Happiness in Progress

"It is a difficult time for everyone. Everyone of us have to act responsibly. If you are able to nurture connection, please understand you will get immense support from this universe." - Preethaji Preethaji is back on the podcast for a second time. She is a transformational leader, co-founder of the renowned O&O Academy and co-author of The Four Sacred Secrets: For Love and Prosperity, a Guide to...

"The starting point is to have the conversations, but we feel super uncomfortable having conversations when we don't have a lot of understanding." - Emily Green Several huge campaigns to support black people and their voices has spread throughout social media like wildfire. Of course, you've seen peaceful protests and riots across the country. The question is what's next? What can you do in your h...

Welcome to this brand new 'Bonus Series' called HIPHabits. Each week, Danielle 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! Our first topic, is Going Beyond Slacktavism. Danielle will talk about what slacktavism is and how to do get skin in the game for y...

Our country has been in turmoil for weeks, months - probably even years, but listening can help two parties come together. Danielle Craig talks us through the art of listening. She describes how she had no other choice but to learn how to listen as a reporter.  You'll hear how to listen with empathy, listen for learning and how to listen while withholding judgement. Bringing your authentic opinion...

"When you are true to yourself, everything becomes better." - Shannon Kaiser In today's episode, you're going to hear from Shannon Kaiser. Shannon is the bestselling author of five books on the psychology of happiness and fulfillment, including the #1 bestseller, The Self-Love Experiment and Adventures for Your Soul  and her latest book Joy Seeker. In today's conversation, we talk about finding yo...

"When we become chaotic, it adds to their chaos. We share that energy. We can share our calm with them or we can share our chaos with them. A child will never be in a higher center of their brain than the adult who is responding to them." - Shanna Malone Today's guest is one of my longest and dearest friends, Shanna Malone. She has been in the education field for 10 years as a classroom teacher, a...

"When we look at this and go 'Well, that's not what I wanted to have happen. Well, that's not how I wanted this to go. I really wanted to - whatever it was...' The more time I'm distracted by it and think about it, the more time I spend mourning it. If I open my hand and let it go... and ask the question 'What is the new opportunity?' - Michelle Pierson Young In a time of uncertainty, for many of...

We are in a pandemic and it doesn't feel comfortable. It is scary, anxiety-inducing, worrisome and there is a lot of unknown. In this episode of Happiness in Progress, Danielle talks about what we can do as we have very little control of the external parts of our lives. Danielle talks about how she gained control in spite of her diagnosed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. When you have OCD your mind...

"What I really want to get down to is the core of how we see ourselves regardless of what our appearance actually is. I want us to spend a whole lot more time in our bodies, loving our bodies than resenting our bodies, resenting whether that is the weight, or the height, or the jean size, or the bra size - or aging." - Danielle Craig Scientific research shows how we think about aging can actually...

"It's not about what's next, it's about what's important." - Jaimee Newberry Today you're going to meet Jaimee Newberry. She's the founder and CEO of Picture this Clothing (and you get a 20% off code to try her product further down in show notes!) Jaimee left the corporate world to focus on her core values. In this episode you're going to hear how focusing on what was important  helped her create...

Today we're talking all about honesty - why we lie and how honesty or dishonesty impacts us, our relationships and our communities. Today's guest is award winning journalist, Judi Ketteler. She is the author of Would I Lie to You? The Amazing Power of Being Honest in a World that Lies.  You may have seen Judi's writing in the New York Times, Better Homes & Gardens, Good Housekeeping, SELF, Women's...

"Grief is hard, but it's not bad. It's part of our process. We have to have it in order to get through that sorrow. It's just something that has to be faced. Otherwise, if we push it away - it's just going to eat us up. It's not going to yield anything good for us if we don't face it." - Treva Kuyper Runyan Today's guest is Treva Kuyper Runyan. She is the founder of Not Just a Widow, where she wor...

In this episode of Happiness in Progress we're focusing in on the month of love with tips on how to L.O.V.E. your life. You'll get four items in your life to focus on to better focus on getting more fulfillment out of your life. L - love the little things O - own your life V - victories, celebrate them E - ego, how to disconnect from your ego RESOURCES: Cherish 365 Photo Challenge A New Earth Secr...

"You appreciate less and less and you feel that they owe you more and more. If they're your partner, your husband, your wife then they  should do this. You stop seeing them as their own person and you see them as somebody who needs to fulfill all your wants, desires, hopes, dreams, etc.  The big danger here is when you lose appreciation through a lot of expectation you feel like the love is lost....

"What she goes through is this growing, understanding that life is right now. No matter what mistakes, or losses, or pain we've experienced in the past - that there's still beauty in this particular moment and there's still hope and potential in every moment. So that instead of giving up on life, maybe the moment we think we want to give up is really the beginning of it all to see life and feel it...

When you face the possibility of death, which is something you do when you get diagnosed with cancer, you look at every single day differently. You start to appreciate the little things and the time and stop worrying about the smaller things." - Michelle Velez Michelle Velez is a news anchor in Las Vegas, a mother of two, a wife and most recently became a cancer warrior. In the fall, Michelle was...

Today's guest is Brooke DeBoer. She is a mom and wife, filmmaker, photographer, storyteller, and inspirer.  She is the creator of the Amazon Prime docuseries, FastLife. But while living the fast life, Brooke was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. She was forced to slow down.  With doctor's orders, Brooke started 'The Year of Brooke.' In 2018, Brooke focused on self-care. She started taking time for he...

I am so grateful Preethaji agreed to share the Serene Mind Practice with us.  You can listen to this when you start to enter a state of suffering - like anxiety, stress, isolation, etc. Come back to this episode as often as you need. You can listen to the Happiness in Progress episode featuring Preethaji by going to episode 101 .  CONNECT WITH PREETHAJI: Website Facebook Instagram Serene Mind Prac...

In this episode, Danielle talks about how to add grace to our goals. In many cases, when we set a goal, we are chasing the feeling we believe our goal will give us. Unfortunately, because of the way our human brains work, when we do reach the achievement - we find ourselves on the hedonic treadmill. It's enough for a moment, then it's not enough anymore. Now we need the next best thing to feel hap...

"Who you are is exactly perfect. The great thing about that is that means you don't have to do anything. You just have to be who you are. All the perceived negative things that you are - those are the things that are going to propel you to be different." - Kristy Laschober Our guest today is Kristy Laschober. I love the way Kristy describes herself as a waymaker and an encourager.  Two years ago,...

My guest today is Doug Turner. Doug is an independent coach and career counselor. He's held several positions in HR and has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology. I loved learning about positive psychology during this conversation. We talked about what we can do to take our happiness in our own hands, the five things we need to increase our wellbeing, how to find meaning in our lives… and so mu...

Elizabeth Earnshaw is a mom, wife and therapist living in Philadelphia. Liz owns A Better Life Therapy focused on helping people to develop better relationships. As a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Gottman Therapist, she supports individuals and couples in the therapy room, through her courses, and on Instagram (@LizListens) to build better relationships with themselves so they...

"It is okay to feel the feelings you are feeling. We are afraid of being lonely, upset, angry, sad at Christmas because we think Christmas is supposed to look a certain way.   It doesn't have to look that way for you and I imagine most humans will have a Christmas or even several Christmas' that don't look perfect." - Danielle Craig A report out last year found about 20% of americans feel isolated...

Today's episode is with one of my favorite bloggers, Amanda Rodriguez. You may recognize her as the Dude Mom. Amanda is a humor blogger at dudemom.com. She is the mom of three sons - or dudes. She's married to her college sweetheart. She has contributed to other websites and programs, including the Today Show. Amanda's first book is out TODAY! You can grab it where you buy your favorite books. It'...

Most of us have had a toxic boss at one point or another. When I was having a particularly hard time with one boss, I had to dig deep to keep the joy at work.  In this episode, Danielle focuses on three things you can do to keep the joy when your boss seems to be sucking it out of you. Danielle will talk about getting focused on your purpose, finding a passion project and why it's important to qui...