The Happier Approach Podcast
The show that pulls back the curtain on the need to succeed, hustle, and achieve at the price of our inner peace & relationships.
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Welcome.
I started this podcast in 2015. I lovingly refer to it as my garage band podcast. I wanted to share stories, so I called it Stories from a Quest to Live Happier as a nod to my first book Juice Squeezed, Lessons from a Quest to Live Happier. And whenever I felt inspired, I showed up and recorded a short story about Living Happier. THEN I became inspired by mindfulness hacks, small ways to get into your body throughout the day, so I changed then name to Happiness Hacks and again kept it to short, bite-sized episodes.
In 2019 I hit 100 episodes and decided to up my game. I moved it out of “the garage” and hired a production team. We changed the name to the Happier Approach after my 3rd book by the same name. In 2021, I decided to return to my storytelling roots. I realized that the only podcasts I listen to were narrative style, like my favorite, Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell. Inspired by my roots and what I enjoy as a listener, I partnered with audio producer Nicki Stein, and together we have created the latest iteration.
Season 3 Episode 2: Change in the Brain
In this episode, Nancy learns how hard it is to form habits and goals all from a psychologist and neuroscience expert.
Season 2 Episode 8: Square Peg
In this episode, we explore embracing your square peg self rather than always trying to fit into a round hole.
Season 2 Episode 4: The Biggest Fan
In this episode, we'll learn about the final character in the Happier Approach cast-- the wise, self-loyal, and sometimes elusive, Biggest Fan.
Episode 165: Practicing Self-Loyalty in the New Year - Part 2
In this episode, I’m continuing my conversation with my producer Sean McMullin going deeper into change, resolutions, and plans for the new year.
Episode 164: Practicing Self-Loyalty in the New Year - Part 1
In this episode, I’m chatting with my producer, Sean McMullin about change, resolutions, and plans for the new year.
Episode 163: Lou Blaser and the Performative Nature of High Functioning Anxiety - Part 2
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Lou Blaser from the Second Breaks Podcast about the performative nature of high functioning anxiety.
Episode 162: Lou Blaser and the Performative Nature of High Functioning Anxiety - Part 1
In this episode, I’m going to go deep into the performative nature of high functioning anxiety and talk with Lou Blaser from the Second Breaks Podcast.
Episode 158: What is Self-Compassion with Gary Ritts
In this episode, a conversation with my childhood minister, Gary Ritts about self-compassion, grace, empathy, Brene Brown, sympathy, loving relationships, and kindness.
Episode 156: What Is Happy?
In this episode, I decided to ask some of the people in my life—my mom, my second mom, my nephews, and my friend Andrew, who is a philosophy professor at Otterbein University—what they think about happiness.
Episode 145: How Embracing Your Humanness Can Lead to More Success
In today’s episode, I am talking with Tara McMullin, podcaster, small business community leader, and speaker about how bringing her humanness into her life has made some huge shifts with her business, relationships, and mental health.
Episode 140: Why I Am Leaving Facebook & Instagram
In today’s episode, I talk about my recent debate on the positives and negatives of social media, and why I am signing off my social media accounts.
Episode 133: The Value of Self-Loyalty
In today’s episode, I talk about how to get off that hamster wheel of stress and build more self-loyalty in your life.
Episode 121: The 3 Steps of A.S.K.: Kindly Pulling Back
In today’s episode, we continue our discussion of A.S.K. with the third step of the system: Kindly Pull Back to See the Big Picture.
Episode 115: Living Life True To Your Values
In today’s episode, I explore how values are the guiding principles on which everything else builds. And when we work to narrow down our list of values, we can use them to find what is most important to us.
Episode 114: Setting New Year’s Resolutions Without The Hype
In today’s episode, I am talking about why resolutions are so triggering and what the research shows for setting helpful resolutions.
Episode 112: The Voices In Your Head–The Biggest Fan
In today’s episode, I am talking about the Biggest Fan. She is the one who will help you achieve your goals and be happier.
Episode 105: How To Stop Checking Boxes And Start Living Life
In today’s episode, I examine how When-Then thinking is keeping us stuck. How it is preventing us from accepting ourselves, living in the moment, and seeking solutions from within.
Episode 104: Self-Loyalty Starts With Better Self-Care
In today’s episode, I take a closer look at self-care and how it isn’t just yoga, bubble baths, and breathing apps. Self-care done well is the ultimate in self-loyalty.