Happiness Freedom Fighters

Have you ever felt like you were at a major low point in your life?

It happens to all of us and when it does it can seem dark and hopeless at the bottom. What you do when you find yourself there will dramatically determine how successful and happy you will eventually become. 

In this episode you get a sneak peek into the audio version of chapter 3 of my book, Getting Paid To Play With Puppies, and learn how I dealt with one of the lowest points in my life. 

As you travel through life you will encounter a number of obstacles to your own personal happiness. Some of these will be obvious, however the most dangerous enemies will be the ones that slip under your radar. 

The most powerful negative influence to your own happiness actually travels with you all the time - your cell phone.  Although it can be a very useful tool, it's often the cause for much of our suffering and can even ruin your relationships and productivity. Learn how to utilize your phone properly, while minimizing the negative affects it can have on you in this episode.  

Are you open to new opportunities? Most people will say yes, of course, but is your mind really open to new possibilities and receptive to exploring what's out there?

Christy Largent joins the show to share her journey on how she shifted careers in a big way AND took on parenting later in life. Her gut told her her career wasn't what she was meant to do so she broke out of her comfort zone and embraced an exciting life as a public speaker. All her success is due to her cultivating an opportunity mindset and it's something you NEED to have to achieve all your goals. 

How do you walk away from a career you've spent lots of time and money to create, when you realize it's not making you happy? It takes great courage and determination - especially when you're starting over at something totally new, that you know nothing about. 

That's exactly what this weeks guest, Karla Merrell, did. She totally reinvented herself when she left her career in law to pursue her passion of event planning. Karla shares how she was able to make the switch, become successful and gives you lots of great tips on how you can change course and create a more fulfilling life for yourself - no matter what your story is. 

It seems that meditation is now trendy and has made its way into main stream society. It used to be something that only bald monks did but now everyone from athletes to CEO's are sitting in silence. So, what is this meditation thing? Is it just a fad or is there something to it?

I'll give you the average person's guide to meditation, why it might be something to try out and how you can get started. Come on, enlightenment awaits!

You don't have to be at rock bottom to reinvent yourself. You have the ability (and permission) to transform any area of your life at any time to make it more awesome. Good shouldn't be "good enough" when you have the potential and ability to pin the needle on your happiness. 

My guest on the show today is continually reinventing her life to improve it in new and exciting ways. Learn how Amira Alvarez upped both her career and her relationships to amazing new levels. 

Realizing she was an alcoholic at age 20 was only the first of many challenges Julie Eisenmann had to overcome in her lifetime thus far. Over and over again she's been dealt curve balls by life, forcing her to reevaluate her life and make necessary course adjustments. 

Julie has been able to always come out the other side happier and more fulfilled because she understands her truth and takes the actions to make things happen. In this episode, she shares how she's been able not only change careers and move to a totally new place, but also how she has found happiness along the way. 

Having a goal is great. BUT a goal without a plan to get you there isn't very useful at all and it's unlikely that you'll reach it. The key to success is to create a plan to get you where you want to go and develop a system to track your progress and make course corrections along the way. 

In this episode I'll share my system of mapping out my plan to achieve my goals and how I've made implementing my planning process a habit that continually gets done week after week. 

There can be many challenges when you're trying to reinvent yourself or working to accomplish a big goal. What we often don't realize is that the biggest obstacle in our way is ourselves. 

We continually subconsciously sabotage our success and undermine our forward progress due to bad habits and faulty programming. It doesn't have to be that way though. 

In this episode I'll go over a number of ways that you can change your pattern and get out of your own way so that the path to success is clear. 

Raising our kids is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in our entire lives, yet most of us go into with very little education or knowledge about how to live and guide our children. We just assume that we’ll figure it out as we go and often that can lead us into trouble and boat loads of stress. 

I’ve found that with the right guidance, we can not only survive the process of raising our kids but also enjoy the ride PLUS help our them to develop and grow into great young adults. Thanks why I brought on parenting coach Maria Sanders on the show to share some ideas on how we can be better parents and create an improved family unit.