14. What’s Stopping You from Becoming an Artist? | Anastazja Adamczyk

14. What’s Stopping You from Becoming an Artist? | Anastazja Adamczyk

In this SOLO episode of joyful. I am talking about our (I think) universal need to create, about making art, and about music -- a form of art in particular close to my heart. I discuss the links between music and emotion, and try to answer the question of whether music, and art in general, can make us happier. I invite you to join me, while I continue to discover what happiness means to me. Do not hesitate to reach out if anything I said resonated, or if you completely disagree wi...

13. Nature, Courage, and Happiness: How to Take the Leap. | Jasper Riehm

joyful. GUEST SERIES with Jasper Riehm. Today I speak to Jasper Riehm, a passionate guerrilla gardener who tries to connect people living in urban spaces with nature, putting up willow domes around the city of Amsterdam. On instagram he calls himself @thatweirdplantguy, as he questions the established norms on what is normal, inviting people get involved and make an impact on their surroundings. Jasper believes that people who get along with each other are part of a shared mycelium net...

12. Neuroarchitecture - how to design your home for happiness? | Fiona Beenkens

joyful. GUEST SERIES with Fiona Beenkens Fiona transformed her career path and, being quite unhappy working as an architect, she started to shape her way through as a neuroarchitect. In her work she uses her knowledge from domains of psychology and architecture, to help people create homes (and other spaces) that make them feel better in their daily lives. I admire Fiona's passion, dedication and faith with which she engages in her work to help people make their environments more beautifiul...

11. How to choose the right career for you? | Dr. Shékina Rochat

joyful. GUEST SERIES with Dr Shékina Rochat. Dr Rochat holds a PhD in psychology, with a special focus on career counselling. As both a practitioner and a researcher, her mission is to support professionals in navigating their careers. She is also the author of several influential books on career development and psychology, including one especially interesting for me as it concerns psychology and climbing! Alongside her professional career, Shékina is a dedicated mother and an incredibly wa...

10. (Almost) Everything I have to say about gratitude. | Anastazja Adamczyk

In this SOLO episode I discuss gratitude. A never-ending topic in every book or podcast, that wants to be a part of the „happiness and wellbeing" category. And well, if I want to call my podcast one that’s about happiness, how could I not mention gratitude, right? I could probably skip it. This topic honestly drives me up the wall! But here I am, accepting the challenge, picking up the gauntlet, throwing myself into a gratitude well to talk about it from my own perspective. Do you care to joi...