The Importance of Small Bits of Happiness with Mercedes and Anastasia
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Cat & Nat
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🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We did not expect to be this blown away! Teen entrepreneurs Mercedes Korngut and Anastasia Korngut are the sisters behind Small Bits of Happiness, a platform dedicated to helping teens and families build simple, meaningful habits for a happier life.
After starting their business during COVID at just 13 and 11, they’ve grown it into a thoughtful resource focused on gratitude, mindset, and mental wellness—offering a perspective that resonates with both teens and parents.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How teens can better navigate comparison and social media
- What young people wish parents understood about connection and pressure
- The realities of sibling dynamics while working together
- Why having a sense of purpose can support mental well-being
This conversation is both insightful and practical, offering perspective for parents looking to better understand and connect with their teens.
You may find yourself thinking: “Why didn’t I learn this sooner?”. To learn more check out https://smallbitsofhappiness.com/ and follow Mercedes and Anastasia’s work @small.bits.of.happiness.
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| 0:00.0 | Totally. I think, you know, we all have those moments or seasons where, like, maybe you're not getting along super well with the people in your class and you feel really lonely or you're feeling overwhelmed about the future. |
| 0:10.4 | I know that. We definitely feel like that sometimes. |
| 0:18.3 | This is Mercedes and Anastasia and they are teen entrepreneurs, speakers and co-founders of small bits of happiness, which is a platform dedicated to helping people build simple everyday habits for a happier life. |
| 0:30.6 | They also host the Hack Your Happiness podcast, where they chat with experts and thought leaders about mental wellness, |
| 0:38.2 | resilience, and what it really takes to feel good. Welcome to the podcast, ladies. Thank you. |
| 0:46.3 | We're so excited to be here. We're so excited. Thank you for having us. Let's start up with how did you |
| 0:51.5 | end up here on our podcast? Yeah. Well, we started our business, small bits of happiness. |
| 0:58.1 | I think it was about three years ago now. |
| 0:59.6 | I was maybe it was four years. |
| 1:01.5 | I was 13 going on 14. |
| 1:04.3 | Anesthesia was 11. |
| 1:05.4 | It was during COVID. |
| 1:06.8 | And we were both just kind of struggling to feel happy, you know, between teen hormones and friendship |
| 1:12.7 | issues to, you know, living in a pandemic. It was kind of a stressful time filled with a lot of |
| 1:19.7 | uncertainty. And we found that when we were, we as a family would do things that we like love and |
| 1:26.3 | they made us happy, whether it was like watching a comedy or going for a bike ride. And we found that do things that we like love and they made us happy whether it was like watching a |
| 1:28.0 | comedy or going for a bike ride and we found that those things they like made our day just a little |
| 1:33.8 | bit better and we wanted to share you know that act of intentionally focusing on something positive |
| 1:39.6 | with our peers um because we noticed a lot of them were struggling as well. And the statistics |
| 1:46.8 | should the same thing. So we started on social media posting like quotes and fun facts just |
| 1:52.0 | because we thought that's the easiest place to reach teenagers. And from there we grew to our |
| 1:58.1 | website. We made products. And then we launched our podcast a few years later. |
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