Do your clothes feel tighter this holiday season? Are the holidays your excuse to over-consume in all the festivities? This week on “Happiness through Hardship” – The Podcast – I’m dropping a mini-episode about healthy holiday substitutions. Living plant-based the past seven years, I’ve stumbled upon a few healthy and hearty holiday foods that are fun and festive. Many traditions involve lots of comfort foods that cause us to overeat and feel blah. Making simple healthy substitutions to your holiday can improve how you feel, both mind and body throughout the season and beyond.
Mini Episode: Healthy Holiday Substitutions
Ep. 30: A Love Story – Managing Menopause and Caregiving Cancer Together
I’m honored and excited to introduce you to this week’s guest on “Happiness through Hardship” – The Podcast – Anne Cannon-Wilson. She’s an author, philanthropist, retired business manager and mother of two amazing daughters. She had worked side by side with her late husband, Don, for 25 years to help grow the family business and retired 18 years ago to pursue her own passions. On today’s episode Anne shares her love story. She talks about how through sickness and health, thoughtful and supportive caregiving for a spouse is essential. We cover life experiences including menopause and cancer as well as dive into our healthy habits and so much more.
Ep. 29: Radiating Joy Even After ALS Diagnosis
I’m excited to introduce you to Lynn Giovannelli on this week’s episode of “Happiness through Hardship” – The Podcast. I was told she’s a bright light and amazing in 1,000 ways and with that introduction, I couldn’t wait to connect with her. People who know her best say she’s a kind, loving and passionate spirit that’s filled with energy, faith and compassion. Lynn is no stranger to hardship – having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 and saw her company fall during the real estate crash of 2009. While her health has changed over the years, friends all say that one thing that has remained steady is her unbounded spirit. I’m honored that today Lynn shares her story about her recent ALS diagnosis.
Ep. 28: Unemployed or Uninspired – How to Plan Your Next Chapter
Are you feeling uninspired professionally? Have you lost your job or have been unemployed for awhile? This week’s guest on “Happiness through Hardship” – The Podcast is Valerie Gordon, a life-long storyteller, 10x Emmy award winning producer and founder of the career and communications strategy firm, Commander-in-She.
Ep. 27: Safe Celebrations – Festivities from Afar
I’m delighted to share this fun and festive holiday episode of “Happiness through Hardship” – The Podcast. While this season will look different than before, more virtual and less big gatherings, on this episode I have a very special guest who loves to celebrate and shares with us how. We chat about finding happiness and creating joy together, even though many of us are apart. I’m thrilled to introduce you to Meghan Buchanan Roberts – a secondary education school counselor, a former manager for Hershey Corporate, a wife, a Mom and my fabulous and full of fun – college roommate. She’s always been someone who has commemorated the big and little in life, so she seemed like the perfect person to have this conversation – and hopefully help us all make the holidays special.
Ep. 26: Talking Travel, Pandemic and Personal Finances
Are you nervous about finances and not sure where to begin? Do you wish you could travel more – with or without COVID? Today’s guest on “Happiness through Hardship” – The Podcast, Danielle Desir, talks personal finance and pandemic travel. Danielle is an author, personal finance writer, travel aficionado and host of The Thought Card podcast. Her passion is to travel…and shares how she’s done this while paying off over 60,000 dollars in student loans, saving for a house and working full-time.