Happiness in Progress

"It [life] changes and it can change on a dime. I see it everyday. Whether it's a young man in a motorcycle accident, whether it's a baby from SIDS. It changes on a dime." - Chris Meyer Chris is the author of several books including  Life in 20 Lessons: What a Funeral Guy Discovered About Life From Death. Chris is a funeral home owner. He also created www.funandmoving.com, the world's largest low-...

"You can't move forward if you don't know the direction you're heading. And you don't know the direction you're going if you don't know who you are." - Mandy Capehart Mandy Capehart is an author, speaker, and certified grief and life coach in the Pacific Northwest. She is the founder of The Restorative Grief Project, an online community of grievers and grief supporters looking for movement while t...

"You're infinitely worthy regardless of anything else that makes you feel that feeling of worth. Because when those things are gone - you're worth is sitll there. 100% Totally intact." - Danielle Craig In this episode, you'll hear about the ego and how it leads us to desprately define our identities to gain the perception of worth.  Danielle shares how her recent concussion left her feeling discon...

"Hurt people hurt people. A lot of people look at the hurt that they recieve, not recognizing it came from hurt itself." Juan Lee is an author and teacher on the powerful principle of love. For more than 30 years, he has studied organized religion to find the elements that unite humanity and share the message with those who need it. He is the author of Love Made Simple: A Guide to Inner Peace, Con...

Jessica Zimmerman is the author of Sleeping with a Stranger and founder of Zimmerman Events and Education. She turned a $100,000 business loan into a seven-figure empire, all while caring for her ailing husband. Her debut book, reached The Wall Street Journal's and USA Today's bestseller lists. It's a book about the power of healing and that's what we talk about today. We talk about how the trauma...

"To admit there are mental health benefits to [exercise], you have to admit there are problems - and we have trouble doing that." - Dilan Dane Dilan Dane is the CEO of Sytem2. That's the first relationship based, technology fitness brand that prioritizes longevity over quick-fix exercise fads and unnatural appearance standards. Dilan grew up in Sri Lanka, but ultimately studied computer science at...

"When you put your reality up against someone else's faux reality on social media you start having a little FOMO - and it's not really fear of missing out. but it's more like am I doing this life right? Your level of dissatisfaction starts to get higher and higher as you realize all of these different things." - Danielle Craig   In this episode, Danielle talks about the importance of shutting down...

"I want to create generational wealth for my family. That's the biggest gift I could give them." - Latasha Kinnard Today you will hear from Latasha Kinnard. She is the CEO of Godeste where she helps her clients maximize their income and effectively build for the future. She is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of 20-Something & Rich.  In this conversation, Tasha and Danielle talk about staying out...

'Tis the holiday season - for some of us, that means not only pumpkin pie and gratitude, but also dealing with difficult family members. My guest today, is Stephanie Essenfeld. She has practiced family psychology and therapy for the last eight years.   Her goal is to provide helpful tools for effective communication, empathy, boundaries, decision making and many more — many of these we talk about...

"To one degree or another we're going to disagree with everyone to some extent - even the closest people to us - we're not going to agree with them on 100% of everything because they're a different person. Being able to tolerate those kinds of differences, different points of view and disagreements while still keeping up some level of connection is a really useful life skill." - Edward "Ted" Brodk...

*This episode was recorded live on social media* "It's not petty if it protects your mental health." - Danielle Craig In this episode, Danielle talks about how to protect your mental health by creating a social media feed that makes you feel good.  She explains how your feed is a byproduct of your activity because the algorithm will give you more of what you spend the most time on. If you spend a...

"You don't have to know how it's going to work, but you do have to hold onto the idea that you can do both." - Courtney Dashe "If you support your friends, you show love and kindness - that will come back to you. The people who are not capable of that - they'll keep on walking and that's okay." - Morgan Leigh Garner   The duo that makes up Hadley Park, Courtney Dashe and Morgan Leigh Garner, came...

*This is a live recording of Happiness in Progress on Facebook and Instagram*   Danielle tackles the question - should I always be grateful? In this episode, Danielle talks about the importance of not "Shoulding on yourself" and when you can move into gratitude if you're not feeling grateful.   CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Buy the HIP Habits Workbook Facebook Instagram Twitter Website This podcast is br...

If you are looking for a jam-packed episode with tangible tools on living a happier life - this is for you! Michelle Wax is the founder of American Happiness Project. It's a movement across 50 states focused on creating more joy. In 2019, Michelle took off in her Jeep and interviewed 500+ self-described happy people in all 50 states. Her goal was to learn how people achieve internal happiness, reg...

"Are you living your dream? Are you living society's dream? Are you still evolving and stretching or have you become stagnant based upon the fact that 'Hey, I've arrived'?" - Teneshia Jackson Warner If your dreams have been put on the back burner during this pandemic - this episode is for you. Teneshia Jackson Warner is the founder and CEO of one of the country's most successful multicultural mark...

"Worthiness is a birth right. We have to remember it's not based on how many things we've achieved. It's not based on outer validation. It actually doesn't even matter how much outer validation you have." - Cristi Christensen Cristi Christensen is a global empowerment coach and author of the brand new book,  Chakra Rituals: Awakening the Wild Woman Within.  She's the creator of Soul Fire , a uniqu...

"We are a performance based society. We measure things in likes, salary, time, duration, looks, followers - we judge everything, we measure everything. What I like to remind people is that meditation is not a performance based activity." - Rebecca Pacheco Rebecca is the author of the brand new book out today  Still Life: The Myths and Magic of Mindful Living. She is also the author of Do Your Om T...

"Therapists still go to therapy, doctors still see a doctor, professionals still have to get professional help. It doesn't make you an imposter, it makes you experienced." - Taylor Arco Taylor Arco is a certified life coach and future marriage and family therapist who specializes in mindset coaching. She has helped dozens of women stop their negative self talk, create lasting healthy habits, and f...

"It is sacred to go and sit with someone in their pain, not try to fix it, not try to change it, but just be there and try to understand." - Charlie Bird   Charlie Bird was Cosmo the Cougar at Brigham Young University from 2016-2018. He is an LBGTQ advocate and is involved with nonprofit organizations across Utah and nationwide. He is the author of the bestselling memoir, Without the Mask and the...

*This episode was recorded live on Instagram and Facebook* In this episode of Happiness in Progress, Danielle Craig talks about three questions to ask yourself before making a big decision. She used these same questions when making the decision to leave news to start a podcast in 2017. She will also tell you a pro of the pros and cons list and why your decisions aren't the last decisions you'll ma...

"She's been the one to say go after your dreams. What you pour into your children, they turn back and pour it into you as well." - Lisa Lee Arneaud Today you get to hear from Award-winning TV Broadcaster & Reporter, Lisa Lee Arneaud. She is the  Host of 'Taste the Islands', streaming on Amazon Prime TV, the host of 'School Duel' and was featured as Miami's Top 40 under 40 Leaders of Tomorrow in Le...

"It takes our community to see our potential on the inside." - Kr!sten Chr!sty Today you will hear from the 2018 AFI Air Force Spouse of the year, a 2019 Top 30 Women Military Influencer, and a 2020 Remarkable Woman finalist. Kristen Christy is a Master Resilience Trainer and resilience expert. She is the co-founder of the non-profit National Veterans Vocational Village Foundation, the co-creator...

"Listen to [the pull of something more]. If you push it away and tamp it down, you might not feel the pull. It might go away. You might become so immune to the pull of it and pushing it down that you don't feel it anymore. But I think recognizing it, feeling it and listening to it and not being afraid to go toward it... that is where the adventure is." - Camille Andros Camille is a children's book...

"If shame feeds off of loneliness and convincing you that you're the only one - and that's taken away - then shame gets taken away. In place of shame comes acceptance, power and the ability to move forward through what it is you're going through." - Ashley LeMieux Today you will get to hear from Ashley Lemieux. She is the founder and CEO of The Shine Project. Her brand new book, I Am Here,  is out...

"To work out of shame and to begin to untangle all the messiness that shame is in someone's life - for me, what I found, is that I need to SPEAK.   I need to use my words." - Kelli Evans Kelli Evans is a Eating Recovery Center Alum and Recovery Ambassador Council Member. Kelli shares her recovery journey from anorexia, bulimia, alcoholism, anxiety, major depressive disorder, and C-PTSD.  Kelli spe...