Back To Happy

It's a long road to a life of serenity. Yet, it can be done no matter what your circumstances.

In this show, we talk about lessons we've learned on how to finally calm down and become patient. We talk about:

• The patience of not needing to control outcomes
• The patience of allowing and acceptance
• Helpful inner thoughts on patience
• Learning patience with boundaries
• Learning patience with ourselves
• Toxic triggers that screw it all up
• Making requests

…and so much more!

May this show serve you well, friends.

Much love!

Suzanne and Debi

WHO ARE THEY?

Debi Granger is a true survivor. After nursed two of her children through life-or death experiences, she lost her home in Paradise, California after the worst wildfire in state history. She's also a working single mom with a disability. Yet, she remains a happy optimist, here to spread joy. She is a retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Function, and lives in the foothills of the Sierras with her fiancé, Chuck.

Suzanne Falter is a writer, podcaster and essayist whose work has appeared in SELF, O, More, Fitness, New Woman and The New York Times, Tiny Buddha and Elephant Journal. She is the author of multiple self-help titles including How Much Joy Can You Stand? (Ballantine) and The Extremely Busy Woman's Guide to Self-Care (Sourcebooks). Suzanne also hosts the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where she interviews leading self-care authorities for those who need better self-care.  

No matter where you are or what you're doing, moving around is going to help. Even if you're dealing with a disability—and especially if you're dealing with anxiety and depression.

In this show, we share ways to get yourself moving and KEEP yourself moving. Studies show it's essential to not only maintaining your health, but keeping your sanity together. And Debi shares about her own routines that make her especially glad that she keeps on movin'….

We talk about yoga, why Suzanne doesn't ride my bike on the street, Debi's FitBit, and her favorite YouTube dance workouts. Even what to do when the weather stinks.

As ever, submitted with a hug…

Suzanne and Debi

Misty Tripoli's Body Groove

Meredith Shirk's One and Done Workouts

Suzanne's podcast on Zumba

Funk Playlists on Spotify [LINK TO SPOTIFY]

Funk Outta Here

Funky Jams

Suzanne's R&B Band, Ruby's in Town, funky dance parties online

WHO ARE THEY?

Debi Granger is a true survivor. After nursed two of her children through life-or death experiences, she lost her home in Paradise, California after the worst wildfire in state history. She's also a working single mom with a disability. Yet, she remains a happy optimist, here to spread joy. She is a retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Function, and lives in the foothills of the Sierras with her fiancé, Chuck. 

Suzanne Falter is a writer, podcaster and essayist whose work has appeared in SELF, O, More, Fitness, New Woman and The New York Times, Tiny Buddha and Elephant Journal. She is the author of multiple self-help titles including How Much Joy Can You Stand? (Ballantine) and The Extremely Busy Woman's Guide to Self-Care (Sourcebooks). Suzanne also hosts the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where she interviews leading self-care authorities for those who need better self-care. 

In this show, we share some very good stories about how we've remembered those who've passed… and even heard from them. Here are some of the things discussed:

• Deb recalls the ritual around her Dad's death
• Suzanne recalls ways she stayed in touch emotionally with her daughter after she passed
• Suzanne shares her movable altar to Teal
• Ways you can remember those who die… and heal in the process
• Suzanne shares some surprising stories about staying in touch with Teal
• Staying in touch with 'the other side' and what it takes
• Handing extreme stress… and how it effects your body

Sent with a wish for much love and healing!

Suzanne and Debi

Grief Dreams podcast

Living Your Joy

Surrendering to Joy

Suzanne's favorite fiction audiobooks:

The Peacock Emporium by JoJo Moyes

The Friends We Keep by Jane Green

Always the Last to Know by Kristin Higgins

Debi's favorite non-fiction audiobooks:

You Are the Guru, Gabrielle Bernstein

Buddhism for Beginners, Jack Kornfield

The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion

Wayne Dyer's Ultimate Library

Libby app

Audible app

WHO ARE THEY?

Debi Granger is a true survivor. After nursed two of her children through life-or death experiences, she lost her home in Paradise, California after the worst wildfire in state history. She's also a working single mom with a disability. Yet, she remains a happy optimist, here to spread joy. She is a retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Function, and lives in the foothills of the Sierras with her fiancé, Chuck. 

Suzanne Falter is a writer, podcaster and essayist whose work has appeared in SELF, O, More, Fitness, New Woman and The New York Times, Tiny Buddha and Elephant Journal. She is the author of multiple self-help titles including How Much Joy Can You Stand? (Ballantine) and The Extremely Busy Woman's Guide to Self-Care (Sourcebooks). Suzanne also hosts the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where she interviews leading self-care authorities for those who need better self-care. 

Just because I feel one way and you feel another…must we argue or even dislike each other? Hell no! We're both advocates for all of us learning how to simply get along with each other. Especially now

Among other things, we discussed:

• Why we encounter people who show up like roadblocks
• How we can cope with people who think differently
• The magic of being a good listener
• The power of not saying EVERYTHING on your mind
• Debi's trick for not blurting out something that needs to not be said
• The powerful dream Teal showed up in about love and understanding

…. And a cool new 'Debi-ism': Blappin'… as in blappin' your jaws…

Always fun to share and hear back from you, too. Send your comments to us at Suzanne AT suzannefalter.com and Debi AT suzannefalter.com

Submitted, as ever, with love,

Suzanne and Debi

Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women Podcast

Debi Granger is a true survivor. After nursed two of her children through life-or death experiences, she lost her home in Paradise, California after the worst wildfire in state history. She's also a working single mom with a disability. Yet, she remains a happy optimist, here to spread joy. She is a retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Function, and lives in the foothills of the Sierras with her fiancé, Chuck. 

Suzanne Falter is a writer, podcaster and essayist whose work has appeared in SELF, O, More, Fitness, New Woman and The New York Times, Tiny Buddha and Elephant Journal. She is the author of multiple self-help titles including How Much Joy Can You Stand? (Ballantine) and The Extremely Busy Woman's Guide to Self-Care (Sourcebooks). Suzanne also hosts the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where she interviews leading self-care authorities for those who need better self-care.

It's tricky, right? We need people. We're fundamentally afraid of people, at least some of the time. Then someone reaches out and our day is made. Or maybe they don't, and we stay stuck in our funk.

We chat about various life breakthroughs we've had on the kindness train. This one's an uplifting show… do hope you like it!

Suzanne and Debi

Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women Podcast

Debi Granger is a true survivor. After nursed two of her children through life-or death experiences, she lost her home in Paradise, California after the worst wildfire in state history. She's also a working single mom with a disability. Yet, she remains a happy optimist, here to spread joy. She is a retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Function, and lives in the foothills of the Sierras with her fiancé, Chuck. 

Suzanne Falter is a writer, podcaster and essayist whose work has appeared in SELF, O, More, Fitness, New Woman and The New York Times, Tiny Buddha and Elephant Journal. She is the author of multiple self-help titles including How Much Joy Can You Stand? (Ballantine) and The Extremely Busy Woman's Guide to Self-Care (Sourcebooks). Suzanne also hosts the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where she interviews leading self-care authorities for those who need better self-care.

So what does being kind 'get' you? Less time, perhaps some effort, maybe not even a thank you. Or… is it possible that you might actually seriously benefit from such actions?

      - How Teal's compassion taught Suzanne lesson about kindness

• How sharing an American flag with an elderly neighbor effected Debi
• Report from the front line and how compassion and kindness helps
• What both Debi and Suzanne learned from organ transplant professionals

And so much more. Happy New Year, friend. Please take our thoughts and go forth in strength!

Take care,

Debi and Suzanne

Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women Podcast

Debi Granger is a true survivor. After nursed two of her children through life-or death experiences, she lost her home in Paradise, California after the worst wildfire in state history. She's also a working single mom with a disability. Yet, she remains a happy optimist, here to spread joy. She is a retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Function, and lives in the foothills of the Sierras with her fiancé, Chuck. 

Suzanne Falter is a writer, podcaster and essayist whose work has appeared in SELF, O, More, Fitness, New Woman and The New York Times, Tiny Buddha and Elephant Journal. She is the author of multiple self-help titles including How Much Joy Can You Stand? (Ballantine) and The Extremely Busy Woman's Guide to Self-Care (Sourcebooks). Suzanne also hosts the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where she interviews leading self-care authorities for those who need better self-care.  

Debi tells the story of how she lost her home in the Camp fire in Paradise, one of the worst wildfires in California history.

We're airing because it contains some powerful lessons about happiness, and in some ways it was Debi's Master Class. Rather than write a summary … take a listen and stay open.

You'll not only find yourself following along, one moment to the next, in an extremely well told story… you may find unexpected tears. And your own aha moment about your personal happiness. 

May you find this useful. And may you have a wonderful New Year!

Suzanne & Debi

1. To send a question in for Suzanne and Debi to answer, please just pop them an email with 'Question' in the headline. Send to [email protected] or [email protected]

Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women Podcast

Debi Granger is a true survivor. After nursed two of her children through life-or death experiences, she lost her home in Paradise, California after the worst wildfire in state history. She's also a working single mom with a disability. Yet, she remains a happy optimist, here to spread joy. She is a retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Function, and lives in the foothills of the Sierras with her fiancé, Chuck. 

Suzanne Falter is a writer, podcaster and essayist whose work has appeared in SELF, O, More, Fitness, New Woman and The New York Times, Tiny Buddha and Elephant Journal. She is the author of multiple self-help titles including How Much Joy Can You Stand? (Ballantine) and The Extremely Busy Woman's Guide to Self-Care (Sourcebooks). Suzanne also hosts the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where she interviews leading self-care authorities for those who need better self-care.  

Sometimes when you set boundaries, you find yourself stuck in an angry place. Or if you're busy, or under pressure, or even living in tight quarters, you may not have the mental space to process your anger. This show is all about managing your anger in a healthy way.

We welcome you to come on in, relax and let go of the burdens you may be carrying around.

Got some anger? This one's for you.

All our best as ever,

Suzanne and Debi

Divorce can traumatize children left in blended families—and vex families hoping for the best, but not getting it. Debi and Suzanne talk through their own experiences raising or being raised in blended families.

• How Teal's death effected the divorce between Suzanne and Teal's dad
• How Debi's 'unexpected' son enhanced her life as a single mom
• What being in a blended family taught each of us
• How we raised kids—or grew up – our own blended families
• Our life lessons philosophies

And we answer a question about using affirmations. Debi talks about her unique breathing affirmation, even used in the dentist's office. Suzanne shares a key question that can help anyone get their needs met. And we knock around this amazing topic….

Hope this helps YOU get back to happy today!

Take a listen!

Suzanne and Debi

WHO ARE THEY? 

Debi Granger is a true survivor. After nursed two of her children through life-or death experiences, she lost her home in Paradise, California after the worst wildfire in state history. She's also a working single mom with a disability. Yet, she remains a happy optimist, here to spread joy. She is a retired Dental Assistant with Expanded Function, and lives in the foothills of the Sierras with her fiancé, Chuck. 

Suzanne Falter is a writer, podcaster and essayist whose work has appeared in SELF, O, More, Fitness, New Woman and The New York Times, Tiny Buddha and Elephant Journal. She is the author of multiple self-help titles including How Much Joy Can You Stand? (Ballantine) and The Extremely Busy Woman's Guide to Self-Care (Sourcebooks). Suzanne also hosts the Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where she interviews leading self-care authorities for those who need better self-care.  

Christophe Zajac-Denek is a successful podcaster, actor on shows like Twin Peaks, a drummer, stuntman and competitive surfer… and he happens to be a 4'4" dwarf. Listen as he shares with us in a beautiful, vulnerable show just what it's like to be a little person in an average-sized world.

• The realities of living in an average height world when you are a 4'4" man
• The hard things about being a dwarf actor
• Where little people get their confidence
• Stories from his childhood
• Why he's a surfer (even though he's from Detroit)
• How he's gotten along with the Southern California 'boy's club' of surf culture
• How he treats incidents of hate or social isolation
• The community around dwarfism, and how he came to join it
• What his dwarfism has taught him

May you find this show as inspiring as we did!

Suzanne & Debi

I'm Kind of a Big Deal podcast on Apple

Christophe's website

Christophe on LinkedIn

I'm an energetic and thoughtful individual who is genuinely curious by nature. I host and produce a podcast about people with dwarfism. The show is called I'm Kind of A Big Deal and creating it has given me the chance to connect with all types of different people, hone my recording chops, and creatively tell different people's stories. I come from a wide-ranging background ranging from touring musician, TV producer, actor/stuntman/entertainer, and project manager. Let's just say I've dipped my toes in several different ponds and they've all been fun and rewarding. Especially the time I landed a villainous role in David Lynch's Twin Peaks!