Episode 271: Quick Chat - Reframing Happiness with Cortney McDermott

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Episode 271: Quick Chat - Reframing Happiness with Cortney McDermott

Welcome to the Love Your Story Podcast. I’m your host Lori Lee and you’re here today for a Quick Chat. That’s one great inspirational idea in 15 minutes or less.

Today’s show is about reframing happiness. Stay tuned for a quickie discussion with Corney McDermott, Author of Give Yourself Permisson, as we explore the idea of shifting the way you think about happiness so we can more easily find it.

Join us in the audio program as we discuss:

In the Wizard of Oz Dorthy goes on an adventure to find her way home. She heads out on this path - the Yellow Brick Road searching, along her path she has the support of the Good Witch Glenda looking out for her, she has companions who are learning along the journey also, and in the end she finds that no one else - no wizard existed who could do it for her…. I think in a way we all take this journey. We are told - no sold - all day long that we need this product, that promotion, this coach, this corner office and then we will be happy, but Cortney points out in her book - “if the something or someone isn’t pointing back to yourself, then it simply won’t work.”

We talk about:

1. Where do we find happy? What is this reframing happiness you speak of?
2. In your book you say, “Aligning your ego to the divine truths in you is like a constant spontaneous enlightenment that doe snot rely on anything or anyone outside of you for its fulfillment.” Can you explain this?
3. Happiness is an inside work.
4. We are sold what happiness should be - what if our happiness doesn't align with what we are "supposed" to want?
5. Most of the time we don't question this - but what happens when you equate happiness with "all the things and all the gold stars" and you still aren't happy.
6. What if happy to me doesn't look like happy to everyone else?
7. Externalities don't solve the problems
8. The work is in your head.
9. Accept what makes YOU happy. Even if it's different.
10. You are okay with doing it YOUR way.
11. Move away from what is distracting you from your own happiness.
12. Dedicate more time to what your happiness looks like. Start small but build up your devotion to you.
13. Focus on the self enough so you can experience the most from your relationships.
14. Don't force things. Ease in and allow things to flow.
15. Cortney shares a story of her own emotional youth. She shares how important it was to learn to accept her own depth of feeling.
16. What does YOUR happiness feel like?

Thanks for being with us today. And thanks to Cortney McDermott, author of Give Yourself Permission for co-hosting the past 3 Quick Chats with me and sharing her powerful insights.

If you liked this episode - please consider sharing it with a friend. It’s all about doing good in the world and this is an easy way to share inspiration in your sphere. We’ll see you in two weeks for our next episode.

Contact Cortney or buy her book:

www.cortney mcdermott.com

email: [e-mail]

Book: Give Yourself Permission

Amazon Link to purchase:

https://www.amazon.com/Give-Yourself-Permission-Development-Improvement/dp/B0C9SNG7NZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=O1BQ0ZKORWVG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8amufz-UuP5MoibMVqy9ytZAjysDYtrkrHH-n0pAurOWTAGFh4YdjC_sUVHwmq7ksKOgWsl2vK4J_Xyj5hT1-A.ASsOCz1Ig8IdvvM1x8vBiqKQUJPx8ieg2Nlsolw-ZYA&dib_tag=se&keywords=give+yourself+permission&qid=1704998197&sprefix=give+yourself+permission%2Caps%2C226&sr=8-1