The HappiNest Podcast

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Be Open to Creative Ideas, Beat Back Self-Doubt and Get Started! Apr 18, 2020

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Rob Angel was a 26-year-old waiter from Seattle, when he picked up a No. 2 pencil, yellow legal pad and Webster's paperback dictionary to create the bestselling board game Pictionary, which has sold more than 38 million copies worldwide. Putting together the first 1,000 games in his apartment, he parlayed an idea into a global powerhouse: Pictionary is now distributed in 60 countries in 45 languages. Rob tells his story in a new book— Game Changer: The Story of Pictionary and How I Turned a Simple Idea into the Bestselling Board Game in the World. Rob is also involved in philanthropy and encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to "find their aardvark," a reference to the first Pictionary word he jotted down after beating back self-doubt and mustering the confidence to begin. Rob shows others how to be fun-loving, boundary-busting and creative. Check out Robangel.com.

Reinvent Yourself: Launch a Second Act! Apr 16, 2020

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Illana Raia is a lawyer, lecturer and founder of Être—a forum for middle-school girls that helps them build on passions and interests. Illana retired from law and launched this forum as her last child was preparing to leave home. Être connects girls with professional women at the top of their game who serve as mentors and role models. She is also the author of a new book "Girls who do you want to be?"

Simplify! Keep Your Life as Lean as Possible Apr 10, 2020

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Julia Hobsbawm is a writer, entrepreneur and acclaimed author. She was described by James Harding, former editor of The Times and BBC News and founder of Tortoise Media as "one of the most important public intellectuals in the UK." Julia's first book Fully Connected: Social Health in an Age of Overload, was shortlisted for Management Book of the Year and Business Book of the Year in 2018. Her new book, The Simplicity Principal: Six Steps Toward Clarity in a Complex World challenges the assumption that all things complex should stay that way. Julia shows us a simpler way, a way to keep things as lean, simple and focused as possible.

How to Disrupt, Change and Improve Apr 06, 2020

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Vijay Eswaran is a global philanthropist, business tycoon and bestselling author who once drove cabs in London and Chicago to pay his college tuition. As a first-generation entrepreneur who launched a company at the height of the Asian economic crisis in the late 90s, he has surmounted many challenges. He's been named by Forbes as one of Asia's Top 50 philanthropists. Vijay is a bestselling author who has written several books, including In the Sphere of Silence and Two Minutes from the Abyss: 11 pillars of Life Management. He stresses how the mind is a powerful weapon. He shares his ideas about finding purpose, taking control of your life and living in the now!

Tough Love and Wisdom: How to Get out of Your Own Way Apr 03, 2020

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Laura Gassner Otting is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropic activist and former White House political appointee. She has interviewed thousands of leaders at crisis points in their lives and careers. She is a speaker, consultant and executive coach. Laura is also the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. She says when we don't find success in our own terms, "finding our purpose and carving our own path becomes impossible." Laura tells us how to get out of our own way!

Channel Times of Tragedy to Emerge Better Than Before Mar 28, 2020

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Keisha Blair is an economist who lost her husband when she was 31. She later wrote an article with the 40 life lessons she learned from this tragedy. That article went viral and led her down a new path. She is now the bestselling author of Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons to Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity and Happiness. Those lessons can help us all get a better grip on these uncertain times. In her book, Keisha writes about the financial effects of people living much longer today. The average person can expect to live almost to age 80 or more, nearly 30 years longer than someone born in 1900. Keisha, who lives in Ottawa, Canada, advises people how to handle their hard-won nest egg so it covers their lifespan. She also has lots of life experience and soul to share!

Helping Young Adults Suddenly Boomeranged Back Home Mar 24, 2020

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Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is a world expert on "emerging adults," or, young people from 18 to 29. Jeffrey is a psychology professor at Clark University in Worcester, Mass, who has defined this "emerging adult' phase of life, which is quite distinct from the teen and adult phases. He has also researched and written two books that have altered my parenting tremendously. He co-authored: Getting to 30: A Parent's Guide to the 20-Something Years and wrote Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties. Jeffrey has researched how and why young people are reaching the milestones of adulthood later than their parents. Here he shares how to help our "emerging adults" thrive now that many of them have "boomeranged" back home during this global pandemic. That's a lot of get a grip on, no matter how old you are.

25: Facing Anxiety in the Moment Will Lead to Less Anxiety over Time Mar 17, 2020

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Jelena Kecmanovic, aka Dr. K, is founder and director of the Arlington/DC Behavior Therapy Institute and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. She has published articles and chapters on depression, anxiety, CBT, and relationships. Jelena is sharing advice based on psychological science regarding how to cope with Coronavirus uncertainty.

Engaging in Novelty Adds Verve to Romantic Relationships Mar 10, 2020

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Today our guest is Xiaomeng Xu, who allow others to call her Mona, and also goes by Professor X for her students as her name is tricky to pronounce. Mona was born in Fuling, China and immigrated to the United States at age 5. Raised in New York City, she graduated in psychology from NYU and got her PhD from Stony Brook University. Now she's an associate professor of psychology at Idaho State University, researching behavioral health, close relationships—especially romantic relationships—and teaching. She also has been involved in fascinating research with brain scans and how human beings respond to novel experiences. I tracked her down when I was writing my book HappiNest because I wanted to tap her knowledge regarding the impact of novelty on novelty on the quality of close relationships.

Failure to Launch: Why Your Twenty-something Hasn't Grown Up Mar 03, 2020

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Mark McConville is a family clinical psychologist who focuses on young adults who are struggling to transition from adolescence to adulthood. Mark is a senior faculty member at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and a consulting psychologist to the Hathaway Brown School and University School in Cleveland, Ohio. He also has written a book: Failure To Launch: Why Your Twenty-something Hasn't Grown up and What to do About It.

Mark says many young adults today have trouble holding a job, struggle to develop meaningful relationships, and often boomerang back home. He says one in four young adults who are aged 25 to 34, neither work nor attend school—a problem that encompasses all socioeconomic and geographic boundaries. Why are young adults today failing to launch in ever increasing numbers? McConville finds three key reasons: failing to find a sense of purpose, inability to develop administrative responsibility, and trouble cultivating interdependence.

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