New York, NY – May 6, 2025 – Live Happy Now, the weekly flagship podcast of Live Happy, LLC, has been honored with an Award of Excellence for Best Individual Podcast Episode – Lifestyle in the 31st Annual Communicator Awards. The annual competition, sponsored by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA), drew thousands of entries from around the globe and is one of the world’s largest programs honoring excellence in communication, marketing, and creativity.
This marks the seventh consecutive year for Live Happy Now to be named a Communicator Award winner and its first year to receive the coveted Award of Excellence. Other Award of Excellence recipients this year included Netflix, Getty Museum, Apple, The Walt Disney Company, and NBC Universal.
For this year’s winning entry, Overcoming Loneliness, host Paula Felps discussed the growing loneliness epidemic with Dr. Jeremy Nobel, a faculty member at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, founder of The Foundation for Art & Healing, and author of Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection.
“Since we launched Live Happy in 2013, we have been committed to making well-being a priority for our audience,” said Deborah K. Heisz, co-founder and CEO.
“We are incredibly honored to receive this Award of Excellence, as it reinforces our mission to share meaningful conversations that promote happiness and well-being. Loneliness is a growing challenge, and through important discussions like this, we hope to inspire solutions, connection, and a greater sense of community for our listeners.”
Beyond its popular weekly podcast — now approaching 7 million downloads — Live Happy connects its audience through a vibrant newsletter, an engaging website, and its online store. For more information, visit livehappy.com.
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About Live Happy
Live Happy LLC, owned by veteran entrepreneur Jeff Olson, is a company dedicated to promoting and sharing authentic happiness through education, integrity, gratitude and community awareness. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, its mission is to impact the world by bringing the happiness movement to a personal level and inspiring people to engage in purpose-driven, healthy, meaningful lives.
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