Creating Happiness- Our Listeners’ Favorite Episode S.4  E. 57

Listen to this reader favorite episode to find simple ways of creating happiness in your life.

Show Notes:

In this episode: 

Welcome to the Inspired Together Teachers podcast. This month we are celebrating the one year anniversary of this podcast.

For 56 weeks straight we have released an episode designed to help busy teachers live their best lives both at home and at work.

You have responded with thousands of downs loads, wonderful reviews and comments, and messages in our DM’s and inbox that tell us that what we are doing matters. Thank you.

What may have shocked us the most in the past year is the number of listeners from different countries. In case you’re wondering, the majority of our listeners come from the United States, Australia, and then Mexico. In this past year we have also had listeners from 39 different countries. We appreciate each of you!

In celebration of our one year anniversary, we decided to honor our listeners by sharing our listeners’ favorite episode. Creating Happiness, our third episode, is our most downloaded episode. We are happy to revisit that episode today, and we hope you not only enjoy listening but perhaps use it as inspiration to create a little more happiness in your own life.

As always, these shownotes are not a word-for-word transcription of the show.  For all the stories and examples we talk about, please listen to the episode.  The following notes provide a breif overview of the content.

Episode summary:

Do you want more happiness in your work and home life? Don’t we all? In today’s episode we’re going to talk about research- based ways to up your happiness game. You are in charge of creating your own happiness!

Topic 1: What do we know about happiness?

• Harvard Study of Adult Development, Vallient & Waldinger (2004)
• Robert Emmons, Gratitide Study University of Calif. Davis (2003)
• University of Kentucky Sisters of Notre Dame study (2000)

 Topic 2: Creating Happiness is a mindset shift.

• Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage
• Being successful doesn’t lead to being more positive, being more positive leads to being more successful.
• Laurie Santos, Yale happiness research
• “We’re entitled to and capable of much more joy than we have settled for.”

Topic 3: Neuroplasticity

• Neuroplasticity is how we change our brain by creating new pathways.
• The science of neuroplasticity tells us that we can adjust our mindset.
• Our beliefs can change the result of our personal lives and our work.

Topic 4:  Action Steps for Creating Happiness

• Jose, Lim, Bryant New Zealand study (2012)
• Savoring events increases our happiness
• We list ways to find or create more happiness.

Quotes:

“What we spend our time and mental energy on can become our reality.”

Shawn Achor

“Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change- it is the realization that we can.”

Shawn Achor -The Happiness Advantage

“The data suggests that becoming happier is a lot like learning to play the violin or row crew. They’re not impossible, you just have to commit to practicing.”

Laurie Santos

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

Related episodes and posts: 

8 Simple Ways to Create a Joyful Classroom

Bring Joy and Celebration Back to Teaching

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Co-hosts Paula Schmidt and Michele Vosberg are award winning educators with the experience and skills to help teachers thrive in life and work. They’ve taught at all levels, worked with thousands of teachers, and conducted workshops around the world. They are also the authors of the #1 best-selling book The Inspired Teachers Journal: A Weekly Guide to Becoming Your Best Self.

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