Happy Life Studios Podcast

Happy Labor Day everyone! Here is something you should celebrate, even though not many think about celebrating it.

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Have you ever found yourself winning only to realize you lost? You were so focused on something right in front of you that you forgot the reason you started that thing or process in the first place? Having the start of the NFL season right around the corner, I found myself in the mood to podcast about it. Sometimes grabbing Happy is as easy as letting go of sadness. I had a defensive coordinator of a state championship football team tell me, that he tells his defensive linemen to strike, press, extend and then shed the offensive lineman. He told me that sometimes his linemen stay engaged with their opponent too long. They get too involved. They're in their lane, fighting and winning their assignment but in the long run miss the quarterback altogether. I think this is true in life as well. We're doing our job, and we have an opportunity to become the hero. We just have to disengage the sadness and sack the happy. Let go of our opponent. Stop focusing too much on the obstacle in front of us. And then simply reach out and sack the Happy. After all, it's a little difficult to grab one thing when you're holding on to another. Everyone faces opposition. We can't ignore that (unless we prefer to lose in life). However, we can focus on the obstacle, opponent, failure, negativity too much. It's pretty easy to do (for me anyways). Sometimes all the enemy of our souls, all the sadness of our life has to do to win, is to get us to focus too much on the problems and obstacles right in front of us.

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How is one supposed to handle evil? Put our head in the sand, or lace up the gloves and fight back? I think this episode is very timely due to the events that happened in Charlottesville this last week. There seems to be so much evil and hatred in the world today. People of all opinions are talking about it. Have you perused Facebook lately? Maybe you've even quit Facebook due to these posts so rudely overtaking our news-feeds. Whatever happened to what we had for dinner last night? (Which, honestly might be the only plus side of it all actually lol). Seriously though, of all the people fighting this evil and hatred, I haven't seen too many fighting it the way we're going to talk about it in this episode, which is too bad since it's actually the best and most successful way to fight evil and hate. It should be, since God Himself created, as well as endorses it. So what is the best way to fight evil, hatred, negativity, etc? This advice, if followed, will not only begin to push back the tide of evil and hate, it will also increase our happy and decrease our sad in the midst of it all!
I understand a lot of people saying they are quitting or are planning on quitting Facebook due to all of the negative and angry posts, however, I think there is a better and a more powerful way. Listen and let's change this world and spread some happy along the way. In fact, if this post makes sense to you, why not spread it on your social media? Why not spread other fun, positive, inspiring and happy posts? Watch and start with the YouTube link below.

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Back in Seattle BACK IN SEATTLE AGAIN" by Fred Koller & Stephen Trombley
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What do you do when "life has killed the dream I dream"? Or, when "the tigers come at night...tear your hope apart and turn your dream to shame"? "I find it interesting, as well as sad, that the only time we talk about broken dreams, or our agonizing doubts that they will ever become a reality, are when they are a thing of the past and never a thing of our present." I think it's sad that we never talk about our broken dreams until we've already accomplished and conquered them, and never when we are in the brokenness of them. Talking about our broken and unmet dreams is precisely what helps us accomplish them. Dreams, just like Happy Life, are meant to be accomplished together.


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"You with those sad eyes, don't be discouraged" Cindi Lauper, True Colors. This special episode was recorded on location at a retreat I was speaking at for people with disabilities. So the audio quality is not the typical Happy Life Studios quality but definitely worth listening to. God spoke the worlds in to existence, but you He made by hand. In fact, "if God had to choose between all the stars, the Grand Canyon, oceans and galaxies and you? He wouldn't even think for a second. He would pick you over those things in a heartbeat!" God made us to laugh, not to be guilty. He made us to be free. To be Happy. What the world needs, is for us to be us in our purest form. For us to let our true colors, the ones God made in us, to show..."like a rainbow".
Special thanks To Ian Anderson for the use of his song "Slow" as well as Cindi Lauper and Justin Timberlake for "True Colors".

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Happy day after Easter, day after Lent, day after Holy week. So why did Jesus die anyway, and what does the word "Holy" even mean? I've found people get it wrong on both sides of the spectrum. From a flippant adjective describing cows, Hell or even poo to being a word others use to control, manipulate or abuse others with, is this what God set up for us? Did He send His son to earth to die so that our sins could be forgiven, or could there be even more? You don't want to miss this life giving episode. Listen and leave encouraged. Here are the two addresses for the Bible verses I quoted: 1 Peter 1:16 and Leviticus 20:8.

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In this episode I interview a very good friend to me as well as to Happy Life Studios. His name is Tony Piantine and he, with his family and team, run Camp Daniel (a camp for people who live with disabilities) in northern Wisconsin. Check them out here at www.CampDaniel.org. In this episode we use the word "community" alot. This is because Happy Life Studios believes that community is the key to happiness. We're simply happier when we're together. We need each other to be happy. This is exactly why we have decided to launch something brand new to us. It's for everyone who wants to be happier. Listen and find out what this new launch is and how it will help you become happier. Special thanks to James Kocian for the music "Still A Kid" Check out more of his cool music here soundcloud.com/james-kocian

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Happy #HappinessDay. Not only is today the first day of spring, but I think it symbolic that it is also International Day of Happiness. Yes there is such a day. It was passed by the United Nations June 28 2012, by Jayme Illien, who started life as an orphan on the Streets of Calcutta, wound up in Mother Theresa's orphanage and from there ended up in front of the U.N. who unanimously passed his resolution to start the "International Day of Happiness".

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Have you ever been tempted to give up on your dreams because it just seems like your dreams have died and been buried never to be seen again? Have you ever been soooo sad you didn't know what to do or how to hang on? Have you ever wondered how life can go from being so happy to so drastically difficult so fast? Is this OK? Is it normal? And what should we do when it happens?

The good news is, the Bible tells us that those who sow in sadness will harvest in happy. Something very positive is going on that you probably don't or can't see, much like a seed planted in the ground. The truth is, what you think is dying and being buried is actually being planted and growing. If you're going or have ever gone through a sad spot, you'll want to listen to this encouraging episode. Find out what to do and how to think when life goes from happy to sad. When and where dreams seem to die.

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Does social media ever make you angry? It seems sometimes that I either want to roll my eyes or chuck my mouse across the room after spending just a minute scrolling through posts. Have you ever been tempted to just throw in the towel and delete all your accounts? Lately my heart has been troubled reading a lot of social media posts. So, I would like to address the issue I see in social media because it is a real unhappy life path many are choosing to walk on. This powerful principle is one of the key ingredients to people's happy or unhappy hearts. Check it out.

Important correction at 14:10 My mind accidentally combined "you don't fight evil with evil" and "You fight evil with good" but "you don't fight evil with good" came out instead. Sorry about that, I just noticed this months later. Too late to edit it.

Also stay tuned because I am creating some social media sites that will bring life and happy to those who visit and engage. Sites where Happy Lifers can go to increase their happy as well as meet and interact with others who are trying to stay positive in a world that can so easily bring us down.
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant." Robert Lewis Stevenson

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