Happiness in Progress

"Leadership starts with yourself. It starts with leading yourself and when you are leading yourself other people are naturally attracted to you and it gives you the opportunity to influence others and have leadership roles." - Kathleen Ries-Jubenville Kathleen Ries-Jubenville is a Certified High-Performance Coach who educates her clients on proven, successful business strategies. She helps them im...

This Election season is a high-stress season - with emotions and tensions running high. It's hard to come together - when we are constantly debating online and shouting over one another. In this episode, Danielle Craig walks through three things you can do to have a conversation with someone you disagree with.  EPISODES MENTIONED: If you need exit strategies for your conversation - listen to this...

Want to improve your well-being? It can be as easy as writing a thank you note! Listen to this quick HIPHabits episode for what needs to be included in that note to make a difference, how it impacts depression symptoms and happiness and what researchers found! CONNECT WITH DANIELLE Facebook Instagram Twitter Website This podcast is brought to you by the Mail Tribune. Check out more Mail Tribune po...

"Setting boundaries feels different but it should feel different because you're protecting yourself." - Cassandra Rowe This November, between a highly emotionally-charged Election Day and Thanksgiving, might be a tough one when it comes to navigating relationships. That's why Danielle wanted to have The Boundaries Therapist on the podcast to help equip us with tools. Cassandra Rowe is a Licensed P...

In this short 2-minute bonus episode - learn a simple tool to letting go of control on Election Day.  Anxiety and stress can occur when we are holding tightly onto our desired outcome. Unfortunately, the only control we have over the outcome on Election Day is our vote. Aside from volunteer work or getting involved in politics in the future.  Today, you have done all you can do. Check out this qui...

"Rarely was I focused on the quality rather than the quantity because I was trying to make the most people happy, trying to say 'yes' to as many things as possible - over extending myself, over extending my family. My poor family didn't get the best of me. They got the last little chopped up slivers that were left over. By allowing myself to focus on those few things - the quality for sure is much...

"The more you judge, the more you compare. The more you compare, the more you judge. It goes and goes - and if we do this we will find that we are constantly assessing other people and how we fall in relation to them." - Danielle Craig For many people, comparison is a tricky game. We spend hours scrolling our social media feeds comparing our homes, partners and even our children. Danielle has talk...

In today's Happiness in Progress Habit, Danielle Craig will tell you about the number one trick she uses to falling asleep with a busy mind. Danielle started using this trick when she was in the early days of her news career, working overnights. CONNECT WITH DANIELLE Facebook Instagram Twitter Website This podcast is brought to you by the Mail Tribune. Check out more Mail Tribune podcasts here . S...

"Our instincts are to protect our kids from dealing with these kinds of struggles. The first thing we have to remember is the way kids become resilient is by practicing dealing with hard things with enough support." - Tina Payne Bryson Dr. Tina Payne Bryson is the author of the  Bottom Line for Baby and  co-author (with Dan Siegel) of two New York Times Best Sellers— The Whole-Brain Child   and  ...

"Get to know yourself beyond your identity, beyond your personality, beyond the roles that you play in life… you start to discover a deeper aspect of yourself. That deeper aspect of yourself does not suffer. It's never anxious. It's never afraid." - Giovanni Dienstmann Today you will hear from meditation coach and teacher, Giovanni Dienstmann. Giovanni is the author of the best-selling book Practi...

The year 2020 hasn't been a walk in the park for anyone. The last couple weeks have been overwhelming for Danielle Craig personally. On this episode, she talks about some stressful events that have added to this, including the death off her uncle. After days of trying to numb the emotions and "take the edge off," Danielle realized that was exactly what she was doing. She read from Brene Brown's bo...

In this episode of Happiness in Progress, you will hear from three now-young women who were diagnosed with different types of cancer. They are all in different parts of their fight. Julia Nicholson has been fighting brain cancer, but just finished her last dose of chemo.  Chloe Davison fought Leukemia when she was 5 years old. Now she's in 8th grade. Sarah Wood was diagnosed with brain cancer as a...

"Maybe I don't feel joy right now because I'm going through something really hard right now, but I am going to feel it again. It will come again and this will pass." - Christine Daoust Today's episode comes on the heels of a massive disaster in southern Oregon - the burning of thousands of homes. Today, you'll get to know Christine Daoust. She is a victim - or survivor - of the Oak Knoll Fire that...

"You need that silence in your life. You need that break everyday because the world is so crazy and it keeps you up in your mind and that's not where the magic is." - Valerie Gangas Today you get to hear from Valerie Gangas! She is a transformational speaker, life coach and author of Enlightenment Is Sexy:Every Woman's Guide to a Magical Life . She also hosts the podcast "Everything You Think You...

"It was a wake up. For me it was I either made a decision to change my life or not." - Ed Chun Today you're going to hear from Ed Chun. He is a father, husband, entrepreneur and a recovering addict. For many years, he was a well-known member of the southern Oregon community - involved in politics, non-profits and the community's culture. Despite the success and notoriety, he became addicted to str...

"If you are experiencing things that are not normally like you - like you're appetite is different, if your mood is different, if you're having these thoughts and feelings that you don't normally have - to know that it's not just because there's this virus going around - it's because it's impacting your mental, physical, emotional wellbeing." - Melissa Dumaz   This episode is packed to the brim wi...

I know, I know - who has time for being a fun mom during a pandemic when we also need to be teachers, custodians and basically everything in-between.  That is why I asked Anne Cropper to come on the podcast to talk about being a 'fun mom.' She says she's not a fun mom by nature, but made a New Year's Resolution to be more fun. That was the birth of her project #ACMoreFun (you can follow along on h...

It can really be hard to find "your people." The ride-or-die kind of friendships that support you, aren't afraid to have tough conversations and love you in the good and the bad. Our guest today, Kena Sampson, has a group of female friends that empower one another and build each other up. Kena is the Southern Oregon Director of Sparrow Clubs and an incredible encourager of people who pours love wh...

In today's Happiness in Progress Habits (HIP Habits) episode, you'll learn about why taking a moment to pat yourself on the back can help you feel better in your daily life. Don't forget to subscribe to catch the episode on how to build your ride or die tribe of friends - coming later this week. If you liked this episode, check out this one - How to L.O.V.E. Your Life in 4 Easy Steps.  CONNECT WIT...

"All of that trauma is being displayed online and it is very unfortunate trauma and we are all very sensitive too and I'm very empathetic to all of it. But the constant barrage of it onto our system is re-wounding us over and over. Traumatizing us over and over. And can I help my brother If I am less reactive and able to approach situations with a calm" - Dr. Lori Whatley In this episode of Happin...

"We're stripping away a lot of the shoulds - this life should look like this, this year should have looked like this and instead we're allowing ourselves to live in the present, to be where we are, to understand this is our reality. And by bringing in flexibility to our life - it also allows us to start being flexible, start getting scrappy with our business, start learning new things and trying n...

In today's Happiness in Progress Habits (HIP Habits) episode, you'll learn about one thing you can do to come to a big breakthrough decision. Find out what research shows about how you can make a breakthrough decision, simply by putting your smartphone down. Don't forget to subscribe to catch the episode on how to end your excessive smartphone use. CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Facebook Instagram Twitter...

"If we can help one family or someone's friend not have to go what we're going through because it's a living nightmare, every single day. If we can help one child or one adult not take their own life than we've made a difference." - Dane Halbert About five years ago, Dane Halbert and his wife lost their 15-year-old son to suicide. Now they are on a mission to equip teenagers and their parents with...

Welcome to this brand new 'Bonus Series' called HIPHabits. Each week, Danielle Craig will share a habit you can bring into your life and how that habit can make a difference in the way you feel. These bonus episodes are bite-sized wisdom that will be less than five minutes! This week, the week of a Pandemic-touched Fourth of July, the habit is - make a choice to enjoy the day. Find out how you hav...

"Changing my environment made me feel like if I can literally see something different, maybe there's the possibility of something different. Not just with my sofa or with my paint color - it felt like hope." - Rebecca West We're all stuck in our homes a lot these days - and that makes it even more important to be happy within the walls of your home. Today you'll hear from Rebecca West, a psycholog...