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
30 episodes
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 your boundaries, well, then you're not a nice person. And if you're not a nice p...
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 has in your life. It doesn’t feel good. It doesn’t get you anywhere. ...
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-maker. And bettering ourselves is vital. Because if we want the world to chan...
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 teeth. Doing something about gnarly feet. Seriously, get an Amope.
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 her hill. And I was like there are so many other hills. Why this one?&nbs...
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...
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 see things we love, need and desire slip away from us on the daily....
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 dumpster fire that it is. And I also see the light e...
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 unhappiness comes from our need to control. And, sometimes, that need for control g...
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 girls are encouraged to be, expected to be. Not sometimes, but alwa...
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...
