Live Happy Now Season 6

We make decisions every day, but how often do you really think about the process that goes into making those choices? This episode’s guest has built her life on making the right decisions: As a former professional poker player, Annie Duke who won more than $4 million in tournament poker before retiring in 2012. But she also studied cognitive psychology, is a bestselling author and a consultant on decision-making. Her new book, How to Decide, picks up where her last book, Thinking in Bets, left off. In this episode, you'll learn: What the Happiness Test is and how it can change the way you make decisions. How embracing uncertainty can make us more decisive. When to decide fast, when to decide slow and when to decide in advance. Links and Resources Facebook: @AnnieDuke Twitter: @AnnieDuke LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-duke-30ab2b5/ Click here to download a free chapter of her book How to Decide. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

We’ve all told little white lies, but have you thought about how honest you really are in your day to day life? When Judi Ketteler started thinking about it, she realized that maybe she wasn’t as honest as she thought. So she delved into the research on honesty and began looking at her own habits. The result of that work is her new book, Would I Lie to You? The Amazing Power of Being Honest in a World That Lies. This week, Judi’s here to talk about why we lie, how it affects our happiness and how we can all live our lives with more honesty. In this episode, you'll learn: Why honesty affects our happiness. How consciously becoming more honest changes our lives. The importance of being honest in a dishonest world. Links and Resources Twitter: @judiketteler Instagram: @ketteljm Website: https://judiketteler.com/ Get a preview of her book by downloading the first chapter for FREE. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

There’s no question that our world needs more kindness right now, which is why this week, we are talking to Houston Kraft, author of the new book Deep Kindness: A Revolutionary Guide for the Way We Think, Talk, and Act in Kindness. He’s here to talk about the gap between our belief in kindness and our ability to practice it. He’ll also tell us what new skills we need to acquire to better practice kindness and what we can do to turn our intentions into actions. In this episode, you'll learn: What it means to practice “deep kindness”. 3 things that prevent us from practicing kindness. How to implement kindness as a daily practice. Links and Resources Facebook: @houstonkraft Instagram: @houstonkraft Twitter: @houstonkraft Click here for a FREE download of his 30 Day Kindness Journal. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

Whether you’re an educator or a parent, the concept of positive education is something that can change your life…as well as the life of your student or child. In these times, it’s more important than ever to understand the role that well-being plays in the lives of students, teachers, administrators and parents. This week, Live Happy CEO and Co-Founder Deborah K. Heisz joins us to talk about the upcoming International Positive Education Network’s 2020 Well-being in Education Virtual Conference. This event is being offered entirely online for the first time and it’s also free for anyone who wants to attend. Tune in to learn more! In this episode, you'll learn: What positive education is and why it matters. How to attend this free virtual event. What you can expect to learn. Links and Resources Website: https://www.ipen-network.com/ Facebook: @PositiveEducationNetwork Register for the FREE virtual conference happening from October 27-29 here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

Mindfulness is something that pretty much all of us have heard of and many of us want to practice it. But sometimes just the idea of learning how to be more mindful seems daunting. This episode’s guests are experts in mindfulness and they’re also good friends. That friendship and shared passion for mindfulness has resulted in the book, A Mindful Year: 365 Ways to Find Connection and the Sacred in Everyday Life. Join us as Dr. Aria Campbell-Danesh and Dr. Seth Gillihan tell how this book came about – and how you can use it daily to start or reinforce your mindfulness practice. In this episode, you'll learn: What practicing mindfulness can do for you. How to implement mindfulness every day. Why mindfulness is more important right now than ever. Links and Resources Instagram: @dr._aria Facebook: @dr.aria.fit Facebook: @sethgillihan Twitter: @sethgillihanphd Sign up to Dr. Aria’s newsletter at www.dr-aria.com to get updates on his upcoming free short course on sustainable weight loss. Get Dr. Seth Gillihan’s free e-guide “10 Ways to Manage Stress & Anxiety Every Day” when you sign up for his newsletter. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

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: