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All of us feel guilty from time to time, but if you’re having trouble letting go of guilt – well, you’re not alone. Guilt is a difficult emotion which is why Valorie Burton, founder of the Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute, is tackling it in her latest book, Let Go of the Guilt. This week, she talks about why it’s so tough to manage and gives us new tools for getting rid of that pesky thing called guilt. In this episode, you'll learn: How to identify real guilt vs. false guilt. How to let go of guilt and live a more fulfilling life. Why guilt seemingly affects more women than men and what to do about it. Links and Resources Facebook: @valorieburton Website: www.valorieburton.com Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

A lot of us would like to learn how to calm the chaos around us right now, and it just so happens that this week’s guest literally wrote the book on that. Nicola Ries Taggart is a life strategist, author and speaker who helps people discover a more centered, conscious approach to everyday life. Two years ago, she wrote the book Calm the Chaos, a journal designed to help users align their outer presence with inner peace. She talks about how you can learn to calm the chaos … even in these rather chaotic times. In this episode, you'll learn: What practices you can use to calm the chaos. How she discovered these practices and why they have been so important in the past year. Why journaling every day — even for just a few minutes — can change your life. Links and Resources Facebook: @nicolariestaggart Instagram: @nicolariestaggart LinkedIn: @nicolariestaggary Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

Are you living in your heart, or living in your head? If you’re spending more time in your head than in your heart, this week’s episode is perfect for you. Sarah Blondin is an author and podcast host whose work has been translated into several languages and is in use in prison, recovery, and wellness programs. Her new book, HEART MINDED: How to Hold Yourself and Others in Love, tells us how we can get out of our heads and into our hearts to find our true selves and learn how to discover – and attain — what we truly need. In this episode, you'll learn: What it means to become heart-minded. How practicing “soul-itude” can help you find your heart center. Why solitude can be challenging and how to practice it anyway. Links and Resources Instagram: @sarahfinds Website: https://www.sarahblondin.com/ Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

Accepting the difficult events in our lives is a key part of our well-being. Acceptance allows us to cultivate a sense of calm that allows us to better deal with stress. As we deal with an increasingly uncertain world, how can learning more about acceptance help increase our happiness? This week, psychologist Scott Hass, author of Why Be Happy? The Japanese Way of Acceptance talks about how ukeireru, the Japanese principle of acceptance, can help each of us during troubled times. In this episode, you'll learn: How learning acceptance changes your response to situations. Ways to increase your practice of acceptance. How to practice acceptance as a family. Links and Resources Facebook: @ScottHaasWritesBooks Instagram: @scotthaaswritesbooks Twitter: @scotthaas27 Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

In recent years, we’ve learned a lot about the profound transformative effect that empathy can have on us. For more than a decade, this week’s guest has been on a mission to help bring those powerful lessons to children. Lysa Heslov is founder of Children Mending Hearts, an organization that combats bullying and intolerance by inspiring empathy in children using art and other programs. Her Los Angeles based program has now grown into a national movement, and she tells us how it works, why it matters and what all of us can do to get more empathy in our lives. In this episode, you'll learn: Why empathy is so important during these uncertain times. How empathy can help reduce bullying. The long-term effects of teaching children about empathy. Links and Resources Facebook: @childrenmendinghearts Instagram: @childrenmendinghearts Twitter: @ChildrenMending Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

It’s a brand new month and it’s also a brand new season of Live Happy Now. As we kick off this new season, Live Happy CEO Deborah Heisz and Paula Felps talk about how things changed for all of us last season, and what we can expect to see in the coming weeks and months. In this episode, you'll learn: What we'll be talking about this season. Where you can get the Live Happy Daily Happiness Briefing. How to tell us what you'd like to hear on the show. Links and Resources Facebook: @livehappy Instagram: @mylivehappy Twitter: @livehappy Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Lise Van Susteren was noticing a new phenomenon: patients were often plagued by worry, disturbing and intrusive thoughts, sleep disruptions, grief and more. She identified this trend as a condition she calls emotional inflammation, and along with health writer Stacey Colino wrote a book by the same name. As it turns out, Emotional Inflammation: Discover Your Triggers and Reclaim Your Equilibrium During Anxious Times is exactly the book we need for our current situation. This week, she talks about how the pandemic has only heightened our emotional inflammation — and what we can do about it. In this episode, you'll learn: What is emotional inflammation and what does it do to us? How does controlling the flow of information in your life help cool emotional inflammation — and how do you do that? What is the difference between being a bystander and an upstander? Links and Resources LinkedIn: @lise-van-susteren-84b3b33 Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

If you’ve ever had a sudden feeling of distress that triggers your fight or flight response, then you know what it’s like to have your emotions hijacked. And if that’s something you’ve experienced recently, you’re not alone. This week, clinical psychologist and mindfulness expert Dr. Shauna Shapiro returns to talk about how current times might be affecting your emotions and what practices you can use — both individually and as a family — to regulate them. In this episode, you'll learn: What an “amygdala hijack” is and how to manage it. Why identifying your emotions can help bring calm to your life. Simple practices to help regulate your emotions. Links and Resources Facebook: @DrShaunaShapiro Listen to her TED Talk on the Power of Mindfulness Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

All of us have lost something this year, and that’s affecting us whether we realize it or not. This week, we’re joined by Erin Wiley, a clinical psychotherapist and executive of The Willow Center, a counseling practice in Toledo, Ohio. She’s here to talk about the many ways our losses could be affecting us and our loved ones, and to give us tips on processing grief and coping with the changes brought by the pandemic. In this episode, you'll learn: Why it’s important to feel your grief as it arises. Tips for coping with grief and loss. How to discuss and manage loss as a family. Links and Resources Facebook: @erinwileytherapy Facebook: @ManageYourSHIfT Website: https://erin-wiley.com/ Join her daily Manage Your Shift complimentary morning motivational group sessions here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places: