She Finds Joy
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Ep 86| Kim needs a sabbatical
I have decided to take a break from podcasting. After much reflection, I can see that my mind is exhausted from all of the content creation I do on a weekly basis. I write to emails/blogs. I create vi
Ep 85 | Breaking the Silence and Opening Up About Mental Illness with Vaughn Rush
Vaughn Rush is a liberated, black, gay man who served as a behavioral specialist in the Army serving in Iraq. Hes also an entertainer and go-go dancer who travels the world performing. I met Vaughn in Stowe, Vermont, while he was vacationing, and I was o
Ep 84 | Managing Your Inner Critic & Practicing Compassion
In our everyday lives, we spend a great deal of time telling ourselves that we aren't good enough, smart enough, talented enough, or thin enough. Our minds tell us we don't deserve the things we want.
Ep 83 | How to Overcome Perfectionism and Embrace Who You Are
We all struggle with the fear of not being enough. We are good at faking it. We go through the world smiling, acting as if we are okay when in reality, we might be inwardly struggling. Perfectionism i
Ep 82 | Sharing Our Shame Stories and Getting What We Need
Shame is a powerful emotion and happens to all of us. It involves looking inwardly in a harsh way with a critical eye while we beat ourselves up even for the smallest mistakes. We are so overly critical of ourselves, and then we hide or bury our feelings
Ep 81| Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
Are you afraid of making decisions? Asking your boss for a raise? Launching your own business? Asking for what you want in your relationship? What prevents us from taking the actions we need in our li
Ep 80 | How Gratitude Increases Happiness
Ep 80| How Gratitude Increases HappinessDr. Masuro Emoto discovered that molecules in water are affected by our thoughts, words, and feelings. Humans are made up of 70% of water, which means the words we expose ourselves and others to have an impact on
Ep 79 | The Magic Keys to Happiness
Is it possible to create more happiness in our life? Should we be interested in happiness, or is that silly? I feel like we all want to be happier, but we are a bit afraid to admit it because it makes us feel like something is wrong in our lives. But cre
Ep 78 | How to Get Through Hard Things
Ep 78| How to get through hard things.Dont take anything personally. Thats the second agreement of Don Miguel Ruizs classic, The Four Agreements. He states, Whatever happens around you, dont take it personally. Nothing other people do is because
EP 77 | Burnout & Why I Created The Happy Academy
Burnout is a kind of exhaustion that seeps into every aspect of your life. Even though I travel around the country teaching teachers, business people, and more about how to overcome burnout, I can tel