Strategies to Find Your Happiness with Katie Jefcoat

Episode 31. Katie Jefcoat is an expert on happiness. She has read all the books, reviewed all the studies and has been on the hunt to help people bring more happiness to their lives. It starts with understanding what makes us happy. 

A former lawyer, Katie is the host of the Everyday Happiness Podcast, she is also a best-selling author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. When the pandemic hit and she saw the way it impacted the world, Katie found herself researching everything she could about happiness.

Katie took the information she was collecting daily and began sharing it on her podcast. There are so many different factors you have control over that can increase your level of happiness. Sometimes its not about changing something to become happier, sometimes it’s about mindset, and all the happiness we need is right there today.

Key Takeaways

Over the course of the episode, Katie takes us through her journey from being an intense work-all-the-time lawyer, to having her children and the pandemic transform her professional lifeAs she discusses all the theories around happiness, we cover:Happiness is a responsibility no matter what the state of the world isThe media you consume and the way you engage with it mattersWhich factors (such as genetics and environment) contribute most to your happiness.Where long-lasting happiness actually comes fromWhy satisfaction is elusive and how to create it in your lifeHow your social interactions influence your happiness.Small ways you can work in a gratitude practice every day.What the research says about money and happiness. We also cover Why being happy all the time isn’t realistic and Katie’s recipe for increased happiness

Katie’s Background

Katie originally pursued a career as a lawyer after graduating from Mitchell Hamline School of LawAfter having kids, she realized becoming a lawyer wasn’t really her passion, a few months into the pandemic, Katie started researching happinessKatie now shares information on all things happiness on the Everyday Happiness Podcast