Happy Life Studios Podcast

I don't know about you, but I've found that when someone pushes me, (whether it's physical, emotional, verbal etc.) I find myself wanting to push back...real bad! Question is, are you in charge of your emotions, or are your emotions in charge of you? Because emotions love to bully us around. You will find that if you stand up to your emotions, they will back down and change their tune real fast. T...

Happy Labor Day everyone! Here is something you should celebrate, even though not many think about celebrating it. Special thanks to James Kocian for the use of his original music "More Beautiful" Check out more of his music here https://soundcloud.com/james-kocian) www. HappyLife.lol www. Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios www. Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios www. Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios www. PayP...

Have you ever found yourself winning only to realize you lost? You were so focused on something right in front of you that you forgot the reason you started that thing or process in the first place? Having the start of the NFL season right around the corner, I found myself in the mood to podcast about it. Sometimes grabbing Happy is as easy as letting go of sadness. I had a defensive coordinator o...

I'm baaaaack. Have you missed me? How is one supposed to handle evil? Put our head in the sand, or lace up the gloves and fight back? I think this episode is very timely due to the events that happened in Charlottesville this last week. There seems to be so much evil and hatred in the world today. People of all opinions are talking about it. Have you perused Facebook lately? Maybe you've even quit...

What do you do when "life has killed the dream I dream"? Or, when "the tigers come at night...tear your hope apart and turn your dream to shame"? "I find it interesting, as well as sad, that the only time we talk about broken dreams, or our agonizing doubts that they will ever become a reality, are when they are a thing of the past and never a thing of our present." I think it's sad that we never...

"You with those sad eyes, don't be discouraged" Cindi Lauper, True Colors. This special episode was recorded on location at a retreat I was speaking at for people with disabilities. So the audio quality is not the typical Happy Life Studios quality but definitely worth listening to. God spoke the worlds in to existence, but you He made by hand. In fact, "if God had to choose between all the stars,...

Happy day after Easter, day after Lent, day after Holy week. So why did Jesus die anyway, and what does the word "Holy" even mean? I've found people get it wrong on both sides of the spectrum. From a flippant adjective describing cows, Hell or even poo to being a word others use to control, manipulate or abuse others with, is this what God set up for us? Did He send His son to earth to die so that...

In this episode I interview a very good friend to me as well as to Happy Life Studios. His name is Tony Piantine and he, with his family and team, run Camp Daniel (a camp for people who live with disabilities) in northern Wisconsin. Check them out here at www. CampDaniel.org. In this episode we use the word "community" alot. This is because Happy Life Studios believes that community is the key to...

Happy #HappinessDay. Not only is today the first day of spring, but I think it symbolic that it is also International Day of Happiness. Yes there is such a day. It was passed by the United Nations June 28 2012, by Jayme Illien, who started life as an orphan on the Streets of Calcutta, wound up in Mother Theresa's orphanage and from there ended up in front of the U.N. who unanimously passed his res...

Have you ever been tempted to give up on your dreams because it just seems like your dreams have died and been buried never to be seen again? Have you ever been soooo sad you didn't know what to do or how to hang on? Have you ever wondered how life can go from being so happy to so drastically difficult so fast? Is this OK? Is it normal? And what should we do when it happens? The good news is, the...

Does social media ever make you angry? It seems sometimes that I either want to roll my eyes or chuck my mouse across the room after spending just a minute scrolling through posts. Have you ever been tempted to just throw in the towel and delete all your accounts? Lately my heart has been troubled reading a lot of social media posts. So, I would like to address the issue I see in social media beca...

Ever feel like you're stuck in a rut? Like you were just going around in the same sad circle? Sadly enough, sometimes the ruts we're stuck in are the ones we have made ourselves. If you've ever struggled with finding or keeping your happy then you will want to listen to this episode. In it I talk about horse walkers. I had never heard of a horse walker before but that image got me out of my rut an...

You know what you think about you, but what would it be like if you could find out what God thinks about you? "Whoa. Hold on a minute there. Find out what God thinks about me?? NO THANKS!!" The thought of finding out what God thinks about us can be scary if one uses the wrong standard to measure by. Oftentimes the difference between successful and unsuccessful, happy and unhappy or encouraged and...

Can getting liked ever be bad? I mean you would think that that's the exact road you would travel to be happy, right??? Let's face it, in a world where "clicks" and "likes" (I call them clickes) are so valuable, it's easy to get sidetracked and forget why we even do what we do in the first place. However, remembering the why is a vital key to being happy. Especially if we do any social media at al...

Happy New Year! So, what is the fastest you've ever broken a New Years resolution? Have you ever struggled with making, let alone keeping, your newly made goals? In our first podcast of the New Year, we talk about what else...New Years resolutions. However, we will do it the Happy Life Studios way. We will talk about New Years resolutions from an angle I've never heard anyone else ever speak befor...

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss. Funny thing is, it just seems like a few days ago I posted the first Happier Holidays episode this year talking about how I couldn't believe Christmas was already here. And now in this session I'm talking about it being over. Well, there are really 2 ways to end the Holiday season. Listen and find out what they are. This episod...

Ah yes, the old ugly Christmas sweater. I'm not sure how they got invented, and I'm really not sure how they get worn. I mean, when one mentions "Christmas sweater", "ugly" is usually the first adjective that comes to mind. Although ugly Christmas sweaters are a great and fun way to help celebrate the Holidays, some are far more than just ugly. Listen as I talk about ugly covering up the true beau...

Do you ever struggle keeping your sanity during Santa Season? Is it even possible to find tidings of comfort and joy in the chaos of Christmas today? I think so. So, listen and find YOUR happy and rest. This is another podcast in our Happier Holidays series, but the concept will work year round. I'd like to give you the link to our Happier Holidays Video Collection - produced to make your Holidays...

Have you ever walked into a store and sighed or even became irritated as you saw Christmas decorations being put up way too early? Do the Holidays ever seem as long and tiring as a political campaign? Listen and find out how to not only survive the Holidays this year, but how to actually enjoy them. After all, they ARE called Happy Holidays, not crabby ones. It's our desire at Happy Life Studios t...

What do you do when you lose someone or something very close to you? For much of the world, mourning has become a lost and ignored art. However, sometimes the way to happy goes directly through sad. Last weekend I lost not only my amazing father in law, but also my second and last dad. Listen and find out what I learned and how it's helping me cope and keep the happy. StevoHays.com PayPal.me/Stevo...

Happy Halloween. Being Halloween I figured it would be appropriate to post a podcast on being brave. Listen and find out the cool thing God did for me, because I think God wants to do the same for you as well. Proof that God does use Facebook. PayPal.me/StevoHays Facebook.com/StevoHays

Are we really who we think we are? What if we're wrong? Maybe we're better than we believe. Sometimes we don't see who we are, we see who we want to be instead. So, just who is your #2 fan? And who is you #1? The answer to those 2 questions are essential. This episode is a continuation of the last 2 podcasts "Splat HL64" and "It is what it is HL66". StevoHays.com Facebook.com/StevoHays Twitter.com...

What do you do when Life doesn't cooperate with your dreams? To be honest, for me, I have found it rarely does. Do I need to find a new dream? Wake up and smell reality? Set the bar a little lower? In this podcast I will share how expectations will effect our happy in a gigantic way and I'll talk about what we need to do about it. This is the podcast I said I wanted to go in to more detail about i...

Have a Happy weekend!

Have you ever noticed how some people just seem get the happy, no matter what life throws at them? Do you ever feel like, you could be happy too if you could just be more like they were? It's one thing to get happy, but it's a whole different thing to stay there. Sometimes happy can be very elusive and hard to find, let alone keep. Happy Life is a lifestyle where one secures and sustains joy in ev...