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The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash

The Happiness Mama Podcast is about mindful mamas consciously creating our happiest lives. My goal is to inspire, encourage, and help other mothers take practical steps to create the lives they want to live. All mamas deserve happiness! You can go from striving to thriving!
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Nov 5, 2017

PMS can be rough. Listen as Heather shares two key steps to feel better when PMS has you down, and learn 20 self-care strategies so you can take good care of yourself in times of stress or anxiety. Heather also shares how these challenging times can also be a gift to us, yielding unexpected benefits. You may have PMS, but there are things you can do to feel better.

Highlights:

 

  • Two key steps to managing PMS
  • How to accept your feelings rather than pushing them down
  • 20 strategies for ramping up your self-care
  • Surprising benefits of PMS
  • Happy birthday, Happiness Mama Podcast
  • #2PodsaDay campaign: listen more, listen indie.

 

Links and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

  1. 2 Pods A Day Campaign
  2. Oracle cards I love
  3. Kindle Unlimited
  4. Shade of Vampire
  5. Outlander
  6. Essential oils
  7. Progessence Plus

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Sep 4, 2017

Summer is coming to an end, and it’s time for the kids to go back to school. Back-to-school time is a great time for intentional change and ritual in our own personal lives as women.

Highlights:

  • 8 Ways to Celebrate Back-to-School for Moms!
  • Happiness Mama is an official nominee for the 2017 Podcast Awards!
  • Listen all the way to the end to hear a message from a very special guest!

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

  1. Shownotes: happinessmama.com/22
  2. Ningxia Red
  3. TUL Pens
  4. Mom Retreat
  5. Ebates
  6. Back to School Clothes for Mom

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Thank you so much for listening! 

And remember, You Are Loved! 

Jun 26, 2017

Welcome to Season 3 of the Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash! Season 3 is all about Self-Love... Loving ourselves, body, mind, and spirit. This episode is about loving our body. I talk about how I lost 17 pounds in less than 7 months and got stronger and fitter in an easy, very doable, fun way!

Listen and learn tips and strategies for creating your own new healthy habits. Enjoy!

Highlights:

  • My weight journey
  • Pregnancy weight gain
  • Postpartum priorities
  • How I’d rather not be motivated to lose weight and get in shape
  • The foundational mindset for losing weight and getting in shape (or making any other changes in your life)
  • The biggest factor in my weight loss success
  • The second biggest factor in my weight loss success
  • Dealing with imperfection
  • Imperfect dieting and exercise
  • The slow carb diet by Tim Ferriss
  • The key to losing weight
  • Real weight training results
  • Surprising results after climbing a mountain
  • How to make your habits stick
  • Surprising nerd results: What the charts revealed...
  • Creating a self-love mindset: Body Love Affirmations
  • Show your love by becoming a Happiness Mama Patron! And get mentioned on the show…

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

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Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you love yourself more, body, mind, and spirit. Love to you!

 

May 21, 2017

Heather shares how a stressful time in her life prompted her to start silent meditation. She shares what it was like meditating in her earlier days and how the experience of meditation has changed and stayed the same.  She shares some of the benefits of meditation, as well as simple instructions for how to get started with meditation. 

Highlights:

  • How a panic attack prompted me to start meditating
  • What it was like then, and what it is like now
  • Gratitude as a benefit of meditation
  • Benefits of meditation, including managing stress and anxiety
  • How to start a meditation practice
  • Shamatha and Vipassana meditation: What are they?
  • A simple guide to how to meditate

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

Shownotes: www.happinessmama.com/20

 

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Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

Mar 15, 2017

Highlights:

 

  • How I got into bullet journaling #bujo
  • Thank you, Elsie!
  • Before bullet journal #bebujo
  • What makes a bullet journal different
  • Why the index is such a game changer
  • How The Happiness Project inspired my habit tracker chart
  • Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues chart
  • My search for a doable charting system
  • My advice for how to use your bullet journal
  • How I use my bullet journal
  • The Five Minute Journal questions
  • Keeping it free…
  • How I do my Habit Tracker Chart
  • My new habit
  • My new month routine
  • What’s so great about the actual journals
  • Heather says Leuchtturm about 6 times…http://amzn.to/2m010rZ
  • Jar of Awesome
  • It’s your thing. Do what you wanna do.
  • Daddy! The bullet journal is like the pocket journal.
  • What you track, grows.
  • Benefits of bullet journaling
  • How to get started bullet journaling
  • How I draw my habit chart
  • Podfest
  • My listener Laura and I met on a plane!
  • Shout outs to fellow podcasters: Steph and Val at Wine to Five, Sarah at Simple Change, Honor Knight of the Soiled Restroom Cinema Podcast, Copper Yuenger of Life Under the Laundry Pile, Amanda Doughty of The Great Beer Adventure, Brian Musial of Health Geeks Radio, Ryan Gray of the PreMed Years, Jeff Sanders of the 5 AM Miracle, Jessica Kupferman and Elsie Escobar of She Podcasts, Deb Williams of Financial Karma, Katie Krimitsos of Biz Women Rock, Jessica Rhodes of Interview Connections, and Tina Dietz of The Start Something Show

 

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

 

 

Quotes

 

“Daily journaling helps me stay sane and happy.”

 

“You do deserve happiness, and you can live the life you desire, in total alignment with your values, dreams, and goals.”

 

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Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

Feb 8, 2017

Highlights:

 

  • Struggling with waiting, wanting, and not knowing
  • We can help ourselves feel better by using various strategies, such as...
  • Journaling
  • Meditation
  • Oracle cards
  • Friends
  • Affirmations
  • Acceptance
  • Inspiration
  • Clearing Clutter
  • Faith
  • Gratitude
  • Music
  • And More!

 

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

 

Quote Mentioned In This Episode:

“The moment that you feel, just possibly, you are walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind, and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself...That is the moment, you might be starting to get it right.” ~Neil Gaiman

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Jan 22, 2017

Highlights:

 

  • We all need recovery periods.
  • What is the Pareto Principle?
  • How to use the 80/20 principle to analyze your year
  • Heather shares the actions that led to most of her good feelings in 2016.
  • Apply what you learn to make this year even better.

 

Links and Books Mentioned In This Episode:

 

 

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If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes or Stitcher and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. More ratings and reviews lead to more eyes and ears seeing and hearing the podcast. Thank you!

 

How to Subscribe to the Happiness Mama Podcast:

 

 

Stay in Touch:

 

Never miss an episode!


Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

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