Happy Rebel Podcast

Self-Health

You know what I’ve noticed a lot lately? People smoking. And where I live — in a West Los Angeles beach town, full of health-conscious, Lululemon-clad people coming and g

What We Tolerate

Every day, society checks to see what we will tolerate. And every day, we lower our standards, cross our own boundaries, and accept things we find unacceptable. Usually,

Boundaries

Boundaries. I love them. And they can be super disrupty because some people don't know what the fuck to do when you assert them. Their assumption is, if you assert y

Who Benefits?

Think about it for a moment. Give it a good Scooby-Doo. Who benefits by you being unhappy? Because someone does. And it isn’t you. And you know the impact being unhappy

Bettering Ourselves

Chances are, if you’re listening to this, you are interested in self-improvement. And that’s a great thing. Evolving is important. Becoming the very true you is a joy-mak

Getting Better

I’m curious about why people refuse to do things that would get them better. I’m not talking about philosophical stuff, but the basics. Going to the doctor. Flossing teet

Being Your Own Bestie

Once upon a time, I kind of got into a little tiff with a friend who absolutely did not believe she needed to love herself in order to fully love another person. That was

Check Yourself

I’ve said it before: When we start to get critical, we need to get curious. (Season 1, Episode 005.) Because there is a reason we have our backs up about something, wheth

Scarcity

First, I lost my favorite body lotion. Next, it was my favorite xylitol chewing gum. Don’t even get me started on our rights, liberty and what’s left of our humanity. We

Being Present at a Time Like This

Hello. We are back for Season 3 of Happy Rebel, stepping into full summer, and I want to ask:  How are you doing right now?  Me? Well, I see the world. The hot garbage

Letting Go of Control and Trusting Again

It's the last episode of Season 2! Let's get into it... If you stop to think about it, as I did the other day, you might come to realize that a lot of our unha

Not Sorry

Believe it or not, I’m a pretty polite person. “Please” and “thank you” are said on the reg. I’m sure I’m not alone. Right, ladies?  Polite is one of the things that gir

What if it is Easy?

We were sort of raised to believe that anything worth having comes at a cost. It’s hard to achieve. You’ve got to sacrifice, work all hours of the day and suffer for what

Let Yourself Be Happy(er)

What are the reasons you aren’t happy right now, or happier if you do consider yourself to be a happy person? Is the list long or short? Does it involve things in your co

Seeing Flags and Acting on Them

So, I spent my Thursday and Friday binge watching the second season of “Worst Ex Ever” on Netflix. Not hard to do; it’s only 4 episodes. The show is more than a little ho

Make it Fun

This is probably going to sound weird AF, but I don’t care. It works. So, stick with me. A long time ago, I was told that otters won’t do anything that isn’t fun. I took

Ego Boundaries

I was going to title this episode “Care Less”, but I figured that would just piss off a bunch of people who didn’t need any more to be pissed off about. Because it’s not

Community

Let me ask you a few questions. Do you use your turn signal? Do you return your shopping cart to the front of the store, not just near the doors, but where the shopping

It Starts with Happiness

If you are an American, if you live in a capitalistic society, I'm going to hold your hand while I tell you this gently, with all the love in my heart:  You are doi

Underhappy

You're not unhappy. You feel joy. You appreciate what you have, for the most part. You're happy. Kinda. You just know that you could be more happy. You're