More Happy Life with Andy Proctor

Today I wanted to share what I have been learning about breathing. What an essential topic! We breathe about 22,000 times a day, but we may not be aware of it. However, our breathing patterns are correlated with our subconscious mind and we can use our breath to help push our mind from anxious and tense places back to focused and calm places. I hope you find this episode helpful to get you thinking about your breath and how you can use it to make your life better. You can't breathe in the past or the future, so it is a great way to stay present and stop worrying and ruminating. Just breathe.

Here are some of the things I mentioned in the episode:

The SPIRE stone (breath tracking device): https://amzn.to/2SaX577

The Art of Breathing: https://amzn.to/2DWcF3j

Breathe, by Dr. Belisa Vranich: https://amzn.to/2S9Fz3a

Here is Dr. Vranich's TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgb2cUqFiY

Reference to the study on breathing changing your salivary makeup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIfwbEvXtwo

The Telomere Effect: https://amzn.to/2DTab65

If you're interested in getting certified in positive psychology like I am, here is the group I'm in: https://sc230.isrefer.com/go/cappla/andyp/

You can join any of the programs across the US and Canada or online. It has been amazing.

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Have you ever eaten something that didn't sit well and then had a really emotionally hard day? Have you ever wondered if what you eat affects how you feel? In today's episode, I interview Aubrey Phelps, a registered dietitian and nutritionist (who appeared on the show a few months ago in episode 79). She and I discuss how what we eat affects our mood and overall happiness. So enjoy this episode and keep these tips in mind a week before your Thanksgiving feast (in the US).

Find more from Aubrey here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aub_the_rd/

Website: http://www.backtoscratch.net/

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Have you ever gone off technology for a week? Well, I did it once and it changed my life (check out episode 73 for details). Who inspired me to do this? Kimberly Christensen from Talk Wordy To Me. In today's episode I get to talk with Kim about why being mindful about our use of social media and technology is so important.

Why would someone want to try a social media fast?

Why is mindfulness so important?

What does healthy social media use look like?

We cover these and many other things in this great episode with Kim Christensen. Be sure to check it out and check out her new mindfulness book here: https://gumroad.com/talkwordytome

Connect with Kim here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkwordytome_

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/talkingwordy

Website: http://www.talkingwordy.com

Blog post about her social media fast: http://www.talkingwordy.com/what-i-gained-when-i-lost-my-social-media-addiction/

Join the More Happy Life school here: www.morehappylife.teachable.com

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Get a free morning routine to boost positive emotions here: www.morehappylife.co/morning-routine-for-positive-emotion-boost/

Today's episode covers a crucial topic: how can you be happier at work? Do you struggle to be happy at work? Do you dread going to work every day? Well, this episode talks about some real life skills for finding more happiness in the work you do.

- How to make friends at work

- How to deal with negative people

- How to be the kind of leader people want to follow

- How to communicate better

All these things are powerful pieces of why we either love going to work or hate it and Halelly talks about real life skills we can use to get to a happier place in our jobs and even create a happier working environment for others.

Along with what Halelly talked about she created a gift for you! It's a guide for being a better communicator she calls: "10 Ways to Become a More Engaging Communicator" and you can find it here: https://www.talentgrow.com/happy

Follow her on social media here:

Twitter: @HalellyAzulay

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HalellyAzulay | www.facebook.com/TalentGrowLLC | www.facebook.com/TalentGrowShow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talentgrow

YouTube: www.youtube.com/talentgrow

Instagram: @Halelly and @TalentGrowShow

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How do you overcome the fears that come when you set BIG goals? Today's guest Samery Moras talks about how she has overcome huge obstacles and fears as she has won title after title in her Taekwondo competitions.

Samery started walking with a sparring helmet. Her parents ran a martial arts studio and it has been in her life forever. However, she wasn't always a champion. "When I was younger, I was the girl crying in the bleachers and losing." What most people don't realize is that all champions start somewhere. It wasn't really until six years ago that Samery really got into Taekwondo and started to really compete. She didn't like it before because when you compete, you get hit and getting hit hurts. But she had big dreams and wanted to start winning. So she kept going.

I also loved hearing about when she got injured couldn't train or compete for a year. She talked about how this was hard to let go, but she still found a way to do what she loved, just from a different angle - recording matches and posting them on YouTube.

Because of this, she started to gain followers on social media and now her mission is to inspired kids to have BIG goals and to work hard on them. She shares this message on YouTube and Instagram. And she does it well because she was just selected as a 2018 YouTube NextUp creator, by YouTube! Amazing.

Find Samery here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samerymorastkd/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SameryMoras

And here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJsAMNjWP-sDQpFYuLzG9Q

Twitter: https://twitter.com/samerymorastkd

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"We all start somewhere."

When Megan Fairchild started dancing at 4 years old, she didn't know she would become a principal dancer on the world-renown New York City Ballet.

I had the pleasure of talking with Megan Fairchild today about her take on some of the key factors that affect human happiness. We talked about positive emotions like inspiration and hope, we discussed resilience and diversifying your friendships, she talked about how her practice of meditation transformed her life at critical moments. She described the transcendence of flow experience during a full-length ballet performance. She talked about the mind-body connection and how much that affects her happiness. Ultimately she talked about how her mission in life is to push herself outside of her comfort zone no matter your age or stage of life.

I was deeply inspired by Megan and I hope you take the time to listen to this episode in its entirety!

Find Megan's instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/mfairchild17/

Find Megan's podcast here: http://www.premierdancenetwork.com/ask-megan/

Follow her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Megan-Fairchild-252582371454599/

Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FairchildMegan

Megan's website: https://meganfairchild.com/

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We all have a little voice inside our head that is telling us a story. Most of just let that voice chatter uncontrollably. The problem is that the voice tends to get more and more negative over the years until we begin to live according to a story that is not even true. We literally begin to live a lie. Today I interviewed Kim Fiske, best-selling author of The Monster Under The Bed: Uncovering the Lie That Drives Us. We covered a lot in this interview, but the main takeaway for me was that living according to a story that isn't true creates instant and constant unhappiness. This is a longer episode, but really got down to the truths that should drive us. Here are a few:

"Just because we think it, doesn't mean it's the truth."

"You can never get enough of what you never needed to begin with."

"Learn to separate thought from the truth."

"Love is awareness without judgement."

To get Kim's book, click here: https://amzn.to/2pNXBvL

If you get her book and want to take her course for free, click here: https://kimfiske.com/

Take my happiness course here: morehappylife.teachable.com

Take my instagram course here: insta10k.teachable.com

Get a free morning routine to boost positive emotions here: morehappylife.co/morning-routine-for-positive-emotion-boost/

If our emotions affect our posture and body language, could our body language and posture affect our emotions? Studies say that it can! This is exciting because if you aren't feeling great emotionally some days, you can do things with your body to send a message to your brain that could result in more positive emotions. This episode talks about how this works and what you can do to make this happen today.

Take my happiness course here: https://morehappylife.teachable.com

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Get a free morning routine to boost positive emotions here: https://morehappylife.co/morning-routine-for-positive-emotion-boost/

Find the book Presence, by Amy Cuddy here: https://amzn.to/2PmJVD6

Today's episode covers how sleep is so important for our wellbeing and how big of a problem sleep deprivation is in today's world. I give you real strategies on how to improve your sleep and we even talk about some of the greatest ideas that have ever come about that were inspired by dreams or sleep.

At the end I talk about an exciting program my wife and I are participating in called CAPP (Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology). It's a 7 month program where we will dive deep into the science of happiness through the PERMA-V model of wellbeing. If you would like to join me and my wife (in our same cohort), click here: http://bit.ly/CAPPmorehappy

Do I ever get tired of talking about happiness? No. Here is why in this episode. I also cover the answer to the question: "Are you ever unhappy as a happiness expert?" I was grateful for the awesome people who called in and commented and asked questions. I always love it when you ask thought provoking questions that get the conversation going about how to live a more happy life! Enjoy.