Have you ever wondered what you might be able to eat to make you happier? Can happy foods really help you live a happier life, with less stress and anxiety?  It turns out, you really are what you eat, and that you can eat your way to happiness. This is the first in a series of two podcasts where we will discuss my top 5 pics for happiness superfoods. In this episode we will address the question, “What makes a food a happy food?” And we’ll talk about 2 of my top 5 happy foods. 

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Don’t Worry, Eat Happy: Top 5 Happiness Super Foods for More Joy and Less Stress

On todays episode I share my TOP 3 strategies to beat that crazy beast you probably know very well—overwhelm! These strategies will help you to create more freedom from stress, regain control of each moment, feel like yourself again, and live the beautiful life we both know you deserve. Can you imagine taking control of your inner world, living fully in your purpose, and—finally freeing your spirit? Well, now is your opportunity!

Calm in the Storm: 3 Strategies to Find Freedom from Stress and Overwhelm

What does it mean to look to the horizon? This idea can keep you steady in life by rooting you into deep meaning and purpose. Learn what kinds of goals are most conducive to happiness and how to set them today.  Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode.

Look to the Horizon: Set Meaningful Goals for a Meaningful Life

Ubuntu, “I am because you are”, speaks to the power of connectedness and the essence of being human. In today’s episode, learn why ubuntu matters for happiness and how owning your vulnerability is the path to creating connection, purpose and meaning and rejecting fear and disconnection. Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode.  

“I am because you are”: How Embracing Vulnerability Can Create More Meaningful Connections

How can you cultivate happiness habits? This episode explores the relationship of habits to a life of more joy & meaning. You can learn to harness the power of mindlessness (Yes! Mindlessness!) to make little changes and get big results.

Create an Upward Spiral: Tiny Habits for Big Happiness

Can going back to nature change happiness? Yes, it can! This episode focuses on the powerful bio-hack of shinrin-yoku, ‘forest bathing’ or ‘taking in the forest atmosphere’ that research clearly shows changes our physiology for the better, lowering stress markers and increasing mood boosting.  Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode.    

Shinrin-yoku…Take a Forest Bath

With mounting evidence on the power of kindness to boost well-being, health, longevity and happiness, today’s challenge focuses on doing small things to get big happiness results. How can doing small things with great love make you happier? Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode. https://www.happyandfree.me/podcast-1/small-things-with-great-love-random-acts-of-kindness-for-more-happiness  

"Small things with great love…”: Random Acts of Kindness for More Happiness

Today's episode is all about shifting perspective and reframing your experience so that you can train your brain to look for good. As you do, you can find more happiness and fight the oh-so-common negativity bias that haunts many of us daily. Ultimately shifting perspective is all about gratitude, one of the most powerful paths to finding lasting happiness. Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode. https://www.happyandfree.me/podcast-1/reframe-your-experience-look-for-good-change-your-brain-and-find-happy

Reframe Your Experience…Look for Good, Change Your Brain, and Find Happy

A listener asks, "...I’m just not a happy person... What do I do?"  Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode. https://www.happyandfree.me/podcast-1/bonus-q-a-what-if-i-m-just-not-a-happy-person

Bonus: I’m just not a happy person... What do I do?

Depth is a precursor for happiness. Today builds on the discussion of deep work from yesterdays challenge. For today's challenge, we consider the conditions of flow in everyday life. Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode. https://www.happyandfree.me/podcast-1/find-your-flow-get-deeply-engaged-for-more-happiness  

Find Your Flow: Get Deeply Engaged for More Happiness

Today we talk about the way that going deep is the lasting path to happiness, addressing Lea’s four cornerstones of happiness for a better life. Honing in on “deep work,” we explore how to bring depth into work to make it more fulfilling, and then issue today’s happiness challenge: to work deep, without my cell phone?!

Cultivate a Deep Work Ethic: How Working Deep Can Make You More Productive, More Focused and Happier

What does it mean to create a traffic jam? And why should you do it? Today’s episode explores the power of small acts to make big changes, and how doing so can actually make your life happier and full of meaning. Our challenge today focuses on how you can give back, change the world, and getting a little bit happier.   Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode. https://www.happyandfree.me/podcast-1/create-a-traffic-jam-change-the-world-and-find-your-joy

Create a Traffic Jam: Change the World and Find Your Joy

In today’s episode we will explore our second biohack of our 21 day happiness challenge: strike a pose! Through moving the body into certain poses you can actually become more empowered and increase your happiness, confidence, and well-being.   Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode. https://www.happyandfree.me/podcast-1/strike-a-pose-claim-your-power

Strike a Pose, Claim Your Power

How can you live with more joy, focus, well-being, and meaning?  Find your purpose! What are you uniquely qualified to contribute to the world? This episode of the 21 Day Happiness Challenge will help you find out, as well as address why purpose matters for health, happiness, and longevity. Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode. https://www.happyandfree.me/podcast-1/follow-your-bliss-find-your-purpose

Follow Your Bliss, Find Your Purpose

Hygge, the Danish concept roughly translated as ‘coziness’ is often touted as the way to beat Winter. It is also an excellent lesson in how to get happy for go go go Americans, presenting an opportunity to slow down and maybe even take a moment to exhale. Be sure to check out the show notes for key takeways and resources from this episode. https://www.happyandfree.me/podcast-1/create-cozi-and-get-happy-how-hygge-can-help-you-beat-the-winter-blues 

Create Cozi and Get Happy: How Hygge Can Help You Beat the Winter Blues

Happiness is a choice. What will you choose?

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