You win some and you lose some. That's what they say anyway. However, sometimes it seems like you lose a lot more than you win. The Happy news is losing is not the end of the story, giving up is. In football there is always the post season. There is always a bowl game to look forward to. To aim at, to shoot for. This is true in life as well, not just football. Your failure is not final. In many ways it's quite the opposite. Many spouses, family or friends have told their partner, family member o...
Jan 16, 2018•13 min
If I had the secret to a HappYear would you take it? A lot of people want a successful year because they believe it will make them happy. While this may be true, we at Happy Life Studios believe that if we have a happier year, then we will have a more successful one as well. The problem with the first scenario is I can only be happy if all my numeric goals were met. While in the second scenario, I can be happy and more successful even if I don't happen to hit all my goals. Success is about being...
Jan 01, 2018•16 min
If only Christmas could last the whole year long! Well...why can't it? Happy Life Studios believe it's actually possible and actually give some pointers on how to make it happen. The truth in this episode will not only make your Christmas Happier, it will make your life Happier as well. There is a song that has been around since before I was born, and yet it has eluded my ears and my Christmas music library my entire life, and I can't think of a better message to complete Christmas and propel us...
Dec 25, 2017•8 min
We are so excited to hit 100 podcast episodes. Since 100 episodes is such a landmark for us at Happy Life Studios, we did something a little different. (What's new? Don't we always do that?) In this podcast Stevo is actually the one getting interviewed. We are not only excited for the last 100 episodes, we are even more excited for the next 100. Happy Life is becoming so much more than a podcast. Listen and find out where we are taking Happy Life and why we are so excited for it's future. www.Ha...
Dec 18, 2017•29 min
What do you buy the person who has everything? If you've ever struggled with buying the perfect present, this episode is for you. Listen and make your Christmas happier, more meaningful and easier. Merry Christmas and Happier Holidays. www.HappyLife.lol www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios www.PayPal.me/StevoHays
Dec 04, 2017•14 min
Increase your thankful meter and your happy meter will increase as well because it's impossible to be content and discontent at the same time. When you're thankful for what you have, you're not discontented or angry with what you don't. In this episode, we give some great tips for making your Thanksgiving and your Holidays happier, because we know that for some, Happy is the last adjective they would use to describe their Holidays. Not to mention, there is always that one relative that gets unde...
Nov 20, 2017•20 min
I HATE COFFEE and I live in Seattle. Not only do I live in Seattle and dislike drinks of the java persuasion, now I am also posting a podcast called "Thanks A Latte." What is wrong with this picture?!? I must admit however, that while I do HATE COFFEE, one of my favorite things about Seattle and the great Northwest is the coffee scene. So go ahead and hit that play button and find out why. Welcome to episode #2 in our "Whatcha Thankin'" series. So, why post a whole Thanksgiving series instead of...
Nov 13, 2017•15 min
Halloween is over, which means it's time to take off the mask and move on towards Thanksgiving, the 2nd Holiday in this wonderful Holiday season. This episode is part 1 in our Thanksgiving podcast series "Whatcha Thankin'?!?". In it we talk about seeking God's face. What does that even mean and why is it so important to God?!? Seeking God's face...what does that even mean? It might not mean what you think it does. So...do you like to pray? Many do not, and it's all because they miss this one maj...
Nov 06, 2017•17 min
Is Halloween any good for you? Listen and find out, you may be surprised. You'll also find out not only HOW God wants you to live, but WHERE He wants you to live as well (Alice isn't the only one that's meant to live in Wonderland). For there are a lot of people out there who have been giving God a bad rap by their words and/or their attitudes, not to mention some of their sermons. He's just not as stuffy OR as angry as many make Him out to be. Hit play and I'll show you. Special thanks to www.l...
Oct 30, 2017•16 min
Did you know we have a Pregnancy And Infant Loss (PAIL) awareness month in America? Neither did I until one of our Happy Lifers revealed it to me. So we, my wife and I, interviewed her on the topic. It's amazing what can happen when someone doesn't deal with the crappy that life throws at them. Inversely, it is amazing as well when someone deals correctly with the crappy that happens. Here is a very powerful story that will inspire you. This episode went longer than the usual. In fact, this is o...
Oct 23, 2017•38 min
What do Jesus, Jason and Friday the 13th have in common? Listen and find out. Special thanks to www.lindseylouphotos.com for the really cool Jason meets Happy Life photo. It's creepy and rocks at the same time. Here's the link for the Stuart Edge video I talked about; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u-KkiEAv_8&feature=push-lsb&attr_tag=U0vX2NyjP1lYsbcB-6 www.HappyLife.lol www.Facebook.com/HappyLifeStudios www.Instagram.com/HappyLife_Studios www.Twitter.com/HappyLifStudios www.PayPal.me/...
Oct 16, 2017•17 min
In this episode I talk about a valuable lesson I learned from my friend's wonderful kids the other night. You've probably heard the statement "the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys" before. In this episode, we will tweak that quote a little and then take it out for a little spin as we take a trolley ride to happy. Follow this simple yet powerful tip, and the larger and scarier things in your life will diminish as the happy in your life increases. Special thanks to J...
Oct 09, 2017•9 min
I like me. I like me not. I like me. I like me not. Have you ever felt that way? Some moments you love who you are and then some days you can't bear to look in the mirror. Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. I was there recently. You know, I think that sometimes it's not that we dislike ourselves, it's that we dislike where we are at. For instance, no one expects anyone to be happy about a hurricane, but we can find happy in the midst of one. In this episode we're roadtrippin' wi...
Oct 02, 2017•17 min
"Have you ever thought that happy life is for somebody else? That you're never going to attain it?" Or have you ever felt "If I could just attain that, I'd be happy? If I could get that person's money. If I could have that person's job. If I could get that person's life somehow, then I'd be happy." Or, "if I could get rid of this part of my life. If I could get rid of this part of my personality. If I could get rid of this negative situation that's going on, then I could be happy." I'm very exci...
Sep 25, 2017•11 min
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...
Sep 15, 2017•21 min
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 ...
Sep 11, 2017•20 min
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
Sep 04, 2017•20 min
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, ...
Aug 28, 2017•13 min
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 f...
Aug 21, 2017•20 min
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 ...
May 01, 2017•16 min
"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 y...
Apr 24, 2017•16 min
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 ep...
Apr 17, 2017•14 min
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 ...
Apr 02, 2017•22 min
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...
Mar 20, 2017•12 min
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...
Mar 09, 2017
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 t...
Feb 27, 2017•17 min
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 generos...
Feb 20, 2017•18 min
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 be...
Feb 03, 2017•19 min
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 ...
Jan 16, 2017•11 min
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 podca...
Jan 09, 2017•13 min
