Happiness in Progress

"The more love and grace you have for other people - the more love and grace you have for yourself."

In this episode, hear how you can change your brain toward compassion. And how compassion can act as an antidepressant and help with anxiety. The research backs it up!

ARTICLES MENTIONED:

Understanding Limitations & Offering More Grace

Changing the Brain toward Compassion

How Compassion Changed a Witnesses Reaction to Cheating

Compassion for Mental Health

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A couple times a month I'll publish a bonus episode of one of my blog posts at DanielleCraig.com

Today - A Changed Perspective: What My Miscarriage Taught Me About My Sons.

"So no – my boys aren't "rainbow" babies. They were the calm before the storm. They were the beautiful sunshine on a cloudless day. They were my blessings, my miracles before I had a chance to recognize them as such."

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Today you'll hear from 'The Sleep Doctor,' Dr. Michael Breus.

Dr. Breus appears regularly on The Dr. Oz Show. He's been interviewed by Oprah, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Ray and you've also seen him on The View, The Doctors, The Today Show and many more. He's the author of "The Power of When" and "the Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan."

We talk about so much in this episode - including his top five tips to get better sleep. Plus, the myth of eight hours of sleep. We'll talk about how much sleep you really need and the best time to do everything. That includes when to have sex, to when you're the most productive and when you should have that daily caffeine to maximize your energy. I'll give you a hint - it's not first thing in the morning.

If you are struggling with getting good sleep or you want to know what to do if you can't get good sleep - this is the episode for you.

LINKS MENTIONED:

Sleep Calculator

The Power of When Quiz

The Sleep Doctor Blog

More on Melatonin

Buy The Power of When PRODUCTS MENTIONED: Melatonin Tablets

BLU Energy Light Therapy

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Today, you're going to hear from Suzanne Tucker. She's the founder of Generation Mindful. Generation Mindful helps teach children - and even their parents - about emotional resilience. She's put together fun and colorful charts and games - to make up the Time In toolkit and the Peacemakers game.

Suzanne talks about the long road she traveled to get to Generation Mindful. You'll hear about what she learned from several miscarraiges. She talked about how she shifted her goals for her children and why it's important to reframe "bad" or "wrong" behavior to seeing it as a challenge.

Plus, how you can shift time-outs from a shaming practice.

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Danielle Craig talks to Phillip Mountrose, a holistic coach who focuses on helping people transform their lives.

Phillip runs the non-profit organization Awakenings Institute and has authored more than a dozen books and manuals on self-development. His most recent book, he wrote with his wife is called The Ultimate Paradigm Shift: A Guidebook for Creating the Life You Were Born to Live.

We talked about some of the tools Phillip teaches, including EFT tapping. In fact, he'll talk you through how to do tapping and how he says it can actually help everything from fear and anxiety to back pain. We also talk about affirmations, dealing with stress and the one question to ask yourself to determine your purpose.

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Here's the thing about stress - it affects us SO badly when we don't handle it correctly. There are billions of studies and tons of research on what can happen to us if we are too stressed.

BUT that is not what I want to focus on.

Why? Because stressing about our stress can be more dangerous than the original stress.

When it comes to stress - perception is reality. In this episode, Danielle talks about how to use stress to motivate you, instead of letting it get the best of you.

LINKS MENTIONED:

Research Shows Perception of Stress Impacts Health

Huffington Post: Are Fruiter Desserts a Healthier Chioce

104-Year-Old Woman Drinks 3 Dr. Peppers a Day

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Do you like to listen rather than read?

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Today - How to Have It All - you know that impossible standard that has been defined for all of us women.

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Tonya Farrens is a suicide survivor. About 2 1/2 years ago, her dad took his own life. Tonya and I talk about the emotions that came with that… and what it took to learn to cope and feel okay again.

Now, Tonya is doing something incredible to not only honor her dad, but to help people who are suffering. It's called the Bringing Back Happy Experience. It's a big concert event with a goal of giving people a chance to feel some joy.

This is a really powerful conversation about suicide. I know listening to conversations like this can be hard - BUT I believe you'll come out of this feeling a little more equipped to either support a friend in need or to get that support yourself.

National Suicide Crisis Number: 1-800-273-8255

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Jacqueline Pirtle says happiness is her superpower. She's the author of 365 Days of Happiness and the founder of FreakyHealer.com. She has worked as a mindfulness-happiness coach and international speaker.

We talked about how you can choose happiness on a daily basis, why she decided to get into this work and her new book.

I'm giving away a copy of her book, 365 Days of Happiness on Instagram. Look for the giveaway here.

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Have you heard of impermanence? It's a big centerpiece of Buddhist teachings - nothing is permanent.

The idea is once you understand impermanence, you can decrease suffering.

There are two things we can do once we can really internalize and accept that nothing is permanent.

1 - When things are good, you can embrace them, love them and enjoy this part of your life.

2 - When things are NOT going as planned, when life is not good - you can understand, this will pass.

Danielle talks about working in news and how the signature of journalism is impermanence. She interviewed people constantly who had their whole lives changed. What she learned from them. And how you can move forward when things aren't going well.

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