Happy Life Studios Podcast

For all of you that have been hit by hurricanes the last couple weeks, our hearts and prayers go out to you. Maybe you are going through a personal hurricane currently. Our hearts go out to you as well. We had a podcast already planned out for this week, but really wanted to send out one that would encourage those who have lost so much the last couple weeks. If there was ever a time we need some happy it is now. Please listen and be encouraged, and if you know of anyone else who could really use some hope or encouragement, please share and let's spread some happy. Special thanks to James Kocian for the use of his original music "Still A Kid", "Another Perfect Day" and "Mission" Check out more of his music here https://soundcloud.com/james-kocian) www.HappyLife.lol www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios www.PayPal.me/StevoHays

I don't know about you, but I've found that when someone pushes me, (whether it's physical, emotional, verbal etc.) I find myself wanting to push back...real bad! Question is, are you in charge of your emotions, or are your emotions in charge of you? Because emotions love to bully us around. You will find that if you stand up to your emotions, they will back down and change their tune real fast. This is important to our happy because you can't plant sadness and then harvest happiness, just like you can't plant corn and expect strawberries. It's impossible. So plant happy and you'll harvest happy.

Happy Labor Day everyone! Here is something you should celebrate, even though not many think about celebrating it. Special thanks to James Kocian for the use of his original music "More Beautiful" Check out more of his music here https://soundcloud.com/james-kocian)www.HappyLife.lol www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios www.PayPal.me/StevoHays

Have you ever found yourself winning only to realize you lost? You were so focused on something right in front of you that you forgot the reason you started that thing or process in the first place? Having the start of the NFL season right around the corner, I found myself in the mood to podcast about it. Sometimes grabbing Happy is as easy as letting go of sadness. I had a defensive coordinator of a state championship football team tell me, that he tells his defensive linemen to strike, press, extend and then shed the offensive lineman. He told me that sometimes his linemen stay engaged with their opponent too long. They get too involved. They're in their lane, fighting and winning their assignment but in the long run miss the quarterback altogether. I think this is true in life as well. We're doing our job, and we have an opportunity to become the hero. We just have to disengage the sadness and sack the happy. Let go of our opponent. Stop focusing too much on the obstacle in front of us. And then simply re

I'm baaaaack. Have you missed me? How is one supposed to handle evil? Put our head in the sand, or lace up the gloves and fight back? I think this episode is very timely due to the events that happened in Charlottesville this last week. There seems to be so much evil and hatred in the world today. People of all opinions are talking about it. Have you perused Facebook lately? Maybe you've even quit Facebook due to these posts so rudely overtaking our news-feeds. Whatever happened to what we had for dinner last night? (Which, honestly might be the only plus side of it all actually lol). Seriously though, of all the people fighting this evil and hatred, I haven't seen too many fighting it the way we're going to talk about it in this episode, which is too bad since it's actually the best and most successful way to fight evil and hate. It should be, since God Himself created, as well as endorses it. So what is the best way to fight evil, hatred, negativity, etc? This advice, if followed, will not only begin to pus

What do you do when "life has killed the dream I dream"? Or, when "the tigers come at night...tear your hope apart and turn your dream to shame"? "I find it interesting, as well as sad, that the only time we talk about broken dreams, or our agonizing doubts that they will ever become a reality, are when they are a thing of the past and never a thing of our present." I think it's sad that we never talk about our broken dreams until we've already accomplished and conquered them, and never when we are in the brokenness of them. Talking about our broken and unmet dreams is precisely what helps us accomplish them. Dreams, just like Happy Life, are meant to be accomplished together. HappyLife.lolFacebook.com/HappyLifeStudiosInstagram.com/HappyLife_StudiosTwitter.com/HappyLifStudiosPayPal.me/StevoHaysALL RIGHTS TO MUSIC GOES TO LA LA LAND, LES MISERABLES AND PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS

"You with those sad eyes, don't be discouraged" Cindi Lauper, True Colors. This special episode was recorded on location at a retreat I was speaking at for people with disabilities. So the audio quality is not the typical Happy Life Studios quality but definitely worth listening to. God spoke the worlds in to existence, but you He made by hand. In fact, "if God had to choose between all the stars, the Grand Canyon, oceans and galaxies and you? He wouldn't even think for a second. He would pick you over those things in a heartbeat!" God made us to laugh, not to be guilty. He made us to be free. To be Happy. What the world needs, is for us to be us in our purest form. For us to let our true colors, the ones God made in us, to show..."like a rainbow".Special thanks To Ian Anderson for the use of his song "Slow" as well as Cindi Lauper and Justin Timberlake for "True Colors".www.HappyLife.lolFacebook.com/HappyLifeStudiosTwitter.com/HappyLifStudiosInstagram.com/HappyLife_StudiosPayPal.me/StevoHays

Happy day after Easter, day after Lent, day after Holy week. So why did Jesus die anyway, and what does the word "Holy" even mean? I've found people get it wrong on both sides of the spectrum. From a flippant adjective describing cows, Hell or even poo to being a word others use to control, manipulate or abuse others with, is this what God set up for us? Did He send His son to earth to die so that our sins could be forgiven, or could there be even more? You don't want to miss this life giving episode. Listen and leave encouraged. Here are the two addresses for the Bible verses I quoted: 1 Peter 1:16 and Leviticus 20:8. www.HappyLife.lolFacebook.com/HappyLifeStudiosTwitter.com/HappyLifStudiosInstagram.com/HappyLife_StudiosPayPal.me/StevoHays

In this episode I interview a very good friend to me as well as to Happy Life Studios. His name is Tony Piantine and he, with his family and team, run Camp Daniel (a camp for people who live with disabilities) in northern Wisconsin. Check them out here at www.CampDaniel.org. In this episode we use the word "community" alot. This is because Happy Life Studios believes that community is the key to happiness. We're simply happier when we're together. We need each other to be happy. This is exactly why we have decided to launch something brand new to us. It's for everyone who wants to be happier. Listen and find out what this new launch is and how it will help you become happier. Special thanks to James Kocian for the music "Still A Kid" Check out more of his cool music here soundcloud.com/james-kocianwww.HappyLife.lolFacebook.com/HappyLifeStudiosTwitter.com/HappyLifStudiosInstagram.com/HappyLife_StudiosPayPal.me/StevoHays

Happy #HappinessDay. Not only is today the first day of spring, but I think it symbolic that it is also International Day of Happiness. Yes there is such a day. It was passed by the United Nations June 28 2012, by Jayme Illien, who started life as an orphan on the Streets of Calcutta, wound up in Mother Theresa's orphanage and from there ended up in front of the U.N. who unanimously passed his resolution to start the "International Day of Happiness".Special shout out to David Choi for the music "Day of Happiness". If you liked it you can check out his other music here youtube.com/davidchoimusicwww.HappyLife.lolwww.Facebook.com/StevoHayswww.PayPal.me/StevoHays

Have you ever been tempted to give up on your dreams because it just seems like your dreams have died and been buried never to be seen again? Have you ever been soooo sad you didn't know what to do or how to hang on? Have you ever wondered how life can go from being so happy to so drastically difficult so fast? Is this OK? Is it normal? And what should we do when it happens? The good news is, the Bible tells us that those who sow in sadness will harvest in happy. Something very positive is going on that you probably don't or can't see, much like a seed planted in the ground. The truth is, what you think is dying and being buried is actually being planted and growing. If you're going or have ever gone through a sad spot, you'll want to listen to this encouraging episode. Find out what to do and how to think when life goes from happy to sad. When and where dreams seem to die. www.StevoHays.comFacebook.com/StevoHaysPayPal.me/StevoHays

Does social media ever make you angry? It seems sometimes that I either want to roll my eyes or chuck my mouse across the room after spending just a minute scrolling through posts. Have you ever been tempted to just throw in the towel and delete all your accounts? Lately my heart has been troubled reading a lot of social media posts. So, I would like to address the issue I see in social media because it is a real unhappy life path many are choosing to walk on. This powerful principle is one of the key ingredients to people's happy or unhappy hearts. Check it out. Important correction at 14:10 My mind accidentally combined "you don't fight evil with evil" and "You fight evil with good" but "you don't fight evil with good" came out instead. Sorry about that, I just noticed this months later. Too late to edit it.Also stay tuned because I am creating some social media sites that will bring life and happy to those who visit and engage. Sites where Happy Lifers can go to increase their happy as well as meet and int

Ever feel like you're stuck in a rut? Like you were just going around in the same sad circle? Sadly enough, sometimes the ruts we're stuck in are the ones we have made ourselves. If you've ever struggled with finding or keeping your happy then you will want to listen to this episode. In it I talk about horse walkers. I had never heard of a horse walker before but that image got me out of my rut and back on happy trails."Personal Reflection" and "Light as a Feather" music provided by the generosity and kindness of James Kocian. Check out more of his music here and tell him Happy Life sent you. https://soundcloud.com/james-kocianwww.HappyLife.lolPayPal.me/StevoHaysFacebook.com/StevoHays

You know what you think about you, but what would it be like if you could find out what God thinks about you? "Whoa. Hold on a minute there. Find out what God thinks about me?? NO THANKS!!" The thought of finding out what God thinks about us can be scary if one uses the wrong standard to measure by. Oftentimes the difference between successful and unsuccessful, happy and unhappy or encouraged and discouraged is simply the standard by which we measure our life by. Sometimes the only difference between a life that is a "keeper" and one that needs to be "thrown back" is a simple ruler. The measurement by which one judges, or thinks others do. This is key to living a happy life and I must say that for much of my life I simply used the wrong ruler. This episode is brought to you in part by Camp Daniel http://www.campdaniel.org Thank you Camp Daniel, you not only change my life, you change the lives of so many others.I'd also like to send a special shout out to my friends James Kocian https://soundcloud.com/james

Can getting liked ever be bad? I mean you would think that that's the exact road you would travel to be happy, right???Let's face it, in a world where "clicks" and "likes" (I call them clickes) are so valuable, it's easy to get sidetracked and forget why we even do what we do in the first place. However, remembering the why is a vital key to being happy. Especially if we do any social media at all. So why do we do what we do? Why did we start that business or make that comment? Listen and find out how someone can get so liked and yet still become so unhappy. Here is the popular Derek Sivers TED talks session "How to start a movement", with the dancing dude, I use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V74AxCqOTvg to talk about exactly that. Special thanks to James Kocian for the music. Check out more of his music here; soundcloud.com/james-kocianStevoHays.com Facebook.com/StevoHays PayPal.me/StevoHays

Happy New Year! So, what is the fastest you've ever broken a New Years resolution? Have you ever struggled with making, let alone keeping, your newly made goals? In our first podcast of the New Year, we talk about what else...New Years resolutions. However, we will do it the Happy Life Studios way. We will talk about New Years resolutions from an angle I've never heard anyone else ever speak before. Some absolutely LOVE making New Years resolutions while others abhor them. Either way, this podcast is going to help, because without this piece, goals and resolutions will become rules to haunt us, or weights to weigh our happy down. Special thanks to James Kocian for the music. Check out more of his music here; soundcloud.com/james-kocianStevoHays.comFacebook.com/StevoHaysPayPal.me/StevoHays

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss. Funny thing is, it just seems like a few days ago I posted the first Happier Holidays episode this year talking about how I couldn't believe Christmas was already here. And now in this session I'm talking about it being over. Well, there are really 2 ways to end the Holiday season. Listen and find out what they are. This episode is really important, because believe it or not, how we end 2016 will strongly determine how we start 2017. Christmas is a powerful, magical time that we could most definitely use throughout the rest of the year.

Ah yes, the old ugly Christmas sweater. I'm not sure how they got invented, and I'm really not sure how they get worn. I mean, when one mentions "Christmas sweater", "ugly" is usually the first adjective that comes to mind. Although ugly Christmas sweaters are a great and fun way to help celebrate the Holidays, some are far more than just ugly. Listen as I talk about ugly covering up the true beauty of not only Christmas, but of us as well. Check out our Happier Holidays Video Collection at www.stevohays.com for a great offer from us to your family this Christmas.

Do you ever struggle keeping your sanity during Santa Season? Is it even possible to find tidings of comfort and joy in the chaos of Christmas today? I think so. So, listen and find YOUR happy and rest. This is another podcast in our Happier Holidays series, but the concept will work year round. I'd like to give you the link to our Happier Holidays Video Collection - produced to make your Holidays Happier and your Christmas Merrier! Included are videos for families of all ages, designed to play before you open your presents, as well as videos to keep the Hectic out of your Happy Holidays. It's a warm collection that will make you laugh, ponder and experience Christmas in a powerful, inspirational way. Check it out here www.StevoHays.comFacebook.com/StevoHays - Visit us on facebook and like and subscribe today.PayPal.me/StevoHays - We are a 501c3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductiblewww.StevoHays.com

Have you ever walked into a store and sighed or even became irritated as you saw Christmas decorations being put up way too early? Do the Holidays ever seem as long and tiring as a political campaign? Listen and find out how to not only survive the Holidays this year, but how to actually enjoy them. After all, they ARE called Happy Holidays, not crabby ones. It's our desire at Happy Life Studios to help you make this your happiest holidays ever. #HappierHolidays everyone! Here is a video I created that pairs well with this podcast; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ya5kmNhm8StevoHays.comFacebook.com/StevoHaysPayPal.me/StevoHays