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Living From Happiness Podcast

“You’re way better than Oprah, Melanie! You’re a sophisticated, mediagenic interviewer. I always have a great time on your show.”
~Bill O’Hanlon,
guest on Oprah;
author of 35+ books;
international speaker and teacher;
founder of Solution-Focused Therapy

“Melanie is an excellent radio show host. She’s warm-hearted, thoughtful and sensitive. Melanie makes each show informative, interesting and thought provoking. I always look forward to listening to Living From Happiness. Thank you for all that you give to our community!”
~Dr. Karin Lubin,
author of “My Life Through the Seasons, A Wisdom Journal and Planner;”
Global Director and Senior Master Trainer of the Passion Test Programs

“I’ve been interviewed for several national TV and print media outlets — you’re one of the best interviewers I’ve ever experienced.”
~Doug Lynam,
author of best-selling “From Monk to Money Manager: A Former Monk’s Financial Guide to Becoming a Little Bit Wealthy — and Why That’s OK”
Podcast Episodes
Jenny Odell 01/04/21 Living From Happiness
Jenny Odell is an artist, Stanford prof, and thought leader whose provocative book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy is the focus of this episode. Odell's book is a provocative take on taking ourselves back. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention...
“Bad” Words & U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo 12/28/20 Living From Happiness
Melanie focuses on thoughts and writings from such luminaries as Paula Allen Gunn, Simon Ortiz, Joy Harjo, and Barry Lopez in this episode. Some of the "bad" words touched on are considered unimportant and light-weight and New-Agey, and even worse, often used to...
Grief, Loss & Love with Robin Wall Kimmerer & Katy Butler 12/21/20 Living From Happiness
Katy Butler is an award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author. She’s a thought leader about end-of-life care in the national movement for medical reform. Her first book was Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death and was named...
The Neuroscience of Celebrating 12/14/20 Living From Happiness
It seems ridiculous to celebrate anything these days. And yet, we know from all the neuroscience research that celebrating is quite important for our brains. Which means it’s important for our lives. Melanie's inspiration for this episode was a big-little thing that...
The Antidote to Stress & Anxiety 12/07/20 Living From Happiness
Melanie shares ideas, thoughts, and how-tos for easing up on ourselves. The conflict between way too much to do and the desperate desire for rest that so many of us are struggling with makes for a toxic soup of stress and anxiety. She dives into a chapter from the...
Liz Gilbert & Clarissa Pinkola Estes on Curiosity & Creativity 11/30/20 Living From Happiness
The Happiness in Dark Times series this week focuses on some of the ideas from Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. Curiosity, creativity, joy, lightness, ease, and strength (as in internal fortitude) are all covered in this episode. Melanie includes thoughts from...
Sacred Ceremony from Charles Eisenstein 11/23/20 Living From Happiness
Continuing her solo Happiness In Dark Times series, Melanie presents a deep, thoughtful show based on writing by the visionary thought leader Charles Eisenstein. Here's a little bit of part of this episode: "A ceremony, then, is a special kind of ritual. It is a...
Light-hearted Mindfulness 11/16/20 Living From Happiness
Did you know that mindfulness, mindful awareness, and/or contemplative practices don't have to be formal, stick-in-the-mud things? In fact, the more we can bring mindfulness into our everyday lives, the happier, more content, satisfied, and peaceful we are. Listen in...
Soothe Your Soul 11/09/20 Living From Happiness
This is a quiet and intimate show, the first in a series of quiet, contemplative shows with Melanie. She shares some of her own writing, along with insights from thought leaders such as neuropsychologist Dr. Rick Hanson; Vaclav Havel, the great Czechoslovakian...