Live Happy Now

Drawing from her new book The Joyful Child, Kira Willey joins Paula Felps to explore how parents can bring more ease and connection into daily family life without adding anything extra to an already full plate.

Chris Duffy joins Live Happy Now to dive into the role of humor in everyday life. They explore how laughter may contribute to emotional wellbeing, connection, and resilience.

Tom Rosshirt joins Live Happy Now to explore why our public conversations feel so fractured and how a shift from contempt to dignity can begin to heal what divides us.

Paula Felps explores research from the latest World Happiness Report with co-authors examining internet use, trust, social connections, and emotional well-being across generations.

Paula Felps explores what real optimism looks like in a world filled with uncertainty with Dr. Deepika Chopra, who explains that optimism isn’t about rose-colored glasses or pretending everything is fine.

Paula Felps and Anna Runkle explore why many people struggle to build meaningful friendships, how covert avoidance keeps us from true connection, and what practical steps help identify relationships that genuinely support who we’re becoming.

In this new episode Goldstein discusses her new book “The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Desire Drives Us and Divides Us,” explaining why the need to matter often drives people more powerfully than the need to be happy.

In this new episode of Live Happy Now, host Paula Felps is joined by trauma therapist, author, and polyvagal expert Rebecca Kase to unpack what the vagus nerve actually does and why it has become such a focus in conversations about well-being.