The Neuroscience of Happiness: Rewiring Joy, Resilience & the Brain-Body Connection with Dr. D’Marti Burgos (Re-Release)

The Neuroscience of Happiness: Rewiring Joy, Resilience & the Brain-Body Connection with Dr. D’Marti Burgos (Re-Release)

As part of the summer relaunch of Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman (formerly The Hanged Woman Podcast), host Julienne Irons re-releases this fascinating conversation with physician and neuroscience enthusiast Dr. D’Marti Burgos. Can happiness actually be trained? According to neuroscience, the answer is yes. Dr. Burgos explains how happiness isn’t controlled by a single “happy chemical,” but by an entire orchestra of brain regions working together. She breaks down why negativity bias, trauma, chronic stress, comparison, and rumination make happiness harder to access, while showing how small, science-backed practices can literally rewire the brain for greater joy, resilience, and emotional regulation. Together, they explore the brain-body connection, the surprising role of the amygdala, vagus nerve, gratitude, flow states, exercise, and neuroplasticity, offering practical tools you can begin using today to create lasting change. Whether you’re discovering this conversation for the first time or listening again with fresh ears, this episode is a hopeful reminder that what you practice today helps shape the brain you’ll have tomorrow. If this conversation inspired you, Dr. D’Marti Burgos has created a free HEARTS Happiness Workbook that blends neuroscience, psychology, and contemplative wisdom to help you put these concepts into practice. You can download it on the Happiness page at dmartiburgos.com [http://dmartiburgos.com], where you’ll also find information about her upcoming Happiness Course.   ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome & Happiness Series 01:30 Three of Cups Healing 02:24 Meet Dr. D’Marti Burgos 04:22 The Brain Orchestra Explained 10:47 Barriers to Happiness 12:48 Trauma, Genetics & Stress 16:14 Hedonic Adaptation 18:36 Medications & Mental Health 21:20 What Science Says Happiness Is 24:39 The ABC Model of Happiness 27:46 The Broaden-and-Build Theory 32:16 Happiness Chemicals Explained 33:38 Building Resilience 36:25 Rewiring the Brain 37:34 Gratitude & Loving-Kindness 41:24 Midroll 43:18 The Vagus Nerve & Stress Recovery 46:43 What Chronic Stress Does to the Brain 50:45 Science-Backed Coping Tools 57:26 Finding Flow 01:01:51 When Happiness Feels Impossible 01:06:00 Micro Acts of Joy 01:09:12 Neurosustainability 01:12:47 One Habit to Start Today 01:16:00 Defining Happiness   🤳🏽 Connect with us Instagram: @3ofCupsHealing Website: 3ofcupshealing.com ✨ Learn more about 3 of Cups Heart-Centered Marketing 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/ ✨ Learn more about our Healing After Loss course 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/halcourse 🙌🏽 Connect with Dr. D’Marti Burgos here  Website: www.Dmartiburgos.com [http://dmartiburgos.com] Instagram: @dr.curlz Email: behappy@dmartiburgos.com https://www.youtube.com/@dmartiburgos [https://www.youtube.com/@dmartiburgos]

No Point B: Happiness as Awareness & the End of Seeking with Joel Drazner (Re-Release)

As part of the summer relaunch of Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman (formerly The Hanged Woman Podcast), host Julienne Irons re-releases this thought-provoking conversation with spiritual psychology–trained coach Joel Drazner. What if happiness isn’t something you achieve? What if peace isn’t waiting at the end of your healing journey? Joel shares the insight that transformed his life: our feelings don’t come from our circumstances—they come from our thinking. From there, he introduces a radically simple understanding of awareness, challenging the belief that happiness lives somewhere outside ourselves. Together, they explore the illusion of separation, why we spend our lives chasing fulfillment, how relationships change when we stop expecting others to make us happy, and why the peace we’re searching for may have been here all along. Whether you’re hearing this conversation for the first time or revisiting it with fresh ears, this re-release offers a powerful invitation to stop searching and begin noticing. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome & Happiness Series 01:29 Three of Cups Healing 02:29 Meet Joel Drazner 04:07 Why Circumstances Don’t Create Feelings 06:03 Thinking Creates Experience 09:41 The Peace Beneath Every Emotion 13:12 Radical Simplicity 15:32 Why We Chase Happiness 18:21 The Illusion of Separation 21:21 Experiencing Oneness 24:16 Seeing Beyond Labels 27:46 Awareness & the Senses 28:53 One Shared Experience 30:24 Midroll 32:20 Happiness as Awareness 33:47 Watching Thoughts & Emotions 37:25 Free Will & Control 42:09 “I Am” Awareness Practice 46:49 Relationships Without Attachment 52:08 Nothing Outside of Me 55:45 What Happiness Really Is 58:20 Closing Reflections Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman is presented by 3 of Cups Healing. 🤳🏽 Connect with us Instagram: @3ofCupsHealing Website: 3ofcupshealing.com ✨ Learn more about 3 of Cups Heart-Centered Branding 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/ ✨ Learn more about our Healing After Loss course 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/halcourse 🙌🏽 Connect with Joel Drazner Website: joeldrazner.com Substack: No Point B! — https://thedraz.substack.com/ If you’d like to explore these ideas more deeply, Joel recommends Living in Peace, Living as Peace by Rupert Spira—a 33-minute guided meditation accompanied by a PDF that invites you to recognize the peace already present within you, independent of circumstances. It’s available for $10 at spirastore.gumroad.com/l/livinginpeace. You can also explore more of Rupert’s work on Substack at transparencyofthings.substack.com.

From Fear to Freedom: Reconnecting With Your True Self to Find Happiness with Mackenzie Stewart

Host Julienne Irons relaunches the beloved Happiness series on Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman (formerly The Hanged Woman Podcast) with intuitive life coach Mackenzie Stewart of Mindset by Mackenzie. Together, they explore why happiness isn’t something we chase, but something we uncover by reconnecting with our authentic selves. After spending six years climbing the corporate ladder while battling anxiety, perfectionism, and constant self-doubt, Mackenzie shares the moment she realized success wasn’t the same as fulfillment. She introduces her powerful four-step From Fear to Freedom framework, showing how curiosity, aligned action, and purpose can transform fear into growth. They discuss limiting beliefs, intuition, therapy versus coaching, people-pleasing, purpose, and why the life that truly fulfills us often begins the moment we stop living according to everyone else’s expectations. Whether you’re feeling stuck in your career, questioning your purpose, or simply longing for more joy, this conversation offers practical tools to help you reconnect with yourself and move toward a happier, more meaningful life. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome & Happiness Series Introduction 00:40 Meet Mackenzie Stewart 02:42 From Marketing Career to Life Coach 07:01 Blending Science & Spirituality 08:28 What Happiness Really Means 09:54 Why We Should Stop Avoiding Fear 13:44 Curiosity Instead of Judgment 15:29 Purpose Creates Fulfillment 18:11 A Holistic Approach to Coaching 21:36 Therapy vs. Life Coaching 24:24 Learning to Trust Your Intuition 27:23 Midroll 29:17 Why Misalignment Makes Us Miserable 31:18 The From Fear to Freedom Framework 33:16 Rewriting Your Story 35:21 Taking the Next Brave Step 37:29 A Powerful Client Transformation 41:12 The Practice of Curiosity 43:37 Daily Rituals & Oracle Cards 46:10 Collective Card Pull: “Align with Your Purpose” 51:52 What Happiness Means to Mackenzie 53:28 Closing Reflections Perspective Shifts for Healing with the Hanged Woman is presented by 3 of Cups Healing 🤳🏽 Connect with us here:  Instagram: @3ofCupsHealing  Website: 3ofcupshealing.com ✨ Find out more about the 3 of Cups Heart-Centered Marketing  here 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/ [https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/] ✨ Find out more about our Healing After Loss course here 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/halcourse [https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/halcourse] 🙌🏽 Connect with Makenzie Stewart here 👉🏽 Website: mindsetbymackenzie.com [http://mindsetbymackenzie.com] IG: @mindsetbymackenzie.com Illuminate Mantra & Oracle Deck: https://illuminatewisdom.com  [https://illuminatewisdom.com] use code HEALER10 at check out for a discount

Shadow Work, Non-Duality & Self-Worth: Ending the War With Yourself with Gavin Flanagan

Host Julienne Irons closes the self-worth and self-confidence series with shadow work and non-duality teacher Gavin Flanagan. Together, they explore why healing may not be about fixing ourselves, but about ending the exhausting job of rejecting parts of who we are. Gavin shares his journey through long-term meditation, sobriety, a personal breakdown, ayahuasca, holotropic breathwork, and living in his car, experiences that transformed his understanding of identity, suffering, and self-worth. They unpack the difference between intellectual shadow work and energetic shadow work, why trying to get rid of anxiety and other “negative emotions” can actually intensify them, and how fear, grief, and discomfort may be misunderstood forms of energy rather than problems to solve. Julienne opens up about her own experience with morning anxiety, and Gavin introduces the practice of self-inquiry, questioning thoughts, and learning to feel emotions directly rather than endlessly analyzing them. Together, they explore non-duality, spiritual bypassing, unconditional love, and how self-worth shifts when we stop chasing fulfillment somewhere else and begin meeting ourselves exactly where we are. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Welcome and Introduction 01:31 Sponsor: Marketing Clarity 02:20 Meet Gavin Flanagan 04:50 What Is Shadow Work? 07:39 Why Fighting Anxiety Makes It Worse 10:59 The Real Meaning of Unconditional Love 13:36 Losing Everything and Finding Identity 15:46 Is Anxiety Really Anxiety? 20:17 Why the Mind Isn’t Always Right 22:37 The River Crossing Metaphor 27:20 Midroll and Offers 29:17 Intellectual vs Energetic Shadow Work 30:26 Chasing “Other” and Losing Yourself 33:47 Self-Inquiry and Non-Duality 35:08 Questioning the Inner Critic 37:15 Thoughts Aren’t Facts 38:48 Testing Stories Against Reality 40:55 The Observer and the Voice in Your Head 44:21 What Is Non-Duality? 49:50 Meeting the Shadow Instead of Rejecting It 50:49 Discomfort, Fear, and Life Transitions 54:32 Relationships, Identity, and Self-Worth 57:10 Grounded Spiritual Awakening 01:02:09 How to Begin Shadow Work 01:05:38 Finding Peace in Uncertainty 01:11:22 Final Reflections Perspective Shifts for Healing with the Hanged Woman is presented by 3 of Cups Healing 🤳🏽 Connect with us here:  Instagram: @3ofCupsHealing  Website: 3ofcupshealing.com ✨ Find out more about the 3 of Cups Heart-Centered Marketing  here 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/ [https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/] ✨ Find out more about our Healing After Loss course here 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/halcourse [https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/halcourse] 🙌🏽 Connect with Gavin Flanagan here 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/spontaneous_evolution/reels/ https://www.youtube.com/@SpontaneousEvolution https://www.threads.com/@spontaneous_evolution

Beyond the Box: Identity, Belonging & Being in Process with Emily Gopaul

Host Julienne Irons continues the self-worth series with art education consultant, curriculum designer, and EFT practitioner Emily Gopaul. Together, they explore identity, belonging, representation, code-switching, and the pressure to fit into predefined roles. Emily shares how culture, family, and representation shape our sense of self and why uncertainty isn’t something to fear, but a natural part of being alive. They discuss being single and child-free in midlife, decision fatigue, creativity, loneliness, and how self-worth can become more stable when we stop demanding fixed answers about who we are and allow ourselves to be fully in process.   ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Welcome and Setup 01:20 Marketing Clarity Ad 02:03 Meet Emily Gopal 02:38 Emily’s Work and Roots 06:59 What Is Identity 12:27 Representation Shapes Belonging 17:20 Not Fitting In 18:37 Assimilation and Code Switching 23:23 Uncertainty and Self Worth 32:42 Midroll Break and Ads 34:25 Back to Representation 34:41 Why Representation Matters 36:27 When Representation Is Missing 38:05 Permission for Nuance 40:39 Peace Space and Creativity 43:15 Beyond Labels and Scripts 44:57 Decision Fatigue and Freedom 47:40 Grounded While In Process 50:45 Journals and Shifting Goals 53:54 EFT and Emotional Clues 01:00:45 Building Belonging Practices 01:02:47 Core Truth and Alignment 01:05:03 Where to Find Emily 01:05:52 Final Reflections and Teaser Perspective Shifts for Healing with the Hanged Woman is presented by 3 of Cups Healing 🤳🏽 Connect with us here:  Instagram: @3ofCupsHealing  Website: 3ofcupshealing.com ✨ Find out more about the 3 of Cups Heart-Centered Marketing  here 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/ [https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/] ✨ Find out more about our Healing After Loss course here 👉🏽 https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/halcourse [https://www.3ofcupshealing.com/halcourse] 🙌🏽 Connect with Emily Gopaul here 👉🏽 Website: https://theprimaryartclass.com/ [https://theprimaryartclass.com/] IG: @theprimaryartclass LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-gopaul-7169971a4/