Today we’re getting rid of all of the boxes and embracing our bad-ass writer selves—and our books—for the weird and wonderful creations that they are. This episode is mostly about the books we love to read and write, but also about leaning intowho we are as humans instead of playing it safe and trying to fit in. The quote Kerry referenced but couldn’t remember about boldness is this: “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” — Goethe.

What bold step might you take today toward one of your dreams? We''re cheering you on!

Maddie starts us off talking about 'The Science of WellBeing', a popular course designed by Professor Laurie Santos that was originally offered at Yale and is now free to anybody online through Coursera (see link below). From there we launch off on a number of tangents, including changing your Happiness Set Point, what to do when we feel like maybe we shouldn’t be happy, how to handle the contagion of negativity and more. We mention a number of resources and here are the promised links:

Check out The Science of Well Being here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being/

Check out Marci Shimoff’s Living in the Miracle Zone podcast,full of interviews with positive people here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCmNObyOx_1ADDQ1u4Rl93WjFqMiDvNC0&si=MQKbr8pWOtCoQDBN or take a look at her book, Happy For No Reason here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/happy-for-no-reason-7-steps-to-being-happy-from-the-inside-out-carol-kline/497a5b2aa46b219e?ean=9781416547730

The other book Kerry mentions is The Happiness Advantageby Shawn Achor: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-happiness-advantage-how-a-positive-brain-fuels-success-in-work-and-life-shawn-achor/fc502babc59db48a?ean=9780307591555

As always - we'd love to hear from you! Drop us an email at onehappythingpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram:

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Book lovers, both readers and writers, this one is for you! Don’t you just love a perfect title? We’re swapping stories about our most magical titles and the fun, surprising, and sometimes mysterious places they came from!

Listen in, and then tell us about your favorite book titles in the comments! Or email us at mailto:onehappythingpodcast@gmail.com. You can check out our books and titles on our websites:

https://www.jennifermoorman.com/books

https://maddiedawson.com/books/

https://allthingskerry.com/bookshelf