Creating Your Happy Place
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡
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Suzy Wood: Living Near London
June 15, 2023 17:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBIs it your dream to buy and renovate a home in England? Wondering if it's the same as renovating in the United States? In Episode 8, the wrap-up to Season 2 of Creating Your Happy Place, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Suzy Wood shares her story of buying and renovating a home with her hubby and two kids near London, England. Professionally, Suzy Wood is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach who works with people to get control of their health by analyzing both food and lifestyle choice...
Candice Bakx Freisen in Canada: Rural Life on a Chicken Farm
June 08, 2023 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBYou don't have to cross an ocean to become an expat - you could just move to Canada! Think the slow life on a rural chicken farm in the quiet outskirts of Manitoba sounds like a dream? You should definitely check out this episode! In Episode 7, Season 2 of Creating Your Happy Place, we talk with Candice Bakx-Freisen about what it's like to live in rural Manitoba, and the difference between buying real estate (and living in) Canada versus in the United States. Professionally, Candice is a ...
Naomi Geidel: A Southeast Asian Odyssey
June 01, 2023 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBHave you thought about living in Japan, Indonesia, or Thailand? Wondering what it might be like to call Southeast Asia home for a while? In Episode 6, Season 2 of Creating Your Happy Place, Naomi Geidel shares her story of leaving the United States and making a home for herself first in a traditional home in Japan, then in a villa in Indonesia, and finally studio apartment in a high rise flat in Bangkok Thailand. Professionally, Naomi provides support and encouragement to creatives so the...
Anu Gosai: From Mauritius to South Africa, Merging Cultures & Creating Home
May 25, 2023 17:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBWhat would it be like to live in South Africa? What if you were moving there from the tiny country from Mauritius? In Episode 5, Season 2 of Creating Your Happy Place, Anu Gosai shares her story of leaving her tiny island home at 18 to study to be a pharmacist. She's now a happy dual-culture woman raising two girls with her hubby in a free-standing house with a big garden in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Professionally, Anu is the founder of Red Butterfly and works as a menstrual health c...
Lyon, France: Slowing Down & Making Time for Family
May 18, 2023 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIs it your dream to move to France? Are you itching to pack your bags and move to the land of baguettes and berets? Do you think the foodie-friendly atmosphere of Lyon might be just what the doctor ordered? In Episode 4, Season 2 of Creating Your Happy Place, Mary Clavieres shares how she and her hubby moved their family from their fast-paced city life in Hoboken New Jersey to the quiet outskirts of Lyon, France in Feb 2022, and how their 5 and 8 years old daughters have adjusted to living...
Thailand: When A Grief Consultant Left Home to Teach English Abroad
May 11, 2023 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBHave you ever wondered what it might be like to leave the only home you've known and move to Thailand to teach English? In Episode 3 of Creating Your Happy Place, we've got Diane Nnaemeka, a fearless adventurer who left her childhood home 5 years ago to teach English to kindergartners and grade school kids. While she's moved 5 times while living there, she's happy in her tropical life and sees no end in sight to the adventure. Diane's now left teaching behind and is a self-sustainability ...
London, Tokyo, and Abu Dhabi: Adventures of an Expat Coach
May 03, 2023 17:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBHave you ever wondered what it might be like to live in London, Abu Dhabi, or Tokyo? In Episode 2 of Creating Your Happy Place, we've got Linda Mueller, a real globetrotter. She's lived in Tokyo, London, and Abu Dhabi with her husband and daughter. And now, she's a Certified Life Coach and mentor at The Expat Partner Coach, based out of good ol' Chicago, USA. Linda's all about empowering expat partners to adapt and thrive abroad. She's got tons of international experience, both personally ...
Nicaragua: What I learned from my time as a Peace Corps Volunteer
May 02, 2023 01:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBHave you ever thought about packing up and living in another country? And have you ever wondered what it'd be like to be a Peace Corps Volunteer? Well, in this Season 2 opener of Creating Your Happy Place, Rebecca West shares her experience serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua. Spoiler alert, it wasn't exactly her cup of tea - she ended up leaving early. But even though it wasn't a great fit for her, she still thinks it was one of the most important things she could have done. ...
Episode 29: Making Home Happy on the Road (With Guest Kathy Davis)
September 08, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Kathy Davis! Kathy traded the white picket fence for a life on the road, living in a fifth-wheel RV with her husband and 2 cats. Listen to hear about her transition to a home-on-wheels, what obstacles she faced (and continues to face) in making this bold move, and what we can learn from her when making our own tiny kitchens work as hard as we need them to. Kathy Davis is a plant-based lifestyle coach and recipe develope...
Episode 28: How Does Your Personality Type Influence Your Home? (With Guest Jessica Butts)
July 30, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Jessica Butts! Jessica is a Meyers Briggs Expert who decided one day she was done with her home. How did she decide she was done with her home? Was letting go easy? Since she's a former Psychotherapist, what has she discovered about her personality type and how it relates to what she needs from her home? All of these questions and more were answered in this incredible episode. Jessica is the Creator/CEO of Front Seat L...
Episode 27: Letting Go of What Used To Be Home (With Guest Dana Parker)
July 16, 2021 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Dana Parker! Dana is an emotional resiliency coach who grew up in the Mormon church and was married at 19. All within a few years she left the church, got a divorce, lost her job, went bankrupt, all the while trying to be a great mom to four boys. By losing everything, she says she's learned that her house is not her home and that actually, if she's at home with herself, then she can be at home anywhere. Listen to hear ab...
Episode 26: Home For Folks In A Wheelchair (With Guest Maegan Blau)
July 02, 2021 22:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Maegan Blau! Maegan Blau is an interior designer based in sunny Arizona. In 2009 she incurred a C6-C8 spinal cord injury and has been a wheelchair user ever since. She is diagnosed with an incomplete C8 spinal cord injury which has obviously changed the way she lives in the blink of an eye. As a person with a disability, it seemed the majority of options to make homes accessible were straight-up ugly and very hospital-li...
Episode 25: Home For Folks Over 50 (With Guest Mitzi Beach)
June 18, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Mitzi Beach! No matter what age we are, everyone wants to have a happy home. That said, what we need from our home may change over time. Mitzi is an expert in Aging in Place, and shares with us what home looks like for those over 50! Mitzi Beach A.S.I.D. C.A.P.S. is an award-winning Interior Designer, Author, and 50+ Demographic Marketing & Lifestyle Specialist. Author of the brand new book “Design Smarts, Inspiration f...
Episode 24: Organizing Your Happy Home (With Guest Star Hansen)
June 04, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Star Hansen! Star lives in Tucson Arizona in a Santa Fe-style home with her boyfriend, and her 2 dogs, a cat, and 13 coy fish. She's a Certified Professional Organizer, aka a clutter whisperer! In this episode, she shares what clutter is (both physical and mental), and how we can deal with it. Star Hansen brings peace to the world one color-coded label at a time. Known as the “Lifestyle Organizer,” Star’s multi-layered ...
Episode 23: Relocating for a Change in Pace (With Guest Samantha Kellgren)
May 18, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Samantha Kellgren! Samantha had been living in downtown Chicago for 10 and a half years, when she decided she needed a change in pace. Specifically, she wanted mountains! She and her husband packed up their belongings and moved to slower-paced Asheville North Carolina, with their 11-month-old son. In this episode, Samantha talks about everything from why she moved, to what it's like working from home, to the mental impact...
Episode 22: Homes For Little People (With Guest Spencer Frost)
April 30, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Spencer Frost! Spencer is a 31-year-old who was diagnosed with Achondroplasia Dwarfism at birth. He's just a regular guy who currently works for Apple as a Technical Support Advisor. In this episode, he talks about what navigating life, and home, as a little person is like. Spencer and his wife live in a one-story house they just purchased in Leander, Texas, and are eager to finish out all the interior decorating they w...
Episode 21: Avoiding Home Remodel Nightmares (With Guest Grace Mase)
April 14, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Grace Mase! Grace lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two kids. After going through her own home improvement nightmare, she decided there must be a better way to go about managing home projects. Grace Mase is the Founder + CEO of BEYREP [Construction Tech + EQ] - an all-in-one home construction management solution that provides peace of mind and confidence. She started her career as a Campus Architect for UC Berke...
Episode 20: The Importance of Whimsy (With Guest Christina Frost)
March 23, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Christina Frost! Christina is a whimsy instructor and consultant, teaching others about how to bring surprise and adventure into your life. But how did she end up on this amazing path? Listen to the episode to hear about Christina's journey to loving everything whimsy! Born in Colorado, but essentially a Texas native, Christina graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Radio-TV-Film. After man...
Episode 19: Creating Special Spaces For Kids With Cancer (With Guest Anne Strunk)
March 05, 2021 23:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Anne Strunk! Anne is involved with Special Spaces; a nonprofit that designs dream bedrooms for kids with life-threatening illnesses. She got started with them back in 2011, after finding herself an empty-nester. Listen to this episode to hear about all of the incredible spaces she designed, and how rewarding of a journey it was. Anne and her husband of 41 years live in Chattanooga, TN. She lives in a house that has had...
Episode 18: Designing a Model Home (With Guest Crystal Collinson)
February 19, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Crystal Collinson! Crystal is an interior designer that specializes in model homes. Listen in to hear how she designs spaces that everyone will like, instead of just the family who's living in the home. Crystal is the principal of Crystal Collinson Interiors, a full-service design firm specializing in the Design and Decorating of Model Homes, Sales Presentation Centre’s, Condominium amenity spaces, and small commercial ...
Episode 17: The Ins and Outs of ADUs and Backyard Cottages (With Val Sporleder)
January 27, 2021 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Val Sporleder! Val is an expert in accessory dwelling units- think backyard cottages, in-law suites, or even a detached home office! If you're thinking about changing the footprint of your home, big or small, listen to this episode. Val Sporleder is owner and designer at 1AD Studio LLC in Seattle. While growing up she moved a lot so her interest in her living space started early. She received Bachelors' degree in Design...
Episode 16: Creating a Happier Workplace at the Office and at Home (With Katie McLaughlin)
January 14, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Katie McLaughlin! Katie is passionate about creating happier, healthier workplaces. In this episode, Katie talks about workplaces both in the corporate office, and at your at-home office! Listen to hear about everything on boundaries, productivity, and happiness in the workplace! In her business: McLaughlin Method, Katie leverages her decades of experience driving organizational change, transforming learning & training ...
Episode 15: Surviving, and Learning to Thrive, When Natural Disaster Hits Home (With Guest Sarah Siegele))
January 03, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Sarah Siegele! Sarah has had an extremely unlucky past with homes. They've been flooded, flooded again, and then near fires!? Listen to this episode to hear about Sarah's journey and find out how she has pushed through these unlucky situations and remained positive! Sarah owns ULC Business Solutions, a bookkeeping company specializing in helping other small businesses and individuals understand their finances and make in...
Episode 15: Surviving, and Learning to Thrive, When Natural Disaster Hits Home (With Guest Sarah Siegele)
January 03, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Sarah Siegele! Sarah has had an extremely unlucky past with homes. They've been flooded, flooded again, and then near fires!? Listen to this episode to hear about Sarah's journey and find out how she has pushed through these unlucky situations and remained positive! Sarah owns ULC Business Solutions, a bookkeeping company specializing in helping other small businesses and individuals understand their finances and make in...
Episode 14: How Your Clothes, and Your Closet, Can Make You Happier! (With Guest Holly Chayes)
December 11, 2020 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Holly Chayes! Holly is a style consultant with a background in theatrical costume design, and she knows all about fashion! Living in New York City, she has a New York City apartment, which comes with a set of challenges. Holly shares her experiences with closets, retail spaces, and personal style. You wear your clothes every single day, they should make you happy! Holly Chayes is a style and wardrobe consultant. She wor...
Episode 13: Cancer, Co-Working, and Covid (With Guest Tracey Warren)
November 18, 2020 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we chat with special guest Tracey Warren! CEO of the co-working space In-Spark, this eternal optimist faced (and conquered) a cancer diagnosis with a smile. In this episode she shares why she started a co-working space (and addresses some of the challenges of co-working) along with her story of facing cancer during covid. Listen to how she brought sunshine into 2020 despite the challenges. --- Champion igniter, Tracey Warren supports women entrepreneur...
Episode 12: Making Merged Homes Happy Homes (With Guest Marni Jameson)
October 27, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Marni Jameson! Marni shares her experiences with merging homes, specifically how she and her husband navigated sharing their spaces. But also talks about being a human just trying to create her happy place, chapter by chapter. A nationally syndicated columnist, author, journalist, speaker and TV guest, Marni Jameson has been called America’s most-loved home and lifestyle expert. Her humorous and helpful column “At Home...
Episode 11: Homeschooling During Hardship (With Guest Elise Buie)
October 09, 2020 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Elise Buie about homeschooling! Living in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, she and her family lost their home and had to be evacuated to Georgia. All the while homeschooling her children and overcoming everything life threw at them by having fun horseback riding, building sailboats, and learning other important life skills! Elise Buie is a Seattle attorney who has run a virtual family law practice since 2015. Elise...
Episode 10: How To Live Small and Have a Happy Home (With Guest Laura Fenton)
September 25, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBToday on Creating Your Happy Place, we are chatting with special guest Laura Fenton about living small! If you want to live small, struggle with living small, or just wonder about living small, whether it's to simply your life or to leave a smaller footprint on the world, this episode is for you! Laura is a writer based in New York City. My first book The Little Book of Living Small [https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Living-Small/dp/1423652533] debuted this past spring, and she's at work o...
Episode 9: A Happy Home Does Not Mean A Perfect Home (BONUS EPISODE with Rebecca West)
September 17, 2020 19:00 - 8 minutes - 5.97 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to review and subscribe! Today, we have a bonus episode for you! Rebecca talks about why having a happy home does not mean having a perfect home. Rebecca is CEO of her Seattle-based residential interior design company Seriously Happy Homes, author of t...
Episode 8: Finding Home and Adventure Around The Globe (With Guest Terry Rafferty)
September 10, 2020 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to review and subscribe! Our Guest, artist & adventurer Terry Rafferty: Today, we are talking with special guest Terry Rafferty. Terry is an artist who sees creating home as a recurring adventure, and finds it difficult to stay in one place too long. S...
Episode 7: Creating Home Wherever You Are (With Guest Carol White)
August 27, 2020 21:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to review and subscribe! Today, we are talking with special guest Carol White. Carol has been "Living her Dream" and creating her happy places for over 70 years now. But she's had experience, right? She had a corporate marketing job with AT&T/Lucent for...
Episode 6: Finding Your Voice And Home Aesthetic (With Guest Hollis Rendleman)
August 13, 2020 14:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to review and subscribe! Today, we are talking with special guest Hollis Rendleman. Hollis is an interior architect/designer who grew up in beautiful homes (some of which were even pictured in magazines!), but they never felt happy. She has gone throug...
Episode 6: Making Home Your Refuge (With Guest Hollis Rendleman)
August 13, 2020 14:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to review and subscribe! Today, we are talking with special guest Hollis Rendleman. Hollis is an interior architect/designer who grew up in beautiful homes (some of which were even pictured in magazines!), but they never felt happy. She has gone throug...
Episode 5: Making Home A Place For Healing (With Guest Garrison Hullinger)
July 30, 2020 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to review and subscribe! Today, we are talking with special guest Garrison Hullinger. Garrison is an interior designer who faced a life-changing accident that put him in physical recovery for five years. He had to learn how to read, walk, and speak, all...
Episode 4: Special Needs- Creating A Home for Everybody (With Guest Shelly Rosenberg)
July 16, 2020 15:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to review and subscribe! Today, we're chatting with special guest Shelly Rosenberg! Shelly Rosenberg is an interior designer and a mother of three. When her youngest son was born with Down Syndrome, she discovered that her specific talent and experienc...
Episode 3: Recreating Your Dream Home (With Guest Lela Day)
July 02, 2020 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to review and subscribe! Today, we are talking with special guest Lela Day. Lela would describe herself as a “life and lemons" kinda gal, with a love for design, women empowerment, and all things chips and salsa! Lela's “Be the Light” bulb went off whe...
Episode 2: When It’s Time to Break up With Your Home (With Guest Iris Higgins)
June 19, 2020 03:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. 😊🏡 Make sure to subscribe and review! Is it time to set some boundaries with your home? Today we chat with hypnotherapist Iris Higgins about her happy home, and what kept her from having a happy home for the past several years. Plus we dive into the magic of hypnoth...
Creating Your Happy Place: The Intro Episode - Moving On When You Can't Move Out
June 02, 2020 18:00 - 11 minutes - 7.98 MBWelcome to Creating Your Happy Place! A podcast that explores how our spaces support (or sabotage) our happiness and make it easier (or harder) to reach our goals, then empowers you to do whatever it takes to get happy at home. Today, I am introducing the podcast and explaining why I do what I do! Make sure to subscribe and review! Where to find me: Website- https://seriouslyhappy.com/ and http://seriouslyhappyhomes.com/ Instagram- @beseriouslyhappy