Be Happier in Spite of Your Life: Recent Episodes
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Anne Reid, Certified Executive Life Coach, is passionate about helping people improve their lives. Through her years of coaching, she has concluded that focusing on one primary thing can change clients’ health, wealth, and relationships for the better – and that one thing is to be happier.
In this first episode of a two-part series, Host Anne Reid shares scientific data concerning the benefits of being happier. Anne covers the advantages of happiness, the science behind this feeling, and the role of our “happiness chemicals”. She shares the one thing needed for anyone to achieve the goal of being happier – no matter what is going on in our life at the moment.
Today’s guest on Be Happier in Spite of Your Life explains to host, Anne Reid, how she learned to accept herself and develop self-compassion. Always curious and seeking, Elizabeth Robinson, EdD, discovered mindfulness and meditation. These practices allowed her to realize that, as a military brat with the constant moves and attempts to fit into new places, she developed Imposter Syndrome. Elizabeth acknowledges that for the majority of her life, she always felt that she was playing a part, and she even majored in theater in college where she could pretend to be other people!
Today’s guest, Paty Johnston, the creator of 30 Days to Stop Procrastinating, shares with Host, Anne Reid, how she was able to overcome her own procrastination and attain her lifelong dream. With a goal of visiting 100 countries before the end of 2024, she discusses how believing and taking action enabled her to live her dream. Practicing time management and focus, Paty structures her time to be able to coach and welcome new clients as she travels from country to country.
Host Anne Reid discusses her own lived experience raising children with disabilities. She freely admits to having frequently felt helpless, hopeless, and overwhelmed most of the time! Anne shares many things she learned the hard way and explores things she would have done differently. In hindsight, Anne recognizes that many of the principles she uses to be happy in her own life, she developed from her parenting experience.
Host, Anne Reid, and Jenn Henry, the author of RESILIENCY, discuss Jenn’s story of earning the status of an Amazon Best Seller. Additionally, Jenn is a finalist for a CIBA award (Chanticleer International Book Awards). Jenn’s book is a simple and powerful primer on how to take action and move past fears to create the life of your dreams.
What happens when your kid totally quits functioning, and you can’t keep them in your home? Host of Be Happier, Anne Reid, and her guest, Lucy Pritzker, discuss her journey from distraught parent to forging a new career. Hear how this Mom found a positive residential placement for her son and now helps other families do the same.
Anne Reid’s guests today are two experienced mental health professionals who are creating a paradigm shift in the world of parenting children. The concept of Palliative Parenting arose out of Jennifer Sevick’s experience working as a Hospice provider. Jenn and the founder of the Children’s Mental Health Resource Center, Elizabeth Errico, are translating Jenn’s experiences in palliative care (providing dying individuals with the best quality of life each day) to children living with mental illness or other disorders and their families. Jenn and Elizabeth share what they have created, how they are educating others, and their plans for the future.
Host, Anne Reid, and guest, Jenn Henry, Lifestyle Recovery Coach, explore the positive aspects of healthy eating. Our food affects us both mentally and physically, and gut health is as important to our well-being as sleep and exercise. Also, current research is proving that certain diets can improve the impact of mental health disorders.
The host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, and her guest, Jared, a recovering addict and co-founder of The Blaklist Podcast, discuss the more nuanced parts of recovery from finding the right program for you, rebuilding a life based on sobriety, and understanding when you are actually stable and sober enough to reach out and help others. Their conversation covers the second part of recovery from “I’ve quit using”, to “now what?”.
Host Anne Reid and her guest delve into grief and recovery after losing a 16-year-old son in an accident. From the best of life, celebrating his daughter’s wedding the night before, to the agony of losing a son the next day, this father has used his faith and experience to help other’s find their way in the aftermath of a great loss.
Host of Be Happier, Anne Reid, welcomes back dating coach, Stacy Perry. Stacy shares what she considers to most important things to determine BEFORE starting to date, how to become clear about non-negotiable requirements, and most of all, how to have fun!
Author and life-style recovery specialist, Jenn Henry, converses with Anne Reid, host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, about her journey from despair and dysfunction to creating a life worth living. Jenn speaks with candor and openness about being down and out and stints in prison. She also shares how she changed the trajectory of her life and her passion for helping others tap into their resiliency and change their own.
During the course of our lives, most of us end up either being a caregiver or needing someone to care for us. Whether caring for an aging parent, a child, or someone with a serious illness, this role can provoke many emotions from joy to exhaustion. Host Anne Reid and her guest explore the many facets of this role, share their own experiences as caretakers, and offer ways to make it easier for both the giver and the receiver.
Host Anne Reid's guest shares her story of overcoming a serious Opioid addiction. As a Mom, daughter, employee, partner, and community advocate, Brianna is committed to long-term sobriety. However, the route she has chosen differs from the conventional path, and she freely discusses how and why it is working for her and how she supports others making the same choice.
Host Anne Reid's guest is Lee Woodruff, who shares her journey from dealing with her husband's life-changing accident through the creation of the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Lee discusses how community and connection supported her through the challenging times and how finding purpose in helping American veterans has been part of her healing.
Host Anne Reid's guest twice attempted suicide. Today he works with others who are feeling that their life isn't worth living. In an effort to reach out, give hope, and share resources, Chris Milson has founded a Facebook group devoted to mental health and also has a podcast where he shares survivors' stories.
Host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, and her guest, Sean Young, explore the concept of "anniversary grief" and how it has impacted their own lives. When the anniversary falls around major holidays, it can be even more devastating! Learn how they prepare for and mitigate the effects of this syndrome.
Anxiety Coach, Trevor Moore, and Be Happier in Spite of Your Life host, Anne Reid, discuss ways for your holidays to be more peaceful and less anxious. Anne and Trevor cover everything from buying presents to having your adult kids arrive home with unhelpful significant others to managing an overnight at your in-laws with your two toddlers and misbehaving puppy!
If holidays and celebrations make everyone in your life crazy, join Anne Reid, the host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, and her guest share ideas on how to make the supposed happy times, well, at least more peaceful! Lowering expectations, setting boundaries, and pre-planning are just some of the tips the two share. Both agree that maintaining a sense of humor helps too.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, speaks with a survivor. Michelle Jewsbury uses her past experiences as a victim of abuse to becoming an author, speaker, and international advocate for those suffering domestic violence. She works tirelessly to create awareness of the impacts of the violence and also offers education, hope, and support to those in need.
Join host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, as she and her guest discuss what it is like to sell your own home. Patti Howard is well versed in all aspects of residential real estate from working as a former real estate litigator to being a seasoned Realtor. Patti opens up about her own journey as Seller and offers some tips to make the process go more smoothly. Additionally, she shares some funny stories about situations she has encountered while doing her job.
Host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, interviews a woman who took a leap of faith and quit trying to make everything happen and instead let her life unfold. Candis shares her journey of finding that peace and love abound, doors opened, and life got really juicy when she let go and simply surrendered to the flow of life.
Host Anne Reid’s guest has navigated a journey of full of twists and turns since adopting two “crack babies”. Michele shares her story from dealing with unending testing, school placements, and runaways, through wrangling with the court system. Love and determination means this mother has never given up on ensuring her two kids the best life possible.
Host of Be Happier in Spite of Your life, Anne Reid, discusses a theme running through her inspirational guests' stories. Whether recovering from substance abuse, overcoming loss, living with medical issues, or surviving domestic violence, each guest has a great support system. Anne believes, and science proves, that community and connections are major foundations of good mental health and genuine happiness.
Anne Reid, Be Happier in Spite of Your Life’s host, and her guest, Jenn Sevick, CMSW, discuss this rapidly growing area of education. Jenn approaches this topic from two perspectives – as a mental health practitioner and also as a home-schooling Mom. She shares her experiences, both good and bad, and offers tips to help successfully navigate this world.
Join Be Happier host, Anne Reid, as she and her guest talk about one of the biggest decisions today’s guest ever had to make. Sean Young is a medically retired US Army vet who was given the choice between jail or a rehab; he chose the Alaska Therapeutic Court Program. Sean now spends his time as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and Trainer and as the host of his “Sitting with Sean” podcast where he and his guests discuss recovery from Substance Abuse.
Host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, explores her guest’s story of living on the street as a drug addict to being 9 years sober and a Senior Program Coordinator for Recovery Services. Audrey shares stories from her “not so good days” to her current life as a recovery coach, passing out Narcan, and being passionate about dealing with mental health issues along with substance abuse.
Today’s guest on Be Happier in Spite of Your Life is a domestic violence survivor who has turned that experience into coaching, speaking, and the creation of a non-profit. Join host, Anne Reid, and guest, Michelle Jewsbury, as they discuss Michelle’s journey out of violence into helping other victims.
Host, Anne Reid, takes a look back at her previous guests, their stories, and the themes which have emerged for their conversations. She also shares some on her recent readings and what’s next in both her upcoming shows and in her coaching.
Today’s guest on Be Happier in Spite of Your Life is a Trauma therapist. Alina Kheyson, LMSW, and host, Anne Reid, discuss the impacts of trauma on the brain, mind, and body. Their conversation also explains the advances in science in understanding trauma’s long term affect on an individual. Current treatment options for recovery are also explored.
Today’s guest on Be Happier in Spite of Your Life is a middle school teacher who had her own struggles in school from dealing with dyslexia to gravitating to the wrong crowd. She and host, Anne Reid, discuss how she now focuses on “the whole child” by teaching and reinforcing social skills and making learning fun.
Today’s episode of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life explores one of host, Anne Reid’s, favorite topics: resiliency. Her guest, Geraldy Jean-Baptiste, exemplifies the concept of withstanding and recovering quickly from difficulties encountered in the pursuit of his dream life. The two explore how a high “Adversity Quotient” and managing one’s mind are the keys to achieving what you want.
Imagine regaining consciousness and discovering that you have been in a coma for 2 months!
Host, Anne Reid, and her guest, Duncan Quinn, talk about surviving a life-altering event and then figuring out what to do with one’s life afterwards. In spite of living with long-long disabilities – including being totally blind in one eye, Duncan is determined to help others who face the same type of trauma.
Anne Reid, the host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, is constantly exploring ways to feel better in our daily lives – mentally, emotionally, and physically. Today’s guest, who is a co-director of an integrative health center, focuses on the physical and shares some current treatments ranging from hormone replacement therapy, to advanced skin care treatments, to improving sexual wellness.
For the last show in the anxiety series, host of Be Happier in Spite of Your life, Anne Reid, welcomes college professor, Jono Babbitt, as her guest. Jono holds certifications in the areas of Trauma and Resilience and College Student Wellbeing, and he is concerned about the anxiety and apathy he is seeing in the current student population. The discussion ranges from the overall mental health of students to the possible causes of these trends.
Continuing with the theme of Anxiety in honor of May being Anxiety Month, host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, and Anxiety Coach, Trevor Moore, discuss how anxiety can impact one’s life. Anne and Trevor offer some tips and ways with dealing with this very uncomfortable emotion.
Be Happier in Spite of Your Life’s host, Anne Reid, converses with Isaac about his journey from injured and homeless veteran to wealth manager. He shares his low and his high moments and the things and people who helped him become successful. In turn, he now supports and mentors other vets.
Be Happier in Spite of Your Life host, Anne Reid, and her guest discuss how a look-back to the Covid lockdown three years ago has illuminated both the good and the bad of living through that experience. While focusing on the generalized increased anxiety and worry, they each share some personal gains they experienced as well as their difficulties.
Be Happier in Spite of Your Life host, Anne Reid, has as her guest, Shena White, who has built three 7 figure businesses! Besides being a Certified Scale Up coach, Shena is passionate about individuals creating their own income. Anne and Shena share their thoughts on money from the attitudes about it we learn in childhood to how having (or not having) it impacts our psyche and lives.
Anne Reid’s guest had it all – great marriage, successful career, and wonderful kids. From the outside, her life looked perfect. However, on the inside Carmen Ohling, founder of FLOW Academy, was unhappy and had just been diagnosed with serious health issues. Anne and Carmen discuss how Carmen transformed her life and is living her dream by helping others do the same.
Today, host Anne Reid of Be happier in Spite of Your Life, discusses addiction with a certified substance abuse counselor. The topics will range from moral v. medical theories, addiction as a means of self-medicating and coping, and what to do if you are concerned with someone needing help.
Join host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, as she talks with a cancer patient about surviving his cancer diagnosis with grace and gratitude. Unless it has happened to you, none of us can imagine what how those somber words “you have aggressive cancer” will impact us. Kurt freely shares what his experience has been – and still – as well as how he has managed his attitude.
Today Be Happier in Spite of Your Life’s host, Anne Reid, explores the experience of losing a mate to an unexpected and early death. Her guest, Catherine (Cat) Schuller’s, became a widow unexpectedly when her husband, Mark Gruenwald who was the “heart and soul of Marvel Comics” and the love of her life, who died unexpectedly in 1996. Cat shares some of her gut-wrenching experiences as well as the laugh-out-loud moments that occurred during her journey to becoming a “Legacy Executor”.
Host of Be Happier in Spite of Your Life, Anne Reid, reflects on her previous guests and describes the commonalities which have allowed each of them to “Surthrive” (Survive and Thrive). Though they come from many walks of life with unique circumstances, each has learned, grown, and is now giving back to others. Anne shares what she believes are the most important traits for being happier no matter what curve ball you are thrown.
Anne Reid’s guest on Be Happier in Spite of Your Life was told by her teachers and parents that she was “dumb” because school was so difficult for her. This early experience helped inform Jenn’s career path from earning a Masters in Social Work to working extensively with children and their families in schools and pediatric practices. Jenn shares how she was determined to not let this phrase define her and how changed the negative message into an asset both as a mother and a professional.
Today Be Happier in Spite of Your Life Host, Anne Reid, will be speaking with Elizabeth Errico, MA, EdM, founder of the Children’s Mental Health Resource Center. Elizabeth shares her own path and why she decided to create a center dedicated to helping families of children diagnosed with mental illness. Her goals are to help others not feel so alone on this journey and to educate, collaborate, and inspire.
Today’s guest on Be Happier in Spite of Our Life is dating coach, Stacy Perry, who shares how to bring more joy into your dating (or married) life. She discusses the messaging around “romantic love” and how it is perceived superior to other kinds and how this can make it more difficult for us to be in this type of relationship. Stacy believes we each get to choose how we wish to celebrate Valentine’s (or not) - whether married, dating, happily or unhappily single.
Today’s Be Happier in Spite of Your Life guest is a woman who woke up one day with totally paralyzed legs! It turned out a brain tumor was the cause! After a successful surgery, Nancy committed herself to movement and helping others do the same. Besides being a Pilates and Yoga teacher, she is also a Level 4 MELT teacher and will be sharing the philosophy behind MELT and demonstrating some simple exercises to relieve pain.
Catherine doesn’t let anything stop her from living her life to the fullest. She overcame the odds of being a plus-size model and turned it into an a career! She coped with her husband’s unexpected death by becoming his “legacy advocate”. In addition, she still finds time to play the violin, create and manufacture jewelry, run fashion shows, mentor, and absolutely refuses to be unhappy.
This guest exemplifies one of the foundations of being happy: connection. In his “spare” time, he does Search and Rescue, Fire, and EMT, while teaching full time and coaching a high school level sport! Chris will explain the benefits he receives from giving, plus he will share a few tips on how each of us can be safer.
Anne Reid’s guest is a woman who figured out how to overcome procrastination! Paty (pronounced “Patty”) Johnston will explain how she overcome both her ADD and her world-class ability to put things off! Among other tidbits, she will share her three secrets to getting things done.
Anne Reid, founder of Reid Coaching, is speaking with Candis Hickman, creator of The Slow Year, and Kyleen Keenan, vegan chef, on the benefits of a “Slow Year” on body , mind, and soul. They share different modalities and concepts which can be used to create more space in your life leading to higher productivity, better relationships, and more enjoyment of the simple things in life.
Anne Reid, the founder of Reid Coaching, is speaking with Geraldy Jean-Baptiste, creator of Unleash Your Sales Greatness. Geraldy had dream – a big dream – and refused to let it die. He shares his journey from rags to riches and how he keeps moving forward every day.
Anne Reid, the founder of Reid Coaching, is speaking with Life Coach Stacy Perry, a grateful survivor of 425 dates! Not only did this experience lead Stacy to her life partner but it informed her decision to become a dating coach! Join us today to hear about her journey, what she learned, and how she is now helping others.
Anne Reid, the founder of Reid Coaching, is speaking with Jenn Sevick, a licensed clinical social worker, about some ways to have more enjoyable holidays. Their topics will range from managing embarrassing questions, the advantages of having a family code word, dealing with loss and grief at such an emotional time, and how to look out for the vulnerable such as the elderly and those with disabilities.