Can one learn to be happy? Absolutely, says personal transformation specialist Angela Hardy. The key lies in understanding how our minds create our feelings. Along with clarifying the working of the brain, the importance of being aware of our thoughts and of relaxing the body, Angela offers practical tips to help us live a more joyful life.

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In ep. 50 of the weekly podcast series Calm, Clear and Helpful,  Angela touches on

• looking for happiness in the wrong place

• how the quality of our thinking relates to anxiety and depression

• becoming aware of the “smoke bomb”

• the essential decision regarding any thought

• the surprising amount of brain energy required to think an original thought

• the role of the nervous system, breathing and meditation

• how to work with anger

• our beliefs regarding danger and safety, and the trick to trusting life

• taking responsibility for others’ happiness

• Angela’s 3 best tips on increasing your happiness.

Here Angela explains what we can do to develop self-love – which also helps us accept others.

Read what Angela has to say about floating, brilliance, and falling in love.

If you’d like to be a guest on the Calm, Clear & Helpful podcast series, email Mariette at mariettesny@mweb.co.za (All-inclusive cost: R1 500, duration 20 to 60 minutes).

Contact details

Angela Hardy is a personal transformation specialist from Johannesburg who uses NLP, kinesiology and other tools in her transformational work with clients.

Website: www.cloud-nine.co.za

Youtube channel: Angela Hardy  

The free podcast series Calm, Clear & Helpful is available on iTunes, Spotify, Player FM and Iono.fm.

Music by Mart-Marie Snyman.

Thumbnail image: Pexels.

Photograph of Angela Hardy: supplied