Latest Happy growing Podcast Episodes
#138 - I am changing & so is the Podcast
Happy Growing - March 06, 2024 00:00 - 25 minutesSince August 2021, Happy Growing has been a big part of my life and there hasn’t been one week without a new episode. I have taken you on travels, recorded in closets in AirBnBs and somehow always had ideas and time that I wanted to share with you. Not to mention all the incredible guests & stor...
#137 - Grieving a life you could've had
Happy Growing - February 28, 2024 00:00 - 30 minutesSometimes, your life turns out differently than planned. And that can be for many reasons. It might be that something unexpected happened, that you realised you actually want your life to be different, that your plans were dependent on another person and your relationship with them ended, or so ...
#136 - Going against society's norms
Happy Growing - February 21, 2024 00:00 - 45 minutesI don’t know about you, but for me, not following my dreams and fitting into society’s expectations and ideals instead, means living a life of unfulfillment. This week, I talk about the internal conflict of following a life you want to life or doing it the way you should be. And the confusion o...
#135 - Valentine's Special: How I learnt to love myself again
Happy Growing - February 14, 2024 00:00 - 50 minutesHappy Valentine’s Day, lovely people. If you celebrate it or not, today and the past few weeks have been all about love. As we know, the most important love in your life is the one you have for yourself. It’s about the connection and relationship with yourself. As I’ve shared with you before, I...
#134 - Is Fairytale-Love real?
Happy Growing - February 07, 2024 00:00 - 46 minutesThe love-at-first-sight-happy-ever-after-loves, don’t we know them all? Or at least from film and books? Or maybe even from our grandparents, the older generation? But what is the reality of a love like this now? Our fast-paced modern society seems to be applying all-present overconsumption, ca...
#133 - Opening up
Happy Growing - January 31, 2024 00:00 - 37 minutesOpening up is one of the strongest and bravest things you can do. It’s something that you can be incredibly proud of. Though, many of us are finding it difficult to open up, and that can be for many different reasons. Maybe you haven’t learnt how to, maybe you were told not to talk about feelin...
#132 - It's about the small things yet to happen
Happy Growing - January 24, 2024 00:00 - 37 minutesIt’s always about the next big move in life. It’s about the career progress, getting married, having babies, travelling to certain places and all the materialistic wishes becoming reality. But none of this is ever something on its own. There is so much more. If you think back in time, how many ...
#131 - Advice to my younger self
Happy Growing - January 17, 2024 00:00 - 45 minutesWith a lot of personal growth that’s been happening over the past couple of months, I’ve had a lot of understandings and insights surrounding myself that I felt I wanted to share with my past-self. And with you. I’ve done an episode giving myself advice before, in December 2021 (Ep. 20). A lot ...
#130 - Romanticising January
Happy Growing - January 10, 2024 00:00 - 39 minutesMany of us see January as a rather depressing month. It’s still dark and cold, but the holidays have just passed and there isn’t much to look forward to. We have to adjust to the new year and there might even be pressures put on us by the capitalistic stream of ways to ‘better’ ourselves for the...
#129 - Your most important goals for 2024
Happy Growing - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutesAt the beginning of a new year we are always bombarded with new ways and products and subscriptions and plans to make ourselves ‘better’. But most of it creates stress and pressure and is far off from actually improving our lives. There are really only very few things that make your life better...
#128 - My year 2023 - A personal review
Happy Growing - December 27, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutesReflecting on the year that has just been is one of the most important and beautiful things you can do. And doing it myself for this episode has proven this all over again. Happy Growing’s last episode of the year is all about my personal experience of 2023. You’ll hear about my journey with my...
#127 - Christmas-Special Q&A
Happy Growing - December 25, 2023 00:00 - 54 minutesMerry happy everything! It’s Christmas Day, and it’s the third Christmas-Special Q&A for Happy Growing. Thank you all for sending in your questions and for being here and supporting Happy Growing! This Q&A answers many personal questions from my life in London, babies, moving plans, new project...
#126 - Looking after yourself during the holidays
Happy Growing - December 20, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutesWinter and the holiday season can be overwhelming times for many. The reasons for overwhelm, stress or loneliness depend on you and your individual situation. But just as there are many reasons that can make this time challenging, there are also many ways you can support yourself through this se...
#125 - Let's fall in love with real life again
Happy Growing - December 13, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutesLet’s have arguments, messy flats that don’t fit a certain aesthetic, let’s have laundry drying in out bedrooms & cutlery that doesn’t match. Let’s be real, let’s change & do it with emotions. Let’s share our worries, be scared, grow & let life move & flow. This week’s episode is about the beau...
#124 - Doing nothing is self-love
Happy Growing - December 06, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutesSocial Media and content everywhere shows you how best to look after yourself. How to journal, get your nails done, move your body, what to drink and eat, how much to sleep and how to think. And to be honest, I think it’s great to have so much inspiration and motivation around. But, all those th...
#123 - Loneliness in adulthood
Happy Growing - November 29, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutesOver are the times of always being in school-classes with others, always being around people your own age, studying together all week and being able to relax on the weekends. At least that’s what school looked like for many people. In adulthood, we have our weekly schedules and want to make sur...
#122 - What makes you Happy?
Happy Growing - November 22, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutesYour experience of happiness is uniquely yours & no definition or logical explanation could ever live up to it. But why is happiness so unique? Why is it important? And how can you work towards your own happiness? In this week’s episode, I talk about my own experience with happiness and episode...
#121 - I don't have life figured out
Happy Growing - November 15, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutesI’m currently going through a lot of change and much of it is actually being brought to life and happening next year. A lot had to happen for me to get to where I am now, and things are never going to stop changing - and that’s okay. That’s normal. And that’s also exciting. In this week’s episo...
#120 - You're great at doing life
Happy Growing - November 08, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutesThis week’s episode is a very personal reminder for how great you are. For all the effort, love, care and energy you put into your daily life. You are so great at doing life. And sometimes, things might not seem right. Something might feel like it’s missing or there might be a sense of lack, bu...
#119 - The Five Love Languages
Happy Growing - November 01, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutesThis theory from the 90s is most likely something, you have at least heard about over the years. But what is it really about? What are the Five Love Languages and how do they work? Are they actually benefitting relationships? And how can you find out you own? The answers to these and many more ...
#118 - Spooky-Season: Believing in the Supernatural with Becci
Happy Growing - October 24, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourIn this week’s episode of Spooky-Season, which is also our last spooky episode, I’m joined by my close friend Becci. We talk all things supernatural, ghosts, vampires, aliens, personal beliefs & scary experiences. We share unbelievable stories & you find out a very dark family secret of mine… t...
#117 - Spooky-Season: The Dark Truths behind our Childhood Tales
Happy Growing - October 17, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourThe story of The Beauty & the Beast is actually about Stockholm syndrome? Neverland is meant to be heaven & Peter Pan the guiding angel for dead children? Hansel & Gretel is based on real events? We have all heard many different stories about the fairy tales we have grown up with. Supposed trut...
#116 - Spooky-Season: Niels Högel & Why Killers kill
Happy Growing - October 10, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourWelcome to our second episode of this month’s Spooky-Season. In this week’s episode, I will be telling you about Serial Killers & even more about one in particular. One, who has worked as a nurse, in an environment, where people should be helped & supported. But it is also an environment in whic...
#115 - Spooky-Season: Lizzie Borden & Our Fascination with True Crime
Happy Growing - October 03, 2023 23:00 - 2 hoursThis week’s episode is different to anything that I have shared on this podcast so far. In celebration of October & autumn, we are fully embracing Spooky-Season with very different episodes throughout this month. But that doesn’t only mean that we are talking about unbelievable, scary, mind-blow...
#114 - What is Home?
Happy Growing - September 26, 2023 23:00 - 43 minutesI’m currently visiting my parents in Germany & I’ve been so excited leading up to it, that this week’s episode is all about the meaning of home. ‘Home’ is a very personal & individual experience. It isn’t just a place or people, it is a feeling. We all have different associations with what Home...
#113 - Notes on comfort: Why I love Gilmore Girls
Happy Growing - September 19, 2023 23:00 - 35 minutesI know 10000% that you have a show, film or book that you watch or read again & again. And probably have been for the past 5, 10 or 15 years? Right? I knew it. That’s because it brings you comfort. But why does it bring you comfort? This is exactly what this week’s episode is about, including m...
#112 - Making friends in your 20s
Happy Growing - September 12, 2023 23:00 - 49 minutesIf this isn’t a topic that needs to be discussed openly more often, then I don’t know what is! The amount of times I hear from people about their experience of making friends & meeting new people in their 20s are countless. Not to mention my own experiences (though, it’s definitely mentioned in...
#111 - Why you have to remind yourself of who You are
Happy Growing - September 05, 2023 23:00 - 41 minutesGetting to know yourself all over again, & again & again. How’s does that sound? Maybe slightly overwhelming, definitely very unfamiliar. And if I told you that you are changing so much throughout your life, that it’s necessary to get to know yourself again and again - How does that sound? Find...
#110 - Let your Heart overrule your Mind
Happy Growing - August 29, 2023 23:00 - 37 minutesI was recently in a situation where I turned down a job to follow my heart. My rational mind was screaming at me to decide differently, but I knew THIS feeling in my heart would never fully stop until I followed it. Until I kept following the things that truly bring me joy, no matter the outcome...
#109 - I go to Therapy & so should You
Happy Growing - August 22, 2023 23:00 - 1 hourWe are slowly moving into the direction where mental health support is being seen as something that many people can benefit from, and as something that is being more and more openly talked about - although I believe there is still a long way to go. Therapy isn’t affordable for everyone and supp...
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