Does the idea of managing your stress levels actually stress you out?

We talk with author and trainer Janella McIntyre about five steps to reducing stress

and how to recognize what actually works.

The ancient Greeks defined happiness as the joy you feel moving towards your potential.

To think about positive psychology, it's a science, and it's actually younger than the

internet, believe it or not.

The reality is that social connection is in the research, the greatest predictor we have

of long-term happiness.

You have some factors in your control.

They can promote the health and resilience and growth of your absolutely most important asset, which is your brain.

And so it all comes down to understanding ourselves.

There's a way for all of us to succeed, but it might take different things.

We're all looking for the same thing, and that's a way to bring a little bit more joy to our day.

Join us as we look at the many different paths that lead us to that happy place. This is Live Happy Now. Hello and greetings and welcome to another edition of the Live Happy Now podcast. I'm your host, J.R. Houston, wherever you're listening in the world, or however you are listening, we are glad that you are making us a part of your day.

We also hope that you are making Live Happy magazine a part of your day.

You can get the bi-monthly printed issue wherever fine news magazines are sold or find entertainment magazines or fine entertainment magazines or find Sports magazine.

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Or you can get the digital edition. It's available in the Google Play Store and the Apple store, and you can take it with you wherever you go and catch up with it at a very leisurely pace, if you so desire. And we are so glad that you are joining us for this episode because the holiday season is coming up. That's when we're releasing this one and it can be a stressful time. And it's a time when a lot of people really do

start thinking about managing their stress levels in the coming year. That's why we talk to

Janelle McIntyre, author and international trainer and consultant with a focus on improving

the quality of personal and professional living. And topics of her workshops include dealing with difficult clients and customers,

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