When I chose to allow my husband to keep just one thing it changed my perspective and level of happiness in our marriage like nothing else could. (for the better!)

What if we took that same principle and allowed ourselves to keep just one thing?  Changing the level of happiness never looked so good.

When there's something we can do that is so simple and so life transforming it could be considered magic, I need to share it with you!

This episode is brief, but the results are nothing short of... magical. The effects of using The Magical Pause are limitless, covering every aspect of relationships and building stronger happiness.  

Feeling stuck?  Try this as the most simple and easiest tool I have EVER  come across for do it yourself stuff.   

My son would not talk because of stress and trauma in his life at 4  years old.  He went from a quiet "Meow!" to giving presentations in  front of large groups of strangers with confidence and a certain kind of  joy.  That's right.  He actually enjoyed presenting in front of people  today.  

My favorite most transformational tool that I call the 'Chunk It Down  Principle' is how you can do something little, simple and easy to make  enormous changes in your life.    In this episode I share about my experience with my son and how we used  this tool to completely change his life, and mine.  And how you can change your life in miraculous ways, too!

Repetition and collection of evidence is required to convince the Reticular Activating System to allow changes to happen in our subconscious mind.  In this episode Lydia teaches about the Reticular Activating System and shares the very first time she remembers collecting evidence in an effort to be more happy.  Listeners are invited to share what evidence they are collecting and what is changing in their lives because of it through email to [email protected] and on her Instagram @cheerfulbychoicepodcast  

How do we get the most out of our efforts?  By small and simple things great things are brought to pass.  What are some small and simple things that make a big difference in the results? Results can create happiness.

Lydia Taggart interviews Melissa Miller on The Cheerful By Choice  Podcast.  Their in depth conversation reveals Melissa's best and most  effective practices she uses for creating peace and happiness when  illness strikes.

Melissa was forced to leave the life she knew behind.  The former CNA  suddenly became a stay at home mom and caregiver for her epileptic  husband.  Now Melissa is mentoring other moms on their journey transitioning to SAHM/Spousal Caregiver.

What's kept her happy and gotten her through this season of life?  Tune  in as we learn more about her relationship with God, The Bible, how  journaling has benefited her and her family, and the structure she  creates to provide an extra layer of peace to her daily routine.  Lydia and Melissa take the conversation deep to encourage and inspire  you with simple ways to find your joy and reignite your relationship  with the Lord.

Find Lydia on Instagram @LydiaTaggart and @CheerfulByChoicePodcast 

and find Melissa on Instagram @MelissaMiller2011

Story time of our Christmas traditions and creating the "perfect" life on my way to having a dead battery.  If you have ever overdone your efforts to be perfect, tune in and hear what the Taggart family has done about it. 

If you have felt like you are out of power, you might benefit from changing the batteries.  Today's tool for creating more happiness is all about finding what is being neglected and changing it.  Small and simple steps to let your light shine a little brighter.

It's okay to not be okay. AND it's okay to be okay! Sometimes we get stuck in thinking we have to be unhappy because the world is that crazy, but we can move through the feelings and get to the other side of them to feel something else. Happiness is also a feeling to move through. 

Changing up the words we use makes things more fun and easier to get things done.  Avoiding our to-do lists and procrastinating is a trap we can all fall into.  This is one way to get out of the trap of procrastination.