Warning: Your cheeks will hurt after this episode. Actor, coach and host of The Whole Artist, Courtney Rioux brightens up our heavy history podcast with a history of positive psychology and then Nat gives the fans what they want with the story of Sally Rand.

Our Guest Courtney Rioux (photo by Joe Mazza, Brave Lux)

Martin E. P. Seligman

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Sally Rand with Fans

Sally Rand with Bubble

Resources:

Coursera Course on Positive Psychology

Via Character Strength Test

Positive Psychology Exercises

More on Courtney:

Courtney Rioux is a multi-passionate creative. As an actor, you may have seen her most recently on Chicago Med, Fire, and PD as paramedic Courtney, The Hot Shot spokesperson, or heard her voice on a Jimmy Dean, McDonald's, Sherwin Williams, or Hershey's TV commercial. But Courtney is also an advocate for actors. She does this as a host of the podcast The Whole Artist with Courtney Rioux, in teaching and coaching actors, and in her role as VP of the Chicago Sag-Aftra board. With each of these, she inspires and empowers actors to create a life of joy, freedom, and abundance.  Follow her at @courtneyrioux on Insta and sign up for her V.I.P. updates at CourtneyRioux.com. 

SOURCES:

Positive Psychology: Flourish by Martin Seligman, Coursera Course, Armchair Expert w Angela Duckworth, Authentic Happiness.org, Viacharacter.org, Positive Psychology, Britannica, Simply Psychology, Positive Psychology Center at UPenn

Sally Rand: Britannica, Wikiipedia, Chicago Architecture Foundation about world’s fairs

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CREDITS:

Original Theme: Garreth Spinn

Original Art: Sarah Cruz

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Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

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