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Happy Podcast!From Barely Surviving a Life-Changing Injury to Authoring Multiple Best Sellers and Inspiring NBC's Hit TV Show 'The Irrational': A Conversation with the Resilient and Remarkable Professor Dan ArielyI truly enjoyed my conversation with Professor Dan Ariely of Duke University. Dan is an award-winning, bestselling author of multiple books and the star of an excellent documentary film. Beyond this, he served as inspiration for the NBC TV show The Irrational, which was just renewed for a second season and is loosely based on his extraordinary life. He is also a source of inspiration for many, especially people with disabilities. After surviving a devastating explosion as a teenager that left him with third-degree burns over 70% of his body and the loss of the use of seven of his fi...2024-08-031h 10Happy Podcast!An enlightening conversation about our relationship with money with Harvard MBA, financial genius, and recovering workaholic, Manisha Thakor.I had a blast talking to Manisha Thakor, the author of a new book, "MoneyZen: The Secret to Finding Your Enough.” Both her book and our interview focus on creating an emotionally healthy emotional relationship with money. She explains how the key to financial well-being isn't just about the numbers on our bank statements, but also about our mindset about money and how it fits with the rest of our life. Manisha's thought-provoking book offers insights about the intricate relationships between money, emotional well-being, physical health, and genuine contentment. We touch on many of the pearls of wisdom from he...2023-08-121h 21Happy Podcast!Inspirational and Fun Conversation with Yale Professor Zoe Chance about her book on the Power of Influence, with a Focus on Making Good things Happen & Sparking JoyToday I had the fun and enlightening experience of talking to the highly awesome author and marketing professor, Zoe Chance. Zoe teaches an MBA course called Mastering Influence and Persuasion at Yale. I personally would love to take this course from Zoe, but I'm not at Yale. Fortunately, for me and everyone else, she has an AWESOME new book titled “Influence is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen,” and I had the joy of listening to it on Audible before talking to Zoe about her work. Her book is not just abou...2023-07-031h 20Happy Podcast!An Uplifting Conversation on Post Traumatic Growth with Psychologist, Author, and PTG expert, Dr. Edith Shiro.I had a delightful conversation with clinical psychologist and author Edith Shiro! That's right, I actually enjoyed discussing her work onTRAUMA! In this interview, we discussed the potential transformational silver lining of trauma, which is the focus of her book, The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Post Traumatic Growth (PTG). During our chat, Edith shared her extremely helpful framework for dealing with trauma. Her book offers hope for not only healing from trauma, but even emerging better and stronger with a clearer sense of than before. Her wisdom and warmth were apparent throughout this interview, and I ho...2023-06-1252 minHappy Podcast!Awesome Advice for Increasing Happiness and Reducing Fear from Evolutionary Biologist and Author Dr. Rebecca Heiss: This Episode was Game-Changing for Me (and Super Fun Too!!!)I laughed and was moved by my fun and INSIGHTFUL conversation with evolutionary biologist, author and FEAR expert Dr. Rebecca Heiss. Many of us worry about failing at what we try to do, but few of us think of the pain of REGRETTING all the things we wanted but were afraid to try. Confession time—FEAR has played a huge part in my life, and I have paid a big price for it! However, Rebecca’s research-based wisdom and advice truly inspired me! I have been more courageous just from what I learned in my conversation with her! As Rebe...2022-08-181h 00Happy Podcast!A Inspirational Chat with Author and Health Advocate Sonia Hunt on How Our Emotional Well-Being and Digestive Health Impact One AnotherI had a great time chatting with best-selling author and certified integrative nutrition & health coach, Sonia Hunt, about how our well-being affects our health and vice versa. Sonia has over 1,000,000 views on her TEDx Talk about her personal story with food allergies and road to transforming her health, and it was a pleasure chatting with her about some of our favorite well-being tools, as well as sharing some of our favorite inspirational quotes. Enjoy!2022-08-121h 01
Happy Podcast!An Intensely Fun Conversation with Happiness Expert, Professor Raj Raghunathan, from the University of Texas at AustinRaj Raghunathan is both a highly published happiness expert and a Professor of Marketing at the McComb School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Our conversation was both informative and fun! Raj has won a prestigious Career Award from the National Science Foundation, and he has a fabulous book titled "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?" He also has very popular happiness related courses on Coursera and EdX that you can audit for FREE! His course on Coursera is "A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment" and it is full of research-based tools for increasing...2022-06-1755 minHappy Podcast!Tools & Advice for Handling Disappointments for a Happier Life: (Including Lessons from Sylvestor Stallone & an Olympics Gold Medal Winner)Today I had a last-minute cancellation of my podcast interview with Professor Raj Raghunathan. Raj is recovering from ear surgery, so he phoned in for our interview to let me know he was still in pain and not feeling well. He asked if we could reschedule our conversation for after his ear has had more time to heal, and, of course, I said yes to his request. This is the Happy Podcast! I can’t do something that will make my awesome guest unhappy! Raj and I rebooked our Happy Podcast conversation for June 15th.
That said, I st...2022-06-0930 minHappy Podcast!Welcome to the Happy Podcast!! What will this happy podcast be about? Listen to find out!Michal (pronounced like "Michelle") talks about how you can apply what is covered in the Happy Podcast to increasing your own happiness and well-being. She will also talk about her background and what led her to become OBSESSED with studying all the ways she can help people (including herself and YOU) experience more happiness and well-being! Finally, she will introduce a tool for happiness with some "secret sauce" (basically a bit of a twist) to make it even more effective for increasing your own happiness! ENJOY! : )2022-05-3116 min
Business podcastMARKETERS | Michal Strahilevitz PhDMichal is a marketing professor and the Director of the Elfenworks Center for Responsible Business at Saint Mary’s College of California. She is also an honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Michal earned her doctorate in marketing from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research focuses on how emotions affect decision-making. Her research has been published in the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Consumer Psychology, the Journal of Business Research, Marketing Letters, the Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, and the Journal of the American College of...2022-01-0449 min
Stanford Psychology Podcast19 - Michal Strahilevitz: Teaching HappinessIn this episode, Anjie chats with Dr. Michal Strahilevitz. Michal is currently a marketing professor at Saint Mary’s College of California. Her research focuses on how emotions affect decision-making in a variety of contexts. In addition to being an enthusiastic researcher, Michal is an amazing teacher. She has won teaching awards from three different universities. blogs for Psychology Today and is often quoted in the global media outlets. She is particularly passionate about helping people become happier, healthier, and more resilient. In today's episode, Michal shares her journey both creating and teaching her favorite course: The Science of Ha...2021-11-0450 min