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Happier in Hollywood

Ep. 106: A Revelation: Being Calm Vs. Acting Calm

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah discuss being calm versus acting calm — and how they were recently “Shawn Ryan Calm” during a tough conversation. Then in Take A Hike, Sarah shares why “not knowing if it’s going to snow in March” helped her stop anticipating the worst. Next, Liz and Sarah fess up to a Happier in Hollywood Retreat bomb, and Sarah gives a hit to her aunt for stepping up in a crisis. Sarah’s HOT Hollywood Hack has changed her life: a Sunlighten sauna! Finally, they reveal a listener’s British Celebrity Sighting: Jeremy Irons! Shawn Ryan: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752841/ The Shield: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286486/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 Sunlighten Sauna: https://www.sunlighten.com/ Jeremy Irons: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000460/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 Photo by Bekir Dönmez on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I was looking at our list of show ideas.

0:03.0

What was Vampire Little Women about?

0:06.0

Oh my God, I have no idea.

0:08.0

Vampire Little Women?

0:10.0

Yeah, let's look back to our notes.

0:12.0

Stroke and brilliance.

0:13.0

I am welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,

0:23.0

sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive, in a back-fighting superficial

0:27.2

chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.

0:31.2

I'm Sarah Faina, TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend

0:35.7

and writing partner of 19 years' list.

0:38.2

That's me, Liz Craft.

0:40.2

On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship,

0:45.2

and how to survive the war of attrition that is life and Los Angeles.

0:49.2

This week, we're going to talk about the difference between acting calm and being calm,

0:54.2

and how we were recently able to be genuinely calm.

0:58.2

Dare I say Sean Ryan Calm during a very difficult conversation.

1:03.2

Then we'll discuss our recent revelation about not anticipating the worst,

1:08.2

and I've got a team bomb and Sarah gives a big hit to her aunt.

1:13.2

We've also got a very hot Hollywood hack, and I cannot wait to share it,

1:19.2

and finally, one of our listeners emailed us a delightful British celebrity sighting.

1:24.2

But first, Sarah, we have a little update.

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