Happy Humans Podcast: Recent Episodes
Happy Humans Project
The Happy Humans Project creates events and media that embrace storytelling and community to create intentional connection with ourselves, other humans, and the Earth.
Each week Halle interviews inspiring humans from around the world to share stories of transformation, healing, and love. The world has enough masks, illusions and barriers, so we’re committed to holding space for transparency, authenticity, and simply existing. We’re all just out here doing our best to be humans. Each of our unique inspiring passions and experiences is what makes us each so beautiful. Focused on learning and sharing knowledge amongst all of our unique skillsets and gifts to share with this Earth. Telling stories of connection, knowledge, and celebrating community.
Dedicated to connecting a community of humans changing the world for the better, starting within ourselves. Existing to create deeper connections with ourselves, other humans, and the Earth. The goal isn’t to be happy all the time, but to acknowledge the growth and magic between the balance of light and dark. Embracing our ability to consciously create our lives and manifest the reality of our dreams. Transcending our perceived limitations through intentional self-work, love, and healing. Focusing on giving energy and love to ourselves, so we can give more energy and love to the world around us.
Today we’re speaking with the amazing Julia Parzyck , AKA @fitfatandallthat on Instagram
Julia is an eating disorder recovery coach, body acceptance influencer, and brand partner/content creator. She helps women take back their autonomy of “I’m in control of how I feel about my body”, by creating awareness around our internal self talk, and being intentional in our relationships with ourselves and those close to us.
IN THIS EPISODE: - How Julia helps women take back their autonomy of I’m in control of how I feel about my body - Looking at women’s history and the impact society and the “male gaze” has on women’s self worth and relationship with our bodies - Feeling safe to express femininity and sensuality - Bringing awareness to our self talk and shifting how we speak to ourselves - Feeling supported and safe when we don’t feel good, without being shamed or “fixed” - Creating a healthy relationship with her partner Karl - Redefining movement in the fitness industry to honor what feels good - Honoring the flow of our cycles as women - Allowing ourselves to show up differently and honor the wide range of human emotions
Today I’m sharing my story with almost getting my leg cut off in Indonesia, and the many deep lessons and breakthroughs that came from this crazy mess of experiences.
I always want to be real and transparent with y’all, so today I’m sharing a little deeper of a look into my story, and the wide range of experiences that have carried me through to where I am today. Chatting in depth about the deep lessons I learned through this absurd rollercoaster of an experience, and how bringing those lessons into my life and business have completely shifted my life over the past few years.
I’m also sharing how this experience inspired me to start the Happy Humans Project, and how my personal journey has played a central role with my mission for the Happy Humans Project.
In this episode we’re diving deep into: - How I pivoted from depression and toxic hustle culture at engineering school, to launching my own Photography business and traveling the world - Identifying being stuck in unhealed masculine energy and not listening to the whispers from the universe when I was burning out all the time traveling the world nonstop - Falling off my motorbike in Indonesia and suffering a severe injury - My first profound experience with meditation and navigating being in Bali by myself on crutches for 4 weeks - Not being able to use my left leg at all, learning 4 of my tendons weren’t attached, and having to fly on an emergency flight from Indonesia to Minnesota so they could open me up again and put 4 donor tendons in my leg - Re-teaching my body how to walk again and re-forming the mind-body connection with my left leg - Navigating a dark place after surgery without access to any of my coping mechanisms or creative outlets - Learning how to give myself permission to feel the shittiness - Learning to get real with myself and realizing my life looked nothing like what I wanted to - Beginning my journey of inner work, navigating living in a warehouse without any of my basic needs, while navigating my emotional and physical healing journey - Witnessing the birth of the happy humans project through this journey - Learning the power of stillness and rest and how essential nurturing feminine energy is to the creative process - The difference between “everything happens for a reason” vs. “everything can serve a purpose” - How I liberated myself to love and acknowledge all pieces of myself - My methods and tools now for creating intentional discomfort, because I know discomfort can lead to growth
To stay connected with me, you can stay in touch at https://www.instagram.com/hallemadeleine/ on Instagram, or follow the https://www.instagram.com/happyhumansproject :)
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we would love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Leave us a review on iTunes, and/or take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag us, https://www.instagram.com/happyhumansproject/ 🧡
Today we’re speaking with Desiree Kaye, a conscious lifecoach, specializing in reparenting. She helps adult women understand the varying traumas that happened during childhood (of all degrees) to understand the thoughts that get planted into our minds at a young age, adn then the conditioning and reinforcement of how that goes on into adulthood. Reparenting is taking radical ownership for yourself as an adult, to start steering your ship into the direction you want to go in, vs. how it’s been for generation after generation just because “we’re family and this is how we’ve always done this”
Desiree is such an incredible mentor and friend, because she embraces the messiness of life. She does a phenomenal job of embracing all pieces of herself and the humans around her. She brings a fun, playful, grounded energy to reparenting, helping women move through difficult traumas, as they become more connected to their higher self and how they want to show up in the world.
In this episode we’re diving deep into:
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Desiree’s story of discovering reparenting through her experiences with abuse
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Identifying patterns in relationships to observe what we’re attracting
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Facing our wounding head on and embracing our resilience and brilliance
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Allowing ourselves to make mistakes without being punished
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Finding the answers inside of us and allowing all relationships and experiences to be a mirror
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Looking at our childhood from a child’s perspective so that we can validate our experiences
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Not feeling guilty or shameful for exploring our parenting dynamics
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How to break down how you’re reacting and what your triggers are when you go from 0 to 100
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How to be patient and integrate our lessons over time with practice rather than expecting us to “fix” it right away
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Accepting all pieces of ourself to define how we want to be accepted
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How to protect our energy with boundaries (and leaving the guilt behind)
To stay connected with Desiree, you can find her at https://www.instagram.com/desiree_kaye/ on Instagram.
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we would love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Leave us a review on iTunes, and/or take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag us, https://www.instagram.com/happyhumansproject/ 🧡
Today we’re speaking with Kevin Wong, an incredible human, and the Founder of Habitual Roots. Habitual Roots believes in deeper roots and deeper connections. Exploring the integration point of emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and positive habits of self care. Kevin is passionate about breathwork, exploring consciousness, and creating deeper human connection through our habits and intentions.
Kevin is an incredible guide to helping support people as they create transformation in their lives. He is an expert at guiding humans through Habitual Roots’ 5 step process for becoming your most authentic self. Kevin and Habitual Roots believe that embodying the fullest expression of ourself is the most sustainable, happy version of us. We’ll be diving deep into what this process looks like, and what tools are available to us to shift our energetic state and expand our awareness.
In this episode you’ll learn about:
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Kevin’s journey of physical, spiritual and emotional transformation through connecting with himself
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Habitual Root’s 5 step process for connecting with your most authentic version of yourself.
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How our habit cycles subconsciously drive our lives, and how to rewire our feedback loops
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How breath and understanding consciousness help us create the space for integrating more observation, detachment, and compassion
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How to tap into knowing what feels best for us and showing up as the fullest expression of ourself
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What being a happy human means to Kevin
To stay connected with Kevin, you can find him at @kevinsroots and @habitualroots on Instagram. To stay in the loop with Habitual Roots Mindful Meetups, they post all their events on the Meetup platform.
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we would love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Leave us a review on iTunes, and/or take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag us, https://www.instagram.com/happyhumansproject/ 🧡
Today we’re speaking with Jessica Sharp, a nonprofit professional, working on fundraising, working directly with teenagers during the day, as well as the Owner of Sharp Brain Consulting, working with organizations who are interested in leveling up. Focusing on thinking about things from a brain perspective. Her work is centered around diversity, equity and inclusion, working with organizations to support them on their journey to being a more equitable organization. She also does work with women. She is a lover of learning, and a student of psychology, leadership, and organizational development. Jess is an expert on the brain. She is passionate about studying the effects of poverty and trauma on the brain, for those who work with people in poverty or trauma, so that we can better understand them and work with them.
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we would love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Leave us a review on iTunes, and/or take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag us, https://www.instagram.com/happyhumansproject/ 🧡
To stay connected with Jessica, you can find her at https://www.sharpbrainconsulting.com and https://www.instagram.com/sharpbrainconsulting/
In this episode you’ll learn about: - How to rewire your reactions with meditation - How our amygdala keeps us safe, keeps our body functioning, and helps us categorize and filter through stimuli - How to discern between perceived and real threats and react accordingly - How our amygdala sometimes causes us to regret things we say or do - Reprogramming our amygdala reactions with trauma informed inner child work - Redefining self care as doing the deep work, being present with our wounds and traumas, and rewriting our stories - How poverty and childhood trauma affects the developing prefrontal cortex - Why the tools for mindfulness are the same but the starting point is different - The dangers of “manifestation” and why “good vibes only” prevents us from healing - Why white women have to do the work with equity justice and inclusion in order to make large scale change in the world
The links we’ve mentioned in the show: - The recording of our work-life balance panel with General Assembly (Password: 1K^92!B9): https://generalassembly.zoom.us/rec/share/_5BkPqzU_EZJRc_r6U3Bf40lE7_Zaaa81CdN-qFcyU27rXfLgkrLb12EcSP37BZm - Jessica’s TED Talk - “The Brain on Poverty”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2s&v=6HVsjpu4vQw - Jess’s equity resources and services: https://www.sharpbrainconsulting.com - Jess’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharpbrainconsulting/
Today we’re speaking with Joe Buckner, the Owner of Beautifully Savage Boxing in Fort Collins Colorado, a Father, Speaker, Brand Ambassador, and an OG Happy Human, based in Denver Colorado. Joe intentionally leaves people places and experiences, better than he finds them, and always inspires more love in his communities and the world.
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we would love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Leave us a review on iTunes, and/or take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag us, https://www.instagram.com/happyhumansproject/ 🧡
To stay connected with Joe, you can find him at https://www.instagram.com/mrjoebuckner/ , www.mrjoebuckner.com , https://vm.tiktok.com/Jet8wcG/
In this episode you’ll learn about: - Joe’s story of getting to where he is today - Joe’s experience in prison boot camp (being one of 14 to finish, out of 42) - Joe’s story rebuilding his life from being a 4 time felon - His experience with going from homelessness to being a 6 figure earner in 18 months, and then opening his gym Beautifully Savage in another 18 months. - Turning the worst things into the best things through transformation and growth - Using discipline to create freedom - Cultivating confidence through continually showing up for yourself and doing things to the best of your ability - How confidence can come off as arrogance when people don’t have that level of self love - Connecting with our ancestors - Focusing on those who believe in us and proving them right (vs. focusing on the doubters and proving people wrong) - Reframing the idea of fighting to understand you have to fight for the things you want in life - Moving through life with awareness and response rather than fear - Instead of feeling bad about our privilege or guilt, we can DO something about it. Taking accountability for ourselves to fix things. Saying yes this is a situation, I’m aware of it, here’s what I intend to do about it - Focusing on what we’re going to, rather than what we’re going through - The difference between winners and losers - How to focus on empathy and understand that we’re all seeing life through our own lens - Learning to respect people who think differently than us, without trying to change their mind, or expecting them to change their mind - Honoring people’s light AND darkness (instead of demonizing anyone who doesn’t think the same way you do) - Caring more about our relationships than being right - Loving ourselves so much that we have overflowing love to share with others
The links we’ve mentioned in the show: - Lulu Lemon short film: https://vimeo.com/315719826 - Joe’s story of meeting Bethany: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA31rmsjMny/ - Better humans podcast: https://ryanmunsey.com/muted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=muted
Today we’re speaking with Jevon Taylor, the Founder of False Ego, an Entrepreneurial Environmentalist, a man with infinite wisdom, passion, and compassion, and an OG Happy Human, based in Denver Colorado.
If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we would love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Leave us a review on iTunes, and/or take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag us, https://www.instagram.com/happyhumansproject/ 🧡
To stay connected with Jevon, you can find him at https://www.instagram.com/jevontaylor21/ and https://www.instagram.com/false_eg0/
To get involved with the urban farming program that Jevon volunteers with, more info is at https://www.frontlinefarming.org/mission as well as https://www.instagram.com/frontlinefarming/ . Frontline Farming is a woman owned organization working for food justice, equity and education for all income levels and backgrounds. Specifically focused on creating leadership and access for women and people of color.
In this episode you’ll learn about: - The hidden environmental impacts of the fashion industry - Jevon’s entrepreneurial journey of starting False Ego from scratch to be Denver’s first sustainable streetwear brand - The role of failure and mistakes in our growth journeys - Using discipline and structure to create freedom - Learning how you work, to learn how to work - The power of delegation to create more space to be in your zone of genius - Urban farming to support food deserts in underrepresented communities - We have more power than we realize - Creating smarter consumers and educating consumers to know they have powers to vote with their dollars - Breaking through barriers we create for ourselves - How our connection with the Earth is directly related to our connection with ourself - The physiological healing benefits of getting our hands dirty and working with the Earth - Working with the frequency of the Earth, using nature and music to change our frequency - The importance of seeing life through your own eyes, understanding ourselves, what we value, and connecting with ourselves - Getting clear on what we want and WHY we want it to live life freely - Creating the space for ourselves to feel free to be our whole selves - The importance of wealth consciousness to bring our awareness to our intentions with money and resources - Seeing the tools we collect for ourselves as we grow, understanding the journey is the destination to find presence exactly where we’re at - Destigmatizing meditation practice - Perspectives on numerology
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The Happy Humans Project creates events and media, that embrace storytelling and community to create intentional connection with ourselves, other humans, and the Earth. Focused on showing up for ourselves so we can show up for the world. Each week Halle Madeleine interviews inspiring humans from around the world to share stories of transformation, healing, and love. The world has enough masks, illusions and barriers, so we’re committed to holding space for transparency, authenticity, and simply existing. We’re all just out here doing our best to be human. Each of our unique inspiring passions and experiences is what makes us so beautiful.
The Happy Humans Podcast focuses on learning and sharing knowledge amongst all of our unique skillsets and gifts to share with this Earth. Telling stories of connection, knowledge, community, insights, and stories. Connecting humans from around the world to share stories of transformation, healing, and love. The world has enough masks, illusions and barriers, so we’re committed to holding space for transparency, authenticity, and simply existing. We’re all just out here doing our best to be human. Each of our unique inspiring passions and experiences is what makes us so beautiful.
The Happy Humans Project focuses on
- Mindfulness - Love - Balance - Mental and Physical Health - Sustainability - Entrepreneurship - Creativity - Dance parties