Happiness through Hardship

Do you want to feel vibrant, look your best and perhaps save your life? This week's guests on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast can help you do just that! I'm honored to share this episode with husband and wife duo and co-authors of "Anticancer Living - Transform Your Life and Health with the Mix of Six," who have helped many people, including me, thrive with cancer, cope with other chron...

Do your clothes feel tighter this winter? Are the holidays your excuse to over-consume with the festivities? This week on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast - I'm dropping a mini-episode about healthy holiday substitutions. Living plant-based the past seven years, I've stumbled upon a few healthy and hearty holiday foods that are fun and festive. Many traditions involve lots of comfort foo...

This week's guest, Anne Cannon-Wilson, is an author, philanthropist, retired business manager and mother of two amazing daughters. She had worked side by side with her late husband, Don, for 25 years to help grow the family business and retired 18 years ago to pursue her own passions. On today's episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast Anne shares her love story. She talks about how t...

I’m excited to introduce you to Lynn Giovannelli on this week's episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. I was told she's a bright light and amazing in 1,000 ways and with that introduction, I couldn’t wait to connect with her. People who know her best say she's a kind, loving and passionate spirit that is filled with energy, faith and compassion. Lynn is no stranger to hardship - ha...

Are you feeling uninspired professionally? Have you lost your job or have been unemployed for awhile? This week's guest on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast is Valerie Gordon, a life-long storyteller, 10x Emmy award winning producer and founder of the career and communications strategy firm, Commander-in-She. Valerie's business and guidance is well-needed at this time whether you are unem...

I'm delighted to share this fun and festive holiday episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. While this season will look different than before, more virtual and less big gatherings, on this episode I have a very special guest who loves to celebrate and shares with us how. We chat about finding happiness and creating joy together, even though many of us are apart. I’m thrilled to intr...

Are you nervous about finances and not sure where to begin? Do you wish you could travel more - with or without COVID? Today's guest on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast, Danielle Desir, talks personal finance and pandemic travel. Danielle is an author, personal finance writer, travel aficionado and host of The Thought Card podcast. Her passion is to travel...and shares how she’s done thi...

This week's guest on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast has a shocking story about how it's possible to move forward after life-altering harm. I’m excited to introduce you to Courtney Ramm, a dancer, holistic practitioner, mother and first-time author of "Eris Rising." This debut memoir is a deeply personal tell-all about a relationship with a dangerous man that led her down a dark path, y...

Have you ever struggled with losing weight or needed the inspiration to keep going with any goal? This week's guest on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast, Bri Blank Alexander, is the inspiration we all need for weight loss and beyond. Bri Blank Alexander aka "Bri Healthy™" is a bright and bubbly wellness expert, TV host, Founder and Chief Inspiring Office of Bri Healthy™ and Womenspired™ a...

I’m excited and a little nervous to share with you today's episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. Dana Donofree of AnaOno Intimates and I have come together to discuss one of the greatest assets in survivorship - the sisterhood that connects those who have been through cancer. We share Dana's story of being diagnosed with breast cancer before her wedding and how she created AnaOno...

As we all know, there’s a ton going on in the world right now, which leaves many of us stressed when thinking about the news and our surroundings. On this episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast, I’m excited to introduce you to Sarah Cody, a veteran journalist and TV anchor, three time Emmy winner, published writer and co-host of the “Parenting Beyond the Headlines” podcast. Sarah sh...

Finding your vogue can help improve stress and self-care when having a hard time. On today’s episode of “Happiness through Hardship”- The Podcast with Melissa Berry from Cancer Fashionista, she shares how she did just that. Melissa's a fashion and beauty publicist as well as a triple negative breast cancer survivor. After her diagnosis she was looking for the “vogue of cancer” - and couldn’t find...

Having a hard time sleeping? On this week’s episode of “Happiness through Hardship” – The Podcast, I'm excited to introduce you to Ingrid Prueher - aka Ingrid Baby Sleep Whisperer. She’s a holistic sleep expert who offers bilingual pediatric and adult sleep coaching services. Ingrid's a former Wall Street research analyst who used her love of data and research to find holistic tools to improve the...

Behind many bald heads, sad eyes and extremely tired cancer patients are loving and thoughtful caregivers. This week’s episode my husband, Kevin, my caregiver, shares what we did right during our cancer experiences…as well as how we found fun, reduced a little stress and managed decisions with parenthood and cancer. Filled with heartfelt stories designed to light you up, Happiness Through Hardship...

Dr. Althea Bates, entrepreneur, author, and the founder of the Project Resiliency Movement talks openly how the odds were stacked against her with so much tragedy in her life. However, Dr. Bates has a powerful outlook and can be incredibly helpful and motivating to everyone. She shares her thoughts about resilience and vision as well as figuring out your own superpower. Dr. Bates speaks from a pla...

What kind of clutter do you have in your life? Do you seek a healthier and happier one? This week’s guest on Happiness through Hardship - The Podcast is Michele Vig of Neat Little Nest and author of "The Holistic Guide to Decluttering: Organize and Transform Your Space, Time and Mind." Michele has always been a super woman - a high-powered, strategic marketer with a tireless work ethic. She has re...

Laura McCarthy, a power woman with a heart and a BIG smile is this week's guest on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. She highlights her story about being a single mom and reflects on what she might do differently now. Laura used to want to do it all and struggled trying to overcompensate playing all the roles she believed her son needed. When she opened herself up and embraced a few diff...

YouTube sensation and author of "She Does Keto," Gigi Ashworth shares the dirty details of Crohn's, celiac disease, ulcerative colitis, IBS and anorexia on this week's episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. She is personality-PLUS and is proof that you can educate and inform as well as entertain at the same time. Gigi truly follows the beat of her own drum and shares her story navi...

Kimberly Sparks, health coach and functional nutrition wiz, shares her story about ALS, cancer, caregiving and how a text in 2016 led to a series of events that changed her life in this episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. She talks about the years of being a caregiver to her mom with ALS while also grappling with her sister's cancer diagnosis. This awful time led to many dark mo...

Lauren Chiarello Mika, founder of ChiChiLife and true positivity champion shares her story of cancer then high-risk pregnancy on this episode of "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. As a two-time Hodgkin’s Lymphoma survivor who knew she would likely have challenges getting pregnant, today she is blessed with identical twins. Although, her road wasn’t easy. As you will hear in today’s episod...

Homeschooling expert and entrepreneur extraordinaire, Christine St. Vil, known as The Fly (First Love Yourself) Mom is this week's guest on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. Christine is an author and founder of Moms 'N Charge® and PDMediaGroup. She's truly on a mission to help moms feel good without the guilt. In addition to her successful career, she’s a wife and mom of three kids whom...

I cried throughout the interview with this week's guest on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast. Jenna Jacobs McPartland's story is incredibly heart wrenching and beautiful. Years ago, Jenna left her Midwestern roots to follow her dream of being on Broadway. She created a wonderful life she loved in NYC...She married an amazing man, was pregnant with their first child and then 911 came and s...

This week's guest on "Happiness through Hardship" - The Podcast is Shantana Hazel - talking about endometriosis and patient advocacy. She’s the founder of Sister Girl Foundation, the author of “28 Ways on How to Advocate for Your Health Care” and "A New Me - Mind, Body, Soul, Health & Wellness Journal" and has been recognized with numerous awards around the world for her dedication and commitment...

This week’s guest on Happiness through Hardship - The Podcast is previvor, Abby Lawson. She’s the founder of Just a Girl & Her Blog and an organization and design expert, who with her husband runs an entrepreneurial venture. She’s full of advice for anyone wanting to organize their home, design a new space and even help show others how blogging can be a family run business. While I found her and f...

This week’s episode on Happiness through Hardship - The Podcast highlights Laura Saltman, an author, meditation teacher, intuitive guidance coach and TV/Digital Host. Her journey from red carpet reporter to Hollywood Healer began after her life was turned upside down - she lost her brother to cancer, her father to suicide, suffered multiple miscarriages and more. Laura NEEDED tools to help her cop...