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The Neuroscience of Motivation with Elliot Berkman

If you’re having trouble staying motivated the issue may be starting with your brain. Neuroscientist Elliot Berkman shares how to keep your brain motivated in this episode of Live Happy Now. Elliot Berkman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab. He studies the motivational and cognitive factors that contribute to success and failure at health goals such as cigarette smoking cessation and dieting. His work uses knowledge of brain function, structure, and connectivity to design and improve interventions on health behavior and wellbeing. What you’ll learn in this podcast: Achieving goals is not as important to well-being as striving for them Why habits are hard to break and how you can create better habits How to overcome temptations to create lasting change Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Learn more about Berkman Consultants Follow Elliot on Twitter
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How to Become More Self-Aware with Tasha Eurich

By getting a clearer picture of how we see ourselves and how others see us can lead us on a path to true happiness and self-acceptance. Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times bestselling author (Bankable Leadership). With a PhD in organizational psychology, she is also the founder of The Eurich Group, where she’s helped thousands of leaders and teams improve their effectiveness through greater self-awareness. What you’ll learn in this podcast: How to make better career and life choices through a better understanding of your values, aspirations, strengths and weaknesses, and impact on others The anatomy of a self-aware leader How to deal with a boss, friend, in-law or sibling who completely lacks any self-awareness Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Find out how self-aware you are by taking this quiz. Purchase a copy of Insight: Why We’re Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life. Follow Tasha on Twitter and Facebook. Download a free sketch note of this episode
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Fun Facts in the October Issue of Live Happy magazine

Explore some of the fun facts that are shared in the October 2017 issue of Live Happy magazine. What you'll learn in this episode: Lifelong learning makes you more optimistic and satisfied with life. It’s never too late to find purpose, even if you’ve retired. Your boss’ competence is the biggest predictor of your happiness on the job. Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Purchase a subscription to Live Happy magazine Download Live Happy magazine on iTunes or Google Play
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The Strength Switch with Lea Waters

Lea Waters is an Australian positive psychology expert and educator who specializes in positive education, parenting and organizations. Her first book The Strength Switch: How the New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish shows how focusing on our children’s strengths rather than trying to correct their weaknesses may be the key in raising a resilient, optimistic and successful child. What you’ll learn in this podcast: What is strength-based parenting and what are its benefits How to address your child’s weaknesses Two easy tips to implement strength-based parenting Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Download free strengths-based parenting resources here. Purchase The Strength Switch: How the New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish. Learn more about Lea Waters and The Strength Switch.
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The Brink of Midnight with John Brenkus

After producing and hosting over 1500 segments of ESPN Sport Science, 6 times Emmy Award-winning host and The New York Times best-selling author, John Brenkus, recognized that “high achievers” tend to share a similar story of attaining success. Through The Brink of Midnight podcast, John explores the moments that guests credit with changing their lives forever. Those moments that pushed them in an unexpected direction, shaping the experiences that followed and molding them into the people who they are today. What you'll learn in this podcast: The inspiration behind The Brink of Midnight podcast What goes into creating life-changing moments Inspirational stories from sports figures, celebrities and more Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Download The Brink of Midnight podcast on iTunes or learn more on the website Follow John on Twitter Follow The Brink of Midnight on Twitter
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The Happy Traveler with Jaime Kurtz

Jaime Kurtz is Associate Professor of Psychology at James Madison University. Her research on happiness and savoring has been published widely in scientific journals, receiving national attention from NPR and The Today Show, as well as in print and online magazines. In her book, The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations, Jaime looks at how travel can boost happiness and how we can get more of its benefits.  What you'll learn in this podcast: How experiences are more influential to your happiness than material things How to get more out of your vacations Tips for a happy homecoming Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Purchase a copy of The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations Learn more about Jaime Kurtz Follow Jaime on Twitter
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The Dog’s Guide to Your Happiness with Garry McDaniel

Garry McDaniel is an award-winning professor teaching courses in leadership, organizational behavior and management. He has written books on leadership strategy, conflict management, and most recently, The Dog’s Guide to Your Happiness: Seven Secrets For a Better Life From Man’s Best Friend.  Garry is a frequent on topics such as developing leadership skills, how to create an inspirational workplace, life balance, and what humans and businesses can learn from dogs to improve their lives. What you'll learn in this podcast: Seven attributes of dogs from which humans can learn and build their own happiness What is keeping you from being happy now Steps you can take to improve your feeling of happiness and fulfillment Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Purchase a copy of A Dog's Guide to Your Happiness Share your stories with Garry about what you have learned from your dog
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Getting Grit with Caroline Miller

Caroline Miller is recognized as one of the world’s leading positive psychology experts in the areas of goal setting and accomplishment, grit, happiness and success and how to apply it to one’s life for maximum transformation and growth. In her book Getting Grit she provides an evidence-based approach to cultivating passion, perseverance and purpose. What you'll learn in this podcast: The different types of bad grit Why goal setting is so important to your overall well-being Steps to take to reach your full potential Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Purchase a copy of Getting Grit Visit CarolineMiller.com
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Finding Awe in Every Moment with Lani Shiota

Lani Shiota completed her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology at University of California, Berkeley, in 2003, and then received post-doctoral training in the Berkeley Psychophysiology Lab. She established the Shiota Psychophysiology Laboratory for Affective Testing (a.k.a. SPLAT Lab), which studies human emotions, relationships, and awe. Awe has been defined as the positive emotion one may experience when confronting a vast stimulus that is not accounted for by one's current understanding, and/or challenges one’s day-to-day scope of experience. What you'll learn in this podcast: How to tap into awe Why experiencing awe is so important The research being conducted on the benefits of awe Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Download a free sketch note of this episode Learn more about SPLAT Lab
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Fun Facts in the July Issue of Live Happy magazine

Explore some of the fun facts that are shared in the July 2017 issue of Live Happy magazine. What you'll learn in this episode: You can slow time down by doing things that leave you awe-struck. Cities with more public grass are happier and healthier. There are five characteristics that the most long-lived cultures seem to share, and one of them is that they don’t exercise. Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Purchase a subscription to Live Happy magazine Download Live Happy magazine on iTunes or Google Play
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