Welcome to Episode 192 of Live Happy Now. This is your host, Paula Phelps, thanking you for being with us today.

Obviously, we talk a lot about happiness here on Live Happy Now. So when we discovered the book,

The Year of Living Happy, we knew we wanted to talk to its author. But Allie Worthington isn't just an

author. She's also a speaker,

a podcaster, business coach, and maybe most importantly, the mother of five boys. She's helped

both individuals and businesses learn the techniques they need to become more successful. And this

week, she talks with us about the small steps we can take to have a happier year.

Ali, welcome to the show. I am so excited to talk to you. So I just wanted to thank you for coming,

first of all. Well, thank you. I'm thrilled to be with you. Thanks so much. You've written a book

that is very relevant to our readers, and it's called the Year of Living Happy. And first of all,

what made you want to write that? Well, I spent a year researching as much as I could about

the science of happiness and what research has been done, what actually has been proven to help.

And I built an email series on my website where I sent out a little

note every Sunday afternoon to give mostly women a tip on how they can be happier each week.

And after a year of research and sending out little tips, I knew it was time to go ahead

and put everything together in a book. That's terrific because you've done other books prior to this.

Yes.

This was my first, they call it a gift book.

So it's a hardback book with journaling space.

So not only is there something, a short segment to read every day, but an action step and

something to do, really to crystallize new habits in your life?

And that's terrific around this time of year because people, we can do it any time of the year.

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