Welcome to episode 363 of Live Happy Now.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and here at Live Happy, we realize that happiness and good mental health go hand in hand.

So we've brought the whole crew together to talk about it.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and throughout the month of May, we're going to

focus on tools for better mental health. But to kick it off, our team sat down for a conversation

about how the past couple of years have affected each of us and some of the ways that we've

coped. Joining me for this special episode, our Live Happy CEO and co-founder Deborah Heise,

e-commerce marketing manager Casey Johnson, web editor Chris Libby,

senior marketing manager Brittany Chan, and senior marketing specialist Shane Lee.

I hope you enjoy this candid conversation and be sure to stay tuned until the end of this podcast

when we'll tell you about a special deal in a Live Happy store exclusively for listeners.

You guys, thank you everyone for coming and joining us for this special episode of Live

Happy Now.

Thank you for having us.

It's always fun to talk with everybody. The whole gang, we don't get

to get together in person, but sometimes we can zoom it. And I know you guys see each other a lot more

than I get to see you. But this was a really special talk that we wanted to have because Deb felt

really strongly about Mental Health Awareness Month and us doing something on it. So that's how I'd

love to start. Deb, why was it so important for you to make sure that we covered this? Because we're doing,

our entire month is dedicated to mental health awareness. Well, I mean, obviously mental health ties into

happiness. I mean, if you're not healthy, either physically or mentally, it's really

going to impede and impact your happiness. And as you know, for us, happiness isn't really

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