The time to be happy is now. Do you think you can’t be happy until your problems are solved? Problems and happiness can coexist, yes, in your life. In this week’s podcast, consider how to be happy even though you have problems.

How do you prepare for emotional storms and stand strong through them? In this week's podcast, learn to prepare for and survive emotional emergencies.

What kind of stress could you add to your life to be healthier, stronger, richer, smarter, or happier? How could you change your own life by taking the attitude that stress can be beneficial and even enjoyable? Learn more in this week’s Decided Difference podcast.

It’s July, the perfect time to slow down and let yourself dream a little. If your life goes where your thoughts lead, where are you headed? Find some ideas for positive directions in this week’s Decided Difference podcast. To hear episode 250 from January 1, 2018, click here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/decideddifference/Decided_Difference_podcast_250.mp3.

If you are struggling with a problem that seems to have no solution, it may help to ask, “Who owns this problem?” The answer to that simple question may allow you to break free from feelings of guilt and obligation that don’t actually belong to you.

What causes anxiety, and how can you deal with it? Anxious thoughts can arise when your brain is acting like a drama queen. In this week’s podcast, learn tips for calming your mind and living your life.

Other people are usually willing and often eager to share their opinions about what you SHOULD do with your life. Is taking their advice a good idea? In this week’s podcast, LouAnn offers some suggestions for dealing with the opinions of others.

It’s good to have friends and family members who will help us in time of need or challenge, but it is a greater blessing to have people who will truly rejoice with you when you are winning. Helping someone in need makes you feel needed and capable and powerful, even heroic. To join in celebrating someone’s achievement or life milestone or good fortune takes a different kind of strength. Learn more in this week's Decided Difference podcast.

Hope is the emotion that holds the candle as you go through dark times. Hope is not something you have to wait for or something you have to be given. It is something you can deliberately choose to create. Learn how in this week’s Decided Difference podcast.

What does it mean to take permission to be happy? It doesn’t mean being selfish. It means allowing yourself to do the things that light you up, even in the face of challenging times. Learn more in this week’s podcast, A Decided Difference.