Live Happy Now Season 11

This week on Live Happy Now, host Paula Felps sits down with Dr. Korie Leigh, an internationally recognized expert in childhood bereavement and author of When Everything Changes: Parenting Through Loss and Grief. Drawing from her work in pediatric palliative care and thanatology, Dr. Leigh explains why children grieve differently than adults and why honest, concrete communication matters when helping them navigate loss. She also shares how parents can support their children even while managing their own grief, and why resilience is a muscle families can build together. In this episode, you'll learn: Why euphemisms around death can confuse children and increase fear or guilt. How children “puddle jump” through grief and why their processing looks so different from adults. How parents can support a grieving child even while grieving themselves — and why “good enough” parenting truly is enough. Visit Dr. Korie's website. Discover her latest book, When Everything Changes: Parenting Through Loss and Grief. Get a free download of Family Resilience Conversation Cards. Follow along with the transcript. Follow Dr. Korie on social media: TikTok: @drkorieleigh Instagram: @drkorieleigh LinkedIn: @korie-leigh-phd Don't Miss a Minute of Happiness! If you’re not subscribed to the weekly Live Happy newsletter, you’re missing out! Sign up to discover new articles and research on happiness, the latest podcast, special offers from sponsors, and even a happy song of the week. Subscribe for free today! Sign up for Live Happy's Sunday Sillies newsletter. Interested in advertising or partnering with us? Complete this quick form. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:  

On this Mother’s Day episode of Live Happy Now, Paula Felps sits down once again with mother‑daughter duo Leslie and Lindsey Glass to explore how mental health patterns, coping strategies, and emotional habits are passed down through generations. Drawing from their own lived experience — including estrangement, reconciliation, and years of therapeutic work — Leslie and Lindsey share practical, compassionate tools for breaking unhealthy cycles, setting boundaries, rebuilding trust, and creating new family patterns rooted in safety and connection. In this episode, you'll learn: How generational patterns of anxiety, emotional suppression, and coping get passed down — and how to interrupt them. What healthy reconnection looks like, from “baby‑step conversations” to shared activities that rebuild safety and trust. How to navigate estrangement, boundaries, and forgiveness when one person is ready to heal and the other isn’t. Visit their Reach Out Recovery website. Discover their book, The Mother Daughter Relationship Makeover. Get a free sample download from The Mother Daughter Relationship Makeover. Follow along with the transcript. Follow Leslie and Lindsey on social media: Facebook: @ReachoutRecovery Instagram: @reachoutrecovery Pinterest: @reachoutrecovery Don't Miss a Minute of Happiness! If you’re not subscribed to the weekly Live Happy newsletter, you’re missing out! Sign up to discover new articles and research on happiness, the latest podcast, special offers from sponsors, and even a happy song of the week. Subscribe for free today! Sign up for Live Happy's Sunday Sillies newsletter. Interested in advertising or partnering with us? Complete this quick form. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:  

This week on Live Happy Now, host Paula Felps sits down with University of Virginia professor and author Leidy Klotz to explore a topic we rarely think about: how the spaces around us are quietly shaping our well-being. He explains why our homes, workplaces, and everyday environments can either nourish or drain our basic psychological needs for agency, competence, and connection. From choosing where you sit to spark creativity to reclaiming small freedoms in spaces you can’t control, Leidy shows how simple shifts in how we interact with our environments can profoundly change how we feel. In this episode, you'll learn: Why your physical spaces influence your happiness more than you realize — and how they feed (or starve) your core psychological needs. How to use your surroundings intentionally to boost creativity, strengthen family connection, and reclaim a sense of control — even in places you can’t redesign. A simple practice for experiencing more awe in your daily life by noticing and revisiting the spaces that shift your perspective. Visit Leidy’s Leidy's website. Discover his latest book, In a Good Place. Download a free excerpt from In a Good Place. Follow along with the transcript. Don't Miss a Minute of Happiness! If you’re not subscribed to the weekly Live Happy newsletter, you’re missing out! Sign up to discover new articles and research on happiness, the latest podcast, special offers from sponsors, and even a happy song of the week. Subscribe for free today! Sign up for Live Happy's Sunday Sillies newsletter. Interested in advertising or partnering with us? Complete this quick form. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places: