If you're looking for a happy place, you have found it once again, welcome to live happy now.

The podcast dedicated to bringing you closer to your peak happiness through real positive psychology that you can apply to your daily life relatable stories.

There may be a little bit of fun mixed in there as well.

I'm your host, J.R. Houston, and so pleased that you are continuing to make us a part of your day, a part of your week.

However, and whenever you may be listening, it is so wonderful to have you with us.

And we, of course, want to thank all kinds of folks that are with us, including, of course, Live Happy magazine, available on newsstands wherever fine magazines are sold and our partner, Life Reimagined, and their website, lifereimagined.org, which is just filled with a lot of the same things we're bringing you here. Great processes to go all kinds of resources for you you know they say as you awaken it to the power of happiness

so to your dreams so what's next well go to life reimagined dot org to find out now this is a conversation

that i know our c o co-founder and everything director uh everything director, Deborah Heiss was excited about having.

It is a conversation with Caroline Miller.

Now, she's recognized as one of the world's leading positive psychology experts in the areas of goal-setting, grit, happiness, success, and how to apply it to your life.

She's one of the first graduates of the University of

Pennsylvania's Masters of Applied Positive Psychology Program and is author of a couple of books

creating your best life and positively Caroline. And in this episode, she discusses goal setting,

how to become greater and her new book, Authentic Grit with Live Happy Happy C.O, co-founder and editorial director, Deborah Heiss.

You wrote this famous book, at least it's famous in our space, called Creating Your Best Life.

Can you tell me about that book, what led you to write it?

Yes. I was in the first class in the University of Pennsylvania MAP program in 2005, 2006,

and early in the year, I ran across this thing called goal setting theory, which I'd never heard of.

And I'm a coach, and coach of set goals.

And I've always worked in the space of motivation and achievement.

And I was kind of stunned that I didn't know any coaches who knew the science of goal setting.

And then Chris Peterson, I was so fortunate to have Chris Peterson lecture every month, talked about the traits of goal setting. And then Chris Peterson, I was so fortunate to have Chris

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