Happiness in Progress

What happens when your identity is built on your voice—and then you lose it? In this powerful episode, we’re joined by Greta Morgan, a celebrated songwriter, storyteller, and multi-instrumentalist known for performing with Springtime Carnivore, Gold Motel, and The Hush Sound, and performing with artists like Vampire Weekend and Jenny Lewis.

She is...

Do you feel like you're constantly living in survival mode, battling an inner critic that just won’t quit?

In this episode of Happiness in Progress, we’re joined by Britt Frank, LSCSW, a...

"Although we may not remember what happned, the nervous system remembers how it felt." - Britt Piper

Brittany Piper is an internationally renowned speaker, author, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, author of Body-First Healing: A Revolutionary Guide to Nervous System Recovery and expert in sexual violence prevention and trauma-informed care. 

Over the past 13 years, she has delivered more tha...

Rickson Gracie is the New York Times bestselling author of Breathe. A member of the most prominent martial arts family, he entered his first Jiu Jitsu competition at the age of six. By the age of fifteen he was teaching his family’s martial art. Now, after almost two decades of fighting, Gracie is facing a new challenge, a Parkinson's diagnosis.

Today, he teaches seminars around the world and his students come from all walks of lif...

Mory is a sought-after Intuitive Life & Leadership coach and the Founder of Eight22 Group, a consultancy that helps organizations elevate their consciousness. After a notable career as a crisis manager for Fortune 500 companies, Mory realized many leaders fail because they are disconnected from their intuition and purpose.

As an Intuitive Coach, Mory guides C-suite leaders, performers and other public personalities, to reconnect wi...

In this episode, we dive deep into the powerful connection between our emotions and the stories we tell ourselves.

When intense emotions arise—whether it's fear, self-doubt, or shame—they often come with narratives that shape how we see ourselves and our world. But here's where the power comes in - realizing those stories aren't true.

In this episode, Danielle Craig shares two powerful shifts you can take when you begin to tell you...

In this episode, Danielle sits down with Stephanie Barron Hall - an Enneagram expert and author of the new book, Enneagram in Real Life.

Danielle and Stephanie talk about how the powerful tool of the Enneagram has the potential to transform our relationships and communication.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What the Enneagram is.
• A breakdown of all nine Enneagram types, focusing on their motivations, fears, and growth areas. S...

Jennifer Jiménez is Founder of the Health & Well-Being Division at Brave Thinking Institute, as well as a highly sought-after speaker, consultant, trainer and coach.

Through her transformational retreats, workshops and cutting-edge Vibrant Healthy Woman Program, Jennifer has coached thousands worldwide to become more confident, healthy, joyful, abundant and full of life, so that they feel fully empowered to make the difference they...

This week on Happiness in Progress, I had the privilege of sitting down with Jordan Pickell to dive into a topic that resonates deeply during the holiday season—boundaries. Jordan is a trauma and relationship therapist. She helps people use self-exploration and boundaries to disrupt generaitonal patterns. She also hosts a holiday boundaries workshop, which you can access here.

Here’s what we talked about:

• Why family ...

In this episode, I sat down with Rachel Marie Martin, author of Get Your Spark Back, to explore her personal journey of rediscovering joy and authenticity. Rachel shared powerful insights on overcoming life's unexpected challenges and embracing your unique story. 

Rachel is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of both Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood and a founding partner in Audience Industries – a compan...

This week on the Happiness in Progress podcast, Danielle Craig sits down with Brooke DeBoer—author of Living the Free Life and life coach—to discuss her transformative journey of healing from bullying and traumatic relationships. Brooke opens up about the challenges she faced and the steps she took to reconnect with her inner voice and find freedom.

In This Episode, Brooke Shares:

• How bullying shaped her self-image an...

In this episode of Happiness in Progress, I’m joined by the incredible Alea Lovely, host of the Spiritual Sh*t podcast and author of The Meaningful Manifestation Method.

Alea is a spiritual teacher and intuitive empath who has helped countless people reconnect with their authentic desires and heal the limiting beliefs holding them back.

Together, we dive into redefining manifestation—not as a tool for acquiring things but as a way ...

In this episode, Danielle Craig sits down with manifestation expert Tammy Mastroberte to discuss the power of “higher help” in manifesting your desires and the importance of slowing down to recognize signs that guide you along the way.

Tammy explains how connecting with a higher source—whether it’s the universe, God, or your inner wisdom—can amplify your ability to manifest.

Discover practical tips for asking for guidance, slowing ...

Breaking a habit is hard. If you haven't added a habit yet, go check out adding habits in the last HIP Habit mini-episode.

If you're ready for a challenge, let's dig in.

Several authors, including Charles Duhigg and James Clear, teach us about the habit loop. In this episode, learn how the habit loop is impacting your daily choices. Once you understand that, you can engineer how you want your choices to look.

In this bonus episode...

"Living life without my eyesight, every day that I wake up I'm tapping into a certain level of trust in myself. I have to trust that I'm going in the right direction. I have to trust that as I put one foot in front of the other, I am in fact getting to where I need to go." - Lex Gillette

Lex Gillette is a globally recognized Paralympian who competes primarily in t...

Often, when we want to change our health or behaviors the first thing we do is determine which habits to take out of our lives.

I propose going with adding a habit instead. 

In this bonus episode, learn why adding a habit might be a better fit than trying to exclude habits from your life.

HIP Habit mini-episodes are brought to you by the HIP Habit workbook. For the next six months we will be working through the habits in the HIP Ha...

"It gives you permission that you don’t need the validation of other people. If you say you’re special, if you say you’re awesome - believe it." - Amy Kaufman

Calling all of you who've been told you're "too much" or feel like there's something wrong with your personality.

I aboslutely loved this episode with Amy. 

"If you try to become just the same blob of people, it doesn't work. If you're trying to control the other person and you think they're trying to control you it really doesn't change people's behavior. Instead it makes people push those behaviors under ground, they become secretive, they get better at pretending like something isn't a problem. It really leads to a lot of dysfunction." - Amy Morin

"Boundaries are not just about saying no. Boundaries are actually about saying yes to what's important. That's what we have to get clear on - what's the yes that I'm saying yes to?" - Stella Grizont

Stella Grizont is an Author, Executive Coach &; Positive Psychology Expert who founded The Work Happiness Method. Her coaching program is desig...