Happiness Detective Series - The Flourish Project: Recent Episodes
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A series of interviews revealing the recipes of peoples' happiness. The series interviews a wide array of people from different cultures, classes, and world perspectives. The mission of The Flourish Project is to uncover our true causes of happiness and encourage their cultivation.
Spiritual leader, yoga teacher, counselor, kundalini and Ayurveda expert Sarah Kline takes us on a journey through the heart and down the path of yoga. With her deep, subtle wisdom and abundant compassion, Sarah teaches us the importance of:
- Accepting ourselves over improving ourselves.
- Getting out of our way and into beginners mind, where we can channel our divinity and connection. This allows us to access our inherent intuition.
- The power of random acts of kindness.
- Don't cry more than the person you're trying to help or you're making it about you!
Join us in this episode for a socio-political dive with young thought leader, educator, and political activist, Ian Petty. This episodes covers big ideas with a jovial spirit and should make you think about our social connectedness in new ways.
Join us in this wonderful chat with Teach For America leader, world class educator, and beloved mentor Debby Ng. In this episode, Debby shares with us a recipe of unconditional love, fearless mentorship, and raw courage that has inspired and driven her into some of the most difficult classrooms in America. With the heart of a lion, she has been on a tireless mission to bring more compassion and a better education to our nations most vulnerable youth.
Learn from Comedian, Influencer, DJ, and king of contagious joy - Billy Langdon in this episode. Billy shares a recipe of following his career passions, humor, fearless vulnerability, friendship, and relentless optimism. Finding career success and an audience of millions on social media, Billy has concluded that it is satisfaction in his day to day activities that has the biggest impact on his true happiness. Billy’s recipe also includes the freedom to create and express and a deeply rooted humility that pairs beautifully with his impressive self acceptance.
"It's never the experience that wounds the child. It's the way the experience is processed that wounds the child."
As an accomplished clinician with over 25 years of experience, Cheryl Donaldson is passionate about equipping parents, teenagers, and schools with the tools they need to face today's problems and challenges. It is Cheryl's natural charisma, extraordinary emotional intelligence, diverse experiences, and sense of humor that enables her to help individuals achieve their goals and find peace of mind. Join us on this episode to learn from Cheryl's multidisciplinary (CBT, family systems therapy, positive psychology) wisdom and upgrade your onion peeling skills!
To learn more about Cheryl's work or get in touch: https://www.helpingfamiliesflourish.com/
Dr. Joseph Parent, world renowned psychologist with a speciality in golf performance coaching, comes on the show and shares his recipe of Wisdom & Compassion. Dr. Joe has worked with famous athletes from many sports, including several #1 in the world athletes. As Dr. Joe says to his clients, "The ultimate goal is not just to help people become better golfers, but better human beings, ones who can relate to themselves and others in a genuine, kind, and courageous way. " Join us on this episode for an exploration of Doc's down to earth values, informed to a large degree by his study and work in psychology and Tibetan Buddhism, conveyed in a simple yet profound way.
Learn from the happiness recipe of Jackson Hole legend Chris Hansen. Chris is a master of counter-balance, an expert back-country skiing, a fantastic entrepreneur, and an even better dad. Tune in and let Chris share some spice that might just add a little more Flourishing to your life recipe in 2023.
The Happiness Detective Series aims to share peoples' recipes for happiness so that we might all flourish more. Pam Daniels, designer and Northwestern professor, joins the show as our first honorary guest. Pam has a unique perspective on how to live life that is both profound and refined. Her work as a word-class designer and leader of design thinking reveals her deep commitment to improving the lives of others with passion and pragmatism . She speaks of a life of making, physical touch, and deep engagement and immersion in the world around her.