The Happier You: Empowering Your Journey to a Joyful and Fulfilling Life

This week we are talking about how knowing your values will help you make all decisions in your life easier.  I am joined on this episode by Doris Belland, the woman who taught me this lesson a couple of years ago.  Doris' passion is financial literacy for women, but as you will find in this episode, values don't just apply to your finances, they affect every part of your life.     When...

 This week’s episode we are talking about loving and accepting ourselves for who we are right now. This week we are joined by Patricia Vander Laan who shares success tips from her personal happiness journey. She is alot of fun and has great ideas to share with us. One of the most important things she encourages is to figure out what makes your soul sing!! Doesn't That sound amazing?   Resourc...

This week we talk about why reflection and review help us stay on our happiness journey.  Too often we avoid this process and wonder what happened.  I did a reflection and review on the podcast and then realized, I needed to do one on all aspects of my life!  Its a great tool.  Not always something we want to do because we might have to change things, but totally worth the time, effort and honesty...

 This week we are talking about your newest superpower. Self Compassion. It really makes sense to be a better friend to ourselves. We wouldn't let anyone else talk to us the way our inner voice does. Self Compassion allows us to have more compassion and kindness for ourselves and therefore more to share with others. Its a win-win all around. Resources I talked about this week: Dr. Kristin Nef...

This week we are talking about increasing your happiness by connecting with people.  With today's automated conveniences and social distancing requirements, now more than ever we have to consciously reach out and connect with others.  We talk about the happiness benefits, health benefits and there are some who even say it can increase your life expectancy! Resources I shared this week: TED wi...

This week we are checking in on your happiness journey and talking about excavating the real you hiding underneath the cultural conditioning and other people's opinions.  We each have to follow our own journey, but the unique beautiful person underneath is totally worth the work.  Are you doing the work to ensure your journey gets you to where you want to go? Resources I referenced this week:...

 This week's podcast we are talking about the importance of taking care of ourselves and rest. Well, and mostly, SLEEP! It is so powerful, why do we fight it? When you are well rested you show up as the best you, not what's left of you.  A few weeks ago I was talking to my my friend Kathleen and she told me that for her Master's Program she studied her sleep and what affected it.  I...

In this episode we talk about the daily living part of personal growth. Sadly there is no quick fix, drive through or magic cream solution. When you decide to change something in your life for the better, it will take action to make it part of your life. Just deciding you want to change is only the start. We need to be patient with ourselves as we learn and grow.   Have a great week!  Go get your...

When you listen to the outside world you can constantly hear the message that you are not enough.  You need to do more, have more, buy more, work more.  However, when you realize that you are enough you can begin your journey towards the happier you.  Stop looking outside yourself for you happiness.  It starts on the inside.  Take the life you have and make it the best you can!  Don't compare...

 This week's episode is about honouring the work that you have done! Looking back at your happiness journey so far and acknowledging the progress you have made. Big or small...a win is a win and it needs to be acknowledged and celebrated.  💜 Free Open Journal Club Night – July 9 If you've been feeling like life looks good on paper but something still feels off, come spend an hour reconn...

This Episode was inspired by a 2011 TED talk with Ric Elias, 3 Things I learned While My Plane Crashed .  He was one of the passengers who was on the flight that crash-landed in the Hudson River in 2009.  In his Ted Talk he shares what he learned from that experience.  We talk about how his TED talk impacted us and how it made us start a conversation about how we are choosing to live our lives.  W...

Who do you surround yourself with?  Do you let other people's negativity and negative energy affect you? This episode we talk about how hard it is to find your happier if you are constantly surrounded by negativity and criticism.  What can you do about it?  You have options, you always have options you just have to figure out what best suits you. We also talk about what kind of energy you are...

Do you let the little things in life get you down?  Do you find yourself favouring negative instead of positive? This week we are unleashing the power of gratitude.  You don't always have to focus on the big things...noticing the small things in your life that you are grateful for can bring you more happiness.  And, side benefit, it gets you to stop focusing on the things you don't have...

Are you like me and still trying to figure out you?  Do you sometimes get so busy being the person you are expected to be that you forget who you really are?  Do you have designated masks for each role you play in your life, and sometimes forget the real person underneath?  Have you been wearing these masks for so long that you are not even sure you remember the real you? This week's episode...

Sometimes the road to the happier you is not easy and fun-filled.  Even after you have done some personal growth work you get tested on some of your decisions.  Setting boundaries is tough because sometimes those boundaries require you to turn down things that you would have previously said yes to.  This week  I share my struggle with saying no, honouring my boundaries, admitting I'm high mai...

Are you constantly noticing what you aren't good at?  Only focusing on your weaknesses instead of acknowledging and celebrating your strengths?  When was the last time you noticed when you did something right?  Too many people undervalue what they are, and overvalue what they are not!  The journey to happiness starts with liking yourself.  And a great start towards that is acknowledging and c...

Do you remember the anticipation leading to summer holidays as a kid?  Or what about Christmas?  Your Birthday party?  The Anticipation for it lasted way longer than the actual event.  The event came and went and you felt like you hardly blinked.  When COVID 19 happened, all anticipation for upcoming events was taken away.  Suddenly the world was on hold.  We realized that having nothing to look f...

Are you like me and have negative thoughts about yourself?  That inner critic can be really mean and hit you right when you are most vulnerable.  Getting past this starts with how you talk to yourself.  How you think and talk about yourself and what you allow into your life affects your happiness. Where do you start?  You start by shutting down that inner voice  with the negative talk that tells y...

Does it bring you joy?  Have you ever asked yourself this question?  If you have heard of Marie Kondo you know that is her main question.  Marie Kondo is famous for her book ' The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing' .  This week I talk about my experience with the “KonMari” method and what it has done for me.   Why do you allow things in yo...

When you try to learn something new, or conquer something that intimidates you, do you get frustrated and overwhelmed?  This often leads to us giving up.  I have learned that as I take on a new challenge I actually follow a certain emotional pattern. I wanted to share this idea with you because I think on this happiness journey, it is important to recognize that there are struggles and ups and dow...

My whole quest is to find the Happier me.  I think one of the key things is self-awareness and self-acceptance.  One of the ways to be self-aware is knowing how to ask for what you need. How do you know what you need? One of the ways you can know what you need is by knowing your love language.  I’m no expert in this, but my husband and I read The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman around 20 years ag...

 Are you feeling overwhelmed with everything in your life? Do you need help to find your focus?  It feels like the world is throwing a lot more at us these days despite the social distancing!  This episode I encourage you to step back from all the busyness and "to do" lists and take a breath and figure out what you want to focus on right now. It's hard picking just one thing. Howeve...

What can you do right now to help relieve stress in your life?  Play!  How is play defined and how can we add more of it in our lives?  Do we have to be creative to successfully play and reap the benefits?   Continuing on with the Transformative Power of Creativity and Play we look at how important it is to our happiness right now.  The health benefits are huge!  From our ability to relieve stress...

Are you feeling stuck in a rut and uninspired? Is your current situation weighing you down? This week we are talking about creativity and play, and why we all need more of it in our lives.  It all started when I listened to Brene Brown's book The Power of Vulnerability and she talked about art scars.  Alot of us have them and have never gotten over them.  Once you realize that art is a form o...

Are you sick of starting new projects and then stopping because you don’t feel like you are getting anywhere?   Do you feel like you are stuck and you can’t change anything? This week I talk about the surefire way to ensure success on this journey!  Happiness is an inside job and the only person who can do the work is you.   That’s good and bad right?  ·       BAD - because you can’t blame anyone...