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20Sep 2023 by Bona

Why Refining Your Expectations Can Increase Joy– Calendar Conversation With Janene Russick EP#092

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This week I am talking to Janene Russick about how refining our expectations can increase our joy. Janene is an organizing coach and I asked her on to the podcast today to talk about this exercise she has her clients do each month called a "Calendar Conversation." This monthly exercise has helped me support me! The more supportive we are to ourselves, the more happiness we discover. Instead of always setting unrealistic expectations, this exercise gives us a way to set better boundaries, know when to ask for help and really figure out how refining our expectations so we can increase the joy in our lives! Who wouldn't want that? I hope you enjoy this conversation with Janene. She's always a joy to have on the podcast. Resources I referenced…

06Sep 2023 by Bona

How Validation Helps Us Connect To Others And Support Ourselves EP#091

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In today's episode we are talking about how validation helps us connect to others and support ourselves. My guest Kathleen Thaler is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and a friend. I invited her on the podcast because over the summer we had a conversation about validation and how important it is. Particularly when raising teens, connecting with others and for helping ourselves through the ups and downs of life. I am so excited for her to share how validation can help you support you. In today's interview we touch on a little bit of everything and its so juicy!As we continue on our happiness journeys, I think learning to validate ourselves as well as others is going to be key. As we grow our self-compassion as well as true connection. I…

27Jun 2023 by Bona

The How & The Why of Creating a Happiness Support Team EP#090

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This week's episode is about the how & the why of creating a happiness support team. In this episode I get to interview 3 ladies from a group of 7 who created their own "Happiness Support Group." I have been lucky enough to get to know these ladies after they all participated in one of our Happiness Challenges last year. Many of them have continued to reach out as they have participated in different Happiness Events over the past year and a half. I love how they were willing to share their experience with me on the podcast. I think these ladies it did it right. Creating a supportive community around ourselves as we continue on our personal happiness journey is integral. Inviting friends to do a challenge with you…

14Jun 2023 by Bona

How To Find Your Journaling Inspiration – Interview With Lori Mitchell EP#089

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This week's episode is about how to find your Journaling Inspiration, an interview with Lori Mitchell. Lori is a friend of mine who I have been talking to about starting a journal practice with for the past few months. In today's interview she shares how she got to the point that she feels she is ready to start her practice and some of the realizations she's had in getting to this point.Lori invites you to start your journaling practice with her this summer in our Summer Journal Challenge 2023. I hope today's interview inspires you to take the leap and start your personal journal journey. Whether it is with us in the challenge or on your own. The important thing is to just start. Here is a link to The Happier You…

31May 2023 by Bona

Why Self-Awareness Is Important to Our Happiness Journey EP#088

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Today's podcast is about why self-awareness is important to our happiness journey. Many people tell me that they don't know where to start on their happiness journey, because they don't know what their happiness actually looks like. If you feel like this, you are not alone. What I have learned on my happiness journey, is that you don't actually have to know what your ultimate happiness looks like, you just start your journey, and as you learn and grow you will increase your self-awareness and be able to build more happy into your everyday life. Ultimately, it doesn't matter where you are starting from, it just matters that you start. In today's episode I talk about how while I was creating the Building Your Happiness Foundation Course, I realized that…

17May 2023 by Bona

How To Deal With All Our Stuff – Interview With Janene Russick EP#087

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Today's episode is about How to deal with all our stuff. It's an interview with Janene Russick, an Organization Coach. We have a fun chat about figuring out ways to work through our stuff and the mental challenges that come with that. Janene has a more than a few tricks up her sleeve to help her clients "show up" for themselves and work their way through their habits, decisions and ultimately their stuff. She inspires us with her 8 minute sweep and encourages us to "not dig through the trash." Its okay to release things, you are allowed. Join me today and let Janene "Wow" you as she guides us through How to deal with all our stuff. Resources I referenced this week:If you want to learn more about Janene's…

03May 2023 by Bona

How to Keep Working On Your Happy and Staying Open to Being Challenged EP#086

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In today's episode I share how grateful I was when a coach unknowingly gave me my own advice. After being stunned and more than a little uncomfortable, I realized the blessing and the lesson there.Happiness is not a one and done. It is not something that you achieve and then it just comes to you. We have to keep working on it and adapting as things change around us.Today's episode is about not being lazy about our happiness and remaining open to having our ideas and strategies challenged. When we are challenged we either realize we need to change something, or we are happy with our course of action.Today's episode also has a spoiler about what is coming up in The Happier You Community. Things I referenced this week:Amanda…

19Apr 2023 by Bona

Will Someone Please Help Me Figure Out This Mindfulness Thing? EP#085

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In today's episode my friend Kara Braun walks me through up leveling my mindfulness game. It has been bugging me for a while that I don't really "get" mindfulness, and so when she offered to chat with me about it, I said YES PLEASE and hit record so I didn't miss a thing. As I said on the podcast, I wanted to take my mindfulness knowledge up from a .5. Kara shared three things with me that I didn't know before. And as you will hear, one of them just floored me. I know I have a lot to work on. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and it gives you what you need to grow your mindfulness practice too. References:If you want to know more about Kara and what…

05Apr 2023 by Bona

Why I Chose To Embrace Possible Failure Over Taking The Known Path EP#084

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This week I am talking about why I chose to embrace possible failure instead of taking the known path. We are so worried about being shamed, judged and made fun of that we often hold ourselves back from trying new things. What if we took back our power and tried new things that weren't a guaranteed success...how many new things would we try and find out we love? Or try and find out it isn't for us, but that's okay...because we at least tried it? Waiting to do something because we hope for perfection holds us back from so many experiences in life. A couple of years ago I decided that if something scared me and had a chance of failure or a less than perfect result, I was going to…

22Mar 2023 by Bona

How Do We Light The Fire To Finally Inspire The Change We Really Want EP#083

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In today's episode I am talking about how we can speed up the process of change by lighting that fire inside that inspires us to finally make the change we really want. If you are like me, I know I want to make change but I have trouble finding the motivation to go through the steps to get there. It's usually just easier to complain and go with the flow instead of instigating change. Except, once we finally make the change we wonder what took us so long? Today I'm giving you a 4 (and a half) step process to help you speed this process along. The steps aren't difficult, its just that we know that making change takes work...and that work isn't always fun, or easy. The half…