Live Happy Now Season 9

 Ten years ago, the happiness movement was just beginning to gain a global presence – and that paved the way for the birth of a company called Live Happy. This week, host Paula Felps talks with Deborah Heisz, CEO and co-founder of Live Happy LLC, to look back on 10 years of sharing happiness. Deb explains how her work in personal development led to discovering positive psychology and how that opened the door to launching a company that remains committed to sharing the many ways we can discover greater well-being and lead more fulfilling lives. In this episode, you'll learn: How Live Happy began and why it was so important to be rooted in science How the Live Happy mission has evolved over the past decade What to expect from the next 10 years Links and Resources Facebook: @livehappy Instagram: @mylivehappy Twitter: @livehappy Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. Check out the book Live Happy: Ten Practices for Choosing Joy Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

Anxiety is so pervasive today that more than 40 million adults in the U.S. are living with it. This week’s guest, Dr. Jud Brewer, offers new insights into this growing problem and provides simple steps to help end the cycle of constant worrying.  As New York Times best-selling author and director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, Dr. Jud released the book Unwinding Anxiety in 2021 and now the same techniques used in his book are available the Unwinding Anxiety app. In this episode, he tells us how we all can start breaking free from anxiety. In this episode, you'll learn: Why willpower isn’t the answer to overcoming anxiety. Three steps to breaking an anxiety habit. How curiosity can help disarm anxiety. Links and Resources Website: https://drjud.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.jud Twitter: https://twitter.com/judbrewer Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drjudapps Get 1 Month of the Unwinding Anxiety app for Free: https://smart.link/1tvkqba9om3v1 Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

Creative arts such as painting, dancing, acting, and singing can play a powerful role in self-care and mental health, but they’re often overlooked – especially in rural communities. This week, host Paula Felps sits down Happy Activist Becca Finley, founder of This is Noteworthy, a nonprofit designed to help creatives explore their artistic gifts and discover what it can do for them and the community they live in. In this episode, you'll learn: Why it’s important for creatives to learn how to express themselves through their gifts. How we all benefit from tapping into our creative side. How celebrating the arts can enhance a community. Links and Resources Website: http://www.thisisnoteworthy.org/ Instagram: @thisisnoteworthy and @beccafinley Do you know a happy activist? Tell us about them! We want to share stories of people who are doing good in the world. Please email us at editor@livehappy.com to tell us about your Happy Activist and they might be featured in a future episode of Live Happy Now! Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

We’ve become more comfortable with talking openly about mental health, but we’re still reluctant to talk about mental illness. This week’s guest knows first-hand the challenges of mental illness and why it’s so important to talk about it. Gabe Howard is an author, speaker, and host of the Inside Mental Health podcast. After being committed to a psychiatric hospital in 2003, Gabe was diagnosed with bipolar and anxiety disorders and today he uses his experience to help others navigate and understand that difficult path. In this episode, you'll learn: How mental illness affects everyone in the family. Why we must lose the shame surrounding mental illness. How to help those around us who are struggling with mental illness in their own family. Links and Resources Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabehowardspeaker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabehoward29/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabehoward29 Website: https://www.gabehoward.com/ Check out Gabe’s book here. Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

 It’s a common belief that we must live with ailments and declining well-being as we age. But this week’s guest, Dr. Ellen J. Langer, has decades of research that tells a different story. Known as the mother of mindfulness, Ellen is highly regarded as one of America’s most influential psychologists. Her new book, The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health, shows how our thoughts and perspectives can change our health. In this episode, you'll learn: Why embracing mind-body unity creates new possibilities for improving our health. How our thoughts could be undermining our health. Simple ways to change your way of thinking to improve your health. Links and Resources Watch Ellen talk about mindfulness here. Discover Ellen’s other books here. Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

We’ve all heard that money can’t buy happiness, and new research is telling us why. This week, host Paula Felps talks with author and lecturer Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, co-founder of The Happiness Studies Academy and creator of the Master’s Degree in Happiness Studies at Centenary University. Tal talks about recent findings that show how our perception of money is damaging our happiness — and what we can do about it. In this episode, you'll learn: Why our perceptions of money have changed in a post-pandemic world. How social comparison can negatively affect our views on money. Why it’s so important to change our view of money for the sake of our well-being. Links and Resources Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrTalBenShahar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happiness.studies.academy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalBenShahar Website: https://www.happinessstudies.academy/ Learn about the MA in Happiness Studies program: https://www.centenaryuniversity.edu/academics/graduate/master-of-arts-in-happiness-studies/ Read the Bloomberg study on money: Are You Rich? Calculate the Best US Cities to Live in for Your Salary (bloomberg.com) Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

Doing good for others is good for us! This week, we’re talking with Happy Activist Nancy Giammarco, a musician who rediscovered her love of art during the pandemic. She started enhancing children’s simple drawings for fun, which led to the creation of The Joanne Project, which she named after her late mother. Now, she focuses on bringing joy to children by turning simple drawings into works of art. In this episode, you'll learn: Why the pandemic served as a catalyst for starting this project. What creating art for others has done for her. Why it’s so important to celebrate the artwork of children. Links and Resources Website: https://www.lilmonsto.com Instagram: @lilmonsto Twitter: @lilmonsto.com Facebook: @nancysdoodles Sign up to win a free drawing from Nancy! Visit littlemonsto.com/mailing-list/ Do you know a happy activist? Tell us about them! We want to share stories of people who are doing good in the world. Please email us at editor@livehappy.com to tell us about your Happy Activist and they might be featured in a future episode of Live Happy Now! Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

The International Positive Psychology Association held its semi-annual World Congress in July. Over the next several weeks, Live Happy Now host Paula Felps is talking with thought leaders about some of the main themes that emerged during this year’s event and what takeaways we can borrow to improve our well-being. This week, Andrea Goeglein addresses some of the growing concerns about loneliness and the lack of social connections as well as giving us a fresh perspective on the World Happiness Report. In this episode, you'll learn: Why empathetic listening is so important. How individuals can take action to improve mental health policies — and why it’s so important. The difference between meaning and mattering. Links and Resources Download the World Happiness Report here. Learn more about the International Positive Psychology Association here. Learn more about Andrea Goeglein here. Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

 Loneliness is a tremendous problem in today’s world, and solving it begins with understanding the root cause of it. In this episode, author and educator Dr. Randall Hansen sits down with host Paula Felps to talk about why loneliness has become an epidemic, what it’s doing to us, and what we can do about it. In this episode, you'll learn: Why it truly “takes a village” to combat loneliness. How to reach out to others who may be feeling isolated and lonely. How our social media habits can make us feel more isolated — and how to use it wisely. Links and Resources Facebook: @randallshansen Instagram: @empoweringpines Twitter: @rshansen Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/randallshansen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RandallHansen Website: http://www.randallshansen.com/ Read Randall’s column on how to overcome loneliness. Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places:           

 It’s the start of a brand-new season for Live Happy Now and we’ve added some things to make your life happier! In this episode, Live Happy CEO and co-founder Deborah Heisz and host Paula Felps share some of the new ways we’re working to deliver happiness to you every day. In this episode, you'll learn: What to expect from our new pet podcast, Happiness Unleashed with Brittany Derrenbacher. How to get happiness delivered to your inbox every week. Why we want to know about the Happy Activists in your life. Links and Resources Facebook: @livehappy Instagram: @mylivehappy Twitter: @livehappy Do you know a Happy Activist? Tell us about them at editor@livehappy.com! If you’re interested in partnering with Live Happy, please contact us at editor@livehappy.com and include “Partnership” in the subject line. Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. Follow along with this episode's transcript by clicking here. Don't miss an episode! Live Happy Now is available at the following places: