Episodes

When we tell our story, do we portray ourselves as a victim of circumstances, or do we portray ourselves as the hero/heroine of our own lives? The ability to tell our own story directly affects our happiness and success, and …

This episode is the second in a six-part series in which I take you through six different pathways to happiness, to human flourishing, and with each one I’ll provide you with tools that you can use. This is all based …

I’m so excited to announce the first ever Women’s Global Happiness Day, which I’m launching on October 18, 2018! This has been a dream of mine for some time, and we’re now holding events in over 80 cities on six …

Managing work life and family life can be a challenge, and many moms end up giving up on their dreams or putting their own desires and interests on the back burner. My guest today, Sara Dean, knows all about this. …

This episode kicks off a six-part series in which I take you through six different pathways to happiness, to human flourishing, and with each one I’ll provide you with tools that you can use. This is all based on the …

Happy, healthy, thriving relationships don’t happen by chance. They take effort and intention, they’re well worth that effort, and my guest today is literally an expert in how to create this kind of relationship in your own life. I am …

I LOVE receiving emails from listeners all over the globe who tell me they listen, they share the podcast with their moms or girlfriends or sisters, and that my message really connected with them, that it helped them through a …

I’m the youngest of three, and when I was a little girl my parents used to tell me that they got it right the third time, that I was the perfect child. They meant well, but this set me up …

I don’t think of myself as old. I’m not old. And yet, I’ve had to deal with the impact of my age on my own fertility. In recent years I’ve wanted to become pregnant, have a health baby, and be …

For years I’ve been supporting women to be happier and to live more fulfilling lives, and I’ve only recently come to understand just how important sex and sensuality is to living a truly happy and complete life, and to being …

Women play a huge role in our society and our economy as a whole, and in our families as well. In many ways, women in a traditional heterosexual couple and family dynamic are the leaders of the family. And yet, …

Whether we’re conscious of it our not, our ancestry has played a role in shaping our own lives. In today’s episode you’ll learn more about, and work with, your own ancestry, so that you can heal and grow and increase …

Despite my work uplifting women and doing motivational speaking, and my experience studying and teaching positive psychology, I have a number of fears that I deal with regularly. I share some of my fears in this episode, and I invite …

We spend a significant percent of our waking hours at work, and yet, too many of us feel undervalued and underappreciated at work. It’s well documented that when employees are happier and feel valued, they perform better and retention is …

What are you truly, deeply passionate about? Some of us have ready answers to this, but others have suppressed their desires, have buried them away because they’ve been taught that one’s passions aren’t nearly as important as other things, like...

Too often, women feel a sense of competition with other women and tear each other down instead of supporting each other. Today I have the pleasure of interviewing my dear friend, and a genuine inspiration to me and countless others, …

No matter what we’ve been through, no matter what kinds of traumas we’ve experienced, no matter what we hear in the news, we can always regain hope. When crappy things happen – and they most certainly will – we have …

So many women have fears around money, their ability to make and manage money, and their relationship to money in general, and these fears often serve as a block to truly living a life of purpose. On today’s podcast I …

The primary definition of “goddess” is typically given as a “female deity.” But the term is also defined as being a woman of extraordinary beauty and charm, or a greatly admired or adored woman. With that meaning in mind, shouldn’t …

As women we thrive, we flourish, in sisterhood. We need close connection with other women. For centuries women have worked closely with each other and supported each other, we’ve raised each other’s children, it’s in our nature. And yet, today,...

We hear stories of famous people, celebrities, people we think must have a great life and must be happy, committing suicide. Within the span of a few days, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain both took their own lives. Their suicides …

Years ago, when I first started thinking about leaving my corporate career and starting my own business, I was filled with doubt, insecurity, and a LOT of fear, and this is all very common. In fact, fear of failure in …

What is power? What does it mean to be empowered? In order to be powerful, do we need to have power oversomeone else? There are too many examples of people forcefully exerting dominance over others, but is this really power, …

Women’s depression is an epidemic. Women suffer depression at much higher rates than men, and more than half of women believe that it’s normal for women to feel depressed. And, I’ve struggled with my own anxiety and depression for years. …