Survivor to Thriver Show with Happiness Expert Samia Bano
385 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLearn exactly how to thrive in every area of your life, and do it with fun and ease!
Your spiritual and mental health is the foundation upon which your thriving life is built. Therefore most of our episodes focus on how you can enhance your spiritual and mental health.
However, we also sprinkle in episodes that help you see how you can thrive in other areas of your life as well, such as your relationships, profession/business, etc.
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NOTE: Episodes older than 3 months are archived in video format on Samia's YouTube channel. Check them out at https://www.youtube.com/c/SamiaBano
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Episodes
How diversity has been a blessing in my life...
July 30, 2015 06:27 - 26 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares how being exposed and open to diverse ways of thinking and being has been an immense blessing in her life...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Empathy even for our enemies...
July 28, 2015 00:04 - 23 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on how we can practice empathy and compassion even for our enemies and why that is critical for our ability to stop suffering and live with more inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Best way to bring injustice to light, Part 2
July 25, 2015 23:11 - 27 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on what are the best ways for us to bring injustice to light, i.e. ways that enhance our ability to heal and achieve inner peace...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
The best way to bring injustice to light...
July 23, 2015 11:00 - 25 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on what are the best ways for us to bring injustice to light, i.e. ways that enhance our ability to heal and achieve inner peace...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Why ends don't justify means...
July 22, 2015 09:00 - 23 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on why the idea that ends justify means doesn't work if our goal is to stop suffering and start living inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Need to bring injustice to light, Part 2
July 17, 2015 22:19 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano explores the consequences of our failing to bring injustice to light, especially when the impact of the injustice extend beyond our personal self to our families and communities... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
When asking for help is scary...
July 15, 2015 09:08 - 25 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on how to deal with asking for help when it is scary for us...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Need to bring injustice to light...
July 15, 2015 01:01 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano explores our need to bring injustice to light and how we can meet that need in healthier ways... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Why I really wanted revenge, Part 2
July 14, 2015 00:06 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano explores the need that can underlie our motivation for revenge and how we can meet that need in healthier ways... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Why I really wanted revenge...
July 10, 2015 11:00 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano explores the need that can underlie our motivation for revenge and how we can meet that need in healthier ways... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Meeting our need for acknowledgment...
July 09, 2015 12:00 - 20 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano delves deeper into an exploration of how we can meet our need for acknowledgement when we have been wronged...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Our needs underlying our anger, Part 2
July 08, 2015 08:29 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano explores the question of what are our needs that underlie the anger and other negative emotions we feel...this is critical because when you have correctly understood your problem, it becomes easy to find an effective solution! Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Our needs underlying our anger...
July 08, 2015 03:07 - 23 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano explores the question of what are our needs that underlie the anger and other negative emotions we feel...this is critical because when you have correctly understood your problem, it becomes easy to find an effective solution! Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
The motivation to pursue justice...
July 04, 2015 14:00 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on what can be our motivation to pursue justice if not anger and hate against the one who has done us wrong... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Forgiveness vs. Justice, Part 3
July 03, 2015 14:00 - 25 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on how our need for forgiveness can compete with our need for justice and cause us great suffering and how we can resolve this apparent paradox to help ourselves achieve inner peace and joy... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Forgiveness vs. Justice, Part 2
July 01, 2015 14:00 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on how our need for forgiveness can compete with our need for justice and cause us great suffering and how we can resolve this apparent paradox to help ourselves achieve inner peace and joy... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Forgiveness vs. Justice
June 30, 2015 23:45 - 27 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on how our need for forgiveness can compete with our need for justice and cause us great suffering... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
I could be a child abuser too (Part 2)
June 27, 2015 15:15 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on the idea that each and everyone of us is capable of the same good and evil and why it is so critical for us to face this reality...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
I could be a child abuser too
June 26, 2015 15:07 - 26 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on the idea that each and everyone of us is capable of the same good and evil and why it is so critical for us to face this reality...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Why we must forgive... Part 2
June 22, 2015 00:19 - 21 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano goes even deeper in her reflections on why it is necessary for us to practice forgiveness if we are going to eliminate suffering from our lives and achieve inner peace and joy... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Why we must forgive...
June 20, 2015 23:41 - 25 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano delves even deeper into reflections on why it is so essential for us to forgive and how it can help you stop suffering and start living with inner peace and joy... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Forgiving my abuser, Part 2
June 18, 2015 11:00 - 26 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares the process she went through in trying to forgive the person who sexually abused her as a child and key lessons she learned from that experience about how to stop suffering and start living with inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Forgiving my abuser, Part 1
June 17, 2015 08:37 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares the process she went through in trying to forgive the person who sexually abused her as a child and key lessons she learned from that experience about how to stop suffering and start living with inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy secrets, Part 8
June 17, 2015 01:16 - 25 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares another critical 'how to be happy' secret...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy secrets, Part 7
June 13, 2015 14:00 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares another critical 'how to be happy' secret...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy secrets, Part 6
June 12, 2015 14:00 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares another critical 'how to be happy' secret...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy secrets, Part 5
June 11, 2015 14:00 - 27 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares another critical 'how to be happy' secret...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy secrets, Part 4
June 10, 2015 14:00 - 19 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares another critical 'how to be happy' secret...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy secrets, Part 3
June 09, 2015 14:00 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares another critical 'how to be happy' secret...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy secrets, Part 2
June 09, 2015 02:20 - 23 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares another critical 'how to be happy' secret...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy secrets, Part 1
June 07, 2015 23:26 - 25 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reveals the single biggest contributing factor that allows us lead long, healthy, happy lives...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to be happy at will...
June 06, 2015 08:09 - 19 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano discusses one of the secrets of happy people that allows them to be happy at will...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Maintaining positive mood...
June 04, 2015 21:47 - 15 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano discusses how creating and maintaining positive mood are two distinct skill sets and why it is crucial that we learn to both create and maintain positive mood if we are to gain control of our well being...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Why we fail...
June 04, 2015 02:31 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on why we fail and how it impacts our inner peace and joy... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
A critical key to success...
June 02, 2015 14:00 - 25 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares what she has learnt about a critical key to our success -- without this you will find yourself struggling to live with inner peace and joy... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to accept hard truths...
June 02, 2015 05:43 - 21 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on how to accept hard truths and restore your inner peace... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
When it's our beliefs vs. reality...
May 30, 2015 14:00 - 21 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano explains what can happen when our beliefs are challenged by the reality of our circumstances and how it can impact our inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
The risk in being more compassionate...
May 29, 2015 14:00 - 19 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on one of the risks inherent in our practice of being more compassionate and empathetic and how it can impact our lives and our ability to stop suffering and start living with inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Evaluate, don't judge!
May 28, 2015 14:00 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on the difference between 'evaluation' and 'judgement' and shows how evaluation is a better strategy for you to use if you want to stop suffering and start living inner peace & joy... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to help someone feel better...
May 27, 2015 14:00 - 23 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares an effective technique for helping someone feel better, especially when they may be suffering through an emotional crisis and need inner peace...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How we can hurt instead of help...
May 26, 2015 14:00 - 23 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on how sometimes despite our best intentions we can hurt those we want to help...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Treating depression effectively, Part 2
May 25, 2015 14:00 - 25 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares her personal experience with depression and goes over a key strategy for dealing with depression effectively...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
Key to treating depression effectively..
May 24, 2015 14:00 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares her experience with what works for treating depression and what doesn't...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
When I got depressed...
May 24, 2015 02:02 - 36 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares her struggle with depression and how she overcame it...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
You CAN control your mood!
May 23, 2015 05:40 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano talks about how it is possible for you to control your mood no matter your circumstances...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
You are the expert of your life!
May 22, 2015 01:21 - 30 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on why only you can make the best decisions and choices for your life and how accepting that you are the expert of your life helps you eliminate suffering and live with more inner peace & joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How responsibility leads to inner peace
May 20, 2015 23:48 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on why taking responsibility for ourselves is crucial to our ability to stop suffering and start living with inner peace and joy... Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
No integrity, no peace
May 19, 2015 20:32 - 22 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano reflects on why staying in integrity with crucial to our ability to stop suffering and start living inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to use affirmations effectively...
May 11, 2015 11:00 - 14 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares a key insight regarding why using positive thinking techniques like repeating affirmations may not be working for you and what to do about it so that you can stop suffering and start living with inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33
How to catch a problem...
May 11, 2015 00:04 - 24 minutesHappiness Expert Samia Bano shares how she slipped into a negative cycle of avoidance and denial of her fears which began to compromise her inner peace and what she did about that to help herself stop suffering and get back her inner peace and joy...Let Samia know what you think at: https://www.facebook.com/samia.bano.33