logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2021
34m 39s

How to Build a Happy Life: Don't Be Your...

THE ATLANTIC
About this episode
In the social-media age, we curate images of our lives on a screen—making it especially easy to translate images of perfection as the image of oneself. But the pressure to pretend we are perfect is exactly the thing holding us back from experiencing the happiness we seek—and limiting our ability to be our whole, authentic selves.  In this episode of How to B ... Show More
Up next
Oct 2021
How to Build a Happy Life: Know That You Know Nothing
If there’s one thing we might regret at the end of life, it’s that we missed out on moments that mattered—not because we weren’t physically there, but because our mind wandered off to some unknown place. In this episode of How to Build a Happy Life, we explore why it’s uniquely c ... Show More
37m 45s
Nov 2021
How to Build a Happy Life: Find the Secret to Meaningful Work
The road to purposeful work is paved with good intentions; but for many, happiness at work can feel like a hopeless cause. What if the secret to happiness at work has less to do with our extrinsic motivations—money, rewards, and personal gain—and more to do with our intrinsic mot ... Show More
41m 24s
Nov 2021
How to Build a Happy Life: Live When You’re In Pain
As we wind down this series, a paradox remains in our pursuit of happiness—joy comes to those who have known pain. In order to overcome struggle—breakups, illness, even death—we must first accept and acknowledge its inevitability. Exploring the darkness of our suffering may seem ... Show More
49m 54s
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2025
THE HAPPINESS TRAP
We live in a world obsessed with happiness, sold the promise that if we just work hard enough, think positively enough, or buy the right things, we’ll finally feel complete. But this endless chase often leaves us feeling emptier than before. The more we run after happiness, the m ... Show More
9m 12s
Nov 2024
485: Free Yourself From The Happiness Trap
The pursuit of happiness is one of the most talked about topics in the self-help world and life in general. What does it mean to be happy? Perhaps the pursuit of happiness is actually just a myth and what we really want to be looking for is joy and contentment. Listen to today's ... Show More
47m 52s
Jul 2023
#89: How to Care Less About Others' Opinions (For the Recovering People Pleaser)
<p>Are you feeling stuck in the perennial battle between seeking external validation and staying true to your authentic self? In today&apos;s Q&amp;A episode, I&apos;m sharing some thoughts on how to detach from unhealthy people-pleasing behaviours that ask us to trade our authen ... Show More
13m 10s
Sep 2022
225 - Be Yourself
How much of our lives do we spend living in way to please other people? How much unhappiness do we feel in our lives because we’re not being ourselves? Today I want to talk about why it can be really hard to live authentically.“And this, too, affords no small occasion for anxieti ... Show More
9m 48s
Dec 2023
How to like yourself
Don't pretend to be someone you're not. To learn more about finding true happiness, check out our bestselling book, NEW HAPPY: Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong! Available at www.thenewhappy.com/book 
1m 18s
Apr 2024
Will I ever just want to be myself?
tail spinning
35m 2s
Dec 2024
658 - The burden of "am I happy enough?"
<p>In this episode, I talk about happiness as a goal vs. happiness as a result of living life fully. I talk about pressure to be happy and how to escape our circular search to find it.</p><p>My book, "That's Bold of you" is available on Amazon.</p><p>Instagram: @case.kenny</p><br ... Show More
16m 1s
May 2023
Overcoming Comparison & Cultivating Self Acceptance
In this episode, we explored the negative impact of comparison and how it has intensified in the age of social media. Comparing ourselves to others leads to self-doubt, negativity, and harms our mental health. We also discussed how comparison puts us in a constant competition mod ... Show More
18m 21s
Aug 2021
a happy & healthy life
Who doesn’t want to be happy? There are a lot of things in life that can get us down, or have a negative impact on our emotions, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Emma is going through all of the characteristics of how to create happiness in our lives, from building meaningful ... Show More
58m 9s