Happy Rebel Podcast
Welcome to the Happy Rebel Podcast, where we undo the anger and fear that got us here. Host Sandra Ann Miller, a.k.a. The Happyist, is your certified guide to eudaimonic happiness. WTF is that? Stick around and find out. Are you ready to change your life and the world? Good! Let’s get happy and disrupty.
Episodes
20 episodes
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 you want in life. For a long time, I believed that. And, sometimes, those...
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 control or out of it?I’m sure there are very many truly valid reason...
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 horrifying. And I have a deep appreciation for those who were brave enough t...
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 that as gospel, after all, we were at a renowned aquarium, where oc...
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 about not giving a shit, but understanding where our egos stir up distress...
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 carts actually live? Do you participate in the “zipper merge”? Do you...
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 doing happiness wrong. You are. I mean, I could be wrong a...
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 not unhappy, just underhappy. And it kind of sucks.If you're underhappy, chances a...
Season 2 Trailer
When it comes to being happy, or deepening our eudaimonic wellbeing, I’m going to stop being polite and start getting real…excited and aggressive about why this needs to be a f*cking priority. The shitshow continues. We are exhauste...
Becoming Attractive
One day, I’ll give you the full list of all the words I don’t like in the arena of self-development. We’ve covered Coach and Gratitude; now we can add Manifesting to it. Abundance, as well. So many of these words have been warped b...
Meditation
One thing that we in the Western world do not do enough of is meditate. I think meditation is just as misunderstood as happiness. And just as powerful.But if you’re picturing mediation as sitting in lotus position with a clear and quiet...
Cult-Proof
Pick a cult, any cult. There are so many to choose from. Some active. Some defunct. But what do they all have in common? It’s not just the grift or the coercive control. It’s that good people go to them to find happiness. So, if you think you’r...
Bringing in the Joy
Now is probably the worst time to talk about being happy. But, really, it’s the best.Once again I have to stress what happiness actually is and is not. Happiness is not being giddy, or blissfully ignorant and it’s absolutely not toxic p...
Breaking the Negativity Bias
One of the more effed up things about being human is how our brain works. Or maybe the malfunctions. For example: The Negativity Bias. This is where our wee melons decide to give more weight to negative information and experiences than positive...
Get Curious, Not Critical
Are you quick to judge? Sharp with an opinion? And I don’t mean just in general; I mean toward yourself. Oh. Didn’t see that one coming? Yep, we are going to dip our toes into our self-criticism and why being curious i...
The Other Resistance
Resistance comes in many forms, but the one I want to talk about is the one we do to ourselves. Which is the absurd version.Why do we NOT do the things we know we need to do for our own betterment? It’s baffling, and something I’ve pond...
The Radical Act of Self-Love
Right up there with happiness, self-love is super misunderstood. What is your reaction to it? Did you get the ick? Does it make you want to put on Birkenstocks and touch grass? Or do you nod in acknowledgment that self-love is the shit and we s...
Are You Unhappy or Just a Consumer?
Materialism or Consumerism. Doesn't matter what we call it, all it does is bring debt and dissatisfaction. Happiness doesn't come from things. Without giving you the ick, happiness comes from within. Deal with it. And start nurturing your eudai...
Let's Get Happy and Disrupty!
Let me back up to the beginning. How this all got started.I was in a pretty bad mood from 2016 through 2022. Wonder why? And that meh mood lingered even after some of the dust settled. It was in late-December 2022 that I realized I coul...
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This is the Happy Rebel Podcast. I’m Sandra Ann Miller, a.k.a. The Happyist, your certified guide to eudaimonic happiness. WTF is that? Stick around and find out. Let’s undo the anger and fear that got us here, and change the world ...