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Live Happy Now

519 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 497 ratings

Bringing you scientifically proven tips and ideas to live a happier and more meaningful life through interviews with positive psychology and well-being thought leaders.

The editors of Live Happy magazine bring you best-selling authors and happiness gurus that share their knowledge on topics such as wellness, gratitude, well-being and mindfulness. Interviews are conducted with people like Shawn Achor, Michelle Gielan, Dr. Christine Carter, Margaret Greenberg, Dr. Drew Ramsey, Gretchen Rubin, Barbara Fredrickson, Tal Ben-Shahar, Deepak Chopra, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Stacy Kaiser, Darin McMahon, Michelle McQuaid, Fred Luskin, Shani Robins, Kristin Neff, Dr. Rick Hanson, and many more.

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Living With Intention With Dr. Greg Hammer

June 27, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MB

We know that the mind and body are connected, but how do we use that knowledge to create our best life? This week, host Paula Felps is talking with Dr Greg Hammer, a Stanford University School of Medicine professor, physician, and a mindfulness expert who developed the four-step GAIN method of mindfulness. As he explains in his book, GAIN without Pain, this is an acronym for Gratitude, Acceptance, Intention and Nonjudgement. He teaches this method to reduce stress and increase well-being, an...

Processing Grief Through Music with Morgan James

June 22, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MB

We know that listening to music can help heal our hearts, but what can it do for the songwriter? In this episode, host Paula Felps talks with Morgan James, a singer and songwriter who has appeared on Broadway stages and with symphony orchestras in addition to writing and recording her own music. While working on her latest album, she and Doug Wamble — her husband and cowriter —were grappling with the devastating illnesses of dear friends. Morgan explains how they put the tangled emotions of ...

Leading With Kindness With Captain Brett Crozier

June 20, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MB

As commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Brett Crozier made a choice during the pandemic to take a stand to protect his crew. His actions quickly led to his dismissal, but also were effective in providing the protection he was looking for. In this episode, he talks about his new book, Surf When You Can: Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy Captain, and shares some of the life and leadership lessons he has learned along the way. ...

Fostering Pets for Greater Well-Being With Brittany Derrenbacher

June 13, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MB

June is filled with holidays encouraging us to celebrate our pets. In addition to being Adopt a Cat Month and National Microchip Month, it is National Foster a Pet Month. To learn more about how fostering pets can improve your physical and mental well-being, host Paula Felps sits down with Brittany Derrenbacher, a clinical mental health counselor and founder of Luna Bells Moonbows Special Needs Rescue in Louisville, Kentucky. Brittany explains the many benefits of pet fostering for the entir...

Growing Happiness by Gardening With Joeleen Davis

June 06, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MB

It’s National Garden Week, so it is the perfect time to talk about what plants and digging in the dirt can do for you. This week’s guest is Joeleen David, a master gardener and owner of Wine Cottage Gardens near Nashville, and she’s here to talk about how gardening is much more than growing food or flowers; it’s also a natural way to improve mental health. In this episode, you’ll learn: How gardening can help with mental health challenges like anxiety and depression. Why gardening is a...

Using Travel to Boost Well-Being With Dr. Andrew Stevenson

May 30, 2023 14:47 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MB

We all know vacations are fun, but did you know how good they are for you? This week’s guest is Dr. Andrew Stevenson, a social anthropologist, filmmaker and senior lecturer in psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Andrew’s new book, The Psychology of Travel, looks at what travel can do for us and how we can approach it differently to get the most out of it.   In this episode, you’ll learn: Why travel is so good for our mental health. Why we’re never really traveling “alon...

Overcoming Procrastination to Boost Well-being With Sherri Fisher

May 23, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MB

All of us procrastinate once in a while, but chronic procrastination creates stress — for ourselves and those around us — and damages our well-being. This week, host Paula Felps sits down with coach, author, and speaker Sherri Fisher to learn more about how procrastination affects us and what we can do about it. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why procrastination isn’t just a time management problem. How mindfulness interval training can help overcome procrastination. Self-care tips t...

Mastering the Art of Letting Go With gnash

May 18, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 32 MB

Recording artist gnash has made mental health a central part of his music, delivering messages through music that might be difficult to talk about in conversation. As we observe Mental Health Awareness Month in May, it’s the perfect time to talk to gnash about his latest album, The Art of Letting Go, which is a journey through the tumultuous emotions brought on by the pandemic. In this episode, you’ll hear how making this album helped save his life during the pandemic and what he hopes we al...

What the Circus Can Teach Us About Mental Health With Dr. Sherry Walling

May 16, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MB

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this episode’s guest has found a unique way to help clients process such difficult emotions and grief, anxiety, and depression. Dr. Sherry Walling is a clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and mental health advocate who began using movement — particularly the circus arts — to manage loss and grief in her own life. She soon discovered what an effective outlet it provided for releasing trapped emotions and began offering workshops to help others...

Navigating the Parenting Map With Dr. Shefali

May 09, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MB

In just a few days we’ll celebrate Mother’s Day, which makes it the perfect time to talk to Dr. Shefali, a New York Times best-selling author and an expert in family dynamics. She has developed a highly acclaimed approach to parenting that she calls conscious parenting, and in this episode, she explains why much of what we think about parenting is wrong and how we all can become more conscious — not just as parents but in all our relationships.  In this episode, you’ll learn: Why it’s so...

Practicing Digital Wellness With Amy Blankson

May 02, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MB

Our digital lifestyles often don’t seem to support our well-being, and that’s a great reason to observe Digital Wellness Day on May 5. This week’s guest, best-selling author and speaker Amy Blankson, offers tips on how to become more present in an increasingly distracted world — whether we’re at work, home, or school. As CEO and Co-Founder of the Digital Wellness Institute, Amy has made it her mission to cultivate happiness and well-being in the digital era. She’s here to share tips about ho...

Why Finland Is So Happy With Heli Mende

April 25, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MB

When the World Happiness Report was released on March 20, Finland was named the World’s Happiest Country for the sixth year in a row. This week, Heli Mende of Visit Finland joins host Paula Felps to talk about why the country has earned that designation so frequently and explain how it inspired the country to offer a Masterclass of Happiness that will be held in June. Heli talks about happiness, Finland-style, how they developed the masterclass, and shares some of the things we all can do to...

Finding Comfort Through Music With Jan Stanley

April 20, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MB

Death is inevitable, but as with many things in life, music can change how people experience the journey. That’s the idea behind Threshold Choirs — an international movement in which a trio sings healing and comforting songs for people who are nearing the end of life. In this episode, Jan Stanley, a long-time Threshold Choir member, explains how sharing songs at this uncertain time not only brings comfort to the dying and their family members, but can be transformational for the singers as w...

Rediscover Your Sense of Wonder With Monica Parker

April 18, 2023 13:00 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

As children every new discovery filled us with wonder and awe. But somewhere along the way, most of us lost that — and this week’s guest is helping people rediscover it. Monica Parker is a renowned speaker and writer who has spent the past decade helping people discover their meaning and purpose at work. Her new book, The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion That Will Change the Way You Live, Learn, and Lead, explains why we lose our sense of wonder and how we can reclaim it. In thi...

Exploring Your Senses with Gretchen Rubin

April 11, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB

Every day we’re surrounded by sights, sounds, and smells — but we often take them for granted. This week, host Paula Felps is joined by New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin, to talk about how tuning into our five senses can make us happier and healthier. Her new book, Life in Five Senses: How exploring the senses got me out of my head and into the world, takes a deep dive into what each of our senses has to teach us and explains how we can explore them to improve our well-being. ...

Exploring Nature to Improve Mental Health With Mya-Rose Craig

April 04, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MB

We know that getting out in nature is good for us, but this week’s guest understands it better than most. Mya-Rose Craig is a 20-year-old bird watcher, environmentalist and diversity activist who was raised in a home that revered nature. At the age of 14, she formed the Black2Nature organization to encourage other teenagers of color to engage with nature. Bristol University awarded her an honorary doctorate for her pioneering work in this area and now her memoir, Birdgirl: Looking to the Ski...

What We Learned from the World Happiness Report with Deborah K. Heisz

March 28, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Every year on March 20 — the International Day of Happiness — the Sustainable Development Solutions Network releases its World Happiness Report. This week, host Paula Felps sits down with Live Happy co-founder and CEO Deborah Heisz to talk about how we’re faring when it comes to happiness, what we learned from this year’s report and why it appears that our happiness is improving.  In this episode, you’ll learn: What kind of “happiness” the report is talking about and how we gauge it.  ...

How Pets Improve Your Brain Health as You Age with Brittany Derrenbacher

March 21, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

We know that pets and happiness go hand-in-hand (or maybe hand-in-paw), but did you know that your pet could also improve your brain health as you age? This week, Brittany Derrenbacher, a therapist and founder of The Healing Collective KY in Louisville, explains how pets can change how we age and help keep our brains and bodies healthy throughout our lifetime. In this episode, you’ll learn: The different ways that pets help keep us mentally sharp. What the latest research says about pe...

Happy Tunes for Happy Kids With Allegra Levy

March 16, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

When acclaimed jazz vocalist Allegra Levy became a parent, she began noticing that the lyrics of classic children’s songs didn’t fit in today’s world of equity and inclusion. As a mother, she was concerned about what messages children were getting from the music and as a musician, she didn’t want to raise her child with songs that had been musically “dumbed down.” So she began writing her own jazz-tinged children’s music with a positive spin on mental well-being. The result is a new album, S...

Bounce Back from Burnout With Dr. Mary Sanders

March 14, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB

Burnout is a common problem for women today, but it’s also something that isn’t openly discussed. This week’s guest, Dr. Mary Sanders, is on a mission to empower women over 40 to bounce back physically, emotionally and energetically from the stresses of balancing work and life. She’s here to talk about what burnout is, why it’s so prevalent today and how an integrative approach can help you overcome it. In this episode, you’ll learn: Some of the warning signs that you’re experiencing bur...

Celebrate the Women in Your Life with Linda Allen

March 07, 2023 14:00 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MB

This week, we are celebrating International Women’s Day, which is a time to acknowledge the diversity and achievement of women. As part of that celebration, we’re talking to Texas businesswoman Linda Allen, who has made it her mission to make women feel seen by supporting them both in their careers and their personal achievements. In this episode, she explains why it’s so important for us to lift up the women around us and how it can change them — and the world they live in.  In this epis...

Celebrate a Month of #HappyActs With Live Happy

February 28, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MB

As we begin the month of March, Live Happy is celebrating with an entire month of #HappyActs. Throughout this month, we celebrate happiness with special acts each day, and on March 20, we observe the International Day of Happiness. In this episode, host Paula Felps sits down with Live Happy CEO and Founder Deborah Heisz, E-commerce Marketing Manager Casey Johnson and Marketing Manager Laura Coppedge to talk about why we are so excited about this month – and how you can be a part of it. In...

Connecting to Nature Through Yoga With Rebecca Wildbear

February 21, 2023 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MB

We know that being in nature is good for us, but this week’s guest shows us how tuning into our wild side can help us connect with the earth, our emotions and our creativity. Rebecca Wildbear is creator of a yoga practice called Wild Yoga that helps us learn to listen to the earth. She explains more about it in her new book, Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth, and this week she’s here to tell us how deepening our connection with the earth can help us ...

Playing It Forward with The Accidentals

February 16, 2023 14:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Sav Buist and Katie Larson were shy high school students when a music education presentation brought them together — and changed their future. Ten years later, they front a trio called The Accidentals and have earned glowing album reviews while packing venues with their live shows. But because they’ve never forgotten how that high school presentation changed their lives, they also host and lead workshops across the country to inspire young musicians to find their voice and use music to impro...

Cultivate a Compassionate Relationship With Michelle Becker

February 14, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

What better time than Valentine’s Day to look at how to improve your relationships? This week’s guest, Michelle Becker, is a marriage and family therapist who also specializes in compassion. Through workshops, online education, and her Well Connected podcast, she shares her understanding of compassions and offers couples the tools they need to relate to each other better. Her new book, Compassion for Couples: Building the Skills of Loving Connection, offers exercises and insight into how we...

Discover Joy with the Unicorn Challenge from Andrea Goeglein, PhD

February 07, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MB

Would your life be happier if you were a unicorn? This week, we’ll find out as host Paula Felps talks with Andrea Goeglein about her 60-Day Unicorn Challenge. Andrea, who is also known as Dr. Success, holds a PhD in organizational psychology and hosts the Hey Boss Lady! podcast. She created the 60-Day Unicorn Challenge to offer small, daily tasks that will help you take steps toward reaching your goals — either personal or professional — while learning to make yourself a priority. In this ...

Unleash Your Creativity With Steven Kowalski

January 31, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

Creativity is a driving force of innovation, and in this episode, we look at how it can make us happier both at work and at home. Steven Kowalski, PhD, is a leading voice in the global movement for conscious creativity. In his new book, Creative Together: Sparking Innovation in the New World of Work, he explains that all of us are creative — whether we think we are or not. And recognizing that creativity is the first step in learning how to harness it and discover our true potential in all a...

Take the Next Steps to Happiness With Megan McDonough

January 26, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

Learn How to Move Toward Happiness in Negative and Uncertain Times Life is full of inflection points. Divorce, career upheaval, illness, empty nests, retirement, and other life-changing events are full of uncertainty and stress. But what if those difficulties could become the doorways to positive possibilities? When approached in the right way, these challenges hold the opportunity to explore, strengthen, and move towards happiness. Join Paula Felps and Megan McDonough, Founder of Wholeb...

Making the Most of Your Time with Cassie Holmes

January 24, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

Most of us feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day — but what can we do about it? In her book, Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most, Cassie Holmes, PhD breaks it down for us. And on this episode of Live Happy Now, the award-winning teacher and researcher on time and happiness talks about what it means to feel “time poor” and why that has become so prevalent today. Then she’ll explain how we can better structure our days and begin usin...

The Transformative Power of Rocking Out with David Fishof

January 19, 2023 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

David Fishof is a legendary music producer and founder of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, which invites everyday people to play alongside world-renowned rock stars. David has seen first-hand the incredible power of music and how it transforms people both in their personal lives and their professional aspirations. His amazing story is told in the new documentary, Rock Camp, available now on Amazon, as well as in the book by the same name. In this episode, he shares how Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy C...

5 Steps to Restoring Empathy with Rob Volpe

January 17, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

Studies show us – and social media often backs it up – that we are becoming less empathetic. But this week’s guest tells us how we can begin to solve the empathy crisis. Rob Volpe is a thought leader in the role of empathy in the marketing and workspace and is author of Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time. Today, he offers some unique insights into what’s causing our lack of empathy and what skills we need to develop to bring it back. In this epis...

Discovering the Power of Stillness with Jeanine Thompson

January 10, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MB

After a busy holiday season, we all could use a bit of stillness in our lives. This week, host Paula Felps is joined by Jeanine Thompson, a former clinical psychotherapist and Fortune 50 executive whose new book, 911 From Your Soul, is all about how to learn to listen for what you need and discover your greatest potential. Today, she’s here to talk about how important it is to learn to do nothing and listen to the lessons that are waiting for us in the stillness. And then she’ll teach us how...

Create Your Fun Habit With Mike Rucker

January 03, 2023 16:27 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

It’s a brand-new year and we’re all thinking about creating new habits, so … why not make yours a fun one? This week’s guest is Mike Rucker, PhD, an esteemed organizational psychologist and author of the new book, The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life. His research shows us how prioritizing fun can make us happier, more productive, and more energetic. In this episode, you’ll learn: The difference between happiness and fun. Why the pursuit of happiness may...

Choosing Your Word for the New Year with Matt Derrenbacher

December 27, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

While many people are thinking about their New Year’s Resolutions, others are taking a different approach to the new year and setting an intention. To do that, choosing one word to focus on throughout the year is a helpful and effective practice, and this week’s guest is here to tell us how to do it and how it works. Matt Derrenbacher is a fifth-year rabbinical student at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati and has served as a chaplain candidate for the U.S. A...

Journaling as a Therapy Practice With Lori Gottlieb

December 20, 2022 16:12 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MB

With her bestselling book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, psychotherapist, author and podcast host Lori Gottlieb taught us more about how therapy can change our lives. Now, she has created a guided journal based on the feedback she received to that book, which is designed to walk users through 52 weekly sessions that will transform their lives. This week, she talks about how to use it to create positive change in the coming year. In this episode, you'll learn: How regular guided journa...

Why Holiday Music Makes Us Happy With Steve Keller

December 15, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

The sounds of the season are all around us, but have you thought about why holiday music makes us happy? This week, Paula Felps sits down with sonic strategist Steve Keller to find out how holiday music is tied to nostalgia and what happens in our brains when we listen to it.   In this episode, you'll learn: Why even melancholy holiday music can make us feel happier. What role dopamine plays in the memories involving music. How to use holiday music to boost your mood throughout this b...

Managing Loss During the Holiday Season with Julia A. Nicholson

December 13, 2022 14:52 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

Grief and loss are something all of us experience throughout our lives, but they can be more difficult to manage during the holidays. This week’s guest, Julia A. Nicholson, shows how reframing that loss can help us navigate it better. As an executive leadership expert who has made it her mission to help others transform the way they view and manage grief, Julia drew upon the immense losses of her past to create a new framework that she shares in her forthcoming book, Move Forward Stronger. ...

Exploring the Emotion Wonderland With Nadine Levitt

December 06, 2022 15:20 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MB

Navigating difficult emotions are challenging for all of us, but that’s especially true for children. This week’s guest, Nadine Levitt, has turned even our most complicated emotions into a magical adventure. The author, educator, music artist, lawyer, and parent wanted to change the way children learn about their emotions, so she created Emotion Wonderland: a magical place where all our emotions coexist and we get to meet them, befriend them, and better understand them. In this episode, yo...

Women Supporting Women With Caroline Miller

November 29, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MB

December 1 marks Women Supporting Women Day, and this week, author, speaker and coach Caroline Miller is here to talk about why it’s so important for women to start looking out for one another. Her concern about women’s failure to support one another led her to write the ebook, #IHaveYourBack, which is about creating mastermind success groups for women. This week, she shares what she’s learned about why women don’t support one another, explains what it’s doing to our culture, and then tells ...

Setting Your Intention for Holiday Shopping with Tracy McCubbin

November 22, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

As the holiday season begins, getting caught up in the frenzy of buying gifts is easy. But this year, decluttering expert Tracy McCubbin is asking us to take a step back and become more intentional with our shopping. In this episode, she explains how we can approach the holidays differently to create more joy, focus on giving ourselves rather than giving gifts, and shift the focus from shopping to sharing the spirit of the season.  In this episode, you'll learn: How to be more mindful as ...

Discover Snoop Dogg’s Doggyland with Claude Brooks

November 17, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MB

When you hear Snoop Dogg’s name, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t social emotional learning. But with his latest venture, Doggyland, Snoop has teamed up with producer Claude Brooks and recording artist October London to create a very special learning project. On this episode, Claude sits down with host Paula Felps to explain how Doggyland was created, what they want to accomplish with their songs and how they’re using music to change the way children view themselves — and th...

Setting Boundaries for the Holidays With Melissa Urban

November 15, 2022 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

It’s beginning to look a lot like the holidays, and for many of us, that can be a challenging time for many. This week’s guest, Melissa Urban, tells us how setting boundaries now can make the holiday season run smoother. The Whole30 founder has become known as “the boundary lady” and her bestseller, The Book of Boundaries: Set the Limits That Will Set You Free is changing the way people learn to say no. In this episode, you’ll learn: What a boundary is — and how to learn to set one. How...

Why Sports Fans Have More Friends With Ben Valenta and David Sikorjak

November 08, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Can being a sports fan make you happier? Research says yes, and this week, David Sikorjak and Ben Valenta, authors of the new book, Fans Have More Friends, explain why. These two strategies and analytics experts are die-hard sports fans who set out to prove their hypothesis that being a sports fan leads to happiness. In this episode, they share what they’ve learned and tell you why cheering on your favorite team is doing more for you than you might have realized. In this episode, you’ll le...

Becoming a Happy Leader With Tia Graham

November 01, 2022 13:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

Not everyone feels that work and happiness go hand in hand. But in this episode, Tia Graham — a certified Chief Happiness Officer, founder of the company Arrive at Happy, and author of the new book, Be a Happy Leader — explains the importance of leading with happiness. Tia has multiple certifications in neuroscience, positive psychology and leadership coaching, and she works with executives and teams to help create happier workplaces. This week, she talks about how we all can find more happi...

Understanding Your Emotional DNA With Judy Wilkins Smith

October 25, 2022 14:11 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MB

If you ever wonder why you think or feel the way you do for seemingly no reason, you’re not alone. And this week’s guest is going to explain how—and why—that happens. Judy Wilkins Smith is a world-renowned speaker, author, and expert in family patterns. In her new book, Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint: A Powerful Guide to Transformation Through Disentangling Multigenerational Patterns, she explains how our DNA is influenced by trauma and emotions and can create patterns that limit us from ...

Make Space for Happiness With Tracy McCubbin

October 18, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MB

If you’re like most people, you probably have a little bit of extra “stuff” lying around the house. But listening to this episode might just change the way you look at it.  This week, decluttering expert Tracy McCubbin, author of Make Space for Happiness: How to Stop Attracting Clutter and Start Magnetizing the Life You Want, shares some surprising insights about the relationship between clutter and happiness. And she’ll also tell you what straightening up the space in your house can do for ...

Using Music to Battle Breast Cancer With Cathy & Marcy

October 13, 2022 14:30 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MB

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and that made it the perfect time to sit down with Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, best known as the Grammy-winning duo Cathy & Marcy. They have been entertaining audiences for more than 40 years, and when Marcy received a breast cancer diagnosis, they faced it the same way they have faced all of life’s challenges — side by side, with music and humor. The result is the comedic musical All Wigged Out, which has been made into a film and details Marcy’s j...

Making Time for Kindness With Dr. Michelle Robin

October 11, 2022 14:04 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MB

World Kindness Day is just a month away, but there’s no reason not to start observing it now. This week’s guest is Dr. Michelle Robin, founder of Small Changes Big Shifts, the Big Shifts Foundation, and the 31-Day Kindness Campaign. Launched in 2019, the Kindness Campaign is a free inspirational email adventure that begins October 14. When you sign up, you’ll receive a daily email suggesting an act of kindness that you can do that day, and Michelle tells us what to expect from the campaign a...

Discover Live Happy’s Halloween Happy Acts

October 04, 2022 13:00 - 18 minutes - 26 MB

October is one of our favorite months at Live Happy, and this week, you’ll find out how to make this a truly Happy Halloween. Host Paula Felps is joined by Live Happy CEO and co-founder Deborah Heisz and e-commerce marketing manager Casey Johnson to talk about our all-new #HalloweenHappyActs campaign. If you’ve been with us for a while, you already know that every March, we encourage well-being with a month of intentional activities that we call #HappyActs. This year, we’re combining #HappyA...

Discovering Your Fall Yoga Practice With Kassandra Reinhardt

September 27, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

Fall is a time for turning inward, and this week’s guest, Kassandra Reinhardt, is here to help us learn how to connect with ourselves through yoga. Her newest book, Year of Yoga: Rituals for Every Day and Every Season, helps experienced and novice yogis alike move through the seasons using affirmations and intentions that coincide with the time of year. She’s here to tell us why our practice may change along with the seasons and talk about what affirmations may be particularly helpful as we ...

Guests

Deborah Heisz
8 Episodes
Chris Libby
5 Episodes
Paula Felps
5 Episodes
Carin Rockind
3 Episodes
Lea Waters
3 Episodes
Amy Blankson
2 Episodes
Jon Kabat
2 Episodes
Karen Guggenheim
2 Episodes
Stacy Kaiser
2 Episodes
Tiffany Shlain
2 Episodes
Ariel Garten
1 Episode
Courtney Carver
1 Episode
Dan Buettner
1 Episode
Daniel Pink
1 Episode
Dr. Daniel Amen
1 Episode
Dr. Samantha Brody
1 Episode
Dr. Sasha Heinz
1 Episode
Isaac Lidsky
1 Episode
Jeff Sanders
1 Episode
Jennifer Louden
1 Episode
Jonathan Haidt
1 Episode
Kristin Neff
1 Episode
Mark Nepo
1 Episode
Mary Pipher
1 Episode
Neil Pasricha
1 Episode
Nick Ortner
1 Episode
Peter Montoya
1 Episode
Rebecca West
1 Episode
Rosalind Wiseman
1 Episode
Ruth Soukup
1 Episode
Sheri Salata
1 Episode
Srikumar Rao
1 Episode
Stefan Sagmeister
1 Episode
Susan Hyatt
1 Episode
Tal Ben-Shahar
1 Episode
Wil Wheaton
1 Episode