Breakthrough call with me here
Download the How To Find The Right Coach Tool For You Tool here
In this episode, we explore the power of feeling to heal. I share the concept of compassionate inquiry and how this trauma therapy approach provides a means to start to reconnect with your ability to feel whole again.
We expose how suppressing feelings can have long-term negative effects on our health and happiness, and I share a practical process to help you cultivate a feeling practice for healing.
Key takeaways from this episode:
- Allowing oneself to feel is a powerful way to heal and gain insight into emotions and experiences.
- Compassionate inquiry is a therapeutic approach that helps reveal unconscious dynamics and liberate oneself from self-generated suffering.
- Suppressing feelings can have long-term negative effects on health and happiness, and it is important to cultivate a practice of feeling and processing emotions.
- Practical practices for cultivating a feeling to heal include paying attention to tension in the body, dropping into the body, welcoming and exploring feelings, and integrating the experience through writing.
Links & Resources
- Book a Breakthrough call with me here
- Find out more about Gabor Mate's profound work on trauma here
- Learn more about the trauma program I am on Compassionate Inquiry here
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Have you ever felt like you're constantly battling against invisible forces in your life, your work or your business? Wrestling with emotions, you can't quite explain and behaviours that seem out of your control?
If the answer is hell yes, this week's podcast on trauma was made for you.
I'm going to share how...
- Trauma isn't just about what happens to you but how it reshapes our inner world.
- Avoiding trauma processing can lead to disconnection from ourselves and hinder our path to fulfilment and our potential.
- Understanding trauma is pivotal for fostering self-compassion and empathy towards ourselves and others.
Together, we'll explore...
- Insights into the invisible forces shaping your life and relationships.
- Simple yet powerful methods to reconnect with your body and start the journey towards healing.
- The transformative potential of embodiment and self-awareness in reclaiming your wholeness and stepping into your power.
Join me as we learn how to listen to our body's whispers to heal.Links & Resources
- Read The Body Keeps The Score
- Find out more about Gabor Mate's profound work on trauma here
- Learn more about the trauma program I am on Compassionate Inquiry here
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Train your brain for calm.
How would the decisions you make in the everyday shift if you didn't let your brain dominate and instead gave equal voice to your heart and gut?
What if, the impact you seek, was not found in the speed at which you do things but in the intentionality of your actions?
If you find yourself longing to inject more clarity, calm and meaning into your life but struggle to practice presence this podcast is for you.
In this episode, I speak to Divya Darling a Neuroscientist and Transcendental Brain Trainer.
We explore the power of presence and how to inject more of it into your life in simple and practical ways.
Links & Resources
- Find Out More About Divya's Work
- Join The Present Woman Challenge
- Download the Infinity Loop Presence tool here
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A lived experience of burnout.
Imagine working 80-hour weeks consistently for years because you love your corporate job. Imagine then waking up one day and your body literally shutting down to the point where you are incapable of speaking or functioning without full-time care.
This was the reality for Jess Conner.
In this week's podcast episode. Jess bravely shares her journey into and out of burnout in the spirit of helping others listen to their bodies' warning signals before it's too late.
Jess's story is nothing short of inspirational and provides a catalyst to create the space to breathe again in the day before you.
Links & Resources
- Connect with Jessica on Instagram
- Join The Present Woman Challenge
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Downsize your mental load.
Mental Load: The level of thinking, planning and anticipating that you do to keep chaos at bay in your life...ouch! I know this is a conversation we needed to have.In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I've invited Mia Northrop, an expert in practical ways to downsize your mental load and co-founder of Life Admin Hacks.
Together we explore what mental load is, where it comes from, why you need to understand yours and how to downsize it in practical ways so that you can create the space to be more present in 2024.
Links & Resources
- Connect with Mia on LinkedIn
- Check out the Life Admin Website
- Join The Present Woman Challenge
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Choose presence in 2024
Are you suffering from Wonder Woman syndrome you feel like you’re never present in life because you’re so busy constantly making to-do lists in your head around all the things you "should" be doing that you’re not doing in the moment you're in.
Do you long to be a more Present Woman but don’t know where to start and you've struggled to take action on your own?
If you're ready to transform your tomorrow by embracing today this podcast is for you.
Links & Resouces
- Join The Present Woman Challenge here.
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A new year can often feel like a beautiful blank canvas of possibility for you to paint upon. A canvas where vision, intention and action collide, sparking a meaningful shift toward that which ignites a fire in your soul. As I write these words, I feel goosebumps at the infinite possibilities and the learning that I know will come with trying, even when it doesn’t work out as planned.I also ground myself in the reality that in the age of information overload and coaching gurus selling you the world, making a meaningful shift toward living a life that feels purposeful, present and spacious enough to have a meaningful impact can feel complicated.For all of these reasons, the first podcast for the year is dedicated to helping you invest in the support you need to realise your dreams in 2024 with intention and due diligence. I want to ensure that when you invest in yourself, you get what you pay for and make some serious progress.
Links & Resources
- Download the FREE 'How to find the right coach for you' tool here.
- Book a FREE Breakthrough Call here, and let's explore how I can support your plans for 2024.
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Create the space to recharge.This podcast is a sign.A sign to not keep filling an already full day.A sign to not spend the festive season doing even more self-development and planning for all your success in 2024.In this moment right here right now I want to instead invite you to give yourself permission to rest and reflect.Give yourself space.
Mental space, physical space to recharge, to be and to celebrate you and all that you have been this year. For without space, there can be no change. Together let's explore the what, why and how of rest and reflection. Not as a panacea to all your problems but as a practice to move into a fresh new year feeling more connected to yourself and to what matters to you.
Links & Resources
- Download the FREE Reflection tool Love, Long, Loathe, Let Go, Lean In
- Follow Jeff Foster
- Read more on the seven types of rest you need
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Meet Amanda and Kylie inspiring alumni from my Balance Collective group coaching program.
In this conversation we reunite after 6 months to explore the how our relationship with work life balance has changed over the years, how our coming of age has created a drive to consider the legacy we want to leave and the concept of ebb, flow and flood as an approach to feeling more grounded and aligned in life.
Links & Resources
- Sign up to receive Letters From Balance here
- Register for the next cohort of the Balance Collective here
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What if writing a Letter To Balance could change your life and the way you define work-life balance?
What if it gave you permission to gift yourself greater self-compassion and in the process unlocked more presence, connection and harmony in each day?
In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I'm joined by comedy duo Shanelle Franklin and Tamara Linke from the renowned The Beautiful Nightmare Podcast. A podcast for when you're flying by the seat of your pants. We go deep into unpacking what these rock stars would say if they could write a Letter To Balance, how their relationship with balance has evolved based on their stage of life and the role of comedy in finding balance.
Links & Resources
- Listen to The Beautiful Nightmare podcast here
- Find The Beautiful Nightmare podcast on Instagram
- Write your own Letter To Balance and go into the draw to WIN a free spot on the Balance Collective group coaching program valued at $2697 here.
- Register for the next cohort of the Balance Collective here.
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If someone handed you a permission slip today to create the space for the work life balance you seek what would you do?
What if your striving to be “better”, a better woman, a better leader, a better mum, a better friend, was moving you further away from being you?
What if joy, meaningful connection and presence was not the reward for effort but the foundation for you showing up as the woman you were born to be?
Stop wondering what if and listen now to this mindset shifting conversation with renowned yoga teacher Francie La Flow as we unravel the dense layers of societal expectation to illuminate the magic of who we really are at our essence.
Resources & Links
- Find out more about Francie here
- Read the Artists Way here
- Sign up to receive Letters From Balance here
- Register for the next cohort of the Balance Collective here
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Have you met Balance yet?
Ok, so when I say that I’m guessing I sound a little crazy but I’m not. You see I spent many years of my life chasing work-life balance rather than listening to what my body and my mind were trying to tell me and in my corporate career it left me burnt out.
It felt like the harder I chased balance, the more elusive she became and the more disconnected I became from myself, from my true essence and the ones I loved.
When I let go of what society defined as balance and created the space to listen to what my body and mind needed for me to show up as the woman I wanted to be, I discovered something simple and life-changing.
Balance was not a destination; it was a way of being, and it is found in the micro-moments of recharge and rest that you choose to inject into each day. The more I invest in these sacred pockets of time, the more impact I have and the more I feel connected to the woman I want to be in the world.
I know I’m not alone when I say the pursuit of balance is burning us out. It’s for this exact reason that I want you to meet Balance on this week’s podcast. She has a message for you, and I know you’re going to want to hear it.
Links & Resources
- Sign up to receive Letters From Balance here
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Vulnerability allows us to breathe again. It creates the space to release, to put ourselves out there as who we really are, to try something new, and to take ownership of our growth. Yet, it feels so damn uncomfortable, which is why we avoid it. However, the avoidance of vulnerability often takes us further away from who we are.It's for all of these reasons that I want to dedicate this podcast to the power of vulnerability and provide you with an open invitation to consider what a date with vulnerability would look like for you in the service of your own growth.Enjoy!
Resources & Links
- Secure a Transformation Therapy Session Here
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Learning to trust your intuition.
If you're body is whispering to you, can you hear it?The busy pace of life has left many of us so in our heads checking off a never-ending to-do list that when our body calls to us for help we can't hear it.
Perhaps this is why so many women from 40+ feel like they're going crazy before uncovering that they are, in fact, Peri Menopausal.
We've become experts in ignoring our body's warning signals. It's for this exact reason that in this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast we speak to Natalie and Lisa from Own Your Health Collective.
Together we explore the myths of menopause, why your intuition is so critical to aging well and how to not feel so alone in your journey.
Links & Resources
- Own Your Health Co.
- OYHC on Instagram
- OYHC on LinkedIn
- Find out more about Menopause
- Register for a FREE Breakthrough Call
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The myth of normal is that we assume the conditions of society are healthy simply because we are used to them. - Dr Gabor MateThis is a quote that opens a can of worms when we dig deeper into what is going on with successful professional women at the moment, particularly the ones who are mothers.In this week's podcast, I want to explore the pervasive phenomenon that I call high-functioning burnt-out woman syndrome.
I want to shine a spotlight on what she looks from the outside looking in versus what’s really going on for her inside each and every day. I want to expose why it’s a problem not only for her but for us as a society, and I want to explore what we can do to intervene in a way that empowers her to make the shift that she longs for when she feels she doesn’t have the energy to do so.
Resources & Links
- Register for a FREE Breakthrough call here
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Mums in business
Are you a mum starting her own business or are you already running your own show?
Did you start your business because you wanted to create more time freedom, more balance in your life, and space to be more present with the ones you love? But have you found yourself working harder than ever and losing sight of why you started this journey in the first place?
If the answer is yes join me and Anna Jonak in an open conversation on the power of surrender in unlocking the balance you seek as a mum.
Anna Jonak is a mother of three with 9 years experience running her own business - The Elevatory. She supports eCommerce businesses to scale and she's amazing!
Resources & Links
- Connect with Anna
- Find out more about Anna work
- Register for the Balance Challenge
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In this podcast, we pick up where we left off in Podcast #103 and go deeper into dispelling the myths of balance.
I'll share with you the next 5 myths of balance as an invitation to reconsider your relationship with balance and how it impacts how you show up in life. Enjoy!
Links & Resources
- Register for the Balance Challenge here
- Holding Space for Unicorns
- Rose Tinted Law The Podcast
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The stage of life you're in impacts how you define and inject balance into your world.
In this podcast episode, I invite two working mums with young children to explore their journey into finding the elusive balance and how they've made peace with where they're at.
We talk about defining balance on your terms, the role of micro-moments in finding calm and groundedness in each day, why the word compassion should be your new best friend and letting go of comparisonitis.
If you're a working mumma longing for more harmony in life without the guilt of not being all things to all people. This episode is for you.
Links & Resources
- Connect with Alicia
- Connect with Rose
- Register for the Balance Challenge here
- Check out The Relaxed Woman
- Holding Space for Unicorns
- Rose Tinted Law The Podcast
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I spent many years of my life (up until I became an entrepreneur) chasing balance and a few years back discovered, that the harder I chased balance the more elusive it became.
This process has been further validated by the over 150 exhausted professional women I have interviewed (for my research) who have shared that flourishing in life for them is having balance. However, most of them cannot recall a time in their life where they felt balanced and if they did they couldn’t sustain it.
This is why I’m investing the new four weeks of my time dispelling the myths of balance to help you shift the lens through which you look at balance and redefine it in a way that unlocks more harmony in your days.
This first podcast focuses on dispelling the Top 5 myths of balance as an invitation to reconsider your relationship with balance and how it impacts how you show up in life.
Links & Resources
- Register for the Balance Challenge here
- Holding Space for Unicorns
- Rose Tinted Law The Podcast
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Do you have Mumbition? What is it you ask?
It's the intersection of wanting to be the mum you long to be whilst realising the dreams that you have in order to be the role model you want to be for your kids.
For many mums, Mumbition manifests in starting their own purpose-led business and inviting in the flexibility and the freedom that it allows to show up as the mum you want to be.
In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast, we chat with serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Mums & Co Carrie Kwan. Together we explore why mums start businesses, the most common challenges they face and some simple ways to overcome them in order to realise your mumbition.
Links & Resources
- Connect with Carrie on Instagram
- Connect with Carrie on LinkedIn
- Mums and Co Website
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How many times have you set ambitious goals for change, only to find yourself slipping back into old habits the very next day?
Don't worry; you're not alone! It's why I invited Sports Scientist, and human behaviour expert Craig Harper onto the Hacking Happy podcast this week. Together we delve deep into the heart of transformation and unravel the secrets to making lasting changes in your life.
Join us as Craig sheds light on the crucial role of self-awareness and just showing up when it comes to self-growth.
Links & Resources
- Find out more about Craig here
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Welcome to 100 episodes of the Hacking Happy Podcast. I'm so excited to celebrate with you and share what I've learnt from this experience.
In this week's episode, we explore the gift of podcasting, my favourite episodes, how this journey has inspired others to create their podcasts and a little gift for those of you wanting to start your own podcast and not sure where to start.
Links & Resources
- Download my podcast cheatsheet here
- Take a listen to my client podcasts Holding Space for Unicorns
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Mums in business.
Have you ever felt like a misfit and wondered why it is that you feel you don't quite belong?
What if owning your inner misfit in how you approach business and life was the secret ingredient to creating success on your terms?
In this week's podcast breath of fresh air Kate Toon steps behind the mic to share her unconventional journey into becoming an award-winning business mentor and digital marketing coach.
We also discuss her latest book Six Figures in School Hours: How to run a successful business and still be a good parent.
If you're a mother seeking to run a business whilst showing up as the parent you want to be this episode was made for you.
Links and Resources
- Find out more about Kate
- Or connect with her on Instagram
- Ready to act on the signals life is sending you? Book a Clarity Call today and find out how I can help.
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What would happen if you started noticing and listening to the signals life sent you? How might you change your life to create more freedom, harmony and space to be the role model you long to be for your kids?
After two redundancies in a year, Leah Selfe decided to stop letting her career be dictated by someone else and stepped into who she wanted to be. In just three years, she's created a thriving online business as The Productivity Queen.
She’s passionate about creating the lifestyle she deserves and being a role model to her 13-year-old son, which means building a sustainable business that encourages that lifestyle – and that’s what she now does for others.
In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, Leah shares her journey in all its rawness in the hope that it might inspire you to stop longing and instead start stepping into the life you long for NOW.
Inject this fresh dose of inspiration and transformation into your ears today!
Links and Resources
- Find out more about Leah and her work HERE
- Ready to act on the signals life is sending you? Book a Clarity Call today and find out how I can help.
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Do you find yourself longing to be more present in the moments that matter? Have you ever considered that perhaps the voices in your head hold the secret to freeing yourself from the noise and finding more freedom in life.
Join The Voices of Method Founder Tali Brash and me as we go deep into how connecting with the voices within can empower you to start living more in alignment with the life you long for.
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Connect with Tali
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If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey, check out The Calm Collective group coaching program HERE
- If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life, join me on my upcoming reTREAT HERE
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Welcome to part three of the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman."
In this episode, I bring in 2 angry mums and friends Carly Smith & Nikki May to share their perspectives on their anger.
We talk about how it shows up in the every day, why we don't talk about it enough, how it presents physically in our bodies and how we process our anger from a place of understanding and self-compassion.
Join us as we put the taboo on the table and give voice to angry mums who need to feel heard.
Resources & Links
- Connect with Nikki
- Connect with Carly
- If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey check out The Calm Collective group coaching program HERE
- If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT HERE
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References
- Eatough, V., Smith, J. A., & Shaw, R. (2008). Women, Anger, and Aggression: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(12), 1767–1799. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260508314932 Thomas, S. P. (2005).
- Women’s Anger, Aggression, and Violence. Health Care for Women International, 26(6), 504–522. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330590962636
Understanding your anger
Welcome to part two of the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman." In this episode, we'll delve into what the science has to say about angry women. Where does anger show up for most of us, what drives it and what are some helpful ways to process it.
Join me on a journey of self-discovery when it comes to my own anger. My intention is to normalise the feeling of anger, diminish the shame associated with it and give women like you permission to understand and process the emotion constructively and from a place of love.
Links & Resources
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If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey check out The Calm Collective group coaching program HERE
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If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT HERE
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References
- Eatough, V., Smith, J. A., & Shaw, R. (2008). Women, Anger, and Aggression: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(12), 1767–1799. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260508314932
- Thomas, S. P. (2005). Women’s Anger, Aggression, and Violence. Health Care for Women International, 26(6), 504–522. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330590962636
Understanding your anger - Welcome to the taboo topic of "The Angry Woman."
Not really what you're expecting from a happiness hacker right? Well it's with good reason that I open the door to this important conversation.
In this podcast series, we'll explore how anger shows up in the every day and why you're not the only angry woman in the world.
Together, through honest conversation and science, we'll look to understand our anger, normalise the feeling as a valid emotion and provide practical insights for processing it constructively (rather than destructively).
Join me on this journey of self-discovery and unlocking greater happiness and stay tuned for the next episode on the science of the angry woman!
Links and Resources
- If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey check out The Calm Collective group coaching program HERE
- If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT HERE
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Your voice should be heard.
I’ve started to notice a trend... so many coaching clients come to me to find and share their voice into the world for impact.
How that manifests is unique to every client it might mean starting a podcast, speaking on stage, starting a business or stepping into that leadership position you deserve to own.
Now what I find interesting is that the reason these women often struggle to find their voice and speak their truth is fear.
Fear of judgement and what others will think.
This podcast is about stepping into vulnerability and owning your voice and in the process your truth and your potential.
Resources & Links
- If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey check out The Calm Collective group coaching program HERE
- If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT HERE
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A safe space for exhausted women.
An impromptu podcast to address the growing need to support exhausted high-performing women who don't know where to go with how they feel.
In this podcast I want to share with you my response to reflecting on the cries for help I constantly hear from women who long to make a meaningful shift in their work and or life, who know they can't do it alone but are not in a position to pay for a full coaching service and to be frank need something a little different when they are running on empty.
Resources and Links
- HERE you will find all the details on Transformation Therapy and to book your first session.
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Have you ever considered what or whom you are attached to, and how that attachment might be holding you back?
I've studied attachment theory in my psychology degree and have recently been digging deep to understand how it impacts my life and how I can let go of it in the service of creating the space for growth.
I wanted to share this experience and the lessons in the hope that it might inspire you to explore your relationship with attachment for your own expansion.
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If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey check out The Calm Collective group coaching program here
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If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT here
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Meet the coach behind the coach. I started working with Coach Tiffany a year ago to elevate my productivity and create even more space for what gives me meaning and energises my soul. Tiffany Taylor is a Global Speaker, Master Business Coach + Mentor for high-performance business leaders.
In this episode of the podcast, we explore how to redefine productivity so that you can unlock your true potential, how to use your calendar to motivate you into taking meaningful action each day, and why vision is critical to progress.
Episode Links & Resources
- Connect with Coach Tiffany Taylor via her website HERE
- If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey check out The Calm Collective group coaching program HERE
- If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT HERE
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Why rejection is a sign you're growing & making progress towards your dreams.
Rejection as opportunity, not an obstacle.
How do you feel when you get rejected? For most of us, it can conjure up feelings of not being good enough or failing and then result in us not continuing to progress toward a dream.
But what if rejection was the gateway rather than the dead end to making progress around the things that light a fire in your soul?
In this week's podcast, I share how rejection is fundamental to the opportunities I receive to do the work I love, how it is a sign you are growing and making progress and how to challenge the lens through which you view rejection in order to realise opportunities you never imagined possible.
Resources
- Download the 100 No's tool here
- Watch Jia Jiangs Ted Talk on 100 Days of Rejection here
- If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey check out The Calm Collective group coaching program here
- If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT here
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This podcast was inspired and is dedicated to the over 100 professional women I have interviewed over the past year who have shared their truth and their desire for wanting to feel like they are living rather than existing.
Consistently what I hear from these women is "I've lost my spark." I look in the mirror and I no longer recognise the woman staring back at me. If this connects then this podcast is also for you.
In this podcast we explore what we mean by spark, why it matters, where I started to find my spark and a couple of simple tools to kick-start reigniting yours.
Enjoy!
If you're ready to invest in reigniting your spark with a supportive tribe of soul-led women who get you because they're on the same journey check out The Calm Collective group coaching program.
If you need to create the space to self-disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT here.
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The number one ingredient required to grow and expand into the person and the life you long for is space.
Space to reflect, to brainstorm, to plan and to just be and sit in the present moment and allow it to inspire you. Space is what so many of my prospective clients tell me they need and yet for so many of us space feels elusive. Space is and will always be elusive if every moment of every day is full. Space only comes when we let go. Let go of the things that no longer serve the direction we wish to head in.
On this podcast, I bring in a beautiful friend and co-worker Mariah Mcinnes to go deep on why we need to let go in order to lean into more of what gives us meaning.
Together we explore our journey toward letting go of each other after working together for over 2 years and how the courage to do so is allowing both of us to expand our businesses.
Mariah's journey of letting go of a safe career and leaning into the life of a digital nomad will inspire and surprise you in its magic and imperfection.
Follow Mariah's journey as a digtial nomad on insta here.
If you need to create the space to self disrupt and inject more of what gives you meaning into your life join me on my upcoming reTREAT here.
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There are those people that you stumble across that influence the trajectory of your life in ways you could not imagine when you first connect with them.
Carolyn Tate is one of those people for me and she's someone I'd like you to meet.
Carolyn was instrumental in connecting me to the power of finding purpose and equally in the realisation that I could use my voice on stages to impact the lives of thousands.
The author of six books Carolyn is a pioneer of purpose in Australia and has inspired countless individuals to pursue their purpose and make an impact.
In this weeks podcast Carolyn and I reconnect and explore the power of purpose in stepping towards the life you long for. We also tap into her latest book Brave Women Write a powerful call-to-action for women to harness the power of their words to create meaningful change for themselves and the world.
If you're looking for practical tips on how to write the next chapter of you this podcast is not to be missed.
For more on Carolyn's work, to grab a copy or her book or join her FREE writing group CLICK HERE
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This week marks a significant milestone in my journey to supporting my clients in making life, career and business transformations that enable happier and healthier living.
I'm finishing up a significant Psychology qualification that started with a tiny step into discomfort which is why in this weeks podcast I want to explore how small changes change your life.
We're going to explore how tiny steps that take like 10 mins can start to shape the life that you longed for. And how these tiny steps start to reduce this feeling of overwhelm that so many of us struggle with that holds us back from stepping into anything that we truly want.
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Do you like a vino but find as you get older no matter how little you drink your sleep becomes restless and the next day you feel shit?Me too!As I push toward my 50s alcohol and I seem to have unconsciously changed our relationship and I'm not enjoying it as much as I used to. I wanted to understand why and what I could do about it so I roped in my dear friend Health & Nutrition Coach Sarah Hopkins to help me find the answer.This podcast is for you if you are looking for an insightful real and raw conversation about aging as a woman, menopause and alcohol.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!
The book I read on changing your relationship with alcohol https://thisnakedmind.com/Check out Jane Hardwick Collings on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/janehardwickecollings/Book a FREE Clarity Call with me here https://calendly.com/d/dvh-cyp-j3r
This episode of the Hacking Happy podcast continues where we left off last week and forms Part 2 in my series entitled What a real 8-year business journey looks like.
In case you missed Part 1 I highly recommend you venture back and listen to Episode 82 first to get the full story.
In short, it's 8 years since I turned my back on a crazy salary in a global giant, registered my business name and stepped into the great unknown that comes with building a business from absolutely nothing.
When I reflect back, I remember thinking can I do this? Am I crazy? This is now one of the most common questions I get asked by prospective coaching clients who want to make a significant shift in their career, and life of the business.
This is why I created this two-part podcast series, to expose what it really looks like to build a business over 8 years.
This is not your Instagram-filtered BS journey of how I became a millionaire in six months it’s a journey into experimentation, expansion, reflection and the roller coaster ride of emotion that goes with it.
So, strap yourself in as I walk you through my experience in the hope that if you are on the precipice of wanting to make a shift into shaping your own purpose-led business you do so with eyes wide open and a sense of knowing you are not alone.
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- To celebrate this wild and wondrous journey with you, I want to extend an invitation to attend my FREE hands-on workshop, 3 Steps to create the space to reignite your spark!
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This month I celebrate a milestone of significance in my journey as what I endearingly term a Lifestyleprener.
It’s eight (8) years since I turned my back on a crazy salary in a global giant, registered my business name and stepped into the great unknown that comes with building a business from absolutely nothing.
When I reflect back, I remember thinking can I do this? Am I crazy?
This is now one of the most common questions I get asked from prospective coaching clients who want to make a significant shift in their career, and life of business; this is why in this week’s podcast (and the next), I want to expose what it really looks like to build a business over eight (8) years.
This is not your Instagram-filtered BS journey of how I became a millionaire in six months; it’s a journey into experimentation, expansion, reflection and the roller coaster ride of emotion that goes with it.
So, strap yourself in as I walk you through my experience in the hope that if you are on the precipice of wanting to make a shift into shaping your own purpose-led business, you do so with eyes wide open and a sense of knowing you are not alone.
To celebrate this wild and wondrous journey with you, I want to extend an invitation to attend my FREE hands-on workshop, 3 Steps to create the space to reignite your spark! Register here
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I know I’m not alone in my conflicted relationship with my body because it’s a conversation that often comes up with coaching clients when we’re exploring what’s holding them back.
This is why in this podcast, I want to explore with you how our greatest inner struggles can pave the way to unlocking our Moxie, our potential and what it is that lights our soul on fire.
Curious to find out what Moxie is and how to find yours? Listen now.
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Ever wondered what a retreat is, why you would invest in one and how they provide you with an opportunity to shift and make the change you long for when you can't do it in your every day? If so, then this podcast is for you.My dear friend and upcoming reTREAT co-conspirator Laetitia Andrac (AKA the business doula) and I connect on why we believe retreats are so valuable to our journey and growth. Join us in a conversation that exposes thoughts and feelings that neither of us have shared previously.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy Podcast Thanks for listening to this weeks episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!Episode ResourcesUnlock the YOU you dream of whilst nourishing yourself to the core with deep human connection whilst surrounded by breathtaking natural beauty. Secure your spot at The reTREAT HERE
Imagine shaving off parts of who you really are to fit in and how over time, that would impact your ability to love what you do and who you are.
Meet Alex Bakowski, a successful executive who, at the top of her game, decided to walk away from her safe career so that she could add back those shaved-off parts, show up as her true self and shape a future of work that enables others to do the same.
In this story of transformation, Alex shares:
- How she found the clarity and self-belief to start her first business,
- Why connection is central to meaningful work,
- And why she is committed to shaping more human workplaces.
You can connect with Alex via her Website or LinkedIn
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- If you're interested in finding out more about coaching with me book a free clarity call here
- Email me here to jump on the pre-invitation waitlist for our upcoming exclusive Noosa Hinterland retreat.
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How alive do you want to feel in 2023?
I want to feel as alive as I do right now. I’ve filled my days over the past month with the life ingredients that matter to me; family, movement, nature and positive impact. These are the basic elements that guide what I consider a wholehearted and meaningful life.
So given where we are at in this week's podcast I want to have a play with what I call the Life Ingredients Awareness tool to help guide you into an intentional and meaningful 2023.
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In this week's episode, I want to support you in creating the space for reflection at the end of another year and provide you with some powerful hacks on how to step into 2023 with intention, calm, and presence.
I also throw in some brilliant reflection prompts courtesy of the amazing James Clear, author of Atomic Habits who I had the good fortune to see speak on my recent trip to Mexico.
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Sophie is a young successful lawyer with a clear purpose to be a voice for equality and integrity in her profession.
A little while back she found herself running on adrenaline, busy was her specialty and it came at a cost. "I didn’t make time for anything that’s just for me. I didn’t know who I was when I’m not ‘Sophie the lawyer”. I knew something needed to change, but I didn't know what that change was."
This week's podcast is all about Sophie and her story of recharging her batteries and her joy.
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Greetings from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. A place encapsulated by magnificent jungles, underground rivers and the Caribbean sea and a culture that dates back to BC.
I’m trying to put into words how this place makes me feel and it’s difficult but let me try.
As I sit and soak it in, I realise how being surrounded by such an abundance of nature brings a feeling of calm, of inner peace and a clarity of mind and creativity.
Yet there is an inner battle, it’s real and it’s illogical.
It’s the battle between making the most of being halfway around the world in paradise and just allowing the day to unfold without the distraction of back home.
I feel this jungle oasis calling me to connect with nature, and yet my phone calls me also. It’s saying if you don’t take me, you might miss capturing that moment.
It’s that inner conflict between what we feel we should do and what our body is telling us we need - disconnection from distraction and reconnection to what is innately human.
These are all the reasons why this week’s podcast if focused on how surrendering to nature and injecting more of it into your life in small simple ways provides a basis not only for a greater sense of calm but it equally has shown to recharge your attention muscle!
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I felt compelled to create this podcast because my research with over one hundred beautiful working women this year has exposed a consistent theme when it comes to feeling like you’re existing rather than living.
This podcast episode is for anyone who feels like they're letting everyone down and like nobodies getting the best of them.
If that sounds like you let’s go deeper.
It’s likely you long for a greater sense of ease, calm and groundedness in the average day but at the moment you feel relentless exhaustion like you’re operating in robot mode, unable to unplug the status quo and disrupt a lifestyle that not only isn’t serving you it’s making you feel toxic inside and out.
If you’re listening to this and saying OMG I feel like she’s in my head then let’s have a conversation about what’s going on inside your head and how you can create a circuit breaker to disrupt the status quo and kick start resetting your foundations towards a little more energy, presence and calm in each day.
Resources
- I'm relaunching my intimate group program for busy working women on the verge of burnout who want to go from feeling frazzled and guilt-ridden to present and calm. Book an enrolment call here to find out more about the unique group coaching experience that is the Calm Collective.
Where To Find Penny
My brain is bending in ways I never imagined.
I’m currently buried in Neuroscience.
It’s blowing my mind around what I’m learning about the biology of the brain and how it is impacted by our behaviour and our environment.
Connecting dots as I do I partner this feeling with something else that I keep hearing from my early-stage coaching clients.
It’s but a simple question. Why aren't things happening fast enough?
I get it when I first started this journey, I’d try something new, put something new out into the world and 4 weeks later I’d be asking why didn’t work and switching to well what do I do next?
I look back now and I realise my expectations were completely unrealistic. In this week's podcast we explore what neuroscience, sleep and transformation all have in common and the basis this provides for us to challenge our thinking and doing in a way that is meaningful.
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We are experiencing a human energy crisis.
Can you feel it?
We have to ask ourselves how did we arrive here? Arrive in a place where productivity has become our disease at the expense of healthy and happy high performance.
How is it that we now use the label quiet quitting for people who do the job they are paid to do without sacrificing their lives and their health for it?
In this week’s podcast, I want to start a conversation about how toxic productivity is driving a human energy crisis and how shifting our focus from productivity to healthy high performance can shape a thriving future.
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Imagine you're a highly successful executive in investment banking managing a global team but secretly, you're unfulfilled, sleepless, and laid low by migraines.
Held back by expectations... mostly your own you find yourself frightened to leave. Instead you settle for a sabbatical to create the space which is where your journey into what's next begins. Excited by what's possible, you soon come to the confronting realisation that your biggest barrier to change is your need for the validation of others.
Meet Jo Bowles, a woman in transition and one of my beloved coaching clients.
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In this podcast Jo shares her story, her search for meaning in work and how she's a recovering validation junkie.
This podcast is for anyone who finds themselves and their dreams held back by the fear of judgment and the need to please others.
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- Connect with Jo Bowles
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I’ve just had the biggest month I’ve ever had in my business by more than double. I smashed my monthly target that I set as a goal at the start of the year completely out of the park.
I never considered that I, with just an assistant who works a day a week for me and a social media support person, could achieve such a result and yet here we are. It feels overwhelmingly abundant but it also feels like a moment of truth.
This podcast is about stripping back the layers in a world masked by wins and successes and instead sharing the truth of living a wholehearted life.
That truth is that a year ago I almost gave up and walked away from the dream I’d created. I'm sharing the what, why and how of how it unfolded and it may be just what you need to hear if you find yourself in the struggle of change and ready to give up or perhaps not even start!
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In this podcast episode, I thought I might take a little time to share what I’ve been up to over the past couple of weeks and share a perspective on a concept I call the space for self-disruption. A concept that has changed my life and continues to inject joy, presence, connection and unbelievable opportunities into my life.
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Has productivity become your prison?The prison of productivity means calm feels elusive, and presence with loved ones feels like a struggle.We’ve literally wired our neural pathways to believe that being still and present is unproductive because all actions should result in a task ticked off a to-do list. Being a human being is no longer valued, and yet it’s where time freedom lives.That’s why in this week's podcast, I want us to have a conversation about Time Freedom, what is it, why it matters and where you can start to create more of it!This podcast is for you if your inner conversation that’s on repeat goes along the lines of;• Please, let's not do that again.• This is ridiculous this is not a good way of working; why am I doing this?• What you want is not real life.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy Podcast Thanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesIf you’d like to create a new set of rules for life, a set that aligns and enable you to engage in more meaningful work, a deeper connection to yourself and others and a greater sense of calm in each day…book your FREE clarity call HERE.Where To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
What if you stopped living by the rules and made your own? Mona and I met at a co-working space we used to share. We used to enjoy an informal chat and she was always asking questions about how I’d turned my life upside down in pursuit of happiness and stopped living by the rules and instead made my own. |I left the coworking space in 2018 and our paths hadn’t crossed since. That was until a few weeks back when she popped into my inbox with the most tear-welling, heart-warming story of change. Unbeknown to me in 2019 Mona ditched her successful corporate career and took a 1-year sabbatical to find who she wanted to be in this world. She landed in Somaliland where she had familial roots and noticed an opportunity. There were no public or community spaces for creative engagement, artistic practice or community events. In particular, women and children had limited access to social and public spaces which are largely reserved for men. Mona chose to stop living by the rules and started to create her own and has now, with her sister, established the first art and community centre in Somaliland EQRA. In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast Mona shares her truly inspiring story of transformation. Episode ResourcesIf you'd like to find out more about Mona via her social media here: https://www.instagram.com/eqracentre_/Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy Podcast Thanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!
Melissa Hamilton, was once a successful CEO leading teams of over 5,000 employees until life surprised her with a career pause and a breast cancer diagnosis. She's now the Founder of Brave Feminine Leadership and is on a mission to inspire 100,000 women to take the next intentional step in their careers.This is Melissa's story of letting go of the certainty in order to lean into a wholehearted life.Episode ResourcesIf you'd like to find out more about Melissa's work and her podcast go to www.bravefeminineleadership.comSubscribe & Review The Hacking Happy Podcast Thanks for listening to this week's episode!If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!
"You will always attract what you believe you're worth." - UnknownAfter recently stumbling across this quote, I found myself curious about why the self-worth of many of my prospective coaching clients is so low when they first come to me. These are high-performing, successful women who, from the outside looking in, appear to have it all going on but inside, it's a different story. Equally, this quote had me connecting to my own journey and how I have built my self-worth to a point where I attract this beautiful life I get to live.I wondered what can I share that will be in service of those who long to live their days differently but don’t feel worthy or confident enough to just start. In this podcast, I want to share with you how to step into your self-worth and claim it wholeheartedly because you are worthy of feeling energised by the day before you, worthy of feeling present, connected and calm, and worthy of opportunities that extend beyond your dreams.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy Podcast Thanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good each day, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.Your reviews enable me to impact more lives for the happier!Grab a free clarity call with me hereWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Finding calm is a practice. Consistent cries for CALM from working mums around the world have flooded my inbox and my ears since I shared my White Paper on the impacts of COVID-19 on working mums. That's why this week I want to share with you why I created my new group coaching program The Calm Collective and how you can start to cultivate a practice of CALM in what feels like a chaotic world.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesIf you'd like to book a time to find out more about The Calm Collective click hereWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Are you burnt out?In last week's podcast I spoke about the trends I am seeing in my Psychology research around burnout in working women and specifically how it’s impacting working mums.In this week's episode, we continue this conversation but shift focus toward what the psychology says about why you feel so exhausted, why it needs your urgent attention and what you can do to start putting your own oxygen mask on first and without guilt.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesIf you'd like to start journaling as per the suggestion in this week's podcast check out my recent podcast on how to get started here.If you'd like to learn how I can support you in breaking out of burning out book a Discovery Call todayWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Working mums are burnt out.I’m pissed off.I’m frustrated.I’m sad.And I’m not going to be silent any longer.What I am seeing in my work with professional working mums is disturbing and something has to be done.I have spent the last eight weeks interviewing dozens of women who have reached out to me off the back of social posts I have shared around an alarming trend in working women around pervasive burnout.There have been so many tears, so many cries for help, stories of needing to see a Psychologist and having to wait 5 months, significant weight gain, suicidal thoughts, 10 to 12 hours days attached to a Zoom screen, not moving from a desk other than to grab a quick tea and discs bulging out of necks as a result, and many of these women have contemplated or quit their highly-paid jobs.I was so disturbed that I had to dig deeper, so, I chose to write my most recent psychology paper on the impacts of COVID-19 on working mums.In this week's podcast, I want to share it with you and at the end, I’m going to offer up a couple of simple actions you can take if you are one of these working mums I speak of.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesHere are the podcast resources I referenced in this week's episodeEpisode 54 | Lessons of 2021Episode | 13 Bounce Forward With BoundariesEpisode | 41 How To Say NOIf you'd like to learn how I can support you in breaking out of burning out book a Discovery Call todayWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Real stories from real people. In part 2 of our series on stories of transformation, we connect with a beautiful soul who was a successful Joint Venture Manager in a global giant and walked away from it all so as to raise his son.Aden Murphy is a unique human and dear friend with a compelling story of transformation and self-discovery.This week’s podcast is for anyone who finds themselves stuck in the void between intention and action and unable to find the right path to progress their dreams.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!Interested in exploring how I can support you in your transformation?Book a Discovery Call todayWant learn more about Aden?Aden MurphyWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Real stories from real people. What comes to your mind when you think of the word transformation?For me, it’s a visual of a little caterpillar one day deciding its time, so she spins her little cocoon to encase herself and soon after reappears as a beautiful butterfly. Transformed into the next iteration of who she wants to be, it’s intentional and it’s beautiful.Whilst I love this visual I know all too well the truth of transformation. It’s messy, it’s uncertain, uncomfortable, it requires failure, experimentation, persistence and resilience. This is why so many of us spend our lives longing for it but never take the leap into living.I’ve created this week’s podcast for anyone who finds themselves stuck in the void between intention and action and unable to find the right path to progress their dreams.So many people reach out to me asking where did you start? How did you know it would work? What one action had the greatest impact? They want to know the how of making change so that they can find the confidence to step into the life they long for. That’s why this week I want to bring to you stories of transformation from everyday people, people like you and I who have stepped into the unknown, embraced failure and realised happiness they never thought possible as a result. I want to share their diverse stories in the hope that it might inspire you to take just one action that moves you from frustrated to fulfilled so that you can show up wholeheartedly in life as who you really are!So, grab a pen and paper and strap yourself in. There is wisdom in their words and inspiration in their actions.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!Interested in exploring how I can support you in your transformation?Book a Discovery Call todayWant learn more about our interviewees?Amy TehovnikKate HeslopWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Make progress towards possible. I’ve been spending a lot of time reflecting of late on what in my transformation journey has been most impactful in propelling me forward. Moving me closer to what I term a growth lifestyle. A lifestyle that is in alignment with how I want to show up and enjoy this wild and wonderful experience that is life.It's that reflection that was the catalyst for this podcast which I have to say surprised and delighted me in terms of how it unfolded.I never appreciated how critical such a simple step as investing in the right coach would be, in realising possibility.This is why, in today’s podcast, I want to share with you why investing in a coach, quite literally, is the secret to amplifying your productivity and your ability to flourish.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesTo book a FREE Coaching Clarity Call with me click hereWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Using science to elevate confidence. Back early on in my career at the ripe old age of 20, I got my first job in a corporate environment working for a woman who I looked up to as a role model. She seemed kind and helpful through the interview process, but not long after I started, I felt like every task I undertook was under a criticism microscope. The longer this went on, the more I tried harder to please her, the less happy she became and the more my confidence eroded.I was astounded at how my environment had a significant downward shift in a skill that was part of who I am.I soon realised how toxic this situation had become and came to the conclusion that the only thing standing between me and my ability to believe in myself again and find that spark in my work, was ME.It was time to get out of my own way.This is where we are going in this week’s podcast because I have been blown away by the number of highly successful professional women I have interviewed over the past few weeks who have shared with me that the biggest barrier to them leading a flourishing life is themselves.Take a listen and learn a beautiful little hack to help you dial down the inner chatter and step into your spark.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesWant to register for my new LIVE workshop Creating the confidence to believe you can? Register hereSourcesPsychology Today 'Negative Self Talk Don't Let IT Overwhelm You'Forbes - The confidence gap in men and women why it matters and how to overcome itBizjournals - This is when confidence at work peaks for womenAllen, I.E., Elam, A., Langowitz, N. and Dean, M. (2008)Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2007Report on Women and Entrepreneurship, The Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College, Babson Park, MA.Where To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Define flourishing on your terms. It took me 40 years to define and start living flourishing on my terms. How long will it take you?Today I want to gift you the clarity of what flourishing looks like on your terms so that you can realise the benefits of injecting more of it into each day.Enjoy!Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesInterested in Coaching with me? Go to flourishforwardcoaching.com to find out moreLearn more about the Positive Psychology of FlourishingLearn more about Self Efficacy Theory and how you can use it to make changeWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Find the Time to Transform. Do you ever hear yourself say:"If I had more time I'd change""There's just not enough time for me to make the change""I wish I had more hours in the day then, I'd change"One of the most consistent barriers my clients share to transforming into the life they long for, is time…This is why in today’s podcast I want to provide you with 3 ways to find the time to start your transformation, whatever that is, NOW!Experiment with them and shoot me an email at hello@hackinghappy.co and tell me how it plays out.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesInterested in Coaching with me? Go to flourishforwardcoaching.com to find out moreWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
This year will be different. There’s something about a new year that gives us that mojo to want to shift gears into freedom mode.Do you find yourself saying things like..."This year's going to be different"Or"Fuck it, I'm not going to do life this way anymore"... then this episode is for you.I’m not going to go through grand plans for 2022, goal setting, or big lofty visions. Instead, I’m going to help you start simply because just the idea of change for many of us is overwhelming enough to hold us back.My intention is to help you ground yourself in the first step to change, AWARENESS. Because without awareness there can be no change.Cultivating a greater depth of awareness enables you to expose the small actionable steps that progress you closer to where you want to be.Enjoy!Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesI’m currently looking for 5 overworked women who struggle to find a minute for themselves. Yet long to find the time to calm the inner critic and step into 2022 feeling energized and excited about what’s next. If that sounds like you book a discovery call with me now, here.Where To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
An opportunity to reflect. It’s almost the end of the year, and whilst many people race around I always find myself pressing pause at this time.Creating the space to reflect on the year that was, and the lessons it has to offer.So, whilst I’ve been playing in this space I thought I would share with you in this week’s podcast a beautiful reflection tool in the hope that it might inspire you to reflect on your 2021 and consider how you might intentionally adapt your plans as you move into 2022.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesDiscover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Sidelining should. You should, I should, we should.What does this word should mean to you?How does it make you feel?I’ve been noticing it in my vocab a lot lately, moving through my day thinking I should do this, I should do that.It has me thinking about how this word makes me feel… which is often shitty, depleted, and like I’m not doing enough, not being enough.So, I thought in this week’s podcast we might deep dive into a little word wellbeing. I want to explore how the language you use impacts your ability to make change and how certain words like should, might be holding you back and what you can do about it.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesDiscover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Find your zen. We are in the lead-up to Christmas. We're out of lockdown and it feels a bit like turning 18 years old or 21 in the US and being able to get out and party legally.We feel like we can make plans again without them being pulled out from under us at the last minute, and on the work front, there is always a race to get things done before the Christmas deadline. Which turns on the busy buttons and pushes us toward burnout.It’s for all of these reasons that I want to explore in this week's podcast what investing in your zen could look like, to inspire you to get after it in a way that might help reset your wellbeing foundations for 2022.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesDiscover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Gratitude for wellbeing. It’s Thanksgiving this week in the USA and Canada. This beautiful day is a celebration of the harvest and other blessings of the past year.Just thinking about it makes my heart light up.Because my daily gratitude practice is one of the things that helped me mentally get through 6 lockdowns.It’s why in this week's podcast I want to focus on being thankful through the practice of gratitude. I want to share with you the scientifically proven benefits of gratitude and a couple of simple ways to experiment with a gratitude practice to find what works for you and inject more of what feels good into each day.EnjoySubscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesTake the Hacking Happy assessment via hackinghappy.coDiscover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessLearn more about the psychology of GratitudeWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
The science of IAQ. In case you missed it in last week’s episode, I shared how my intentional adaptability tool has now been scientifically validated as a psychological psychometric that can predict and elevate change readiness and life satisfaction.In this week’s episode, I want to share with you as an individual and equally as a leader, if that’s a role you play, the key findings of the research that was undertaken to scientifically validate IAQ.Why?Because I want to gift you a feel for why building this critical skill is foundational to thriving or as we call it in psychology, flourishing.Take a listen.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesTake the Hacking Happy assessment via hackinghappy.coDiscover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessLearn more about positive psychologyWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Intentional Adaptability as a science. This past week I have realised a major milestone in my business and equally in my life. I’ve achieved something that I never dreamt of, and it’s come off the back of experimentation and intentionally adapting. Off the back of being true to who I am and practicing what I preach and teach.Allow me the indulgence of sharing in the hope that it might inspire you to experiment your way to flourishing.You are capable of so much more than you realise, and the courage to experiment is foundational to unlocking your potential and amplifying your wellbeing.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesTake the Hacking Happy assessment via hackinghappy.coDiscover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
The soulful business doula. The Mums In Lockdown series continues this week as we explore firsthand the challenges of navigating a disrupted life with Laetitia Andrac. She calls herself a Soulful business Doula and has a gift in providing a sacred space for women willing to create soul-aligned businesses, careers, and lives. She's also the Mumma of two little girls and a new puppy who quit her executive position to start a soul-led business at the start of the pandemic.Together we explore how COVID life can provide a lesson in self-trust, how using a wave can help us process the roller coaster of feelings, and some beautiful hacks to support your children in processing the uncertainty.This is a unique conversation you won't want to miss.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesWatch the documentary EarthingDownload a copy of the full Literature Review on how mental health and wellbeing challenges are accelerating in COVID-19 restrictions for women.Discover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessFind Out More About LaetitiaEssential ShiftEssential Shift on InstaWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
HR professional, mother of four. Welcome to part three of our special series Mums In Lockdown. This is where working Mums in lockdown share firsthand their challenges, how they are navigating life, and any hacks they have discovered that enable them to inject more of what matters into each day.This week we speak to Ali Smith, a Human Resources professional, student of psychology, and mother of four. Ali is also an experimenter who is forever curious and looking for ways to enable herself and her family to thrive.Together we explore the idea of ruthless prioritisation as a family to reduce the overwhelm, cultivating open conversations as a family to process feelings, how a More Mindset can support self-care, what MATHS is, and how it can help get you and your kids out of a funk.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!Need help?Reach out to Beyond BlueLifelineAustralian Psychological SocietyDownload a copy of the full Literature Review on how mental health and wellbeing challenges are accelerating in COVID-19 restrictions for women.Discover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessFind Out More About AliWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
A mother and C-Suite Coach. Welcome to part two of our special series, Mums In Lockdown. This is where working Mums in lockdown share firsthand their challenges, how they are navigating life, and any hacks they have discovered that enable them to inject more of what matters into each day.This week, we speak to Lisa Stephenson a high-impact leadership coach who works behind the scenes with C-Suite executives and high profile individuals... she's also a single mum of three.Strap yourselves in this is a must-listen.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!Need help?Reach out to Beyond BlueLifelineAustralian Psychological SocietyDownload a copy of the full Literature Review on how mental health and wellbeing challenges are accelerating in COVID-19 restrictions for women.Discover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessFind Out More About LisaWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Off the back of the literature review I recently undertook for my psychology studies on how COVID-19 restrictions have accelerated mental health and wellbeing issues in women, I decided to create an interview series with Mums in lockdown. I wanted to share firsthand their challenges, how they are navigating life, and any hacks they have discovered that enables them to inject more of what matters into each day.Today we kick off with Patty Di Parisa a Clinical Psychologist who has over 20 year’s experience in the treatment of anxiety, panic, stress, trauma, grief, and depression, in older adolescents (>16 years) and adults. Patty is also the mother of three and has been living, homeschooling, and working through the longest pandemic in the world in Melbourne.In this episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, we explore what pandemic flux is, how to process feelings of anger using radical acceptance, why moving your body is critical to your mental health and why we don't teach processing feeling as a subject at schools.Strap yourselves in this is a must-listen.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!Need help?Reach out to Beyond BlueLifelineAustralian Psychological SocietyDownload a copy of the full Literature Review on how mental health and wellbeing challenges are accelerating in COVID-19 restrictions for women.Discover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Women struggle to keep up. Over the past 18 months, I have watched a shift, a visible shift in mental health, in wellbeing, and a particular shift in women. I’ve felt the shift in myself.I couldn't ignore what I was seeing. It's the reason I have gone back to university to study psychology and why I chose to do my first assignment on how social isolation, the increased workload in the home, and escalating uncertainty driven by COVID-19 restrictions are accelerating the level of mental health and wellbeing issues in Australian women.In this episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I want to share with you that piece of work. The insights are profound and it paints a disturbing picture of the psychological distress the number one caregivers in our society, both up and down the generational chain are under.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesDownload a copy of the full Literature Review here.Discover a set of simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Lessons at 46. This week I turned 46, clocked over 235 days in lockdown and counting, watched Melbourne tradies in their thousands protest against the right for freedom of choice, and experienced the biggest Melbourne earthquake in 50 years... all the while feeling truly abundant.In this episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I want to share with you the lessons I have learnt in my 46 years that help me to cultivate an abundance mindset and extend to you a special invitation to join me in amplifying your abundance for free.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesRegister Here to join me on the 21 Day Abundance Challenge kicking off October 4, 2021.Discover more simple tools to unlock more of what makes you feel good. Grab a copy of my book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Thinkology is your advantage. If I asked you "What would be most helpful to you right now in making the change you seek?" what would your response be?One of the number one responses to this question, when it's posed at the end of the Hacking Happiness Assessment, is "the time to think, the time to reflect."Creating the space to be alone with one's thoughts in a way that is constructive rather than destructive in the current environment provides the basis for us to step forward with intention and greater clarity.That's why in this week's podcast I'm sharing a couple of really simple practices like Thinkology to help you kick start creating the space to think and reflect on the things that matter to you.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesRead the research paper on Cognitive adaption and mental health: A motivational analysisGrab a copy of my book Hacking Happiness for more simple ways to make changes in bite-sized pieces and create the space for more of what matters.Check out Ruby Wax's book How To Be HumanWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Deliver a NO with confidence. When was the last time you said "yes" to something you didn't want to do? For many people, I meet this is a daily practice that affects our productivity, our impact, our happiness, and our wellbeing.In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I'm going to share with you 5 simple steps to help you start practicing your NO with intention and impact.Why? Because every unconscious "yes" you give to someone else could very well be a "NO" to creating the space for what matters to you.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesCheck out my blog on The Art Of Using Your NoGrab a copy of my book Hacking Happiness for more simple ways to make changes in bite-size pieces and create the space for more of what matters.Where To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
What scares you shapes you. What would be possible if you could unlock your most courageous self? How would that make you feel?This is the exact question I asked myself at the beginning of my hacking happiness journey and it provided the catalyst for cultivating a courage practice that transformed my life, and now enables me to support others in doing the same.In this week's podcast, I share the story behind why I delivered a keynote in my bathing suit in the hope that it might inspire you to look at fear through a different lens and demonstrate the magic that resides on the other side of the things we fear most.The reality is that you are capable of so much more than you realise.If you'd like to dial up your self-belief, unlock your potential, and amplify your mental wealth, join me on the upcoming Courage Challenge kicking off September 27, 2021 register here.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesJoin me on The Courage ChallengeWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Behind every fear lies growth. When I say the word 'fear', what comes into your head?It’s the one thing that feels pervasive at the moment here in Melbourne and I suspect in many other places experiencing long-term lockdowns.In this week's podcast, I want to challenge you to imagine what it would look like for you to make fear your friend?The reality is, fear provides us with the opportunity to look at the world through a different lens.To ask the question "what would happen if I used this fear as an accelerator rather than a hand brake?"If you'd like to unshackle yourself from fear and become courageous enough to believe you can in the current environment this podcast is for you!Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesSecure your spot for the Fear(LESS) You WebinarDeepak Chopras 21 Days Of Abundance ChallengeMental Health Experts Urge Australia To Live With CovidDepartment Of Treasury Ending Loneliness Together ReportMental Health Support AustraliaBeyond BlueWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Adaptability is your friend. Another week, another lockdown.Here in Melbourne, we are at No 6. I'm starting to feel like a bit of a lockdown expert, whilst wishing I wasn’t.For me, it feels like so much can shift from one day to the next. Amazing opportunities get turned on, and shortly after, turned off. It’s a little like a roller coaster ride that you can’t take a break from.So, to help you smooth out the ups and downs, just a little in this week's podcast, I'm sharing the lessons I’ve learnt that are helping me navigate uncertainty from a place of intention and a wobbly balance.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesFind out more about Intentional Adaptability and how to build it hereFor more tools and resources to build your mental wealth and inject more of what feels good into each day grab a copy of Hacking Happiness the book hereWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
The Lonely Century Is Alive... I’m lonely.5 Lockdowns and cutting off a massive human connection energy source will do that to you.I’m not alone in the traditional sense of the word, I’m surrounded by people who love me, be it most of the time virtually.But I feel lonely and I know I’m not the only one feeling this way.In this podcast, I wanted to talk honestly about loneliness and explore how it impacts us and a couple of simple ways to try and shift it when it presents.I'm drawing heavily on the work of Noreena Hertz and her brilliant book The Lonely Century – A Call To Reconnect, because her insights are all research-based and form an interconnected spider web of human self-sabotage.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesRead The Lonely CenturyListen to Noreena Hertz talk Loneliness on The Knowledge Project PodcastFor more tools and resources to build your mental wealth and inject more of what feels good into each day grab a copy of Hacking Happiness the book hereWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
What have you said Hell Yes to in the last 12 months?What does this list tell you?Ever wondered what would happen if you used the insights from these two questions to create a Hell Yes list and used it to evaluate opportunities?This is exactly where we are going this week. Why? Because it's helped me navigate uncertainty, enabled me to keep myself in alignment daily, and injected more of what makes me feel good into each day......and I'm confident it can do the same for you.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesFor more tools and resources to build your mental wealth and inject more of what feels good into each day grab a copy of Hacking Happiness the book hereWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Processing feelings is powerful. I don’t know about you but this time, since nature decided to send us a clear message, feels blurred around the edges, it’s this weird combination of fast and slow, loss and awakening, grief and joy all mixed into a melting pot with the dial turned up to high.In this week's podcast we explore feelings:* what they tell us about us * why processing them is fundamental to our ability to navigate the uncertainty * where to start in a fun and creative way
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Unlock possibility through rejection: How often do you let fear of rejection of the answer being NO, stop you from asking for what you want?What if rejection actually held the key to possibility?Have you ever considered that you can’t get a YESs unless you get NOs? That unlocking the door to what you want, to opportunity, is a numbers game. Unless we learn to love a NO and embrace rejection as a positive thing, we are leaving our hopes and dreams unlived and our skill in resilience underdeveloped.In this week's podcast, I want to explore with you the concept of rejection therapy, how it can help you build your mental wealth and open the door to opportunities you never imagined possible.I’m also going to gift you a brilliant tool for helping you learn to love a NO so much so that you won’t want to stop seeking them out!For more tools and resources to build your mental wealth and inject more of what feels good into each day grab a copy of Hacking Happiness the book here.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesWatch Jia Jang's Ted TalkWatch my Ted Talk on why fear is the futureWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Stories connect us. "Where passion meets pain, we find purpose." Danielle McApline Johnson lives and breaths this mantra through her inspiring work as a documentary maker. Her most recent Directorial accolades include:* Beyond The Fire, a documentary series following the unsung heroes of the Black Summer Bushfire Crisis as they recreate life from ashes, and... * Behind The Sash’ a documentary series following powerful Australian women as they fight for the voiceless in the social justice landscape.
In this week's episode, I talk to Dani about how she uses her love of storytelling through film to highlight issues of injustice and share stories of the human heart.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesDanielle on InstagramDanielle's WebsiteCheekyMac ProductionsWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Building the skills to thrive. What are you seeing or not seeing that has you raging inside at the moment?For me, it's that the government has media conferences every day about COVID and restrictions yet there seems to be no nationwide pro-active education on how to help people navigate the uncertainty and build skills that will enable them to create mental wealth.We are around 18 months into this pandemic, with no end in sight and there is a clear opportunity to prioritise skill-building in wellbeing at scale and do it now!So, my vision for how I direct my energy has shifted. My goal is not to create a business, it’s to create a systemic shift in how we approach and enable sustainable mental wellbeing in uncertainty.In this week's podcast, I want to explore with you this concept of mental wealth and invite you to share your thoughts and ideas on how we might put a firecracker up the powers that be to get some serious traction around this.If this sounds like a plan, take a listen and feel free to reach out with any ideas you may have on supporting the elevation of mental wealth via hello@hackinghappy.coSubscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesStatistics quoted on mental health in AustraliaLeva: The organisation I first heard speak about the concept of mental wealthWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Zoom fatigue is real! Are you zoomed out?I recently spent 24 hours across three days on Zoom undertaking a training program thanks to another Melbourne lockdown.By end of it, I felt like my soul had been sucked out.I had a massive headache, and my brain wouldn’t take in any information even though I was hugely passionate about the content.Have you ever felt like this?This experience (whilst an extreme example) made me curious about how our dependence on Zoom in the Covid world is impacting our physical and mental health along with our ability to be effective.Zoom fatigue is a real thing…In this week’s episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I want to explore:* how extended use of zoom might be affecting you * how you can get creative to offset the negative impacts and elevate your energy
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Happiness is a state of being: I was recently asked if I find it stressful trying to be happy all the time?And I wondered what your thoughts might be on this?I liked this question so much I thought I would use it as the topic for this week's podcast so that together we could dig a bit deeper into...* how you define happiness, and how that impacts your ability to experience it and not be stressed by it * where happiness is commonly found so that no matter where you are at on this crazy Covid journey you can inject more of it into each day
Join me, and let's challenge happiness as a destination and instead look at it as a way of being!Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesGrab a copy of my new book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find Penny EmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Using guilt for inner peace. Here in Melbourne, I’ve been immersed in lockdown 4.0, and conversations with clients and friends have centred around the guilt of not being able to get all the things we want to be done in a day.Feelings of not being able to keep up seem pervasive and it has me questioning the long-term impacts of not dealing with feelings of constant guilt?Can you relate?In this week's podcast I want to explore with you how you can use your guilt to be kinder to yourself and in the process unlock a little more inner peace.The reality is, through consistent practice you can unshackle yourself from guilt and in doing so feel better in yourself each day.If that sounds like it might be helpful take a listen!Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesGrab a copy of my new book Hacking HappinessWhere To Find Penny EmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Do you ever wish you had the time to press pause on life and gather your thoughts?Want more productivity and happiness? Hundreds of peeps who have taken the HH Assessment have told me the one thing that would be most helpful in enabling the change they seek would be the time to reflect and collect their thoughts on a regular basis.So, in this week’s podcast I’m sharing a simple weekly reflection practice I use that only takes 15 minutes and can help you amplify your focus, your productivity, and your happiness.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesGrab a copy of my new book Hacking Happiness
Parenting to thrive: Enabling teenage girls to build skill in thriving rather than surviving is no easy job. But FlourishGirl.org founder Mandy Dante has stepped up to the challenge with a whole lot of heart.Having now impacted the lives of nearly 6000 young women with trans-formative right of passage social and emotional wellbeing programs, Mandy has some powerful insights to share.This interview is a must for parents wanting to support their kids in enjoying the journey that is life.Mandy and I discuss* how listening is more important than fixing * why stories that relate matter more than advice * how understanding how your child requires love is a path to a thriving relationship
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Any chance you're feeling burnt out, overwhelmed by the scale of change, and distracted by the question WTF now?I hear you!The reality is the past year has shifted our perspectives on what is possible in a short time frame. The pain of the pandemic has gifted us the opportunity to open our eyes to the magic of possible and it’s left many of us asking WTF now?In this week's episode I'm digging into:* why this is a healthy question to explore... providing you don't let certainty hold you back from your journey * a couple of practical ways I'm leaning into WTF now, and how it's opening my eyes to possibility... in the hope that it might for you too
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Gain 4hrs and more happy: What if practicing 3 simple things consistently could not only make you happier but could also gift you 4 hours back in your week?Curious?In this week's episode of the Hacking Happy podcast, I'm talking to what I term the global guru on listening, Oscar Trimboli to explore how listening can help us lead happier, healthier, and more productive lives.Together we discuss how listening is perhaps not what you think it is, why so many of us struggle with it and how to become a better listener in the context of yourself, others, and the world around you.Trust me you won't want to miss the mind-blowing insights Oscar shares.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what makes you feel good into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review.It's your reviews that enable me to impact more lives for the happier!ResourcesTake Oscars Listening QuizWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Imperfect experimentation:What’s the cost of not embracing imperfection? Is it an unrealised dream, relationship, career… perhaps it's your inner peace?Today I want to talk about perfectionism and why it’s a barrier to realising the happiness and the potential that you have that you don’t even know you have… if that makes sense.I want to explore with you how I learned to let go of perfect, claimed the title of recovering perfectionist and learned to love the magic that sits on the other side of imperfect experimentation.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help me to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.ResourcesGrab a copy of my book Hacking Happiness hereWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Choose your happiness: The language you use determines your ability to make change!We rarely create the space to reflect on how we define the words that enable us to shape our lives in a way that is meaningful... and trust me, it matters.That’s why in this week's podcast I'm creating the space for you to reflect on how you define happiness, whether that definition is serving you, and if not, how you can redefine happiness on your terms.Why? Because how you define happiness is foundational to supporting you in injecting more of it into each day.For more simple ways to inject more of what makes you feel good into each day why not take a look at our new online program Start Simple, Be Happy. This is the place to start when you don't know where to start! Find out more at startsimplebehappy.comSubscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help me to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Resources:Check out our online program Start Simple, Be HappyHBR Article What You Were Taught About Happiness Isn't TrueWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Nourish Your Soul & Brain: My little Hacking Happy podcast has just clocked over 10,500 downloads and I wanted to say a huge thank you to all the budding Happiness Hackers out there.I created this podcast with the simple intent of enabling you to inject more of what makes you happy into each day.To celebrate I thought I would do a podcast on podcasts because when I think about it, podcasts make me happy, they inject that little something extra into the day whether it’s a story I can relate to, a laugh or the ability to learn something new.Take a listen as I share the podcasts that I go to to nourish my soul and my brain.EnjoyFor more simple ways to inject more of what makes you feel good into each day, why not take a look at our new online program Start Simple, Be Happy. This is the place to start when you don't know where to start! Find out more at startsimplebehappy.comSubscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this weeks episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help me to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Podcasts To Listen ToHidden BrainThe Knowledge ProjectThe Balance TheoryExpandedMy Dad Wrote A PornoApology LineCheck out the amazing artist that is Little GreenWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Gratitude for good and bad: We cannot control what life throws at us, but we can control how we choose to show up.My Mum is my Hacking Happiness mentor and I could not be more proud of where I’ve come from. She was a farmer who raised three children on her own and then retrained as a yoga teacher at age 60. She went on to start her own yoga business teaching the elderly and youths with disabilities.2020 was a tough year for many of us, but for mum, it was exceptionally challenging with her best friend of 50 years found murdered and another close friend suiciding amidst 6 months of lockdowns.In this conversation (that we recorded during lockdown in September 2020) we talk about processing grief, intentionally adapting and finding joy no matter what life throws at you. We also share one of my favourite little gratitude hacks.I hope you enjoy!For more simple ways to inject more of what makes you feel good into each day, why not take a look at our new online program Start Simple, Be Happy. This is the place to start when you don't know where to start! Find out more at startsimplebehappy.comSubscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this weeks episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help me to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Resources:Check out Mum's yogaWhere To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Defining success on your terms: Have you ever stepped back and considered how you define success and whether that definition is making your happy?Is it possible that your definition of success is not your own and your pursuit of it is actually sidelining your happiness?In this episode of the Hacking Happy podcast I want to explore with you* Why the societal definition of success is flawed and more often than not, creates feelings of overwhelm and not being good enough. * What you can do to redefine success on your terms and inject more of what makes you feel good into each day.
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Inject happiness in death... What if there was a pro-active way to inject a little happiness into grief?This week I want to share with you a beautiful happiness hack that still puts a smile on my face and brought so much joy to others when my beautiful grandmother passed.This is a hack with a difference, it brings together a unique combination of happiness and sadness, provides a beautiful support mechanism to process grief, not to mention an intentional means to connect with those we love most before it's too late.I hope you enjoy!For more simple ways to inject more of what makes you feel good into each day, why not grab a copy of my recently published book Hacking Happiness here.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help me to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reaches more amazing humans like you.Where To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
How to learn from failure: Last week I experienced a huge failure in my business, it is still extremely raw, real, and uncomfortable but I wanted to share it with you for the following reasons:* It’s through failure, reflecting on it, and sharing it that we grow and inspire others to do the same * It’s my duty as a happiness hacker to show you the good, the bad, and the ugly of my journey and the value of imperfect experimentation. If I don’t you may struggle to find the courage to lean into the messy discomfort that comes with living a life in alignment with what matters to you.
In this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast we will explore...* The discomfort of failure * How to use it as an opportunity for growth * A couple of simple ways to process failure and come out the other side a little better than what you were before
If you'd like to go deeper into how to embrace the benefits of failure and use it as a lever for opportunity grab a copy of my book Hacking Happiness here.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help me to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reaches more amazing humans like you.
Experience the magic of journaling: One of the questions I am asked most often is how do I journal and what prompts do I use to process thoughts, energise myself and inspire creativity in life.That's why this week I'm sharing how I journal for growth and providing you with a little one-on-one journaling session.Together in this episode of the Hacking Happy Podcast we will explore:* What journaling is * The scientifically-proven benefits * The diverse range of ways in which you can use journaling * What journaling feels like through a journaling experience * My favourite journaling tools
P.S. If you're looking for more ways to bring more of what lights you up into each day, grab a copy of my book Hacking Happiness here.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help me to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Here are my favourite journaling tools:* Dreamy Moons for beautiful journals and Oracle cards * Stoics Journal to challenge you to look at each day through a different lens * 2 Minute Mornings a great way to kick start your day with intention and gratitude
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and why it doesn't matter... In part two of our series, Why You'll Never Be Ready... and why that's the reason you should jump into the change you long for NOW, I've invited my good friend Sheree Rubinstein in to share her story.Sheree is a former corporate lawyer turned entrepreneur. She is the Founder of One Roof, which pre-covid, was Australia's leading co-working space dedicated to women.If you’ve longed to make a change in your life and you haven’t taken action because you’re ‘not ready’ then this podcast series is for you.In this episode Sheree and I explore:* how you can change your perception around not being ready, and use it as a lever for the change you long for * how anxiety and excitement are extremely similar emotions and how this knowledge can help you leverage the fear you feel for action now * why often, on our death beds, we don't regret taking action, we regret not acting on the life we longed for
FREE LIVE WebinarDitch Distraction and Ignite Your Focus Around More of What MattersRegister NOW!As I mentioned in the podcast, on 2nd March we will officially open the doors to register for my new FREE LIVE Webinar. Podcast listeners are getting early access to Ditch Distraction and Ignite Your Focus Around More of What Matters.Secure your spot hereRegistrations close on 10th March and places are limited.So grab your spot now.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help me to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.
and why it doesn't matter: Ever asked yourself what is the cost of never being ready, the cost of never realising the life that I know could make me happier?I asked myself this question six years ago and in my view, it was too much. I came to the realisation that ready and all that goes with it was holding me back.Is it holding you back?If you’ve longed to make a change in your life (for I’m guessing around 2 or 3 years) and you haven’t taken action because you’re ‘not ready’, then this podcast is for you.Across this two-part series we will explore:* what ready really means and why it could be holding you back * why it's the action that breeds the clarity, not waiting for the perfect plan * how I trained myself to surrender to uncertainty, embrace the fact that we are never fully ready, and stop using it as an excuse not to take action
Early Bird RegistrationsAs I mention in the podcast, next week we will officially open the doors to register for my FREE LIVE webinarDitch Distraction and Ignite Your Focus Around More of What Matters.If you want to truly test doing something you don’t feel ready to do, I want to provide you with the opportunity to act now.So, I’m going to give you an early bird link here to register now for my LIVE WEBINAR.Registrations close on 10th March and places are limited. So grab your spot now.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help us to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Where To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInFacebook
Switch off to switch on: Imagine being without your phone for 24 hours... worse still, imagine if your laptop or your Apple watch was gone too.Now imagine if this happened every week and it was an intentional choice... welcome to the Tech Sabbath Experiment.A 4-week experiment where my good friend Lisa Leong and I decided that every Friday night from 5.30pm we would completely disconnect from all technological distractions in order to rest and recharge our brains and reconnect with ourselves and the world around us.In this podcast we explore how:* switching off enabled us to switch on * to create your own tech sabbath ritual
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Amplify energy with Intentional boundaries: How would it feel and what impact would it have if you were to make more intentional choices each day that clearly articulate (to you and to others) what you value through your action?In this podcast, I want to challenge you to look at boundaries through a new lens and consider how critical they are to amplifying your energy, your mental wealth, and your happiness.This podcast is for anyone looking to find the time for more of what matters, anyone feeling exhausted by life and longing for the energy to change the status quo.Together we will explore:* what an intentional boundary with flex is and how you can use it to inject more happiness into each day * the huge array of benefits associated with setting intentional boundaries * an 8 step process to enable you to bounce forward using boundaries
If you'd like to dig deeper into understanding where your greatest opportunities lie in setting intentional boundaries take the free Hacking Happiness Assessment via hackinghappyassessment.com. This a brilliant way to hold the mirror up to where your behaviour is out of alignment with the things that truly make you feel good.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help us to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Resources* Take a read of my blog 8 Steps To Finding More Time... For What Matters
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Say NO without guilt: When was the last time you said yes to something you didn’t want to do?How did it feel, how long did it take, what did it take you away from?For most of the people I meet, saying yes to things they don’t want to do because they’d prefer to avoid the discomfort a NO brings is a daily practice.A practice that impacts our happiness, and our ability to live the life that we want.In this podcast I want to explore with you:* the word NO and how using it more often can create the space for more YES around what matters to you * 5 simple ways to build your confidence in delivering an intentional NO more often.
If anything I shared in today’s episode struck a chord with you, slide into my DMs on Instagram (@hackinghappy.co) to let me know all the details!Looking to go deeper into how you can hack your happiness? Why not take a look at our new Start Simple Be Happy program. It's the place to start when you don't know where to start. Go to startsimplebehappy.com for all the details.Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help us to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Resources* Take a read of my blog The Art Of No for more details on how to get your NO
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Ditch Doing Embrace Being: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about time and how our use of it impacts our level of energy, anxiety and our happiness.Why?Because if I had a $ for every time I sat down with a smart, successful woman who told me her dream and then told me she didn’t have the time to make it happen because she was too busy... I’d be a wealthy woman.My aim in this podcast is to help you take back control of your time so that you can eliminate the distraction and create the space for more of what lights you up.Together we will explore:* why busy is a barrier to creating the change you seek * how your brain does it's best work in stillness * 6 Ways To Minimise Distraction and Create The Space For More Of What Matters
If you'd like to go deep on where your opportunities lie for a less busy more intentional life take the free Hacking Happy Assessment I mention in this episode via hackinghhappyassessment.comIf anything I shared in today’s episode struck a chord with you, slide into my DMs on Instagram (@hackinghappy.co) to let me know all the details!Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help us to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Resources* How Boredom Can Lead To Your Most Brilliant Ideas - Manoush Zomorodi * Mass Unfollow On Instagram App * How to mass Unfollow On LinkedIn * Focusmate * Cal Newport Deep Work
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Turning dreams into reality: In 2014 I turned my life upside down in pursuit of happiness and started my own business.At the time I had no idea what I was doing or where it was going to take me. All I knew to be true was that I wanted to positively impact the lives of others, be more humanly connected and live more in each moment.At the time I also had a dream that one day my work and its impact would be validated.I would write an article for the esteemed Harvard Business Review on how I was helping make people’s lives happier in my business.Again, I had no idea what it looked like, how it would happen, but I wrote that dream down and popped it away in a drawer.In this podcast, I share with you how this small act of writing down a crazy dream with no clear plan on how to make it happen made it happen.This is not one of those bullshit overnight success stories of how I made millions and how I can teach you to do the same.Instead, it's a story of persistence and experimentation that evolved into the creation of my dream business and life.This story is designed to inspire you to put your own dream in a drawer now and to take one small action that moves you closer towards it today!Take the free Hacking Happy Assessment I mention in this episode via hackinghhappyassessment.com to shine a spotlight on where your opportunities for simple intentional action lie!If anything I shared in today’s episode struck a chord with you, slide into my DMs on Instagram (@hackinghappy.co) to let me know all the details!Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help us to continue to create content that enables meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Resources* Take the Hacking Happy Assessment Here * Read my HBR article What You Were Taught About 'Happiness' Isn't True * Find out more about the Intentional Adaptability Quotient and how it can help you * Read the HBR Article on the Adaptability Quotient that helped guide my research
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Make 2021 your year: Longing for 2021 to be different? Know you could be happier in your work, your relationship, your life (or perhaps all three) but not sure of what it looks like or where to start?Start here!In this podcast, I share a simple framework I use to set the tone for how I want my year to feel. The framework provides the space to embrace uncertainty, spontaneity, and flexibility all within the service of moving you closer to the life you long for.So what are you waiting for? Listen now and start your 2021 the way you want!Take the free Hacking Happy Assessment I mention in this episode via hackinghappyassessment.com to shine a spotlight on where your opportunities for simple intentional action lie!If anything I shared in today’s episode struck a chord with you, slide into my DMs on Instagram @hackinghappy.co to let me know all the details!Subscribe & Review The Hacking Happy PodcastThanks for listening to this week's episode! If this podcast helped you in your journey to injecting more of what matters into each day, please head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews help us to continue to create content the enable meaningful change and reach more amazing humans like you.Resources* Take the Hacking Happy Assessment Here * 22 Of The Best Habit Tracking Apps
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Nothing happened, yet everything happened. Feel like it's been the fastest slow year ever? You are not alone.Take a listen to this live stream podcast and learn a really simple reflective practice to close out 2020 with joy... rather than write it off.Resources* Want More Hacking Happy? * Take the HackingHappy Assessment at hackinghappy.co and discover where your opportunities lie for injecting more of what matters into each day * Grab a copy of my new book Hacking Happiness * Take a look at our growing number of self-paced online Hacking Happiness programs here
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Harnessing Your Everyday Creative In Adversity. In this weeks episode of The Hacking Happy podcast host Penny Locaso is joined by everyday creative Mykel Dixon. Mykel is an award-winning speaker, learning designer, event curator, musician, and the author of Everyday Creative – a dangerous guide to making magic at work.On this will ride of conversation Penny and Mykel explore:* Why joy is an act of rebellion * How to open your mind to what’s next when COVID has stripped away all that was familiar * Why at the end of the day we all just want to be seen, heard and loved
Resources* Grab a copy of Mykel's book Everyday Creative * If you are looking to write a book check out the amazing Kelly Irving * Want More Hacking Happy? Wanting to find out more about hacking your way to happier every day? * Take the HackingHappy Assessment at hackinghappy.co * Grab a copy of my new book Hacking Happiness * Take a look at our growing number of self paced online Hacking Happiness programs here * Find out more about coaching with me here (last spots available for 2020)
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From paralysis to possibility: What if I told you this fear that you feel is not your barrier, it’s the doorway to the growth and expansion you seek in your life?Off the back of the hugely successful Fear(less) You Webinar, we've decided to take the audio and turn it into a podcast. We want to provide as many of our tribe as possible with the tools to look at fear through a different lens.The objective of Fear(less) You is not to teach you how to get rid of fear - that’s neither possible nor healthy. The aim is to guide you through a simple process that will enable you to dial up your self-belief and lean into courageous action around what matters most to you.The Courage ChallengeFor those of you interested in turning your learnings into a sustainable courage practice. Register for The Courage Challenge here. Be sure to use your exclusive promotion code that you can only find by listening to this webinar.Resources* Want More Hacking Happy? Wanting to find out more about hacking your way to happier every day? * Take the HackingHappy Assessment at hackinghappy.co * Grab a copy of my new book Hacking Happiness * Take a look at our growing number of self paced online Hacking Happiness programs here * Find out more about coaching with me here (last spots available for 2020)
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Permission To Dream Again. If fear or overwhelm has you feeling stuck or a little sad at the moment then this conversation with the amazing Milo-Arne Wilkinson is a must listen.Together we explore:* The science behind why we feel more exhausted, more afraid and more triggered than ever and what we can do to bring our mental wellbeing into balance. * Why now is the time to give yourself permission to have hope for the future and dream again how to use your internal conversation to turn fear into freedom.
THE COURAGE CHALLENGEFor those of you interested in learning how to use your fear to create the freedom and happiness you long for. Check out our new program The Courage Challenge here.Resources* The Cheshire Cat Experiment * The Screenager * Want More Hacking Happy? Wanting to find out more about hacking your way to happier every day? * Take the HackingHappy Assessment at hackinghappy.co * Grab a copy of my new book Hacking Happiness * Take a look at our growing number of self paced online Hacking Happiness programs here * Find out more about coaching with me here (last spots available for 2020)
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Awkward, uncomfortable and cathartic. In today’s episode of The Hacking Happy Podcast I’m trying something different. I’m taking you inside my inner thoughts and opening up my journal to demonstrate the power of leaning into vulnerability and small acts of courage. This felt awkward, uncomfortable and cathartic all at once. The tribe has spoken and asked me for hacks on being more courageous and I felt doing this was a great way to show you what it looks and feels like.I share a recent event that triggered feelings of failure, low self-worth and shame (yes I have these moments!) and how I use journaling to process these feelings in a way that is constructive rather than destructive.If this episode resonates, let me know via hello@hackinghappy.co as I’m keen to have a regular episode where I share an extract from my journal with the intent of helping others in a way that is raw and meaningful.Resources* If this resonates why not grab a copy of Hacking Happiness the book here, read it and then share your experience on socials, or if you have a mailing list, share with your subscribers what you've learnt * If you’re interested in digging deeper into your own happiness and realising more of it, take a look at our growing suite online programs here * A single private coaching spot is opening up with me in the coming month if you're interested click here to get the details and apply.
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Alison Rice’s true self: How do you shift your life into alignment when you realise the stories you’re telling are not the ones you want to tell? This was the question Alison Rice confronted as a distinguished and multi award-winning digital publisher.This week Offline Founder, conscious coach and tribe leader Alison Rice joins Penny Locaso on the Hacking Happy couch. Alison shares how she walked away from what appeared to be it all, only to unlock the door to surrender, alignment, and a life of fulfilment.Penny and Alison dig deep around:* Having the courage to write yourself out of a budget and a successful job * How to learn to surrender to the most difficult moments in life * On how to shift your mindset to one that says "every experience is an opportunity to live my life in alignment"
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How do you amp up your happiness when you can only leave your home for one hour a day of exercise and physical connection outside of your home is cut off? This week, reformed corporate lawyer and the host of ABC Radio National's show and podcast, "This Working Life" Lisa Leong joins Penny Locaso on the Hacking Happy couch. Lisa shares how she structures her day to nourish her soul and dial up her energy.Penny and Lisa also get real and raw around:* How happiness is about a commitment to joy each and everyday * Why gifting yourself the start of the day is critical to your happiness practice * Why bird watching/listening has them both feeling happier * The gifts COVID Life has brought to each of their lives and how they plan to carry these lessons into the future
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This is the first episode of The Hacking Happy Podcast so I felt it would be fitting to share the back story with you. I want to give you a feel for who I am, what I’m about and where I intend to take you with this podcast long term.In this episode I share openly my journey towards becoming a happiness hacker and the key lessons I’ve learnt along the way.Together we’ll explore:* How happiness is found at the intersection of what you long for but are avoiding. * How being an imperfect experimenter can give you permission to lean into the discomfort of change you’ve longed for. * Why fear is the greatest lever you have available to you in making the change you seek and how to lean into it more often * Why the longer you wait the longer it will take. There is no perfect plan in the realm of hacking happiness. It’s the action that breeds the clarity.
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Adapting to support asylum seekers: Have you stopped to consider who might be falling through the cracks of COVID-19? Penny Locaso joins Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Innovation Leader Abiola Ajetomobi as she shares the effect of COVID-19 on those seeking asylum. There is no safety net for those who have contributed to our society whilst their visa applications are being processed, which means they are just one of many groups of humans falling through the cracks.This Week We Explore:* Embracing content as a skill at a moment of pause * How life has become small environmentally and how that impacts our humanity * Why being present is so critical at a time when the future can feel overwhelming * Why we need to be kinder to ourselves in isolation * Why taking agency over what you can control can be so helpful in adapting in a crisis * How we need to be more humanistic in how we approach one another
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71 and Teaching Yoga: To celebrate Mother's Day and share a story that has already inspired 8,000+ people on LinkedIn, I decided to invite my amazing Mum, Sandra Reed, onto the Human First podcast couch. Since COVID-19 hit I have been committed to sharing stories that uplift and encourage a little more joy into our days. This week is no exception.At age 60 my mum (who had been a farmer) decided to reinvent herself and become a yoga teacher. She went on to start a small business that provided yoga to those in her community who were aged over 60 and wanted to keep moving. Mum and her students love what she's created which is why she's still going at 71. That's right, a 71-year-old yoga teacher! When COVID-19 hit, the classes stopped, meaning Mum's students would miss their weekly exercise highlight... that was until my brother and I taught Mum how to use Zoom. Mum started experimenting, purchased a Bluetooth microphone and last week ran her first online yoga classes. I was so proud to join and support her as I knew it would feel a little weird and perhaps challenging the first couple of times. Mum is far from tech savvy but she is intentionally adaptable, and that skill has ensured that she and her students can continue to have their yoga joy in lockdown.This Week We Discuss:* How change, in bite-size pieces builds the courage and confidence to step into bigger change over time * Why being true to who you are is so much more fulfilling than being normal or trying to please others * How a mindset change can open up possibilities you never imagined and help others at the same time
Where To Find Sandra:If you'd like to find out more about Sandra's online yoga classes for someone over 60, please reach out to Pennyvia email. She's been a little inundated so we are in the throes of setting up a website.Where To Find PennyEmailInstagramLinkedInHack Happiness With PennyIf this podcast resonated and you're interested to find out more, why not check out and register for one of our upcoming online workshops. Click here to find out more.If you loved your Human First podcast experience, please subscribe and leave a review. Do you have a friend you feel may love the Human First Podcast? Why not forward this page to them?
Creativity In Crisis: How important is creativity and it's expression to humans? This week Penny Locaso is joined by Actor, Singer & Producer Blake Bowden. Blake shares the effect of COVID-19 on the arts industry and the unconsidered implications for a workforce that is casual in nature.This Week We Explore:* How this time of pause can deliver magic if we allow ourselves to lean into it * How many artists are falling through the cracks in terms of financial support to meet their basic human needs at a time of crisis * What innovation now looks like in the arts - check out the Isolate Late Show * What a future perspective looks like personally when we have the time to step away from the busy and into what matters
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Leading when certainty doesn't exist: In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso is joined from the COVID-19 epicentre by Leadership Guru and one of the Top 50 Business Thinkers in the world, Dorie Clark. Together they discuss what it really feels like for the average person on the street in New York, the role of the leader in this new normal, and how to challenge reactionary behaviour that may not serve you.As a true illustration of Penny's comment in this episode "every day it changes", since recording this episode with Dorie only 13 days ago, the death toll in the US is now heading towards 60,000.This Week We Explore:* How no matter where we go, we can't escape our own personalities and how that transfers into lockdown * Why you need to resist the impulse to create certainty for your people as a leader at this unprecedented time * A scarcity mindset and how it taxes your cognitive resources, limiting your ability to intentionally navigate complexity * How to create counter-cyclical revenue streams in your business to survive a crisis
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The science of humanity: The way science is being done around COVID-19 is vastly different from anything before. In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso joins biologist Tiffany Vora as they discuss how cultural habits and the way of doing science has been turned on its head. Tiffany also shares how she and her family are navigating the complexity of the current situation, simple hacks to get through the next 24 hours in a full house, and how this crisis in many ways has been a gift.This Week We Explore:* How to create space with your family at home during the day * What it looks like when scientists around the world fight a common enemy for the first time * How the scientific community is looking at solutions to this health crisis - and it's not how you might think * Why the virus has taken off in some communities and not in others * How should we look at innovation in this new reality
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Maintaining Mental Health In Solitude: Welcome to the launch of Season 3 of the Human First podcast. This season, we will be talking to interesting humans about how they are personally navigating the complexity of the current situation, the opportunities this challenge presents, their hopes for the future, and any simple hacks to not only get through the next 6 months, but also the next 24 hours.In this timely episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso joins behavioural scientist Milo-Arne Wilkinson as she shares the effect enforced isolation can have on us physically and emotionally. If we listen to what our brain is saying about isolation, it's like being grounded as a child - isolation is a punishment. What will become of us if the words we use to describe isolation - physical confinement, alone, quarantine, withdrawal - become our actions, and those actions become our emotions?This Week We Explore:* How the language we use affects our ability to make change * How enforced isolation can have the same physical and emotional effects as solitary confinement * How do we help the mental health of the elderly during these days of self-isolation * How do we get through the next 24 hours * How do we own our space and create space for the things that matter
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What does happiness really look like? What if your version of happiness and success isn't what you thought it was?In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso joins Beth Lepely as she shares how a move from US to Australia forced her to re-assess who she is as a human being and what defines happiness. This episode will make you re-think about what actually drives your happiness.This Week Explore:* How improv comedy can help you build the skills to thrive in the future * Why the bad stuff and negative emotions are necessary for maintaining happiness * How your definition of happiness may not be what you think it is * How Beth's response to the question "who are you as a human being" will surprise you * Why "life blueprints" are most effective when used in this one particular way * What does happiness look like for Beth
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A better way to finding your happy. What does it mean to be human? To Aaron Williams, it means being present, surrounding yourself with family and friends, and enjoying the simplicity of life. However, sometimes finding your happy place is not as easy as it sounds.In this powerful episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso joins Aaron Williams to talk about their shared passion for mental health. In response to Aaron's own struggles with depression and suicidal thinking following the tragic death of a young mate in 2003, he started exploring leadership in mental health. Why was it difficult for Australian men to find support? He believed there was a better way.This Week Explore:* How traveling across South America for six months changed Aaron's perspective on happiness * How he plans to empower people to actively seek and achieve happiness * What he fears the most about the future * The one critical question that people often do not ask themselves and why it is so important
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How do we lead teenagers into this complex age? In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso talks role models, real innovation, and selfies with Madeleine Grummet, an authentic human being that shows up as she is. As a co-founder, investor, and startup mentor, Madeleine works across the innovation ecosystem bridging the gap between education and the tech industry.This Week We Explore:* What innovation actually means, and is it solving real problems * To whom do young girls look, and who is going to lead them into this complex age * The misconception around STEM (or STEAM) * The You Are Not Your Face Project and what it feels like to be a girl in the world right now * What's happening with human connection in the next generation * Who is the real selfie?
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Raising your visibility to realise your potential. In this week's episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso sits with Sarah Anderson as she shares her fascinating path from art history at Melbourne University, to running social and digital communications at ANZ, to starting her own business, and to becoming a yoga instructor. What is the mindset that has helped her along her journey?This Week Explore:* How social media gives people, especially women, a voice * What lies at the intersection of being authentic and putting yourself out there * How to use mindfulness and reflective journaling to reach one's potential * Her Human First experience in Antarctica * The one question she always asks herself * The power of letting go * How she creates space to focus, by ditching the time scarcity mindset
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Forget about finding balance in life, find tilt instead. In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso interviews Brooke McAlary, author of the book 'Slow', and discusses how she is imperfectly embracing being an author, being a mother of two children, and trying to live mindfully.This week we explore:* How Brooke lives more mindfully by 'Tilting', rather than 'Balancing' her life * What is 'Wobbly Balance' and how that helps her * What's got Brooke curious at the moment * The human element of building a community, the sense of belonging, to feel seen and be heard, and to feel more human * Brooke's new project, the Slow Experiment Club, which focuses on face-to-face human connections rather than digital connections * How Brooke stays connected without Twitter or Facebook * Brooke's major concerns around the climate crisis, and what she's doing to make an impact * What one question would Brooke like people ask her but that they don't?
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When was the last time you wrote a letter? In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso talks about the power of creativity and our inner muse with Melanie Knight, a human being who is passionate about human connection and spreading safe spaces around the world for people to be creative and social in subtle and playful ways. Melanie is reviving the lost art of letter writing through two big projects - Dead Letter Club and The Library of Letters. This week we explore:* Why her creative letter writing movement has been one of her most life-changing projects * How her latest project, The Library of Letters, is promoting empathy, wellbeing and human connection * The difficult moment in Melanie's life that inspired her to embark on this journey * Her concerns about technology's impact on creativity, anxiety, and human connection in the real world * The difficulty in creating the space to turn off
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Come to s p a c e ... What happens when unlikely people connect humanly? In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso talks about the power of shared ideas and cross-sector collaboration with Cj Holden, a genuine, down-to-earth human being who is building engaged communities through immersive experiences. Having been in Australia for only 18 months, Cj is about to launch a first-of-its-kind event with hundreds of unlikely people with a similar vision of being a force for change.This week we explore:* The importance of respecting other people's journeys * Why Cj sees himself as an accidental entrepreneur * Cj's journey into s p a c e - a different type of conference - and what that entails * What success truly looks like for him * What Cj would tell his younger self
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How do you effectively drive change? In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso talks bravery, gender equity, and the advantages of being difficult with Dr. Francesca Maclean, a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in STEM. As a champion, mentor, sponsor, and multi-dimensional human being, Francesca is breaking barriers for gender equity in STEM and encouraging people to be brave, step up, say something, and do something.This Week We Explore:* Francesca's honest process for creating space for deep thinking and exploration * Why "being difficult" has fueled her work in disrupting the status quo * Her journey in effectively driving change, especially in areas where people think they've already achieved change * Why bravery and discomfort are critical in advancing her efforts * The fascinating revelation of what success looks like for her in the next 2 years
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What is your infinite unfinished goal? In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso talks purpose, failure, and the journey of self-discovery with Steven Ma, a curious person whose purpose is to make work more human. As Chief Purpose Officer and Agility Executive at No Moss, Steven co-designs organisations for empathy and agility, emphasising a more human purpose to work.This Week We Explore:* Steven's best failure * The radical thing he makes every employee do when they first join No Moss * How to bring your whole self to work * What it means to create an environment where people can live up to the expectations of their younger selves * The benefits of encouraging employees to unpack their purpose. Some of the outcomes are unexpected. * The reason why he wishes people would ask him the question, "How are you growing today?"
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What could you do to be more creative? In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso talks curiosity and creativity with Stephen Gates, a designer and someone who loves to teach, coach, and help the world get more creative. As Head Design Evangelist at Invision, Stephen helps teams elevate the impact of design inside their organisations. What could you do to have better ideas?This Week We Explore:* How to summon your creativity on demand * Why creativity is no different than sports psychology and athletics * The process for unpacking a great idea * Why social media creates false expectations of creativity * Empowering vulnerability through once-a-month Anxiety Parties
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Let's Get Real and Human A raw look at being human on your entrepreneurial journey.In this episode of the Human First Podcast, Penny Locaso gets vulnerable and honest about what it means to be human on this entrepreneurial journey. Hint: It's coming to terms that there's no silver bullet or shortcut in realising your dream.This week, we explore the lessons Penny has learned in her intentional adaptability™ journey:* Change comes with sacrifice. Be conscious about what you'll need to give up, and accept that choice * Self doubt does not go away. The closer you are to your dream, the bigger your self doubt becomes * Growth occurs with pain. When you feel discomfort, it might be something you should be doing * Watching others is sometimes unhealthy. Don't compare apples to oranges
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Habits, Humanity and Taking Action. In this episode of the Human First Podcast, I share coffee and conversation with the always thought-provoking, Holly Ransom. CEO at Emergent, professional moderator, and a brilliant mind, Holly is forensically curious about the world around her.This Week We Explore:* What it really means to be human, beyond our connectedness with each other and the environment * The internal tug-of-war between our digital self Vs the real self, and its effect on the younger generation * The hunt for authenticity and why companies need to care * Why this is a fascinating time to reimagine the way we do things * What Intentional Adaptability looks like for her
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Bringing spirituality and morality to technology. Rita Arrigo, Digital Advisor at Microsoft, shares how engaging with customers who look at the world in different ways has shaped her perspective on how AI can truly amplify human potential, and not replace it.This Week We Explore:* How AI can be a force for good, assisting countries that face water issues, climate change, and wildlife conservation challenges * Leveraging AI for inclusivity, and helping people with disability find a more streamlined way to do work, enjoy life, and be a part of society * Engaging AI for humanitarian action, and serving people who are displaced by disasters or political issues * Exploring AI for healthcare/genomes, and tapping into computing power to understand our own human bodies and diseases. * How we need to understand the ethics behind technology, and not just be passengers
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Just because it can be done, does it mean we should. Raymond McCauley, scientist, engineer, investor, Chair, Digital Biology at Singularity University, and co-founder bioCurious. With too many titles to fit on a business card, when Penny asked who Raymond is as a human being, his number one response was a Father, and his most important role, that of being a curator of experience for his 12-year-old twin boys.This week, Raymond shares with Penny his insights into the world of biotechnology and DNA sequencing, discussing his wish for us to know what the basic technologies are, understand what they do, what we should integrate into our lives, and what we need to put at a distance.This Week We Explore* Do we need to restrict the tools or restrict the actions that people take with the tools? * Genetic engineering tools, and where they’re being applied * The 2-headed dragon that exists in the use of synthetic biology * Knowledge is good for knowledge sake
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When did you last surprise yourself? Human First host Penny Locaso finds herself doing this a lot lately as she pilots the world first Intentional Adaptability™️ Program with fifteen brave intrapreneurs, from a global giant. Listen and learn how IAQ™️ is a foundational skill set for navigating and shaping the future. It's a place where using your curiosity to challenge everything you thought to be true, is highly valued. Listen and learn how discovering you are wrong can be more powerful than finding you are right.This Week We Explore:* Using your curiosity to challenge everything you thought to be true * Certainty being an impediment to growth and innovation * The magic that lies in the complexity of the unknown
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Create The Space For More Being Happiness Hacker and Human First host Penny Locaso shares her 2019 commitment for creating intentional space for less doing and more being. Focusing on how you show up in the every day may very well enable you to realise the magic in the journey that is life.* Remove the word busy from your vocabulary * Set micro-goals for a more valuable being * How will you create the space for less doing and more being in 2019?
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Conversation, Curiosity & Exploration - Futurist In Residence at MYOB, Keran McKenzie, and Penny, have a discussion around the exciting world of data availability, and its corresponding cause for concern.This Week We Explore:* Voice interface technology * Fostering innovation and curiosity and wrestling with immediacy of available answers * Simplicity of access to data comes with the risk of relaxed sharing * Social media drug of addiction * Fostering the discovery of solution
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AI Lock-in Loop - Mike Butcher, Editor At Large at TechCrunch London, chats with Penny about the technology trends Mike has observed as having the largest impact on society and how they have provided permission to change society’s conversations around the refugee crisis.This Week We Explore:* The AI lock in loop with an exponential effect on businesses, it’s a drug of addiction * AI as an arms race * Giving politicians permission to change the conversation around refugees * Impact investing - future-proofing a society against polarisation and racism * How to learn, not just what to learn
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Student, Thought Provoker, and Conscious Being. 17-year-old, Carey Grammar year 12 student, Matt Blanch provides a discourse on some changes and trends affecting young adults today, offering a unique perspective on the future.This Week We Explore:* Opportunity is what the future presents * Significant comparisons to the industrial revolution in mechanising our cognitive abilities * The growing acceptance of nihilism * Encouragement of the average - the linear education system
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Using Banking For Good. Holly Ziegal Ruxin, CEO & Founder Montcalm TCR, just off a jet from San Francisco, sits down on the Human First couch with Penny to discuss curiosity, perfection, and how life-changing lessons can be learnt from a 5-year-old.This Week We Explore:* What exactly is perfection * Why it’s important in Holly’s life to be of service to others * Constantly being curious and constantly asking the question, the answers come, and it’s really fun
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Are You Jack Of Busy? Happiness Hacker and Human First host Penny Locaso shares a hack that has fundamentally shifted her life and the way that she looks at what she’s doing with her time. How removing the word ‘busy’ from her vocabulary has created the space to be more human.This Week, Happiness Hacker and Human First host Penny Locaso challenges you:* What would you do with your time if you weren’t so busy? * Create a space for stillness or boredom * Remove the word busy from your vocabulary
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What is the global mind? Dot Connector, Brian Lim - IT Manager/Consultant at Fishburners and HyperCubes Co-Founder joins Penny in a frank discussion around using technology to serve humanity to remain relevant, through empathy.This Week We Explore:The use of satellite technology to gain insight for agricultural and mining resourcesBrian’s excitement in the realm of space travel, it’s on our doorstepWhy digital biology and blockchain are Brian’s biggest technological fearIt’s not what the technology is, it’s what you do with itWhere To Find BrianBrian Lim | LinkedInSolving Problems For A Billion PeopleFishburnersHyperCubes
Loved, Loathed, Longed For, Learnt... Dom Price, Work Futurist and Head of R&D at Atlassian, sits on the Human First couch with Penny to explore how he sees the advancements in tech and AI affecting the future of work in the unprecedented multi-generational workforce.This Week We Explore:· Without change, an otherwise effective existence will not remain relevant· Dom’s insights on leading a multi-generational workforce· The mental health impact of increased long periods of complex work, as AI takes the lighter mix away· You can’t tell me to be curious between 9-5 Monday to Friday, it’s absurd· Dom’s 4 Ls hack, if you don’t plant seeds, you’ll never get any treatsFind The Resources DiscussedDom Price | On Mental OverloadBlockbusters Rejects NetflixWhere To Find DomDom Price | LinkedInDom Price | TwitterIf you loved your first Human First podcast experience, please subscribe and leave a review. Do you have a friend you feel may love the Human First Podcast? Why not forward this page to them?
Building empowered communities through university. After working as a Civil Engineer, then traveling for 2 years to more than 40 countries, Josh Farr asked himself, "If I could design my dream career, what would I do?"... With experience in student leadership and a passion for the value of campus life at universities, Josh founded his own business, Campus Consultancy, to empower student leaders through entrepreneurial education.This Week We Explore:· How university students gain a 17-month head-start on their competition in entering the workforce.· Josh’s excitement for the future in our ability to empower ourselves to create our own change from the inside.· The disturbing trend to suggest that the future will be better, does this imply that there is belief that the present is not so great?· Challenging ourselves to have to act on human connection, building it into the everyday.· The chemical generating hacks that Josh uses to thrive in the overwhelming technological future.LINKS:TechfugeesMike Butcher / TechCrunchMatt Ridley / The Rational OptimistMatt Ridley / TED TalksHans Rosling / FactfulnessHans Rosling / TED TalksRebecca Solnit / Hope In The DarkSimon Sinek / 99UIf you loved your first Human First podcast experience, please subscribe and leave a review. Do you have a friend you feel may love the Human First Podcast? Why not forward this page to them?
Perpetual Learning = To Thrive ….. Happiness Hacker and Human First host Penny Locaso shares her hacks on developing the skills needed to thrive in an unprecedented future of artificial intelligence and technology.As we enter the fourth industrial revolution, uncertainty is becoming the new normal, how do we remain relevant in the context of change? How can we help our children to adapt in this new world we find ourselves in?This Week Happiness Hacker and Human First host Penny Locaso shares her perspectives on:· Why your Adaptability Quotient is critical to thriving in a world of exponential technological growth· Six foundational pillars to focus on if you want to amplify your AQ, or that of your children· Simple hacks to support the amplification pillars, and remain relevant
Kids at work = happy. What are your thoughts in kids and the future of work? You may not know this but recently when my son asked me if he could take a day off school in order to watch me at TEDx Melbourne, I said absolutely! I figured Sax would learn more watching 13 amazing speakers than he would in his Grade 2 classroom.Equally, as a single mum, I know how hard it can be when an opportunity presents and you can't find care for your child. That's why I'm a huge advocate of children being integrated with work to ensure that parents can #showup for opportunities they desire to.Why am I telling you this? Because I couldn't wait to share with you my latest podcast interview with Laynton Allan, founder of KidsCo Australia and ex-school teacher. Laynton is fiercely passionate about the future of education and connecting kids into the workplace. KidsCo Australia is an Australian organisation all about family and promoting human connection.In this episode we unpack:* Who Laynton is as a human being and how he went from school teacher to entrepreneur, founding KidsCo * Reducing guilt for working parents through their programs * Laynton’s excitement and concerns for the future, including the next generation, lack of human connection, and the rise of AI * The changes that he would like to see in education to build better human skills that enable kids to thrive * Laynton's personal tips for parents to enable their kids to thrive in the future
Links:* KidsCo Australia * KidsCo Facebook * KidsCo YouTube * KidsCo Instagram * Laynton Allan LinkedIn
Empathy, play, and the future. We speak with Julie Trell, Head of muru-D, Human API (connector of people, programs, and ecosystems), and SheEO Country Lead - Australia.SheEO was launched in Canada in 2015. The model brings together 500 women Activators who will contribute $1,100 each. This money is pooled together and loaned out at zero percent interest to five women-led ventures selected by the Activators. The loans are paid back in five years and loaned out again, creating a perpetual fund for women-led businesses.In this episode we unpack:* Who Julie is as a human being, and her career history from working across education, corporate, consulting, and now funding women lead businesses * What is SheEO and why investing in women-led businesses is critical to creating a more human future * What gets Julie excited about in the future and equally what has her disturbed * What humanising the future of work means to her, and how she is skilling herself to thrive in a word of tech
Links:* Julie Trell LinkedIn * SheEO Website * muru-D Website * muru-D Events
What is a happiness Hacker? We start the season with Penny Locaso Human First host and Happiness Hacker digs deep in a reverse interview with her game-changing friend Sheree Rubinstein, Founder and CEO of One Roof.In this episode we unpack:* Who Penny is as a human being and how she became the worlds first happiness hacker * What she's excited about in the future * Why many are afraid of the future and how Penny uses fear to help others embrace the age of uncertainty * What Penny is afraid of at the moment and how she's tackling it. * Her insights from her time at Singularity University at the NASA Research Centre working with the world-leading AI and technology innovators. * What AQ is and why it is critical to each and every one of us to thrive in a world of tech. * Penny's unconventional way of measuring her personal success * And why intergenerational connection is critical to solving the challenges we face in the future.
Links:* Adaptability Quotient / Your Secret Weapon To Remaining Relevant * BKindred.com * Penny Locaso LinkedIn * Sheree Rubinstein LinkedIn * OneRoof.com