The Happiness Hunter Podcast

All action yields results. Making sure we are taking the right action to yield the right results is very important. Sometimes when we are operating outside of our comfort zone, in a place we have never been before, the only way we can learn if the action is the right action is by trying new things. Sometimes we learn that we are totally on the right track, and to do more of that. And sometimes the...

When your focus and energy and attention are scattered, your results will reflect that. When you decide to go all in on one course of action, when you narrow your focus, when you decide that failure is not an option and you remove any opportunity for back tracking or escape, and you force yourself into one very narrow, focused course of action, then that is when you can achieve success, and succes...

Our minds think in images, not in words. And our mind is always thinking. And when we think, we attach emotions and feelings to our thoughts. This is how we create our reality. Creative visualisation is about taking charge, taking responsibility, taking ownership of what images we see in our mind, and being much more discerning about the emotions and feelings - the sense of desire - that we place...

What we believe and the way we think and feel is mirrored back to us by what we perceive in the people, circumstances and experiences in the world around us. When we can become aware of our beliefs and the way what we believe is determining how we experience the world, then we have an opportunity to start to change our belief systems and the way we think, to create a different experience. Change h...

Life is a wonderful dance of giving and receiving. But often, we block ourselves from receiving through a lack of belief, feelings of unworthiness, stories around rejection. At a level, we are much more comfortable to receive nothing, than we are to let things in. We might not like the experience of the lack, or the not having, but we don't know how to not experience it. It is just so much of who...

​ When we are working towards something - when we have a clear vision, direction, mission, purpose. We need to trust that what we are going through is exactly what we need to go through to get us to where we want to be. That we need to clear the clutter that is blocking our progress, to open up new channels of thinking, expand our knowledge and awareness. It’s in the challenge or the struggle - ot...

We live in a very busy and noisy world, with a lot of distractions, noise and interruptions. From the sound of traffic outside, to the jackhammer down the road on the building site, to the ping of a notification or people talking to us. Our ears are always picking up sound, even when we are asleep. Our brain receives the electrical signal and has to do something with it, it has to decide how to re...

When we are looking at making change, creating goals, achieving goals, moving from where we are. Whenever we want to create something new, there needs to be space for it. We need to clear the decks and create the room for the new to come in. When there is stagnated or blocked energy, or clutter, or all the space is filled with things that don't support the new vision and the change, then there is...

​Sometimes we need to go where we don't want to go, to get to where we want to be. One of Joseph Campbell's most famous quotes is this; "The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek". In this episode of the podcast, I'm sharing a struggle that I went through, speaking to you as I was right in the thick of it. Change can be really challenging and deeply uncomfortable, as we are forced to...

Doing a Mind Dump is a great place to start when you know something needs to change, but you've got no idea where to start. This is a journal activity designed to do exactly what the title says - a mind dump. It is a great place to start to help transform any area of life. The objective of this exercise is to create a free-flowing, declutter of the mind. The mere act of answering the question...

We often talk about balance as in work life balance, or down time, or time for me, time for the kids, time for the partner, time for work - and it feels like something that we have to strive for to attain, and that it is always going to be slightly out of reach or unattainable. If we can start to think about balance as simply our relationship with ourselves - with our inner world, or our inner sel...

Our identity is a self-fulfilling prophecy - what we think and believe to be true about who we are, what is possible for us in our lives, will be true for us. Are you happy in your life, are you experiencing life as you would like to be experiencing it? Or are you struggling, and really not enjoying the way things are going? The truth is that we do get to create the life we want to be living - we...

Over the years, there has been a phrase that has helped me a lot, when the storm is storming in life. When it feels so overwhelming and bleak and the way through has not yet shown itself. And this too shall pass. Life is constantly moving, it is constantly shifting and changing, it is never final. Life is impermanence. There is nothing solid. It's just moving. And we are here moving through it all...

It is so important that we take (read: make) the time for some quiet, healthy, honest self-reflection. Otherwise we just meander through life, the years pass by... and then we wonder where all that time went, and nothing much has really changed. Taking (making) the time to reflect can be deeply uncomfortable, and very challenging. But if we don't, then we deny ourselves the opportunity for somethi...

Being resourceful is having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. We live in a loving, benevolent, kind, generous, supportive and caring universe that wants to give us what we are asking for. Our job is to take the first step and to decide - to get very clear on what we want, and then to trust in the universe to provide the how. When we believe that we are resourceful...

In The Happiness Hunter, we focus on being mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually balanced to live our best, happiest, most meaningful lives. Our prayer life is a deeply personal thing. For me, it is most often a private and personal act of communion, it is the focusing on, and leaning into that relationship with a higher level of consciousness. Yet, there is also much to be said for in...

Unconditional self acceptance is about accepting yourself just as you are, right where you are, exactly how you are. Without feeling like there is something wrong with you. Without feeling uncomfortable when you look in the mirror, or hear your voice as a recording, or becoming aware of something you said, or did or whatever, and then giving yourself a hard time. Without feeling the need to judge,...

Let’s be honest. No-one really likes getting out of bed in the morning. But getting up early, intentionally, with the right attitude, sets your day up on the right trajectory. Pressing snooze for half an hour in the morning is not going to make you less tired, in fact, it is probably going to make you feel even worse. There is a space in the morning that does not appear at any other point in the d...

What if the whole point of our existence was learning how to communicate properly? Not for others to learn how to get on with us, or to understand us, or to communicate with us in a way that we liked. But for us to learn how to get on with others, to understand them. For us to learn how to adapt to the environment we are in, and to speak and listen not for our own gain, or to prove a point, or to...

Sometimes it can be really challenging to find motivation, or to stay motivated with things you are doing, or the way things are going, or the results you are seeing. Motivation is not something you one day just wake up with. So what do we do, when we just can't see the point of it all, not sure how to go on, wondering why we bother? It's always helpful to go back to basics. To remember why we wan...

Facing the things we don’t want to face, and dealing with them properly. AND Loving and accepting ourselves unconditionally just as we are. There is a really important message in this episode about facing and dealing with the things we don't want to. Because these things don't disappear if we avoid them, as much as we wish they might. The things we need to face have something to tell us. And it is...

In Buddhist tradition, the middle way, or the middle path, is the way of moderations between the two extremes of indulgence and self denial. It is said that this is the way to peace and liberation. The middle way gives vison and knowledge and leads to calm, to insight, to enlightenment and to nirvana. So, what does this mean for us in our day to day lives? And, most importantly, what does it mean...

What you do at the start of the day matters. Being intentional at the start of the day.  It really matters. This is about focusing on the things that are within our direct control. Three questions you can ask yourself: How do I want to show up today? What would I like for the experience of my life today? What would make today a really great day? And then reflect: Are my morning habits helping...

When we turn the light on in a room, it eradicates the darkness, and we can see.  When we have the light on, and we can see in the light, then we can see things much more clearly. Imagine that your body is a room, and that there is a button or a light switch in your mind, and that you have the power to turn that switch on at any time. Would you choose to live in the darkness, or would you cho...

How aware are you of the words that you speak? What comes out of our mouth, often tells us a lot about what is going on inside. What comes out of our mouth will also let us know a lot about what we can expect to happen. What comes out of our mouth has the power to shape the future. We need to learn how to use our words wisely. Learning to tune in to the words we say, as we are speaking them, will...