Hack Your Happiness

She left Google to chase something even bigger. Jenny Wood is a former Google executive, now bestselling author and keynote speaker! Jenny joins Mercedes and Anastasia for a conversation all about her nine traits to going after what you want, and getting it. Jenny dives into:

• What it means to focus on the BIG picture (and how to do this)
• Hacks to overcome shame
• Her advice for communicating your needs and wants.
• Plus, Jenny takes us behind-the-scenes of Google, describing what it's *really* like to work at one of the most innovative companies, & her greatest lessons from her time at the company.

Whether you dream of working at a company like Google or simply want to create a more uplifting circle at school, this episode will help you find the courage to speak up, show up, and take action.

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Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with professor and bestselling author, Alison Fragale. In this episode, Alison shares advice on staying true to your values, setting attainable goals, and hacks on how to be likeable without being a pushover! https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FB6VjZff5jqODLVJm0egq?si=kBeSw1GrQTeTb5tQ_zSrng

(00:00) Intro

(02:22) How Jenny Got Started

(03:13) Jenny As A Teenager

(05:26) What Is Wild Courage?

(07:43) The Power of Language (& how it changes overtime)

(11:17) Jenny's Greatest Learnings From Google

(15:15) Hacks For Navigating Imposter Syndrome

(21:52) How Can I Focus On The Big Picture?

(26:24) Embrace It: The Spotlight Effect

(30:18) Hacks For Effective Communication + Self-Advocacy

(36:44) How Can I Do It All?

(41:39) What Is Shame + How To Overcome Shame

(44:45) Jenny's Top Three Tips

(46:25) How Much Does College Impact My Future?

(50:30) A Quote To Remember

(52:34) Key Takeaways

She’s a gold-medal-winning Olympic athlete, a powerhouse of perseverance, and a role model for anyone chasing big goals. Mercedes and Anastasia are joined by Gwen Jorgensen. She’s an Olympic triathlete turned marathon runner, and today she’s sharing what it really takes to succeed, not just physically, but mentally and emotionally too. Listen in to this episode to hear how Gwen overcame the fear of success, found motivation through injury and uncertainty, and shifted from being introverted to confidently owning her space. Gwen opens up about the moment she won Olympic gold, how she handles setbacks and pressure, and the daily habits that help her stay grounded, healthy, and happy. Whether you’re an athlete or just navigating your own personal finish lines, this conversation is packed with wisdom you’ll want to carry with you.

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Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with 2024 Team USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Players, Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss. In this episode, Taryn and Kristen share the insider experience of being Olympic athletes, advice for overcoming physical AND mental challenges, and hacks to teamwork. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YaVemhvTWVEuryMDbkBpx?si=Qk2HkyHMQc-xRjpqu5zz7A

(00:00) Intro

(01:29) How Gwen Got Started

(03:19) Gwen's Greatest Challenge

(05:27) Who Do I Need A WHY?

(06:16) What Is A Fear of Success?

(09:32) How Can I Tell If I Have A Fear of Success?

(11:41) Gwen's Top Three Tips

(14:40) Gwen's Guide To Health & Training

(18:14) How Can I Become More Extraverted?

(20:26) Benefits Of Being Extraverted

(23:01) Inside Gwen's Mind After Winning An Olympic Gold Medal

(25:10) Training vs Competing

(29:08) How Can I Stay Motivated?

(31:10) Tips For Working Well With Others

(33:35) Gwen On Switching Sports

(39:23) Tips For Finding Fun In Everyday

(40:17) How Gwen Stayed Positive While Injured

(43:21) Internal vs External Competition

(48:00) What's On Gwen's Horizon?

(48:55) One Belief/Behavior That Has Positively Contributed To Gwen's Life

(50:58) What Brings Gwen A Small Bit of Happiness

(52:27) Gwen To Her Teen Self

(53:27) Gwen's Motivational Quote

(55:13) Key Takeaways

He’s one of the world’s top psychologists, a bestselling author, and a leading expert on how we understand and manage emotion. Mercedes and Anastasia are joined by Ethan Kross. He's a professor of psychology and management at the University of Michigan and director of the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory. Listen in to this episode to unravel what’s really going on in our heads, why we're wired to feel things so deeply, and how to take back control. Ethan opens up about his own journey — from childhood curiosity to scientific breakthroughs — and offers advice he gives his own daughters about building emotional resilience.

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Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with professor and psychologist, Dr. Meg Jay. In this episode, Meg shares advice for navigating the uncertainty of growing up & the future,⁠ how to manage changing friendships, and hacks for becoming confident within yourself.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pWXMWROKqEmm0TReLglAd?si=n6Q_07-_Ri2ezxjx6_cwjg

(00:00) Intro

(01:24) How Ethan Got Started

(04:01) Our Family's Affect On Our Emotions

(04:51) Ethan's Greatest Challenge

(06:58) What Should Every Teen Know About Emotions?

(10:54) What Is The Purpose of Emotions?

(16:17) How To Influence Your Culture

(19:25) Is Social Media Poisonous?

(21:37) Emotions Are Contagious - Here's How To Bring Positivity Into Your Relationships

(26:59) Sharing Emotions vs Keeping Emotions In

(31:44) The MOST Helpful AND Under-used Hack

(35:11) Your First Step In Emotional Regulation

(38:06) What Are Shifters?

(42:06) How Should I Handle Rejection?

(45:47) The SHOCKING History of Emotions

(50:35) How Do The Teen Years Impact Emotional Development?

(53:33) What Brings Ethan A Small Bit of Happiness?

(54:49) Key Takeaways

She's a champion in both Hollywood and athletics. Mercedes and Anastasia sit with Lesley Paterson, the triathlon world champion who also co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for All Quiet on the Western Front. Lesley unpacks the uncommon discipline that lets her juggle athletic training with script writing, reveals how she turns raw emotion into fuel instead of roadblocks, and shares the tiny daily rituals that keep her body bulletproof and her creativity on tap. She takes us back to her rugby-obsessed Scottish teens, through chronic-illness detours and career-defining failures, all the way to the moment she realized you never have to choose between athlete and artist. Listen in for empowerment in pursuing your passions, tangible ways to exit the victim mentality, and tips for being more patient.

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Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with Oscar-winning producer and costume designer, Catherine Martin. In this episode, Catherine shares powerful advice for boosting your confidence, mastering the art of collaboration, and hacks for living a balanced lifestyle: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0U5IjZZnu6KzYSVbkWP9Vw?si=6JkrsVCwTLOwYpygzU675Q

(00:00) Intro

(02:40) How Lesley Got Started

(04:51) Keeping Your Interests Broad

(05:40) Lesley's Greatest Challenge

(10:32) How Do I Find Purpose and Meaning?

(11:23) Did Lesley Ever Feel Pressured To Choose An Interest?

(13:26) Lesley's Top Three Tips

(16:54) Find Your North Star

(20:31) How Can I Be Patient

(23:29) How Lesley Stays Disciplined

(28:46) The Ultimate Mindset Hack

(30:22) The Intersection of Arts vs Athletics

(34:33) How Can I Navigate My Emotions

(37:38) Lesley's View On Downtime

(40:27) Top Tip For Keeping Yourself Accountable

(41:32) What Lesley's Chronic Illness Taught Her

(43:39) Lesley To Her Teen Self

(43:53) What Brings Lesley A Small Bit of Happiness?

(44:26) Key Takeaways

What if changing what we eat could change the future of a nation? Mercedes and Anastasia are joined by Nancy Easton: leader and founder of Wellness in the Schools, a nonprofit on the mission to replace ultra-processed school lunches with fresh, scratch-cooked meals. In this powerful conversation, Nancy describes tangible tips for prioritizing healthy eating within a busy lifestyle, go-to meals and snacks, and advice for handling the transition from living at-home, to cooking for oneself. Nancy also brings us behind-the-scenes at Wellness in the Schools, describing a day-in-the-life, and her most memorable moments.

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Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with nutritionist, Ellie Krieger. In this episode, Ellie debunks nutrition myths, shares simple + delicious recipe ideas, and hacks for living a balanced lifestyle: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2s5bi3oJ9ia9evBIbZyygj?si=r2NBDGV8Sx2gMOIzQ5Mugg

(00:00) Intro

(02:30) Nancy's Childhood & How She Got Started

(11:17) Starting Wellness In The Schools

(13:28) The HOW Behind WITS

(15:38) Nancy's Greatest Challenge

(19:30) Putting Challenges In Perspective

(20:01) Healthy Meal + Snacks YOU NEED To Try!

(21:48) Behind-The-Scenes of Working At Wellness In The Schools

(24:51) How Can I Adjust My Lifestyle To Prioritize Wellness?

(34:00) Nancy's Top Three Tips

(40:15) Nancy's Most Standout Memory At WITS

(42:56) What Aspect of WITS Brings Nancy The Most Joy?

(45:49) How Can I Build Positive Habits Around Food?

(50:32) Nancy's Current Goals

(53:20) Nancy's Final Meal

(54:10) Nancy To Her Teen Self

(56:14) What Brings Nancy A Small Bit of Happiness?

(57:47) Nancy's Motivational Quote

(59:55) Key Takeaways

Your mindset shapes every challenge you face—be it climbing a mountain, or in daily life. This week, Mercedes and Anastasia sit down with Hazel Findlay: legendary climber, mindset coach, and expert in the psychology and neuroscience of mental health. Hazel opens up about how she went from teen climbing prodigy to one of the most respected voices in performance coaching. She shares how to overcome fear, redefine self-worth, and train your mind like a muscle. From climbing cliffs to confronting mental “panic zones,” this conversation is packed with wisdom on self-awareness, process over perfection, and the small daily habits that lead to lasting confidence.

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Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with marine scientist , Dr. Tiara Moore. In this episode you'll discover how to be more confident, overcome other people's doubt in you, and hacks for overcoming self doubt: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cf0Wl4rdk26tjEkilV5aI?si=PG-hT97lTLSwzPUq9DfwPw

(00:00) Intro

(02:15) How Hazel Got Started

(04:43) Climbing Applies To Everything

(05:25) Hazel As A Teen - Climbing vs Psychology

(08:01) Hazel's Greatest Challenge

(10:46) How Does Mindset Affect Performance?

(13:47) This Is The KEY To Being Motivated

(16:28) Hazel's Top Three Tips

(18:38) How Can I Be More Self-Aware?

(20:57) Hazel's Experiences At A Meditation Retreat

(23:58) How Can I Overcome The Fear of Failure?

(29:19) What Is The Mental Panic Zone?

(33:19) The CRAZIEST + Most Memorable Climb

(36:57) Do THIS To Redefine Your Self Worth

(41:38) Everyone Has Different Strengths!

(43:46) What Do I Do If I Want To Quit?

(46:10) Top Tip For Setting Boundaries

(48:11) Hazel, As A Performance Coach, Wants Teens To Hear This

(51:32) Advice That Hazel Wishes She Had NOT Followed

(53:17) What Brings Hazel A Small Bit of Happiness?

(54:10) Hazel To Her Teen Self

(57:16) Key Takeaways

Your mindset shifts your reality. In this week's episode, Mercedes and Anastasia sit with Dr. Ellen Langer. Dr. Langer is the first woman to reach tenure in psychology at Harvard, and she's known as the 'mother of mindfulness'. She joins us to share her definition and hacks to mindfulness, why most of us are operating on autopilot (and how/why we can change this), and why fun is essential to mindfulness. Dr. Langer also describes some of her most famous studies and research, extrapolating what can be learned from each of these studies. Listen in for hacks to becoming more mindful, overcoming the dangerous scarcity mindset, and how to shape your mind for a happier lifestyle.

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(00:00) Intro

(01:48) How Dr. Langer Got Started

(04:25) The Chance Aspect

(06:35) Dr. Ellen Langer's Definition of Mindfulness

(08:04) How Can I Become Mindful?

(10:09) What Is 1+1? How Can I Find Out If I'm Mindless?

(12:36) We Pretend We Know - But We Don't!

(13:40) How Can I Embrace Uncertainty?

(15:20) The Moment That Changed Dr. Langer's Life

(16:17) THIS Will Change Your Perspective On Everything

(17:23) For Every Negative, There's A Positive

(18:43) How Can I Better Understand People?

(20:29) Understand: Everything Is Up To Our Perception

(21:08) How Can I Be Happy, In Any Situation?

(25:54) Dr. Langer On Mind-Body Unity

(33:37) Which Study Is Dr. Langer's Favorite?

(37:48) The Scarcity Mindset & Its Dangers

(42:18) Here's Why You're Insecure

(43:50) Nothing Is Absolute

(44:57) The Negative Is The Positive, And Vice-Versa

(45:45) Dr. Ellen Langer To Her Teen Self

(46:46) Key Takeaways

Asha Curran turned a simple idea into a global movement. The GivingTuesday founder joins Mercedes and Anastasia to share the backstory behind this global organization, and the benefits of generosity. Asha explains how anyone can give, in ways aside from financial, shares her thoughts on how technology will impact the future of philanthropy, and recalls some of the most memorable GivingTuesday donations. Listen in to learn how you can make a difference, tips to becoming more generous, and the vast personal benefits of helping others.

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Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with psychiatrist and professor, Dr. Kelli Harding. In this episode you'll discover the health benefits of kindness, what Dr. Harding learned while writing her bestselling book, and hacks to being kinder to both ourselves and others: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gSvEhSCdKqchh9BQ4uTXq?si=LIX_KXmbRs6qNB9ehDFDBg

(00:00) Intro

(02:20) How Asha Got Started

(03:23) The Problem With Plans

(03:50) Asha's Greatest Challenge

(05:22) What Inspired GivingTuesday?

(09:02) The World Is A Better Place Than It Seems

(12:06) Asha's Top Three Tips

(16:34) The Most Surprising & Meaningful GivingTuesday Contributions

(19:50) What Role Does Tech & Social Media Play In Philanthropy?

(23:36) How Can I Give Back/Support My Community?

(25:16) GivingTuesday Spark

(28:16) What Brings Asha A Small Bit of Happiness?

(29:40) Asha To Her Teen Self

(30:46) Asha's Motivational Quote

(32:02) Key Takeaways

Bold moves built S'well, one of the world's most recognized water bottles! Join Mercedes and Anastasia as they speak with the founder of S'well, Sarah Kauss. Sarah walks through her journey (from teenage-hood to exiting a multi-million dollar company), and the lessons she learned along the way. From leaving her stable accounting job, to pitching the CEO of Starbucks, Sarah recounts how being bold has shifted her journey. Listen in for advice to teens who feel stuck, hacks to being bold, and how anyone — with or without a business — can make a meaningful social impact.

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(00:00) Intro

(02:00) How Sarah Got Started

(05:35) If You Feel Stuck In Life, Listen To This

(06:29) Sarah's Passion For Water

(08:15) Sarah's Greatest Challenge

(10:58) Pursuing Rather Than Conforming

(14:13) How Can I Avoid Feeling Stuck

(16:45) Learn What You Dislike

(18:12) Starting S'well

(19:21) Sarah's Greatest Learning From Harvard Business School

(21:37) How Can I Attain A Healthy Confidence?

(24:53) A Note On Relationships

(25:20) Business vs Social Impact

(30:58) How Can I Find A Supportive Community?

(32:48) How Can I Make A Positive Impact?

(35:25) Sarah's Top Three Tips

(40:53) Working Smarter, Not Harder

(44:00) Behind The Scenes of Building S'well

(46:16) Sarah's Greatest Thanks Goes To...

(47:20) Life Post S'well Exit

(49:35) Sarah To Her Teen Self

(50:48) What Brings Sarah A Small Bit of Happiness?

(51:57) Sarah's Motivational Quote

(53:29) Key Takeaways

Ever wondered what it takes to reach the top of the world? This week, Mercedes and Anastasia speak with Bonita Norris, the youngest person to summit both Mount Everest and reach the North Pole. Bonita started with no climbing experience, but she defied the odds and achieved her dreams by conquering some of the world’s tallest peaks. In this conversation, she shares how she overcame the challenges of securing a sponsor, and the ins & outs of preparing for her climb up Everest. Bonita describes her most memorable moments as a mountaineer, and shares how anyone can apply her learnings as a climber into their daily life. Tune in for hacks to perseverance, goal-setting, and staying motivated!

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(00:00) Intro

(01:42) How Bonita Got Started

(03:39) Bonita's Greatest Challenge

(06:14) Success and Failure Existing Side-By-Side

(08:51) Bonita's Top Three Tips

(12:27) Bonita As A Teenager

(15:12) The 'Mountain' of Gaining A Sponsor

(18:47) Here's Why You Should Not Give Up

(19:53) How Can I Manage External Doubt?

(24:45) How Can I Believe In Myself?

(28:14) Training For Everest: Physical vs Mental Prep

(30:56) Release What You Cannot Control

(31:54) Bonita's Craziest + Best Memory From Mt. Everest

(35:33) What Is Bonita's Greatest Learning From Mountaineering?

(36:17) The Importance of A Team

(39:42) Adventure's Impact On Our Happiness

(43:31) What Brings Bonita A Small Bit of Happiness?

(45:24) Key Takeaways