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Midlife Made Simple: Purpose and Peace for Faith-Filled Women#165 Making Space for Fun in Everyday LifeIf you listened to Part 1, you already know why fun matters in midlife. Today, we’re shifting into the how.In Part 2 of my conversation with Fun Expert Treena Innes, we get practical about bringing joy back into your everyday routine. From identifying your personal “fun type” to building simple habits, finding fun buddies, and experimenting with new rhythms, this episode will help you take small, meaningful steps toward a life that feels lighter and more alive.You don’t need more time, money, or energy—just a few doable shifts. Let Treena show you how.Ho...
2025-12-2328 min
Finding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.You a Workaholic? How to use Fun as Your Fuel.How to have more fun---even as a workaholic. Do you ever catch yourself saying things like. "I don’t have time for fun.”“Work is my fun.”“I’ll relax once things settle down.”“Fun can wait… maybe when I retire.”If that sounds familiar, this episode is foryou.Today, we’re digging into the W word: workaholic.And the truth might surprise you…Research shows 15–30% of adults display workaholic tendencies—and the impact is real.• 30% report sleep problems and chronic exhaustion• Workaholics are 3x more likely t...
2025-12-1833 minMidlife Made Simple: Purpose and Peace for Faith-Filled Women#164 Where Did the Fun Go? Rediscovering JoyWhen was the last time you did something just for fun?If you had to pause and think… you’re not alone.In Part 1 of my conversation with Treena Innes, Your Life Fun Expert, we unpack why fun feels so hard in midlife and how we slowly lost our connection to joy. This episode will help you feel seen, understood, and a little more hopeful—especially if life has felt heavy or too serious lately.Next week, we’ll get practical. Today, we’re setting the foundation with the mindset shifts that make space for fun ag...
2025-12-1617 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.You Feeling Judged by your FUN?How to have fun? Kick getting judged to the curb! Are you holding yourself back from fun because you worry about feeling awkward, embarrassed, or judged?You’re not alone — almost 70% of adults avoid fun because they’re afraid of what other people will think.In this episode, we dig into why judgement is the #1 fun killer (hint: it’s not lack of time)…and 3 simple tools you can use to kick that judgie feeling to the curb so you can get back to your FUN.
2025-12-1117 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Why Doctors Recommend more FUN!The Doctor’s Prescription: More Fun, Less Stress.Knowing that FUN has a mountain of health rewards like: * Managing Stress* Reducing Burnout * Improving Digestion... and even sleep! 💊 If fun could be prescribed in a pill, would you take it every day? What would the side effects be? *improved resilience*anti-aging, improved vitality *reduction of anxiety Doctors know the science of health, but how do they manage stress and burnout themselves? And wh...
2025-12-0458 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.How to Live a Regret-Free and Fun Filled Life.Ever wondered how many Mondays you have left to live? 😳Or why we keep saying “why?” instead of “why not?” when it comes to fun, joy, and actually living?In this powerful (and laugh-filled) episode of The Finding Fun Experiment Podcast, Treena Innes sits down with author, speaker, and fun-spirit twin Jodi Wellman, creator of the Mondays Left to Live Calculator and author of You Only Die Once: How to Make It to the End With No Regrets.This episode will make you laugh… and then immediately rethink how you’re spending your life.Jodi break...
2025-11-2733 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.How to Embrace your Weird Side for More FUN.Ever wonder how to have more fun in your life?Two words: Embrace Weird.In this episode of The Finding Fun Experiment Podcast, Life Fun Expert Treena Innes cracks open the power of weirdness—why it’s misunderstood, why adults hide it, and why embracing it might be the fastest way to boost your joy, energy, confidence, creativity, and wellbeing.This episode is part storytelling, part psychology, and part permission slip to finally live life in technicolor instead of beige.Why “weird” is actually a strength (not a fl...
2025-11-2009 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.How to Try Something New!Ever felt that little nudge to try something fun and new—✨ a dance class✨ a creative hobby✨ meeting new friends or finally doing that thing you’ve talked about for months……and then somehow… it still doesn’t happen?Ugh.Same.And it’s not your fault.In this week’s episode, I break down why your brain makes trying something new so ridiculously hard, even when your spirit knows it will ignite your joy, energy, spark, and vibrancy.
2025-11-1312 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Help! I Don't Know How to Have FUN Anymore.Feeling stuck on how to actually have fun as a busy adult? In this lively Ask me Anything “Finding Your Fun Fix” session, host Treena Innes (your Life Fun Expert) coaches Kristen —a single mom of two sporty kids and an HR leader—through practical, science-backed ways to rediscover her fun (not just kid fun or work fun). You’ll learn how Play Personalities, anti-fun triggers, and The Fun Habit framework can help you build sustainable, guilt-free fun into everyday life—without turning it into more “work.”Don...
2025-11-0620 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Is Dressing Up for Halloween FUN or No-FUN?Ever wonder why some adults can’t wait to dress up for Halloween while others avoid the costume party altogether?In this episode of The Finding Fun Experiment Podcast, Treena digs into what costumes reveal about our personalities, our “fun wiring,” and even our health.We explore the science, psychology, and play behind Halloween—because whether you’re team witch hat or team no thanks, there’s a reason behind your reaction.✨ The Science of Play: Learn how your Play Personality (based on Dr. Stuart Brown’s National Institute for Play research) determines wheth...
2025-10-3011 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Help! Why do I Feel Guilty When I am Not Productive?Do you ever feel guilty for not being productive?Like if you’re not doing, you’re somehow failing?In this week’s Ask Me Anything: Finding Your Fun Fix session, Treena sits down with Shelly — a mom of two newly launched college kids — who’s stepping into the world of empty nesting and trying to rediscover her kind of fun… guilt-free.Together, they talk about the invisible weight that many women carry in this stage of life — the constant doing, caregiving, and achieving — and how that can push fun...
2025-10-2320 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.How to Pinpoint What is Draining You.Do you know what lights you up—what brings you joy and gives you energy—but still find yourself not laughing or having fun every day? Or not as much as you want? Or as much as you should?You’re not alone.We all feel better when fun is part of our daily lives. Life feels clearer. Brighter. More vibrant and full. ✨If you’re ready to learn how to make fun a habit and build more energy, passion, and vibrancy into your everyday life, then this episode of the Finding Fu...
2025-10-1611 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Revive your Personality Before it is Too Late!How many times have you ended your day thinking it was missing excitement, sparkle, or pizzazz? Maybe you were too tired… maybe it was the same old routine… but deep down you wished it felt different.What if the answer was as simple as understanding what actually amps you up—your Fun Personality?In this episode of the Finding Fun Experiment Podcast, I, Treena Innes—Your Life Fun Expert—walk you through the 4 unique Fun Personality Types and show you how knowing your type can transform your daily ener...
2025-10-0914 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Help! How do I get my FUN to Flow Effortlessly?In this special Ask Me Anything edition of the Finding Fun Experiment Podcast, I sit down with Tara—a mom of two teenagers, at a career crossroads, and ready to reignite her spark. Like so many of us, Tara found herself needing more fun, laughter, and play woven into her daily life.Together, we dive into her personal Finding Your Fun Fix Session, where I guide her through tools from my Living Lively Framework—including the power of saying “Why Not?” to the fun that lights her up, and “Why” to the things that drain her en...
2025-10-0229 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.The Rules of Fun for Women over 50!Are you thinking you have to re-define what fun looks like after 50?You are not wrong.But maybe it really isn't about re-defining fun, but re-setting your own expectations on fun after 50. This episode explores the evolving nature of fun and life after 50, featuring insights from three vibrant women at different stages of their lives making FUN rules after 50.The conversation delves into personal experiences, challenges, and the importance of self-awareness and communication in maintaining a vibrant life.
2025-09-2643 min
Pause To Elevate With Dr. Kasim Al-MashatHow Fun Makes You Healthier And How to Live a Vibrant Life with Treena InnesWe’re obsessed with health—but almost never talk about fun health: the everyday play, lightness, and micro-moments that calm anxiety, reduce stress, and refill your cup. 🎈My guest, Treena Innes (author of Mind Doodles and creator of a global fun movement), shares practical ways to make fun a must-have, not a nice-to-have—without toxic positivity. Think resilience, not denial.Inside: the 3-minute Fire-in-the-Belly Check, the “Why Not?” Rule that opens your life, and global joy rituals from Thailand, Colombia, and Scandinavia you can try today. Ready to experiment with fun health?🔔 80% of y...
2025-09-211h 01Finding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Feel Alive Again with just Two Tools.Ever feel like you’ve lost your spark? And you really want it back! You’re not alone—so many of us get stuck here regularly.But here’s the good news: your spark isn’t gone… it just needs a little fuel.In this episode of The Finding Fun Experiment Podcast, host Treena Innes shares two simple, science-backed tools that can instantly shift your energy and bring back your zest for life.✨ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:How random acts of kindness not onl...
2025-09-1910 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Why You Need a Life Exit Break.“I feel my days are on a rinse and repeat cycle – of the same ole, same ole”“I am no longer feeling excited regularly – and I really miss that feeling”“I am worried that I am in a rut, that I can’t seem to get out of”Is this all sounding familiar? Or you are fighting hard to not have it be familiar?In this Fun Quickie episode, I’m diving into the power of what I call a “life exit”—stepping away from the motherload of de...
2025-09-1210 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Why are Scandinavians so much Happier?Scandinavia Keeps Crushing the World Happiness Game Ever wonder why Scandinavia consistently ranks as one of the happiest places on Earth according to the World Happiness Report? 🌍In this eye-opening episode, we’re cracking the code on what makes Nordic countries thrive in happiness year after year. What is their secret sauce to living lively? And we’re not just talking numbers—we’re diving straight into the real-life experiences of two locals who live and breathe this vibrant way of life.🎙What’s Inside...
2025-09-0449 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.How to Travel with More SpontaneityDid you know, over 80% of people are eager for off the beat travel experiences.In this episode, Treena discusses the joys of traveling off the beaten path, emphasizing the importance of unique experiences that helps your zest for life. She shares various travel styles, from adventure and romance to experiential and local immersion, encouraging listeners to explore the world in ways that match with their personal interests.Treena's insights aim to inspire a more vibrant and lively approach to travel, making it a meaningful part of...
2025-08-2813 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.How to Generate Endless FUN Ideas---and Actually Make Them Happen.In this special Ask Me Anything edition of The Finding Fun Experiment, I sit down with Merion—an empty nester, world traveler, executive career woman, wife, grandma, and newly-turned 60-year-old—who’s on a mission to bring more fun, laughter, and play into her life.Her challenge?Too many roadblocks:A demanding careerLimited timeFeeling like she has no creative ideas for funNot prioritizing funOverthinking itIf you’ve ever felt the same, you’ll love this session. Together, we uncover practical...
2025-08-2127 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.What Colombia has to Teach us about Living Vibrantly!🌍 Colorful Colombia: Vibrancy That Outshines the PastIf you’ve ever faced challenges but still want to live with spirit and purpose—this episode is for YOU.Colombia is a land of contrast and resilience—breathtaking landscapes, infectious music, and a rich culture built on , vibrancy, community, and strength. But beyond the beauty lies a complex history of conflict and inequality.So how do Colombians carry the weight of their past while living with such passion and liveliness?In this episode, we dive into the unstoppable spirit of Colombia...
2025-08-1448 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Why you Still Aren't Happy When you try to Have Fun.You’re doing all the things—working hard, showing up for everyone, planning the socials, attending events, maybe even vacation planning…But deep down? You still feel a little blah.You’re not sad exactly—just flat.Like your life should feel full… but it doesn’t.And maybe you’ve caught yourself thinking:"What’s wrong with me? I should be grateful, full of energy and passion… but instead, I feel guilty that I’m not."I call this ticking the FUN B...
2025-08-0817 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Why Playing as an Adult Makes you Healthier.Do you know what your Play Personality is? And if so, are you following it? Feeling like fun and play is missing—even if life looks "fine"? Then this episode is for you. You just might be living out of sync with your natural play style.Dr. Stuart Brown, the founder of the National Institute for Play, believes that play is a fundamental human need, comparable to sleep and eating. In this episode of The Finding Fun Experiment, we explore the 8 Play Personalities and how understanding your unique style can reignite your spark, joy, and energy.
2025-08-0108 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Why Having Fun Can be so Hard!Fun is Hard.🎧 Too Busy for Fun? Why That’s Costing You More Than You Think.“I don’t have time for fun.”“I’m just surviving the day.”“Fun feels like a luxury I can’t afford.”Sound familiar? You’re not alone.In this episode, Treena gets real about why fun feels hard—and what you can do about it.Even as a self-proclaimed Life Fun Expert, she admits that sometimes fun is even hard for her. But here’s the truth: it’s not...
2025-07-2505 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Breaking a World-Wide Laugh Record!You feeling disconnected, drained, or heavy about the world lately? This episode is your antidote.Join us for an unforgettable, lively, vibrant Global Laugh Session featuring 90+ back-to-back laughs and uplifting messages from people around the world—coming together to spark connection,joy, and to have a littler fun.This one-of-a-kind episode was part of a world-record attempt to share the most consecutive online laughter signs—and it’s exactly the kind of contagious joy you may not even realize you need.What You’ll Take Awa...
2025-07-181h 32Finding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.How to Make Your Vision for a Fun Life!Ever wake up thinking, "Shouldn’t I be more excited for the day ahead?"You’ve got intentions to go out, try something new, or book time with someone fun… but somehow, life turns into a rinse-and-repeat routine. The spark? Missing. The fun? Faded.Listen to this episode on your first step to getting that get-up-and-go back into your day. This is a 10-part series, taking you through your Fun Formula Program taking you from feeling blah to whooo hoooo. Step #2 in this series...
2025-07-1011 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.The Changemakers Guide to Having More FUN!If you have been in a battle with yourself asking if now is the right time to chase your dream, your big vision, your passion and purpose – then this podcast is for you. 🌈You will be surprised to learn that it is possible to manage life, put your big goal into action and still have fun. Creating change and making a lasting impact can feel like moving a mountain—challenging, exhausting, and time-consuming. But what if the secret to sustaining momentum wasn’t just grit and perseverance, but fun, laughter, and play?🔹 Do wo...
2025-07-081h 15Finding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.Are you Laughing Enough?🎧 Are You Laughing Enough? The one overlooked habit that can improve your health. Feeling stuck, blah, or just low on get-up-and-go?In this Fun Quickie episode Treena dives into one of the most underestimated tools for transforming your mood, mindset, and even your health: laughter.👉 Did you know kids laugh up to 400 times a day—but most adults barely crack a a laugh more than 20 times?👉 And that not laughing enough could be quietly draining your energy, immune system, and joy?...
2025-05-1012 minFinding Fun Experiment. Cracking your Code to Health and Wellness.TRAILER: What is The Finding Fun Experiment: Cracking the Code to Health & Wellness Podcast all about?Yes—you’re searching for the secret sauce to living your best life—one filled with spirit, passion, and vibrancy.But here’s the truth: you and many others haven’t cracked it yet.What if we could actually understand how different countries, cultures, communities, leaders, and generations are bringing more fun, vibrancy, and liveliness into their everyday lives?This podcast is your front-row seat to curious, unfiltered conversations with people from around the globe—diving into how they live with spunk, get-up-and-go, and serious zest...
2025-05-0533 min
Olegana Travel Boutique: SIGN YOUR OWN PERMISSION SLIP PODCASTPermission to have fun! - Ep. 14 with Treena InnesEpisode 14: Permission to have fun!What better way to kick off this week than a podcast interview with a life fun expert Treena Innes! We talked about giving yourself permission to live vibrantly, with fun, laughter, purpose and passion!Treena shared the journey that led her to writing her book Mind Doodles, and her lightbulb moment about helping women to remove roadblocks that prevent them from living a life that’s full of fun and vibrancy.We commiserated about re-wiring ourselves from the family expectations we grew up with – “playing is for...
2025-02-1834 min
The FoundHer Series Podcast with Carrie ScollonThe Secret Sauce to Living Lively with Treena InnesMany of us crave more play in our lives. Carrie and Treena talk about how to identify what makes us lively and also the science behind why we should incorporate more fun in our lives. Treena Innes embodies everything that she shares and teaches.
She didn’t realize until she released her Mind Doodle book, that she may be living an extraordinary life of curiosity, fun and adventure. She was being told by readers that they wanted to live lively too and wanted to know how. Treena is motivated to leave a footprint of encouraging, inspiring and showing people how to...
2023-10-2438 min