Being Present at a Time Like This

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 emerging at the end of this shitty tunnel. Do you see it, too? I talk to a lot of people who just feel so effing overwhelmed. And, because of that overwhelm,  they have a hard time being present. There's just too much bad news coming at them all the time. How can we be present to that? Isn't it better to be distracted?  Believe it or not, no. Follow the podcast on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/happyrebelpodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@happyrebelpodcast] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/HappyRebelPodcast/] @HappyRebelPodcast and go deeper into your eudaimonic wellbeing at The Happyist Substack [https://thehappyist.substack.com]. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and DM a screenshot of it to me on Instagram (@happyrebelpodcast) along with your preferred email address to receive a free month of The Happyist Substack plus a discount on a continuing subscription. (Please note, this is a manual process. The only AI I use is *actual* intelligence.) Be a Happy Rebel VIP! Join our email group [https://happy-rebel.kit.com]! To work with me, or for further inquiries, please visit TheHappyist.me [https://thehappyist.me]  Ready to start your own podcast? Consider Buzzsprout as your host. They make it easy and affordable. Use my referral link for a $20 credit on any paid plan [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2491344].  ©2025-2026 Happy Rebel LLC All Rights Reserved Music: "Punk Attitude" by Flash Fluharty licensed via PremiumBeats

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 gets out of control. When we think about our overspending, overeating, over-indulging, micro-managing, even our anxiety, it all stems from trying to control something — anything — when we feel things are out of our control. And what a nasty pattern that gets us stuck in. Part of the problem, and the reason why we want to control so much, is that we don’t trust. We don’t trust others, the system or ourselves. We’ve lost faith. And it’s pretty heartbreaking when we think about it. But we can shift that. So, let’s talk about how. (Happy Rebel will be back for Season 3 on July 6th! In the meantime, catch up on any missed eps or join me at The Happyist on Substack. Link below. xo) Follow the podcast on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/happyrebelpodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@happyrebelpodcast] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/HappyRebelPodcast/] @HappyRebelPodcast and go deeper into your eudaimonic wellbeing at The Happyist Substack [https://thehappyist.substack.com]. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and DM a screenshot of it to me on Instagram (@happyrebelpodcast) along with your preferred email address to receive a free month of The Happyist Substack plus a discount on a continuing subscription. (Please note, this is a manual process. The only AI I use is *actual* intelligence.) Be a Happy Rebel VIP! Join our email group [https://happy-rebel.kit.com]! To work with me, or for further inquiries, please visit TheHappyist.me [https://thehappyist.me]  Ready to start your own podcast? Consider Buzzsprout as your host. They make it easy and affordable. Use my referral link for a $20 credit on any paid plan [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2491344].  ©2025-2026 Happy Rebel LLC All Rights Reserved Music: "Punk Attitude" by Flash Fluharty licensed via PremiumBeats

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 always. Reprimanded if we’re not. Being polite becomes engrained to the point we are overly polite. Showing that kindness and respect when it isn’t necessary, earned or warranted. One of the ways we do that is by saying, “I’m sorry,” when we’re not at fault at all. And don’t we regret it right after we’ve said it?  Follow the podcast on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/happyrebelpodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@happyrebelpodcast] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/HappyRebelPodcast/] @HappyRebelPodcast and go deeper into your eudaimonic wellbeing at The Happyist Substack [https://thehappyist.substack.com]. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and DM a screenshot of it to me on Instagram (@happyrebelpodcast) along with your preferred email address to receive a free month of The Happyist Substack plus a discount on a continuing subscription. (Please note, this is a manual process. The only AI I use is *actual* intelligence.) Be a Happy Rebel VIP! Join our email group [https://happy-rebel.kit.com]! To work with me, or for further inquiries, please visit TheHappyist.me [https://thehappyist.me]  Ready to start your own podcast? Consider Buzzsprout as your host. They make it easy and affordable. Use my referral link for a $20 credit on any paid plan [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2491344].  ©2025-2026 Happy Rebel LLC All Rights Reserved Music: "Punk Attitude" by Flash Fluharty licensed via PremiumBeats

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 very limiting beliefs still creep in. But a lot of that — most of that — is bullshit. Much of it is manufactured to keep people in their places. It’s a nasty blend of patriarchy, capitalism and elitism that affects us all. And while some of that nastiness is dissolving, it’s fossilized in other areas.  So let’s be disrupty by letting go of those limiting beliefs and start looking for the easier, saner, more enjoyable path. Follow the podcast on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/happyrebelpodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@happyrebelpodcast] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/HappyRebelPodcast/] @HappyRebelPodcast and go deeper into your eudaimonic wellbeing at The Happyist Substack [https://thehappyist.substack.com]. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and DM a screenshot of it to me on Instagram (@happyrebelpodcast) along with your preferred email address to receive a free month of The Happyist Substack plus a discount on a continuing subscription. (Please note, this is a manual process. The only AI I use is *actual* intelligence.) Be a Happy Rebel VIP! Join our email group [https://happy-rebel.kit.com]! To work with me, or for further inquiries, please visit TheHappyist.me [https://thehappyist.me]  Ready to start your own podcast? Consider Buzzsprout as your host. They make it easy and affordable. Use my referral link for a $20 credit on any paid plan [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2491344].  ©2025-2026 Happy Rebel LLC All Rights Reserved Music: "Punk Attitude" by Flash Fluharty licensed via PremiumBeats

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 reasons you aren’t your happiest self right now. And I want to tell you that not only can you be happy right now, you should be. Because that is what will make a significant difference…in your life and others, and the world. Follow the podcast on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/happyrebelpodcast], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@happyrebelpodcast] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/HappyRebelPodcast/] @HappyRebelPodcast and go deeper into your eudaimonic wellbeing at The Happyist Substack [https://thehappyist.substack.com]. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and DM a screenshot of it to me on Instagram (@happyrebelpodcast) along with your preferred email address to receive a free month of The Happyist Substack plus a discount on a continuing subscription. (Please note, this is a manual process. The only AI I use is *actual* intelligence.) Be a Happy Rebel VIP! Join our email group [https://happy-rebel.kit.com]! To work with me, or for further inquiries, please visit TheHappyist.me [https://thehappyist.me]  Ready to start your own podcast? Consider Buzzsprout as your host. They make it easy and affordable. Use my referral link for a $20 credit on any paid plan [https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2491344].  ©2025-2026 Happy Rebel LLC All Rights Reserved Music: "Punk Attitude" by Flash Fluharty licensed via PremiumBeats