Live Happy Awards

2025

• Communicator Award of Excellence, Best Individual Podcast Episode – Lifestyle: “Overcoming Loneliness”

2024

• Communicator Award of Distinction, Best Individual Podcast Episode: “Finding Happiness in Hard Times”

2023

• Named No. 1 Psychology Podcast, Goodpods
• Communicator Award of Distinction, Best Individual Podcast Episode: “Restoring Civility”

2022

• Communicator Award of Distinction, Best Individual Podcast Episode: “Healing from Pet Loss”

2021

• Communicator Award of Distinction, Best Individual Podcast Episode: “The Healing Power of Music”

2020

• Communicator Award of Distinction, Best Individual Podcast Episode: “It’s Great to Suck at Something”

2019

• Communicator Award of Distinction, Best Individual Podcast Episode: “Becoming Resilient”

2017

Folio Eddie Award for Editorial Excellence

• Winner: Full Issue, Health & Fitness Category
• Live Happy Magazine, February 2017 issue

Ozzie Award for Design Excellence

• Winner: Best Magazine Redesign
• Live Happy Magazine, July 2017 issue

Ozzie Award for Design Excellence (Digital)

• Winner: Best Magazine App
• Live Happy/Bates Creative Group, July 2017 issue

2016

Min’s [Media Industry Newsletter] Editorial and Design Awards

• Winner: Best Feature/Section Design—Live Happy Magazine, Play Is the Thing

Folio Ozzie Award for Design Excellence

• Winner (with Bates Creative): Best Digital Edition, Live Happy App

Min’s Best of the Web Awards (Celebrating the Best of the Web)

• Winner: Best Digital Issue, Live Happy May 2016
• Winner: Best Microsite/Custom Website: HappyActs.org

Min’s Magazine Media Awards (Celebrating the Best in Print Media)

• Winner: Best Art Direction—Single Article/Feature: “A Joyful Juggling Act”
• Honorable Mention: Overall Editorial Excellence, Live Happy April 2015

2015

Min’s Magazine Media Awards

Honorable Mention for:

• Live Happy Magazine: Cover Illustration: April 2015
• Live Happy Magazine: Single Article: “Can Happiness Save the Planet?” April 2015
• Live Happy Magazine: Technical Article: “Redefining mineditanddesign.com/2015-winnersLove,” February 2015
• Consumer Magazine: Cover Design, Live Happy Magazine, December 2014

Folio Awards

• Live Happy, Winner: Consumer Magazine: Best Digital Edition, June 2015
• Live Happy, Winner: Consumer Magazine: Best Feature Design for Small-Circulation Magazine: “Recipe for Smiles,” December 2014

International Food, Wine and Travel Association (IFWTA) Excellence in Journalism Award

• Given to Terri Peterson Smith for “The Wild Still Calls,” Live Happy Magazine April 2015

Muse International Advertising – Creative Awards

• Digital Edition: Gold Award Winner for Magazine App. [entered under Bates Creative]

2014

Min’s Magazine Media Awards

• Live Happy Magazine, Winner: Best New Publication Design, June 2014
• Honorable Mention: Design: Cover
• Read more about the Min Awards.