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. 5d ago

    #423 - Why You Don't Feel Free (Even Though You Did Everything Right)

    What if the way you were taught to be strong is also the thing keeping you stuck? In this episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks to high-achieving, deeply passionate healthcare professionals and high-achieving women in dentistry who feel the pressure to stay confident, keep giving, and never question the system. She talks about patient trust, provider burnout, moral injury, insurance stress, packed schedules, and the belief that everyone else’s needs must come first. This conversation helps dentists, doctors, and healers see why self-trust matters just as much as patient care. When you question the old way with love and courage, you can start building a career and life that feel true to you. Show notes: (3:00) Why the system feels broken (4:03) Confidence, trust, and patient care (8:06) The shadow side of confidence (10:37) Moral injury in healthcare (13:28) Questioning puts power back (15:32) A self-alignment framework to help dentists and healthcare professionals to reconnect with themselves beyond burnout and outside expectations. https://truetomemethod.com/ (18:25) When everyone else came first (25:40) Living true to yourself (28:30) Small shifts create freedom (31:12) Outro _______________________ 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.

    32 min

  2. Jun 29

    #422 - You Are SO Much More Than The Outcome

    In today’s  episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy reminds high-achieving healthcare professionals and dental leaders that they are more than any outcome. Through a story from her daughter’s track meet and her own shift from orthodontist to coach, she shows how tying your worth to success, failure, titles, leadership, or parenting can fuel pressure, burnout, and self-doubt. This episode is a powerful reset for anyone ready to stop measuring their value by results and start creating from freedom, happiness, and self-trust. Show notes: (3:32) When identity creates pressure (6:37) Leaving orthodontics for coaching (8:07) Fear of failing forward (11:15) Remembering your creative power (13:07) A self-alignment framework to help dentists and healthcare professionals to reconnect with themselves beyond burnout and outside expectations: https://truetomemethod.com/ (16:00) Trying without outcome pressure (22:41) Failure does not define you (24:21) Letting go of perfection (25:57) Outro _______________________ 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

  3. Jun 22

    #421 - Victor or Victim? It Starts with the Lens You Choose

    Change begins softer. In this episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy offers a powerful reminder for high-achieving healthcare professionals and women in dentistry carrying stress, pressure, and constant change. When something no longer feels right in your practice, body, relationships, team, or life, it is easy to meet that moment with shame, fear, or self-judgment. But what if that same moment could become the start of something better? Through honest stories from hiking, coaching, family life, and dental practice leadership, Dr. Tarryn shows how the lens you choose can shape what happens next. This episode brings a fresh look at burnout, leadership stress, work-life balance, and personal growth with more compassion, courage, and self-trust. Choose the lens that does not just move you forward, but makes you lighter as you rise. Show notes: (2:19) Choosing how you want to feel (6:16) Empowered versus disempowered thinking (8:09) The Vermont hike lesson (12:14) Change as a real opportunity (16:03) Team stress in dental practices (18:18) Courage to leave what no longer fits (26:14) Outro _______________________ 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

  4. Jun 15

    #420 - Minute 21 and 29 Seconds

    What if the problem that feels like it might break everything is actually the doorway to a better way forward? In today’s episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy shares a powerful story from her own orthodontic practice about stress, staffing, fear, and the moment a trusted team member gave her two weeks’ notice at the worst possible time. For high-achieving women in dentistry and deeply passionate healthcare professionals, this episode offers a calming and practical reminder: your nervous system may be telling you the sky is falling, but your future may be opening in ways you cannot see yet. Dr. Tarryn walks through how grounding, breathwork, nature, and a higher perspective can help shift panic into clarity, fear into trust, and overwhelm into better leadership. She also guides you through a simple practice you can return to whenever life, work, family, or your practice feels too heavy. Press play, step outside if you can, and borrow a little hindsight from your future self. Show notes: (4:04) When a key team member leaves (9:24) Fear creates worst-case thinking (11:12) Stepping outside to reset stress (14:10) Taking the glass elevator up (18:31) A staffing problem becomes growth (21:29) Minute 21 and 29 seconds (30:32) Outro _______________________ 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.

    31 min

  5. Jun 8

    #419 - Why Can’t I Relax?

    In this episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks to high-achieving healthcare professionals and women in dentistry who look successful on the outside but still feel far from peace on the inside. If you have built the career, cared for the patients, led the team, checked every box, and still feel like you are running at 100 miles an hour, this episode will hit home. Dr. Tarryn shares why slowing down can feel unsafe, why achievement alone will never create true fulfillment, and how small moments of calm can help your nervous system learn peace again. This is your invitation to stop chasing the next finish line and start practicing happiness now. Listen in, take a breath, and give your overachiever brain a tiny, well-earned plot twist. Show notes: (2:38) Running at one hundred miles (6:08) Why slowing down feels unsafe (11:17) You get to choose peace (14:00) Leaving work and breaking down (16:41) Starting to slow down summer (19:34) Five minutes to practice calm (24:13) Outro _______________________ 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.

    25 min

  6. Jun 1

    #418 - The Weekend Won’t Save You

    Stop waiting to feel happy. In today’s episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy shares a powerful reminder for high-achieving healthcare professionals and women in dentistry who keep pushing through life, work, and success while saving happiness for later. She connects dental burnout, work-life balance, emotional energy, and the habit of rushing toward the next goal with one simple truth: joy grows when you practice presence now. From the Sunday scaries to the “I’ll be happy when” mindset, this episode will help you rethink what success should actually feel like. Hit play before another Tuesday gets mistaken for a waiting room. Show notes: (1:30) The cost of small choices (3:49) Stop living for the weekend (8:47) The math of wishing life away (12:31) Why big wins do not last (17:25) Rewiring how you see life (21:17) Finding joy inside daily work (25:55) Outro _______________________ 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

  7. May 25

    #417 - Work-Life Balance Is Not What You Think

    What if the balance you keep chasing is actually your body asking you to come back to yourself? In this episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy reframes balance for high-achieving healthcare professionals, women in dentistry, doctors, and practice owners who are tired of giving everything to everyone else while running on empty. She shares why the need for balance may be a signal that you have been ignoring your own needs, over-giving, under-receiving, and carrying more than you were meant to hold alone. From asking for support to saying yes or no with more clarity, this episode offers a grounded reminder that happiness, freedom, and success do not have to cost you yourself. Press play and let this be the moment you stop earning your own permission. Show notes: (2:04) Rethinking balance in medicine and dentistry (5:37) What balance is really asking for (8:48) Giving, receiving, and accepting support (15:22) Finding balance in communication and leadership (21:16) Knowing when to say yes or no (26:33) Asking where you feel out of balance (30:21) Remembering you already deserve support (33:58) Outro _______________________ 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.

    35 min

  8. May 18

    #416 - The Emotion Women Dentists Were Never Allowed To Feel

    In today’s episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks to high-achieving, deeply passionate healthcare professionals and high-achieving women in dentistry about the hidden power of anger. She shares a personal story about family conflict, old wounds from business and dentistry, and the moment she realized her anger was pointing to pain that still needed care. This episode is for women leaders, dentists, doctors, and healthcare providers who are used to staying calm, caring for everyone else, and pushing their own feelings aside. You will learn why healthy anger can lead to clarity, healing, better boundaries, stronger leadership, and more real happiness. Show notes: (2:29) Why anger affects happiness (6:37) A family moment triggers anger (9:29) Old wounds come forward (13:45) Anger leads to a clearer truth (19:04) The beach ball anger example (24:23) Anger can fuel real change (29:06) Suppressed anger blocks joy (30:49) Outro _______________________ 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.

    32 min
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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
    424
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Business Of Happiness
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    The Business Of Happiness

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