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Managing Negative Thinking with Karen Cassiday

In this special podcast series, we have partnered with top well-being experts to help coach five members of our Live Happy team on how to make better choices and build habits that lead to more fulfilling lives. Through this series, we'll tackle topics like improving communication with others, managing negative thinking, overcoming chronic insomnia, setting life goals and learning to unplug from work. Karen Cassiday is the president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America as well as owner of the Anxiety Treatment Center of Greater Chicago—the first private clinic in the Chicago area to offer exposure-based treatment for anxiety disorders. Karen has multiple published articles in the area of anxiety disorders, and she is an internationally recognized expert on the treatment of anxiety and related disorders in children through adults. In this episode, Live Happy magazine Science Editor Paula Felps talks with Karen about the causes and difficulties with worry and how to overcome it. What you'll learn in this podcast: How the intolerance of uncertainty sets people up for worry What makes worry worse Why misperceiving worry can mask your true concerns A simple exercise to ease your anxiety Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Find out more about the 90 Days to a Happier You project Read about Kim Baker and her journey to less worry Find out more about the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Download Self-help for Anxiety Management in the Apple App Store and Google Play Thank you to our partner—AARP Life Reimagined!

Top 10 Happiness Books You Don’t Want To Miss in 2016

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Top 10 Books That Will Change Your Life in 2016

Our preview of 10 carefully selected books will help you craft a happier life filled with small moments of meaning and the occasional flash of triumph. Step out of your comfort zone and make 2016 a year to thrive. 1. Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges By Amy Cuddy Try standing in the Superwoman pose. Feeling more confident already? Harvard professor Amy Cuddy, known for her TED talk on power poses, says we can tackle things that once terrified us with small changes in our body language and mindset. Read real stories of people who have flourished by harnessing the power of their own presence. 2. The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything By Neil Pasricha Best-selling author of The Book of Awesome, Neil Pasricha sets out to change how you think about your time, career, family and your happiness in this latest book. He explores the nine secrets to happiness, including the belief that retirement is a broken theory, success doesn’t lead to happiness, and multitasking is a myth. 3. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person By Shonda Rhimes Shonda Rhimes, creator of TV shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, is an introvert and workaholic who dreads public appearances. When her sister tells her that she “never says yes to anything,” she takes up the challenge. Year of Yes is a heartfelt and funny look at the terrifying and sometimes embarrassing moments of saying yes and overcoming some of her greatest fears, from public speaking to appearing on late-night TV. 4. Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Beginner's Guide to Finding Joy in Unexpected Places By Sam Chase True happiness can be simpler than we ever thought possible with the help of yoga. Why yoga? This ancient practice helps overcome discontent by quieting the mind and aligning our actions with our purpose. Yoga, this book implores, helps you realize that small, everyday moments infused with meaning, and not grand gestures, ultimately lead to happiness. 5. Live Happy: Ten Practices for Choosing Joy By Deborah Heisz Live Happy Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder Deborah Heisz, along with the editors of Live Happy magazine, bring you the latest research on the practices and actions that contribute to a happy life through deeply meaningful stories from everyday people and celebrities alike. Alanis Morissette, Shawn Achor, Gretchen Rubin and Jason Mraz are just a few of the people who reveal how small tweaks in your attitude and behavior can greatly enhance your daily joy. 6. The Here and Now Habit: How Mindfulness Can Help You Break Unhealthy Habits Once and for All By Hugh G. Byrne This thoughtful tome shows us how to break bad habits like constantly checking email and emotional over-eating by learning how to practice mindfulness. Mindfulness, the author claims, means creating healthier habits so you can stop living on autopilot and start living in the present. 7. Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children By Angela J. Hanscom Unstructured freedom of movement and outdoor play are vital for children’s cognitive development and growth, according to Angela J. Hanscom, pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook, an international nature-based program. Kids need rough-and-tumble outdoor play to develop their sensory, motor and executive functions, according to Angela. Instead, many lead sedentary lifestyles that can lead to health and cognitive difficulties. This book shows parents how to help their children thrive—even in an urban environment. 8. The Best Place To Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace By Ron Friedman, Ph.D. In this book, award-winning psychologist Ron Friedman explains how to create a better workplace that will increase productivity and meaning at work. He shares his findings in the fields of motivation, creativity, behavioral economics and neuroscience. Filled with best practices, Ron shows how to boost creativity so that workers can make better decisions and generally feel more alive at work. 9. The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success By Emma Seppala, Ph.D. The latest findings in cognitive psychology and neuroscience reveal that our happiness has a profound effect on our professional lives by increasing our productivity as well as our emotional and social intelligence. Stanford researcher Emma Seppala explains that our outdated notion of equating success with living in a stressed-out, overdrive mode prevents sustainable happiness. Put yourself on the path to success with her practical steps. 10. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance By Angela Duckworth Renowned positive psychologist Angela Duckworth shows us that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a focused persistence called grit. Identifying your passion and following through on your commitments are factors that contribute more to success than talent alone. In her first book, she explains and expounds on her groundbreaking research on grit, which shows that it may be more indicative of success than factors such as IQ or genetics. Read more: 10 Life-Changing Books That Will Stay With You Forever Sandra Bienkowski is a regular contributor to Live Happy and the founder and CEO of TheMediaConcierge.net.

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Improving Communication with Others with Michele Gravelle

In this special podcast series we have partnered with top well-being experts to help coach five members of our Live Happy team on how to make better choices and build habits that lead more fulfilling lives. Through this series we tackle topics like improving communication with others, managing negative thinking, overcoming chronic insomnia, setting life goals and learning to unplug from work. Michele Gravelle is a consultant with Triad Consulting where she works with the authors of the bestselling books: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, and Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well. Michele also facilitates executive education programs at the Harvard Negotiation Institute and Duke Corporate Education. In this episode Live Happy magazine Science Editor Paula Felps talks with Michele about the obstacles to effective communication and how to improve your communication with others. What you'll learn in this podcast: The importance of personal responsibility in communications The power of inquiry and empathy How to present your message in a way that the other person will listen to you How to create trust in a conversation so that everyone involved feels heard Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Download a free sketch note of this episode Read 6 Steps to Healthier, More Productive Conversations Learn more about the 90 Days to a Happier You project Read more about Susan Kane who was featured in this episode Purchase a copy of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most Purchase Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well Thank you to our partner - AARP Life Reimagined!

Jillian Michaels on the cover of Live Happy

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Peek Inside Our February Issue!

Our February issue of Live Happy magazine is now available. Here's a taste of what you'll find inside: Jillian’s World If you think you know Jillian Michaels, think again. She’s more than just a drill sergeant with abs of steel. The reality TV star has a new show that features her softer side—as a mom, a wife and epicenter of her own fitness empire. 90 Days to a Happier You Forget New Year’s resolutions—it’s time to try something transformative! We’ve enlisted five top experts in their fields to help us—and you—make 2016 the year we dream bigger, sleep better and conquer our greatest worries and fears. Join Live Happy staff members on a 3-month happiness challenge that will lead us to more joyful, fulfilling lives. Who’s Happier Than Hoda? Every morning America wakes up to the smiling face of Today anchor Hoda Kotb. Behind the dynamic cheerfulness and huge smile, Hoda has weathered her own challenges and come through them with the grit and wisdom of experience. She has also penned a new book about people willing to take risks and live with the consequences. Play Is the Thing Playtime is not just for kids anymore. Whether outdoors at the park or inside at the card table, research shows that play is good for your brain. Read about the science behind why we should all take time out of our busy schedules to play with friends and family. Plus Bethany Hamilton, Tal Ben-Shahar, foods to boost your mood and much more!! To find Live Happy magazine at a store near you, go to magfinder.magnetdata.net

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New Year, New You with Michelle Segar

Michelle Segar, Ph.D., is a motivation scientist and author of the critically acclaimed No Sweat! How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness. She is also the Director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center (SHARP) at the University of Michigan, chair of the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan’s Communications Committee and a leading authority on what motivates people to choose and maintain healthy behaviors. With the new year upon us, we explore what really motivates us to make and keep resolutions as well as what we can do to successfully reach our health and fitness goals. What you'll learn in this podcast: Why your New Year's Resolutions tend to fade away after just a few weeks What you can do differently to make "sticky" resolutions that last How to assess your resolutions Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Take the No Sweat Resolutions Quiz Download a free chapter from No Sweat! How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness Thank you to our partner - AARP Life Reimagined!

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The Best of Live Happy Now 2015

In this episode we look back on past interviews from the Live Happy Now podcast with Live Happy COO, Co-Founder and Editorial Director Deborah Heisz. Did your favorite episode make the list? What you'll learn in this podcast: The definition of happiness and importance of social connections with Shawn Achor How to deal with negativity and negative people with Michelle Gielan 3 ways to stay fully charged with Tom Rath The importance of gratitude with Louis Alloro Resilience and the never quit mentality with Rhonda Cornum Hope and its effect in schools as well as in the workplace with Shane Lopez Goal setting with Caroline Miller An exercise on meditation and mindfulness with Deepak Chopra How a healthy diet can improve your brain with Dr. Drew Ramsey Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Thank you to our partner - AARP Life Reimagined!

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Meet the Coaches

We've gathered top experts in their fields from around the country to help us shed bad habits and improve our lives in 2016. Michael Breus, Ph.D. Widely known as “The Sleep Doctor,” Michael is a board-certified sleep specialist and author of The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan: Lose Weight Through Better Sleep and Good Night: The Sleep Doctor's 4-Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health. He is a clinical psychologist and fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. As the subject of sleep continues to gain momentum, Michael has appeared on CNN, Dr. OZ and Oprah as part of his mission to educate and communicate to the public the importance of quality sleep for all. Find out more at thesleepdoctor.com. Read Michael's blog, 6 Steps to Better Sleep. Christine Carter, Ph.D. Christine is a sociologist, author, educator and senior fellow at University of California, Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. She is also the author of The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work and Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents. She is also a sought after coach whose clients include executives, parents and anyone who would like to find less stress and more balance in their lives. Find out more at christinecarter.com. Read Christine's blog, 6 Steps to Unplug from Work. Karen Cassiday, Ph.D. A clinical psychologist and nationally recognized expert on the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, Karen is president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She has appeared on NBC's Today show and other media to discuss anxiety, and is a sought-after for her expertise by newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Find out more about Karen here. Read Karen's blog, 6 Steps to Win the War Against Worry. Michele Gravelle Michele is an executive coach and communications strategist with more than 25 years of experience. She is the founder of Successful Conversations Now, a corporate training firm dedicated to increasing effectiveness through better communication. She has facilitated executive education programs at the Harvard Negotiation Institute and regularly teaches at Boston University. Michele holds a master's in psychology, which comes in handy when dealing with the complexities of human dynamics. Read more about Michele here. Read Michele's blog, 6 Steps to Healthier, More Productive Conversations. Caroline Adams Miller A graduate of the Masters of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program at University of Pennsylvania and sought-after coach and keynote speaker, Caroline has been educating the public on happiness, positive psychology, goal-setting and grit for nearly three decades. She is the author of several books, including Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide and the forthcoming Authentic Grit. Learn more about Caroline at carolinemiller.com. Read Caroline's 6-Step Goal-Setting Challenge.

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Why Forgive?

Tense, heavy, weighed down. We can all relate to the feeling of holding onto anger, resentment, grudges and things that don't serve us well. Withholding forgiveness “is bad for our health and creates increased risks for cardiovascular, immune system and other problems, including depression, anxiety, anger, and PTSD disorders," says Everett Worthington, professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and a leading researcher on forgiveness. A difficult skill to learn The good news is forgiveness is a skill that can be taught. "People can learn to forgive better and the amount of forgiveness experienced is related to time spent trying to forgive," says Everett, who has dedicated more than two decades to studying the concept. Recently, Everett found that married partners made relationship gains when trained in communication and conflict resolution but within a year lost about half of the gains, whereas those trained in forgiveness and reconciliation made gains and retained them a year later. Two kinds of forgiveness While forgiveness can sustain and strengthen our most cherished relationships, it is often easier said than done. Everett's REACH forgiveness model is designed to help people learn to forgive. It depicts two types of forgiveness: “decisional” forgiveness (a decision to act differently toward the offender in the future), and emotional forgiveness (transformation from resentment and anxiety to positive emotions such as compassion and empathy). While decisional forgiveness is more important for restoring relationships, emotional forgiveness is vital to our physical and mental health. The five steps of REACH: R = Recall - Remember the hurt as objectively as possible E = Empathize - Try to put yourself into the shoes of the person who hurt you A = Altruism - Give the person the gift of forgiveness C = Commit - Publicly forgive the person H = Hold onto Forgiveness - Remind yourself you made the choice to forgive Listen to our podcast: The Slow Medicine Approach to Forgiveness Forgiveness becomes personal Everett doesn't just study forgiveness, he has lived it. He has experienced first-hand how to forgive others and himself after two tragic experiences: his mother's murder and his brother's suicide. While he was remarkably able to forgive his mother's murderer; it was his brother's death that challenged him on another level and propelled the direction of his research. Up until that point, he had done a couple of studies on self-forgiveness, but they were not as central to him as studying forgiveness of others, he says. "When my brother committed suicide, I felt guilt over not being able to help him more... I also had a deep emotional experience with self-condemnation that helped me understand more deeply what people were going through when they struggled to forgive themselves," says Everett. Read more: 9 Steps to Foregiveness The hardest person to forgive “Self-forgiveness is not just about feeling better about ourselves,” Everett says. "We also must do things to restore the moral damage we might have inflicted on ourselves by harming others, and we must do things to repair the damage done socially, and we need to deal with our offense against God, nature, other people or whatever we think is sacred. If [we only work on] moral repair, we are left with remaining guilt and shame for what we've done. If [we only work on] positive self-regard, we just let ourselves off the hook." While the process is tough, letting go of resentment while holding onto forgiveness—for ourselves and others—lightens our load and lifts us all up in the end. Read more: 33 Ideas on Forgiveness Suzann Pileggi Pawelski is a contributing editor and regular blogger for Live Happy. To read more about forgiveness, see the feature article "Forgive to Flourish" in the December 2015 issue of Live Happy magazine.

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Margaret Greenberg – Profit from the Positive

Margaret H. Greenberg is a certified executive coach, international speaker, “Positive Work” columnist for Live Happy magazine, and the coauthor of the business book Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business. Margaret is a pioneer in the field of positive psychology, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s very first Master of Applied Positive Psychology program. In this episode, Margaret and Live Happy Co-Founder, COO and Editorial Director Deborah Heisz talk about the emerging field of positive psychology, explore numerous tools to help you profit from the positive and offer advice to help you find your authentic happiness. What you'll learn in this podcast: Why positive psychology is not the same as positive thinking How to apply at least one tool to profit from the positive How to learn more about positive psychology to transform your life and business Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Download a free sample chapter from Profit from the Positive Purchase a copy of Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your Business Learn more about the Profit from the Positive Certificate Program Thank you to our partner - AARP Life Reimagined! Thanks for listening! Thank you so much for joining us this week on Live Happy Now. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Live Happy Now Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and helps others to find the podcast; we greatly appreciate it! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Special thanks to Margaret Greenberg for joining us this week. Related articles: What is Positive Psychology? What is it NOT? A Positive Approach to Problems The Achoo! Effect: 3 Reasons Others Benefit from Your Good Mood

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Are You Headed for an Energy Crisis? [QUIZ]

How many of the following statements are true for you? Body I don’t regularly get at least seven to eight hours of sleep and I often wake up feeling tired. I frequently skip breakfast or settle for something that isn’t nutritious. I don’t exercise enough (cardiovascular training at least three times a week and strength training at least once a week). I don’t take regular breaks during the day to renew and recharge/I often eat lunch at my desk. Read more about how to recharge your body. Emotions I frequently feel irritable, impatient or anxious at work—especially when work is demanding. I don’t spend enough time with my loved ones, and when I’m with them I’m not always fully present. I have too little time for the activities that I most deeply enjoy. I don’t stop frequently to express my appreciation to others or to savor my accomplishments. Read more about balancing your emotions. Mind I have difficulty focusing on one thing at a time, and I am easily distracted by stimuli such as email. I spend much of my day at work reacting to crises rather than focusing on activities with long-term value. I don’t take enough time for reflection, strategizing and creative thinking. I work in the evenings or on weekends and rarely take an email-free vacation. Read more about unplugging and being present in the world around you. Spirit I don’t spend enough time at work doing what I do best and enjoy most. There are significant gaps between what I say is important to me and how I actually allocate my time and energy. My decisions at work are more often influenced by external demands than a clear sense of my own purpose. I don’t invest enough time and energy in making a positive difference in the world. Read more about finding your purpose. How is your overall energy? Tally up the total number of statements that were true for you: 0-3: Excellent energy management skills 4-6: Reasonable energy management skills 7-10: Significant energy management deficits 11-16: A full-fledged energy management crisis SOURCE: theenergyproject.com Read more about The Energy Project and well-being at work.

Managing Negative Thinking with Karen Cassiday

Top 10 Books That Will Change Your Life in 2016

Improving Communication with Others with Michele Gravelle

Peek Inside Our February Issue!

New Year, New You with Michelle Segar

The Best of Live Happy Now 2015

Meet the Coaches

Why Forgive?

Margaret Greenberg – Profit from the Positive

Are You Headed for an Energy Crisis? [QUIZ]

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