The Business Of Happiness

Tarryn MacCarthy
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When you feel good, you do good. In business and in life, we can do better and have a greater impact on the lives of others when we align our intentions and our actions with inner fulfillment. The Business of Happiness Podcast ignites the conversation of redefining our modern definition of success and how to find happiness in our work and, ultimately, in our lives. I am Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy, and in the first 2 decades of my career, I reveled in culturally recognizable success and drowned myself in personal turmoil and depression. Since then, I have embarked on a quest for greater purpose and joy in business and in life. Welcome to the conversation as each week we discuss together, and with successful business owners and leaders, how to strive for happiness. Together we will adventure to discover the secrets to finding true purpose and impact and to redefine our understanding of success. This is The Business of Happiness.

  1. 3D AGO

    #408 - How Do You Know When You Are Bypassing?

    Host Dr. Tarryn McCarthy speaks to high-achieving women in healthcare, leadership, and service roles who look capable on the outside but feel worn down underneath. She shows how overworking, overhelping, scrolling, binge eating, and micromanaging can become quiet ways of bypassing your own needs. With honesty, warmth, and sharp self-awareness, she reframes these habits as indicator lights pointing to burnout, emotional avoidance, and the truth your body has been trying to tell you. This is a powerful listen on self-awareness, emotional health, healing, and work-life balance that may feel uncomfortably accurate in all the right ways. Press play before your coping habits ask for a promotion and a corner office. ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Empower Her Retreat: Dates: October 1–4, 2026 Location: Taos, New Mexico Website: empowerherretreat.org Connect with Dr. MacCarthy: Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com Book a call with Tarryn: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/happiness-and-prosperity-strategy-call Unlock your inner peace and reclaim joy in your profession with the Nervous System Regulation For Dentists Course: https://www.thebizofhappiness.com/calm Please join my Facebook group, Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2047152905700283 Where to find me: Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness IG: @thebizofhappiness It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

    27 min

  2. MAR 18

    #407 - There Isn’t A “Better” Job Out There

    In this episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy challenges the belief that your job, your team, or your circumstances are the reason you feel stuck. Speaking straight to high-achieving, deeply passionate healthcare professionals and women in dentistry, she shares a powerful message about self-trust, clarity, and building a life that fits you instead of shrinking yourself to fit someone else’s version of success. If you’ve been chasing peace through the next opportunity, the next title, or the next big move, this conversation will hit home. It is honest, freeing, and full of the kind of mindset shift that changes more than your career. Press play before you let another “great opportunity” boss your soul around. Show notes: (3:43) A dentist facing practice ownership (7:17) Create your life vision first (9:12) Your job should serve life (11:52) Slow down and ask yourself (15:22) Raise how you feel inside (18:33) Look back at how far (20:51) Go inward and choose yourself (22:03) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Connect with Dr. MacCarthy: Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com Book a call with Tarryn: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/happiness-and-prosperity-strategy-call Unlock your inner peace and reclaim joy in your profession with the Nervous System Regulation For Dentists Course: https://www.thebizofhappiness.com/calm Please join my Facebook group, Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2047152905700283 Where to find me: Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness IG: @thebizofhappiness It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

    23 min

  3. MAR 11

    #406 - How Are YOU Doing During This Time?

    The quiet burnout high achievers never talk about. In today’s episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy shares a real and honest check-in for deeply driven women in healthcare and dentistry who spend their lives caring for everyone else. Patients rely on you. Your team relies on you. Your family relies on you. But somewhere in the middle of all that responsibility, it becomes easy to ignore what is happening in your own life. Dr. MacCarthy speaks directly to the emotional weight many doctors and dentists carry and why high performers often distract themselves from uncomfortable truths that need attention. This episode is a reminder that even the strongest leaders need space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with themselves. Show notes: (2:01) Emotional weight of caring professions (6:20) Why the healthcare business model is broken (6:44) Distractions that hide uncomfortable truths (8:30) Dentist struggling with insurance pressures (12:35) Personal story about facing hard truths (16:52) Why emotional honesty builds stronger leaders (18:14) Growth waiting on the other side (19:12) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Connect with Dr. MacCarthy: Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com Book a call with Tarryn: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/happiness-and-prosperity-strategy-call Unlock your inner peace and reclaim joy in your profession with the Nervous System Regulation For Dentists Course: https://www.thebizofhappiness.com/calm Please join my Facebook group, Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2047152905700283 Where to find me: Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness IG: @thebizofhappiness It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

    20 min

  4. MAR 4

    #405 - Shame’s Slippery Slope

    Host Dr. Tarryn McCarthy speaks directly to high-achieving healthcare professionals and dedicated women in dentistry who are used to pushing themselves harder than anyone else ever could. The same drive that builds successful careers often brings constant self-criticism, quiet guilt, and the pressure to always do more. She offers a perspective that reframes how high performers think about perfection, leadership, and the voice inside their own head. When that internal dialogue shifts, confidence, energy, and fulfillment begin to change with it. This episode is for the provider who shows up for everyone else but rarely extends that same grace to herself. Press play and politely inform your inner critic it is no longer running the practice. Show notes: (1:41) Why guilt and shame hurt growth (3:02) Self-criticism in dentistry and medicine (5:05) How perfectionism creates self-shame (8:33) Shame drains confidence and energy (13:07) Two leaders with different self-talk (19:12) Awareness and self-compassion practice (20:47) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Connect with Dr. MacCarthy: Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com Book a call with Tarryn: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/happiness-and-prosperity-strategy-call Unlock your inner peace and reclaim joy in your profession with the Nervous System Regulation For Dentists Course: https://www.thebizofhappiness.com/calm Please join my Facebook group, Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2047152905700283 Where to find me: Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness IG: @thebizofhappiness It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

    22 min

  5. FEB 25

    #404 - The Fastest Way To Get Out Of A Funk Isn’t What You Think

    In today’s episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks directly to high-achieving healthcare professionals and women in dentistry who feel overwhelmed, stretched thin, and disconnected from their joy. Success does not always protect you from burnout, and sometimes the pressure you feel is a signal that something inside needs to shift, not your career. She shares a powerful mindset reframe that can move you from frustration and exhaustion to clarity, confidence, and personal freedom faster than you might expect. This episode is a reminder that happiness, empowerment, and balance are not future goals. They are choices available to you right now. Show notes: (2:03) Reminder of your power and choice (6:39) Awareness is your superpower (8:28) Moving from victim to reverence (10:02) The “I get to” perspective shift (13:08) Recognizing choices and empowerment (17:23) Choosing your lens and energy (24:06) Reclaiming power (26:02) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Connect with Dr. MacCarthy: Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com Book a call with Tarryn: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/happiness-and-prosperity-strategy-call Unlock your inner peace and reclaim joy in your profession with the Nervous System Regulation For Dentists Course: https://www.thebizofhappiness.com/calm Please join my Facebook group, Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2047152905700283 Where to find me: Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness IG: @thebizofhappiness It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

    27 min

  6. FEB 18

    #403 - Transforming Your Worst Moment Into Your Greatest Strength

    Power returns the moment you choose yourself. In this episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy shares a raw and deeply relatable story about reaching a breaking point as a high-achieving healthcare professional and the perspective shift that changed everything. For dentists, doctors, and driven women who feel overwhelmed, burned out, or stretched too thin, this episode offers a grounded reminder that growth does not always come from pushing harder. Sometimes it starts with how you see yourself. If you’ve been carrying pressure, responsibility, and expectations while quietly losing your spark, this message will land close to home. What feels like the end of the road can become the beginning of something far greater. Show notes: (1:09) Turning worst day into best (5:15) Feeling overwhelmed and out of options (9:33) Realizing no one will save you (12:30) The moment everything changed (17:12) Small daily actions create transformation (26:22) Turning hardship into lasting purpose (28:40) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Connect with Dr. MacCarthy: Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com Book a call with Tarryn: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/happiness-and-prosperity-strategy-call Unlock your inner peace and reclaim joy in your profession with the Nervous System Regulation For Dentists Course: https://www.thebizofhappiness.com/calm Please join my Facebook group, Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2047152905700283 Where to find me: Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness IG: @thebizofhappiness It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

    30 min

  7. FEB 11

    #402 - ANTS: Automatic Negative Thoughts That Steal Your Power and Your Happiness

    Host Dr. Tarryn McCarthy delivers a powerful reminder every high-achieving healthcare professional and woman in dentistry needs to hear. You are not broken, and your self-doubt is not the truth. She explains why even successful dentists and doctors struggle with negative self-talk, burnout, and the pressure to be perfect. Through real stories and clear insight, Dr. Tarryn challenges the inner voice that weakens confidence and limits your impact with patients, teams, and family. This episode will change how you see yourself and your success. If you are ready to protect your energy, strengthen your mindset, and lead with confidence, this is your reset. Drop the doubt. Own your worth. Lead from your power. Show notes: (2:51) Automatic negative thoughts explained (5:01) Success with hidden self-doubt (8:52) Where insecurity comes from (11:08) Impact on patients and leadership (13:40) Stress and fight-or-flight thinking (18:43) Awareness is the first step (20:18) Replacing negative self-talk (22:42) Stepping into your leadership power (24:22) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Connect with Dr. MacCarthy: Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com Book a call with Tarryn: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/happiness-and-prosperity-strategy-call Unlock your inner peace and reclaim joy in your profession with the Nervous System Regulation For Dentists Course: https://www.thebizofhappiness.com/calm Please join my Facebook group, Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2047152905700283 Where to find me: Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness IG: @thebizofhappiness It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

    25 min

  8. FEB 4

    #401 - The #1 Lie We Live As HealthCare Providers

    In this episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks directly to high-achieving women in dentistry and healthcare who feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and stretched too thin. She challenges the belief that nonstop sacrifice equals success and reveals how chronic stress quietly drains your focus, health, and leadership strength. With clarity and compassion, Dr. Tarryn reframes self-care as a professional responsibility, not a personal luxury. This episode is for driven clinicians who want to stay sharp, present, and confident without burning themselves out along the way. If you are ready to stop surviving on empty and start leading from strength, this episode will shift how you protect your energy and your future. Show notes: (1:36) Carrying stress from others (3:54) Why self-care matters most (5:48) Depletion reduces leadership quality (7:37) Burnout and boundary failures (10:47) How stress shuts down healing (13:44) Do no harm includes you (15:49) Choosing yourself without guilt (18:43) Rest restores clarity and power (20:57) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Connect with Dr. MacCarthy: Email: tarryn@drtarrynmaccarthy.com Book a call with Tarryn: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/happiness-and-prosperity-strategy-call Unlock your inner peace and reclaim joy in your profession with the Nervous System Regulation For Dentists Course: https://www.thebizofhappiness.com/calm Please join my Facebook group, Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2047152905700283 Where to find me: Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness IG: @thebizofhappiness It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

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When you feel good, you do good. In business and in life, we can do better and have a greater impact on the lives of others when we align our intentions and our actions with inner fulfillment. The Business of Happiness Podcast ignites the conversation of redefining our modern definition of success and how to find happiness in our work and, ultimately, in our lives. I am Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy, and in the first 2 decades of my career, I reveled in culturally recognizable success and drowned myself in personal turmoil and depression. Since then, I have embarked on a quest for greater purpose and joy in business and in life. Welcome to the conversation as each week we discuss together, and with successful business owners and leaders, how to strive for happiness. Together we will adventure to discover the secrets to finding true purpose and impact and to redefine our understanding of success. This is The Business of Happiness.

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  • Creator
    Tarryn MacCarthy
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    409
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Business Of Happiness
  • Show Website
    The Business Of Happiness

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