Welcome to episode 300 of Live Happy Now. Every March, something very special happens, and we're not just talking about March Madness.

This is your host, Paula Phelps, and this week, Live Happy co-founder and CEO, Deborah Heise, is back to talk about why March is so important to us.

On March 20th, we celebrate the International Day of Happiness,

but our celebration actually begins much earlier with a little thing we call happy acts.

Deb's here to talk about how to make most of every day in March

and how to be a part of our brand new Live Happy Gratitude Challenge.

Deborah, welcome back.

We are so happy to have you back on Live Happy Now.

Thank you, Paula.

It's always a joy to be on the podcast.

And, you know, this month, March, as you know, is a big month for us.

It is a huge month for us.

And why don't you tell us why? Well, because March 20th is

the International Day of Happiness, as declared by the United Nations in 2012. So it's a big day.

When Live Happy started in 2013, we really started making sure that we celebrated the International Day of Happiness

every year. And for the last seven years, we have done an activity, which is called Happy

Acts, where we go out in public places and we erect large walls, or you put up a wall in

your office, or billboards in schools, walls in schools, and we have people share how they're going to make the world a happier place.

And we've done this every year. And I think the last time we did it, we had more than 1,400 walls. And it was an exciting thing.

And then we have expanded to our marches a month where we share happy acts. In other words, where we do

great things for other people, which, as you know, is an important part of being happy, is doing

good things for other people, and then share that around the world through social media,

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