Jo Santoshi is a Solicitor and mindful Coach. After being a Lawyer for nearly 20 years and experiencing the high pressure, stressful nature of the rat race, she chose to choose her own version of happiness, retrain as a coach and move to the Italian Countryside with her husband and four dogs.

Jo's story brings to live everything that is possible when we choose happiness in the most radical form, from the moment she rebelled against the grain of her corporate career by being herself to learning to talk herself into the things that bring her joy. With the wisdom that she brings to our conversation, she tells us how radical self-care itself is an act of rebellion. In this episode, she invites you to rebel too.

Jo's story will no doubt inspire you to stop what you are doing and thing about how you can invite more happiness into your life by writing your very own manifesto, and we are thrilled to be able to share it with you.

Jo covers:

• How she climbed the corporate ladder she thought she had to, but everything felt just 'fine'
• The moment she realised that time was more important to her than money, and left her life behind in the UK to live her dream in the Italian countryside
• How we're conditioned to think of things that we 'should' be doing and how to rebel and do the things that light you up
• Why designing your life around the things you love can create huge shifts in your happiness
• How she was motivated by thinking of the things that she loved doing and never wanted to be someone who said 'I was going to do that'
• How her peers called her the 'anti-lawyer' because she didn't fit the mould of how she was expected to look or act… and how that made her even better at what she does
• Why it's none of your business what other people think of you
• How to give yourself permission about the things that radically light you up

About Jo

My name is Jo, also known as Santoshi and I am a solicitor and a mindful coach. I have been a lawyer for nearly 20 years and experienced the high pressure, stressful nature of the rat race. I now work part time as both a solicitor in the charity sector and coach from my home in the Italian countryside, and work with people as a meditation facilitator and mindful coach, to help people find balance in their busy lives. I believe that we can all live the life we want, with freedom and flexibility. We can do things differently from the way they have always been done and finding happiness and balance in life is the why I founded Find Your Life's Balance, so I can help people do just that.

You can find her here: www.findyourlifesbalance.com

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions and our brand new 'Choose Happiness' Planner.

You can find out more at www.happybyme.co.uk

Do you beat yourself up about the things you're rubbish at? Are you working hard on developing some of these things?

Join Meg this week as she challenges this narrative and invites you to own and celebrate your weaknesses!

She covers:

• How old values and behaviours can crop up when you're in a stressed situation
• Why there is a narrative that grit and determination gets you where you want to be
• How to challenge this narrative and question whether this is the right thing for you
• A word of warning on imposter syndrome
• How you can understand which weaknesses are ones you do something about, and those you learn to accept

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

You can find out more at www.happybyme.co.uk

Have you ever felt amazing when you've reached a goal, but that feeling didn't last as long as you expected? So you go back to what you know, and you set another goal. This goes on and on with very little difference to how you actually feel.

This is a process called hedonic adaption, and this episode is all about battling this feeling.

Join Meg as she discusses:

• How chasing happiness can feel like you're on a treadmill
• The research on our pre-determind happiness set point
• How some of the narrative about having laser focus on your goals can be damaging to your happiness
• Why making happiness your north star can help
• Three ways to avoid the feeling of chasing happiness forever

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

You can find out more at www.happybyme.co.uk

Can you plan your happiness? We think so! If you've been around at happybyme for a while you'll know that intentional activity is one of the most important factors in your happiness, but what intentional activities can we take?

Join Meg as she discusses:

- How much of your happiness comes from your choices every day

- Why it's so important you learn yuor core values

- How self awareness isn't a job you can do once

- The importance of continuing to check in with ourselves

- Creating a happiness intention before a productivity intention

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

Are you feeling a bit stuck in your career? Have you vowed that 2023 is going to be the year that you find the thing that you really tick? No idea where to even start? This is for you.

Join Meg as she discusses:

- Why you feel stuck in the first place and how to be a bit kinder to yourself

- How important it is to think about the role work plays in your life and your own definition of happiness

- The difference of seeing your work as a job, career or a calling

- Understanding what you love about work so far in your career

- How to reduce some of the confusion you may be feeling about your next step

- Five practical tips you can do right now to create some clarity in your next career step

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

You can find our more here: www.happybyme.co.uk

It's the last podcast of 2022!!! So we're ending the year in the only way possible, by reflecting on 2022 and setting intentions for 2023.

Join the YEAR OF YOU here: https://happybyme.kartra.com/page/yearofyou

Join Meg as she discusses:

- A rather large reminder of how short life is

- How looking at hope can reduce your stress levels

- Her reflections on living her dream life on the outside

- How she feels that bigger goals wont equal more happiness and what she intends to do about this

- What has not been that great about 2022

- Her intention for 2023

- The power of intention vs goals

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

You can find our more here: www.happybyme.co.uk

We have a challenge for you.... lets make 2023 the year of you. What would that mean for you? A new job? A new relationship? More fun? Priotirising self development? It's an exciting thought, right?

Join our 6 week programme 'The YEAR OF YOU' now HERE!!!!

This week, join Meg as she discusses:

- How she decided 2016 was going to be 'The Year of Meg'

- What she has learned from 12 months of living her absolute dream

- How this intent changed the course of her life

- Why self development and learning about yourself is the route of this thinking

- How Happiness leads to you acheiving your goals

- A little more about our brand new 6 week programme that will support you to get the most out of 2023, too!

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

You can find our more here: www.happybyme.co.uk

We know the most important people in our lives... but how much time do we spend actively nurturing those relationships?

Join Meg this week as she discusses:

• How one of the most common regrets of the dying is a lack of investment in key relationships
• That connection and meaningful relationships is one of the key pillars of happiness
• How to identify who is in your social network
• A nudge to invest some more time into the people who are important to you
• 5 rituals of communication that can strengthen the connection within your relationships

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

You can find our more here: www.happybyme.co.uk

Here's a simple fact for you: you being happier causes a ripple effect. The more you have in your cup... the more you can give to others. This week we're discussing how you can continue your ripple effect by supporting small acts of kindness in your community.

Join Meg as she discusses:

- How being kind gives us a happiness boost... but why this isn't the reason you should be doing it.

- How a tiny word of kindness can change the course of someones day

- Helping us think of the impact of us all raising our heads a little and setting an intention to be kind

- 3 things she'll be doing to cause some ripples of joy in her community.

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

You can find our more here: www.happybyme.co.uk

Grab your 20% discount on all coaching packages and book your FREE coaching taster session with Meg here; https://happybyme.kartra.com/calendar/onetoone

Are you finding yourself saying, 'I'll wait until January'?. Here's the thing... December is full on. You may love it. You may hate it. But lets face it, there's LOADS to do. In these times, we need to lean in a little bit more and suck everything we can out of the end of the year.

Join Meg as she discusses:

• Why waiting until January is a terrible idea
• How we need to build a little more psychological resources in our cup early
• Why she's set herself a challenge to make December the best month of her year
• 5 tips to boost your wellbeing and get more out of December
• A 20% discount on all coaching packages before the end of the year.... so you can have the best December too!!!

About Meg

After living life in the rat race consistently driving towards the next thing, Meg changed her life by asking whether she was happy. The answer, 'I'm not 'unhappy' – but there has to be more than this' made her live life differently. Now a Positive Psychologist, she supports people to take ownership of their happiness and step into the happiest version of them using a blend of evidence based coaching and training solutions.

About happybyme

happybyme exists to support people to make great things happen by cultivating happiness. We beleive that by supporting people to take control of their happiness, more great things will happen in the world. We do this through our range of training and coaching solutions.

You can find our more here: www.happybyme.co.uk