Happiness Academy

Mirna Smidt

Life is short - let's live it in a meaningful, engaged and joyful way! Join Mirna every second Wednesday to discover positive psychology tools and tips that will support you in building such a life. At Happiness Academy podcast, you will gain new knowledge, but also feel motivated and inspired to keep improving your life and design it with intentionality, purpose and enjoyment.

  1. 02/21/2024

    Podcast #30: Exhausted From Overthinking or Worry? Here is How to Take a Break From Your Thoughts

    Oh, who hasn’t been there: dragged by our own brain into the place of worry, anxiety, or perhaps overthinking, overanalyzing, attempting to control pretty much everything…  The destructive thought patterns tend to sabotage our wellbeing - as well as our focus and efficiency.  So how can we deal with them? The answers are in this podcast episode! 🏝️ Join me at the Mindfulness Learning Getaway in Istria for an amazing experience mixed up with building up your mindfulness skills: https://happiness-academy.eu/istria-getaway/ 🧘 Download the free ebook Mindfulness Made Easy for 90 short, simple exercises: https://happiness-academy.eu/mindfulness-made-easy-ebook/ 💌 Looking for more tools and ideas on how to work on your wellbeing? Make sure to join us at Happiness Academy weekly newsletter. https://happiness-academy.eu/newsletter 🧠 Now, there is one more tool - and that is your mind and your mindset. When I say mindset, I mean how your thoughts work: what your brain chooses to focus on, how it chooses to understand the world around you, and how that impacts your emotions and energy.  When I say mindset, I mean how your thoughts work: what your brain chooses to focus on, how it chooses to understand the world around you, and how that impacts your emotions and energy.  Our thinking patterns are the most impactful force that shapes our happiness and wellbeing - but they do require a bit of training to get them in the optimal place. If you feel that that might be the resource that you could leverage more, consider joining me at Build Powerful Mindset online course to learn and train a set of amazing tools to work with your thoughts, energy, motivation.

    24 min
  2. 02/07/2024

    Podcast #29: Winter Blues: Positive Psychology Toolbox to Deal with It

    Winter blues - that mild feeling of being down with your energy and mood, all due to cold and dark days. How can we deal with the “winter blues” more effectively? To deal with the winter blues (or with any other kind of blues), we have three powerful toolboxes: 🫀emotions, 🤸 body, and 🧠 mind. In this episode, I am sharing 5 practical tips to leverage the 3 to mitigate that “dark winter feeling”. 📅 Is you inner Dreamer a bit stuck and without ideas? Join me at the Life Design online workshop: https://happiness-academy.eu/life-design-create-a-life-you-love-online-workshop/ 💌 Looking for more tools and ideas on how to work on your wellbeing? Make sure to join us at Happiness Academy weekly newsletter. https://happiness-academy.eu/newsletter 📖 If you struggle with finding more positive emotions these days, here are two blog posts to give you ideas: 📖 How to have more of positive emotions? https://happiness-academy.eu/how-to-have-more-of-positive-emotions/ 📖 5 tips to feel fully alive https://happiness-academy.eu/5-tips-to-feel-fully-alive/ 🧠 Now, there is one more tool - and that is your mind and your mindset. When I say mindset, I mean how your thoughts work: what your brain chooses to focus on, how it chooses to understand the world around you, and how that impacts your emotions and energy. Our thinking patterns are the most impactful force that shapes our happiness and wellbeing - but they do require a bit of training to get them in the optimal place. If you feel that that might be the resource that you could leverage more, consider joining me at Build Powerful Mindset online course to learn and train a set of amazing tools to work with your thoughts, energy, motivation. https://happiness-academy.eu/mindset-online-course/

    19 min
  3. 12/27/2023

    Podcast #27: Protect your priorities: How to safeguard your life vision from distractions and obstacles

    Having the best plan and the most inspiring vision won’t mean a lot if we don’t find a way to create space and actions to put that vision in place. And in the world filled with noise and distractions, that is truly an art! How can you get better with protecting your priorities? That is exactly what I am exploring - with many practical tips - in todays podcast episode. I hope you will leave this episode motivated to create more clarity and focus in your life - as well as with ideas on HOW to achieve that. Looking to learn more? Join me at some of the following learning journeys or check other podcast episodes: Does your work plan need a big revision, and you could use some accountability, structure and guidance in making it? Join me at Life Design online workshop and design a clear, motivating life vision and life plan. ⁠https://happiness-academy.eu/application-for-life-design-create-a-life-you-love-on-demand-course/⁠ For more accountability and tools for work on your priorities and perspectives, join me at My Remarkable Year program: https://happiness-academy.eu/remarkable-year/ TEDx talk in which I shared the framework of 3 P’s (the second P being Perspective which I am exploring deeper in this podcast episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPack976maY Connected episodes: - Podcast #25: Discovering new perspectives in life - to be more creative, and to open our eyes to more options: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/xivS1Te5LFb - Podcast #24: Be Proactive & Live Proactively: 5 Approaches to Live a More Proactive Life: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/uG3JtzwVLFb Happiness Academy newsletter, with positive psychology tools and tips in your inbox every Thursday: https://happiness-academy.eu/newsletter/ Looking to discover more about perspectives and work with your thinking? Check out Build Powerful Mindset course on Happiness Academy: https://happiness-academy.eu/mindset-online-course/

    25 min
  4. 12/23/2023

    Podcast #26: Year-End Reflection: Embracing Mindful Closure and the new beginning with couple of tools

    Year end: what a great opportunity to reflect on your life goals, and on what changes and adjustments would you like to make.  In this podcast episode, I am sharing with you: 2 short tools (10 - 20 minutes) for structured and smart reflection on your life that you can apply at any moment in your life when you feel like you need a bit of adjustment 1 super important question to get your life back on track in less than a minute 1 comprehensive yet very valuable and deep  tool for year end reflection  Do keep in mind that you can use these valuable and powerful reflection exercises not just at the end of the year - but at any point in your life when you need a bit of re-focus, guidance or make a bit decision.  Keep on learning valuable tools from positive psychology with Happiness Academy weekly newsletter: https://happiness-academy.eu/newsletter/ To reflect deeper on your life, join me for one of the two learning opportunities: Does your work plan need a big revision, and you could use some accountability, structure and guidance in making it?  Join me at Life Design online workshop and design a clear, motivating life vision and life plan in a 3h online workshop.  https://happiness-academy.eu/application-for-life-design-create-a-life-you-love-on-demand-course/ For more accountability and tools for work on your priorities and perspectives throughout the year, join me at My Remarkable Year program: https://happiness-academy.eu/remarkable-year/ And if you feel it’s time of transition for you, here is another podcast episode that you might like.

    15 min
  5. 11/29/2023

    Podcast #25: Discovering New Perspectives in Life - Be More Creative & Open Your Eyes to New Options

    To feel like our life is all that we want it to be, to be able to dream big, but also to choose the best option for ourselves, first we need to have options! And options come from our creative thinking, from ability to generate new perspectives and insights, from being dreamer but also critical thinker. Hey, but noone taught us how to do that, you say? That is why we are exploring it in today’s podcast episode - from broad ideas to practical tips on how to work with your thinking and perspectives. Does your work plan need a big revision, and you could use some accountability, structure and guidance in making it? Join me at Life Design online workshop and design a clear, motivating life vision and life plan. ⁠https://happiness-academy.eu/application-for-life-design-create-a-life-you-love-on-demand-course/ ⁠ For more accountability and tools for work on your priorities and perspectives, join me at My Remarkable Year program: ⁠https://happiness-academy.eu/remarkable-year/⁠ TEDx talk in which I shared the framework of 3 P’s (the second P being Perspective which I am exploring deeper in this podcast episode: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPack976maY⁠ Podcast episode: Podcast #24: Be Proactive & Live Proactively: 5 Approaches to Live a More Proactive Life - ⁠https://youtu.be/GMiFWvj_DNY ⁠ Happiness Academy newsletter, with positive psychology tools and tips in your inbox every Thursday: https://happiness-academy.eu/newsletter/⁠ Looking to discover more about perspectives and work with your thinking? Check out Build Powerful Mindset course on Happiness Academy: ⁠https://happiness-academy.eu/mindset-online-course/⁠

    25 min

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Life is short - let's live it in a meaningful, engaged and joyful way! Join Mirna every second Wednesday to discover positive psychology tools and tips that will support you in building such a life. At Happiness Academy podcast, you will gain new knowledge, but also feel motivated and inspired to keep improving your life and design it with intentionality, purpose and enjoyment.