Thank you for joining us for episode 550 of Live Happy Now.

The holiday season is a season of generosity and reflection and a time when we're reminded

to look beyond ourselves and think of others.

And that's exactly what this week's guest is here to talk about.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and this week you're going to

meet Lindsay Moorhead Oates, a graphic designer from Dallas, Texas, and a happy activist

who decided to kick off the holiday season by brightening the lives of others. Let's have a

listen. Lindsay, thank you so much for joining me on the show this week. Thank you for having me.

I am really, really excited for our

audience to meet you. You're doing some very cool things. And on Live Happy Now, we talk a lot about

how good volunteering is for us, but that's not why people start doing it. So tell me a little bit

about you. Tell me about your background. What made you first get involved in volunteering? Like, how old were you? And how did that part of it come about?

I think this would almost go back to whenever I was very young. My mom and me used to always do the angel tree. And I liked the idea of like picking a kid and then we'd go shopping for them and get them clothes, get them toys, like try to feel their wants and their needs that they need it.

And it just always kind of brought me joy to do that every year.

It was something that we looked forward to.

I've always had a passion for animals.

I mean, as far back as I can remember, we've always had multiple animals. I've always had a passion for animals. I mean, as far back as I can remember, we've always had multiple animals.

I've always had a passion for animals because then I do like to help people, but maybe I'm a sucker more for animals than I am for people.

But I've tried to venture more back into helping individuals now.

But there for the longest time, I then turned around and started volunteering with

rescues.

I did some pro bono work design-wise for them.

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