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Shayla Christine: The Three Stages of a Traveler's Life

Release Date: 11/27/2019

It's Called Happenness

Have you ever felt drained and like your life was just blah even after picking up a new hobby? Did you ever stop to think that maybe the hobby isn’t nourishing the right senses that your inner child is yearning for. What is our inner child? Do we all have one? The answer is yes, as we age we gain more responsibilities and different tasks, goals, and likes and dislikes, but did we ever think to look back to the core of it all. In the typical hustle culture it is so easy to drift away from our hobbies, activities that we love, and moment that brings our all our senses...

Stop the What If's and Start Living in the Present

It's Called Happenness

Do you remember the last time you thought “What if...?” Our minds like to takes us through “What if” scenarios usually in moments that we are upset, not feeling our best. We then end up getting even more frustrated and just stop and think what would my life be like if I chose this path or what would my life be like if I didn’t. Due to the pandemic and all that we are experiencing right now, we truly understand and most likely appreciate Time more than ever. Time is the most valuable thing that we have in this life. The decisions we make can keep us moving forward or they...

bookmark[it]: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

It's Called Happenness

Nicole read The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom about two years ago. It shaped the way she thinks now, and applies the four agreements into her life as much as possible. The four agreements that the author Don Miguel Ruiz wrote about are nothing out of this world, but they are at the same time. They're so simple, yet more times than not we overlook them. Sometimes, you need to see to believe and/or be reminded of things to put them into action.

Ep. 25 Stephanie Jean Andrews: Unboxing Your Potential with the Mindful Hobby

It's Called Happenness

Stephanie Jean Andrews is a multiethnic hobby enthusiast and author of the book The Mindful Hobby: A 30 Day Journey into the Power of Hobby as Self-Care. She joined us in this episode and shared with us her happenness moment of The Mindful Hobby. We talk about: 🔸 How a funeral led to the creation of The Mindful Hobby 🔸 Permission to play 🔸 Seasons of hobbies/mood-based hobbies 🔸 The western culture and hobbies 🔸 Sense of community 🔸 Hobby vs mindful hobby 🔸 Hustle culture and self-care 🔸 It’s never too late to start a hobby 🔸 Take time for yourself She...

bookmark[it]: Start With Why

It's Called Happenness

In the current times we are all living in, it is so easy to lose our purpose. Purpose in our actions, jobs, careers, hobbies, but do we ever start with asking WHY we are doing all these things? The book Start With Why by Simon Sinek explains that the reason why some are more successful than other is because the focus is on the why, not the what. The book specifically talks about success in business, but in this bookmark[it] episode, Angie talks about how we can apply starting with why in our personal, day-to-day lives. We talk about: Communicating and being clear on your why. Your how and what...

Rachel Santana: A Holistic Journey Beyond Food

It's Called Happenness

We've all tried at one point in time to find what is our natural way of feeding our soul, mind and body with the right foods. Though the idea of what is right or wrong on how to fuel our bodies might be different for everyone, listening to Rachel's journey is the perfect way to start. At the end of the day we all want the same thing and that is to feel our best, which truly starts with properly feeding our body. Rachel Santana, Founder of Health is Hot and Holistic Nutritionist joined us in a conversation about her holistic journey beyond food. She talks about not only being cautious of the...

Annie Tarasova: Living a Creative Life Free of Expectations

It's Called Happenness

“I had no fear of failure because I had no expectations.” — Annie Tarasova In life, it’s so easy to get caught up in expectations, whether it’s your own, your parent’s, society’s… but we must remember that it’s just that… expectations. We are our own worst critic and when we let that go, we can live a life of purpose filled with Happenness moments. Annie is an independent artist on a mission to inspire you to look within, as she believe all the answers to your questions are found in your inner world. She started DreamyMoons in 2016, initially created to inspire her to...

Ayahuasca Ceremony: A Healing Experience

It's Called Happenness

What if someone told you that feeling the worst feeling and pain every was actually one of the most rewarding experiences of their life? In this episode, Nicole opens up about her Ayahuasca Ceremony Experience. It starts with Rapé, which in short is used to reach a greater level of consciousness. It is powdered tobacco plant blown through the nostrils. The feeling is as unpleasant as it sounds. After that settles in, the Ayahuasca is consumed. Ayahuasca is a ceremonial tea made from an Amazonian plant, quite bitter in taste, which is prepared by a shaman. The word comes from two...

The Importance of Mental Health with Megan Gallagher

It's Called Happenness

January is still here and we've been in this Pandemic for almost a whole year and that's a bit shocking. We had the honor to have a conversation with Mental Health advocate, Megan Gallagher, to talk about the importance of Mental Health as a whole, particularly in these times. Young adults are suffering in the classrooms and Megan talks about what they can do to cope and have a better school rhythm as well as how every working adult is phasing pandemic fatigue. We are facing a rise in anxiety and depression cases now more than ever. By having this conversation, we hope to inspire others to...

Achieving Goals isn't the Goal: Setting the Tone for 2021

It's Called Happenness

It's the first week of the year, we're pumped and we want to take this opportunity to start the year fresh. But we are aware that sometimes goal eagerness and noise can cause toxic positivity. "What is that?" you may ask. Basically, it's on an overload of positivity, and yes there's such a thing. Nowadays with social media, we are bombarded with information and people giving their two cents. It makes it so easy for us to lose sight and our focus on our goals and/or intentions. We not only consume information, but we start comparing or setting expectations based on someone else's life. On this...

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Shayla Christine is a Content Creator and YouTube specialist. She created Living on a One Way when she was experimenting by creating YouTube videos as journal diaries to stay connected with those back home. After a couple of years of just doing this for fun, Shayla noticed that her voice and stories were resonating with thousands of strangers and motivating others to do the same, to live on a one way. Shayla traveled full-time for about 5 years to numerous countries around the world, which led to a series of Happenness moments varying from jobs she worked to people she met. Shayla shares the three main stages of her journey: moving abroad, experiencing different countries, and moving back to her hometown. She shares with us that despite how different these stages are, she's enjoyed them all to the fullest. At the current stage of moving back to her hometown in Minnesota, Shayla is teaching others how to get the most out of having a YouTube channel, and also continuously motivating others via her YouTube channel, social media, and as a speaker at events. Soon, she'll be inspiring one more special person, as she steps into the role of being a mom.

You can connect with Shayla anywhere on social media @livingonaoneway

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