Earn Your Happy

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Asking yourself if you feel like you are expanding or contracting when you receive information
• What to do if you feel like your beliefs are being challenged
• Why it’s so important to take action and create your purpose
• Letting yourself be wrong if your ideas change
• Forgiveness

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes:

Today I want to give you a set of questions that is going to give you a reference point for lots of decisions in your life that you can make for taking big leaps and making big decisions. These questions can even help determine who you want to hang around, who you want your mentors to be, what podcasts you want to listen to and what books you want to read. Something that I've been asking myself is, does this make me feel like I'm expanding or contracting?

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Starting new ventures with something that looks like crap
• Trading services and networking when you don’t have any money to hire help
• Motivating your partner to join your growth journey
• Stirring up energy and attention in positive ways

Resources:

• Learn more: The Bliss Project

Show Notes:

Time for another Q&A Day with me and Evans! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! In today’s “questionably awesome” episode, Evans and I are talking about dads who take their daughters out for breakfast, taking imperfect action to start new ventures, getting your partner involved in self-development and stirring up energy and attention in positive ways. This week we’re also asking listeners to tag Evans and I in something new that you’re going to do this week or that you’re doing. You can tag us @loriharder and @ecradd.

Review of the Week:Ladybug9872Great Minds Rant AlikeThe first episode I listened to I was hearing what sounded like crazy banter between Lori and her sidekick partner Evans. I wasn’t sure this was for me. But I was now having fun because they were having so much fun. For some reason I kept listening, it’s been 5 months now, and I have gotten something out of each episode. I’m a few years older than Lori, and can totally relate to all of her music, TV, movie references to yesteryears. I shared three takeaways from the show with Sheri Salata on my IG, and I’ve never shared a show there before. Then, when I heard the episode called Turn your Hard Times Into Greatness, and Lori shared the anxious rant that runs in her head that keeps her from being present in every aspect of her life, I realized I love this podcast so much because I can relate. So many of us can. I’m not the only one saying the same rant to myself. Lori will give you tips on all aspects of Earning Your Happy, because she’s gone through this and is completely relatable. Listen up!

Question 1:

@lisalupo_

Without knowing all the "tricks" + having an assistant, how TF do you radically uplevel?

Question 2:

@andreagreen94

How do you motivate your partner to start growing with you?

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Why Monique is so passionate about helping women live their purpose
• How she established boundaries and let other people take care of her when she was sick
• Speaking your truth in a way that allows you to maintain your relationships
• Showing up, even if you don’t feel you don’t have anything important to contribute yet

Resources:

• Instagram: @moniquebryan_co

• Learn more: The Bliss Project

Show Notes:

Monique Bryan shows up in such a beautiful way. She is a speaker, a personal branding expert, a triple positive breast cancer survivor. She also helps successful women entrepreneurs package and sell their genius and unlock the lucrative world of personal brand building. Monique draws widespread admiration for her passion, hustle and unshakeable commitment to helping women showcase their expertise and pitch with confidence. She gave a Tribe Talk at the Bliss Project this year, and I’m so excited she could join me on the podcast to share her story with you all.

Question Highlights:

• What was your experience preparing for the Tribe Talk? 

• Was there any parts that you were like, ‘Oh, my God, if I don't share this, will they understand?’
• What were the reminders that you had to tell yourself to get through cancer treatment?

• How do you accept help or ask for help?

• What does that first step of being able to speak your truth look like?

Guest Bio:

Monique Bryan is based in Toronto and runs her own branding consultancy. Monique has a BA in Fashion Design from Ryerson University and spent time studying abroad in London at the University of Westminster. 

Upon returning to Toronto, Monique landed a design position for national retailer Le Chateau and worked her way up to Product Manager for all of ladieswear, becoming the youngest executive at the company. She quickly learned the ins and outs of manufacturing and global sourcing from working with their partners across Asia. But it was her frequent trips to India where she discovered her love of jewellery design and in 2010 she launched a jewellery company, landing her line in retailers across Toronto and New York. 

This began her crash course in entrepreneurship and where she discovered her true love for business and marketing. So, when she was offered a chance to head up an accelerator program helping entrepreneurs jump-start their business five years later, she jumped at the chance. Partnering with global brands such as Paypal, Burberry, and Toms Shoes, Monique thought she had found her calling. But before she had a chance to decide, she discovered a lump in her left breast that changed her life forever.

Over the next year Monique underwent eight rounds of chemotherapy, surgery and 21 rounds of radiation, documenting the entire journey through her uncensored and very real account, on her blog, “Surprise, It’s Cancer!” Her blog was discovered by the writers at “Entrepreneur Magazine” and Monique was featured in the October issue in 2018. Today Monique has built a loyal following through her 10K + followers, speaks at events and conducts workshops while running her brand consultancy.

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Supporting yourself when you have a vision
• Working out what you need to fulfill your vision
• Exhausting all possibilities for support
• Asking people to help you
• Setting yourself up to succeed

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes:

After last week’s episode where I talked about my emotional rollercoaster of late, I was blown away by the amount of people that said they were struggling too. I’m so happy that we have each other to go through this with. In today’s episode I talk about how important it is to learn how to support yourself when you have a vision because nobody else is going to be able to see that vision when it’s still in your head. So what do you need to do to fulfill your goals? What boundaries do you need to set and what help do you need to ask for? I hope today’s quickie serves as a reminder or way for you to be able to get back to the heart-centered reason of WHY you’re working on your dreams. 

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Changing things up when you feel stuck
• Marie Forleo’s upcoming book
• How to deal with “LA people”
• Having an abundance mindset while being responsible with your money

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020
• Everything is Figureoutable

Show Notes:

Time for another Q&A Day with me and Evans! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! In today’s “questionably awesome” episode, Evans and I are talking about moving your energy around when you feel stuck, dealing with “LA people” and maintaining a mindset of abundance while also being responsible with your money. 

Review of the Week:

MyahJoJo“I seriously love the Q&A episodes You both are uplifting and motivating! Love listening at work to keep myself positive and feeling blessed."

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• What to do when you hit rock-bottom
• How it’s important to be able to ask for help
• Making sure that the environment that you are in or creating for yourself is thriving
• How you need to show up for yourself every day

Resources:

• Learn more: The Bliss Project

Show Notes:

I’m so excited to bring you this episode with the amazing Gina Meyers. Gina is a celebrity fitness instructor and motivational life coach in Los Angeles, California, where she has been changing lives for over a decade. On the show we talk about how Gina changed her life when she realized she was desperately unhappy and how she manages to show up every day, even when she’s not feeling it.

Question Highlights:

• How did you learn to create the SoulCycle experience for people?  

• What does it look like when you feel like you're failing?
• What were the thoughts going on in your head that you were like, I can't live this way anymore?
• How did you meet your husband?
• What is one of the biggest lessons that motherhood has taught you?
• What has being in a SoulCycle room just about every single day taught you?
• Why did you start racing cars?
• What is something that you are craving more of right now in your life?

Guest Bio:

Originally from Cincinnati Ohio, Gina packed her bag and followed her childhood dream of being an actress when she moved to California in 1996. After years of auditioning for small parts on television shows, movies, and commercials, she realized that her passion was not in the entertainment industry. Instead, she found her calling in the early 2000s when she realized her true passion was helping others love themselves and feel good in their own skin. Gina’s fitness coaching career began as a yoga and spin instructor at a boutique studio in Venice, California. In 2012, Gina was recruited to be a founding Los Angeles instructor for SoulCycle. Previously only in New York City, Gina helped launch SoulCycle’s west coast venture. She personally helped open up four current Los Angeles studios: West Hollywood, Brentwood, Santa Monica, and Malibu. Recognized for her fitness following, in 2015 Gina became an ambassador for Lululemon Santa Monica and was promoted to Master Instructor at SoulCycle in 2017 as part of the first group of Master Instructors on the west coast. Gina’s passion is grounded in helping others feel their best. In Gina’s work, she not only motivates and inspires her clients to push their physical limits, but to also be mindful of their internal dialogue to create shifts in their perspective. Gina’s classes offer a safe space for individuals to explore their limits, challenge their minds and their bodies, and most importantly walk away feeling accomplished and successful. Gina strives to create meaningful connections and believes vulnerability and self-love are the foundation of a happy life. When not teaching or training, Gina is spending quality time with her husband, two dogs, and two year old son.

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Reevaluating what’s important to you
• Accepting and loving people even what they’re not at their best, including yourself
• How indecision can be incredibly painful

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020
• Jordan Dooley
• Dr. Morgan Francis

Show Notes:

Another quickie because there's always time to find inspiration. This episode is all about being on the struggle bus. Right now I'm not feeling super clear. I'm not feeling super strong. And I think that these times are the times that make you reevaluate what's most important. I embrace all parts of me, tight and jiggly smooth and wrinkly, kind and prickly. Mistake and masterpiece exists perfectly inside of me. Failure guides my way. Hopefully this resonates, and I'm just excited to be on this journey with you.

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Finding your tribe
• Moving through fear
• Waving your weirdo flag

Resources:

• The Bliss Project 2020

• The Path Made Clear
• Everything is Figureoutable
• The War of Art

Show Notes:Time for another Q&A Day with me and Evans! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! Listen in as we answer questions that you have sent in, and hear our favorite quotes of the moment! In today’s “questionably awesome” episode, Evans and I are talking about Marie Forleo’s upcoming book, Everything is Figureoutable, waving your weirdo flag to attract other people who are authentically themselves and how indecision is a terrible state to be in.

Review of the Week:

Liv Born

@FavoriteJuggernauts

I MEAN HOLY SH%$ WHERE HAVE LORI AND EVANS BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE?!!! I’ve seriously binged all the Q+A podcasts before I went to any other ones...y’all make me laugh so hard and i wanna be you both when i grow up. Sorry that was weird, but you guys are awesome and thanks for making me laugh and learn so much.

Question 1:

Samantha HoweI am at a transitioning time in my life, finishing up my degree, working full-time and raising two beautiful kiddos, and over the last 3 years I’ve been on a personal journey to find my passion and to heal myself and I’ve noticed I’ve lost a lot of “friends” in this process. I don’t find myself sad about losing them but do you believe that it’s all part of the process of finding oneself? Like true friends would stick with me and the others fall off because of whatever reason? I’d love to hear what you think. I’m on the search for my tribe and I cannot settle until I find them.

Question 2:

@mrs.swarlos

New opportunity is just around the corner. How do I lean into it without tripping myself up?

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Finding your own creative process
• How Monique sacrificed the safety and security of the path most taken to truly find fulfillment in her individual purpose and unique gifts
• How creating art for yourself frees you from worrying about how others perceive it
• How to connect with an audience by inviting them to breathe with you
• Creating mentors for yourself
• Finding the right support
• Implementing fun as a non-negotiable in your work
• Understanding the need to rest and gather inspiration
• Maintaining your creative control
• How to get past your own stories and ask for what you need

Resources:

• Learn more: Monique’s Facebook

Show Notes:

Monique Benabou creates music and magic on her own terms. In this episode Monique and I go deep into how to create your own authentic pathway and connect with the people who need you. Make sure you share this episode with anyone that you know is feeling called to something bigger, feeling like they're having trouble getting something out in the world, feeling judged or feeling comparison.

Question Highlights:

• What's your relationship with procrastination and periods of lull in your work?
• When did you discover that you needed to be expressing yourself through music?
• How do you know what to expect when you're pulling a vision through into reality?
• What would you say to the you of even two years ago?
• I know that one of the hardest things for you was you started a GoFundMe account. Can you tell me about that process?
• You're in a super fast interaction with someone, but it's a total stranger. And it's only 30 seconds and they look at you and they say, how can I make myself happy? What do you say?

Guest Bio:

After her worldwide debut on season two of The Voice and many years in the pop music industry, Monique Benabou decided to shift her focus from the mainstream to her own unique path of conscious music creation and healing arts. Her mission on the planet is to bring reliability, authenticity and joyfulness to the world through music and storytelling and a little hood humor.

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media

In This Episode You Will Learn About:

• Making decisions instantly and moving forward without regret
• How even bad decisions give us valuable feedback
• How joining a mastermind can help you take massive action
• How when you live in your purpose, God and the Universe have your back
• How you have to decide what kind of life you want

Resources:

• Healing the Wounds of Trauma
• Mastermind
• The Bliss Project 2020

Show Notes:

In this episode I talk about how you have to decide RIGHT NOW! Indecision is killing your life and there’s no time for it. When you fail to make decisions straightaway, you create more work for yourself and you stop yourself from moving forward.

What’s worse is that you stop yourself from getting valuable feedback. I promise that even if you have made the wrong decision, the feedback you’ll get will be invaluable. When you live in purpose and act with love, God and the Universe have your back. So decide what kind of life you want to live, take one step at a time and be fully alive.

Earn Your Happy is a production of Crate Media