Happiness Is Good Medicine (& How to Develop Happiness Habits) with Margie Bissinger

Episode Highlights With Margie Bissinger Happiness is an inner state of health and peace that is not dependent on your circumstances It is also living your life in color What our “then I would be happy” stories can teach us Our base level of happiness, and how we can change it Why only a small amount of what contributes to happiness is external Is happiness selfish? How happiness is contagious, and how this helps those around you Happiness habits you can develop and strengthen The importance of being a victor and not a victim in life, and how this is an inner shift How to be solution-focused instead of problem-focused What blaming, shaming, and complaining are indicators of About 80% of an average person’s thoughts are negative and how to shift this Better questions to ask internally to curate the good in your life Good happiness habits we can help our kids have from a young age How to recalibrate if you are around negativity from other people Her 5-step approach to developing the happiness habit Resources We Mention Happy Me Happy Life - Use code wellnessmama for 50% off Free 7-Day Happiness Habits Journal and 7-minute morning meditation Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl