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

    #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.

    22 min

  2. JAN 28

    #400 - Building a Life You Don’t Need to Escape From

    You don’t have to earn your worth. In this milestone 400th episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks directly to high-achieving healthcare professionals and women in dentistry who are exhausted from holding everything together while quietly feeling unseen. She shares the moment that shifted everything for her and why it became the beginning of a deeper conversation around self-worth, emotional health, and leadership that actually lasts. This episode is a tribute to women who lead with heart, challenge generations of self-sacrifice, and are ready to define success on their own terms. It is a reminder that your value is not tied to how much you produce, how much you give, or how long you endure. It begins with how willing you are to care for yourself. Show notes: (1:38) Celebrating yourself without permission (3:03) Breaking the cycle of self-sacrifice (5:00) Grief that sparked a greater purpose (9:19) Life is too short to delay joy (11:16) Why women in dentistry burn out (14:13) Stress, nervous systems, and worth (19:27) Self-value changes everything (21:54) 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. JAN 21

    #399 - The 60 Second Practice To Boost Your Business Success with Charyse Williams

    Host Dr. Tarryn McCarthy is joined by Charyse Williams for a grounded, eye-opening conversation about why so many high-achieving women in healthcare and dentistry hit hidden limits, even while doing everything “right.” Together, they explore what happens when ambition runs ahead of the body, how success built on constant pushing quietly stalls, and why postponing rest often costs more than expected. Charyse Williams is a former ICU nurse turned holistic health coach, author, and business mentor for female clinicians. After years of building a successful career while neglecting her own health, she now helps high performers build businesses and lives that support real energy, clarity, and longevity. This episode offers a fresh lens on capacity, leadership, and sustainability for women who want success that lasts. Press play and choose a version of success you don’t have to recover from. Show notes: (3:24) The hidden cost of always pushing (6:13) A wake-up call at full speed (8:44) Healing the body to expand capacity (12:31) Why self-priority drives success (15:54) Designing a sustainable work schedule (17:03) When success hits a ceiling (19:39) Breathing to reset stress (23:57) Why simple practices work (27:39) Stop waiting for the right season (32:10) Stop assuming you can wait (35:40) 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.

    37 min

  4. JAN 14

    #398 - Perfectionism Is Costing You Excellence

    In this episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks directly to high-achieving women in dentistry and healthcare who are exhausted from carrying silent pressure into a new year. The precision, responsibility, and emotional weight of caring for others often create an unspoken standard of “never enough.” This episode confronts the internal rules that keep driven clinicians locked in self-judgment, relentless effort, and mental overload. It is about redefining how you move into 2026 without lowering your standards or losing yourself along the way. If you are craving clarity, calm, and a more sustainable way to succeed, this episode was made for you. Press play and decide what pressure no longer deserves a seat in your life. Show notes: (1:40) January pressure and unrealistic expectations (3:16) How self-pressure quietly builds overwhelm (4:18) The stress you create for yourself (6:47) Why perfection does not exist (7:35) Comparison fuels anxiety and burnout (9:21) Letting go makes you a stronger leader (11:23) Slowing down to grow sustainably (14:11) Choosing fullness over perfection (16:45) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: RADICAL HAPPINESS for Women Dentists helps you value yourself without hardening your heart or losing your care for others. - https://thebizofhappiness.com/radicalhappiness/ 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.

    18 min

  5. JAN 7

    #397 - What Are You Really Here To Do In The World?

    The year you stop forcing and start aligning. In today’s episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks to high-achieving women in dentistry and healthcare who are successful, capable, and quietly exhausted. This episode cuts through the belief that more effort leads to fulfillment. She challenges busyness, comparison, and constant responsibility, and points toward a simpler, more grounded way to feel clear and connected again without leaving the career you built. This is not about doing more or becoming someone new. It is about seeing yourself clearly and letting your work support your life. Listen closely. Let this be the moment you stop pushing and choose alignment instead. Show notes: (1:41) Stepping into a year of possibility (3:47) Letting go of approval and proving (7:24) Why rest comes before clarity (9:08) Busyness and guilt block self-awareness (13:03) Comparison hides your real gift (20:20) Finding purpose without leaving dentistry (24:41) Life changes when you value yourself (27:34) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: RADICAL HAPPINESS for Women Dentists helps you value yourself without hardening your heart or losing your care for others. - https://thebizofhappiness.com/radicalhappiness/ 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.

    29 min

  6. 12/31/2025

    #396 - The ONLY Way To Feel Appreciated

    Host Dr. Tarryn McCarthy speaks to high-achieving women in healthcare and dentistry who give endlessly, lead powerfully, and still feel unseen. If you are successful, capable, and driven, yet quietly exhausted from carrying it all, this episode meets you right where you are and names the tension many women feel but rarely say out loud. Dr. Tarryn shines a light on the pressure to prove, the desire to be appreciated, and the belief that fulfillment will come once others finally recognize your effort. With clarity and heart, she invites a shift in how worth, happiness, and validation are defined as you step into a new season. If you are ready to stop chasing approval and start standing fully in your value, press play and choose yourself without apology. Show notes: (1:47) Honoring how far you’ve come (3:06) Why women feel unseen (4:22) The cost of overgiving (8:34) Stop seeking validation outside (16:47) The person you’re waiting for (19:52) Learning to value yourself (21:25) A new focus for 2026 (26:27) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: RADICAL HAPPINESS for Women Dentists helps you value yourself without hardening your heart or losing your care for others. - https://thebizofhappiness.com/radicalhappiness/ 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. 12/24/2025

    #395 - The Mistake We Make With New Year's Intentions and A More Empowering (and Effective) Perspective

    In this episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks to high-achieving women in dentistry and healthcare who are tired of chasing success that no longer feels fulfilling. She challenges comparison, burnout, and the pressure to keep growing at all costs, and invites you to rethink what alignment, happiness, and true success actually mean. If you are closing out the year feeling driven yet disconnected, accomplished yet unsure, this episode will help you pause, reset, and choose what matters most moving forward. Listen with an open heart and let your inner truth set the tone for what comes next. Show notes: (2:29) Year-end reflection without pressure (4:45) Why comparison becomes toxic (6:05) Discernment versus comparison (9:14) When comparison steals joy (12:21) Growth is not always linear (14:22) Empowerment leads to aligned decisions (17:02) Losing yourself through comparison (18:22) Trusting your inner wisdom (20:05) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Radical Happiness for Practitioners - https://thebizofhappiness.com/radicalhappiness/ 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.

    21 min

  8. 12/17/2025

    #394 - The Reason Why You Don’t Know What To Do

    Clarity shows up when you stop forcing answers. In today’s episode of The Business of Happiness, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy speaks to high-achieving healthcare professionals and women in dentistry who feel mentally overloaded despite doing everything right. When pressure, responsibility, and constant decision-making drown out self-trust, clarity slips away. This episode offers a grounded reset for women who lead, care deeply, and feel stretched thin. It invites a shift away from urgency and back toward calm, confidence, and inner steadiness. If you feel stuck between choices or tired of carrying it all, this conversation will meet you where you are. Stop pushing for clarity. Let it rise. Show notes: (3:29) When problems feel unsolvable (5:26) Answers live in stillness (7:29) Why advice creates confusion (9:23) Stillness brings clarity fast (14:14) Physical benefits of stillness (18:47) Wisdom beyond discomfort (23:55) Permission to pause and listen (25:58) Outro ________________ IMPORTANT LINKS: Radical Happiness for Practitioners - https://thebizofhappiness.com/radicalhappiness/ 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
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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
    402
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Business Of Happiness
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    The Business Of Happiness