Choose Happy Podcast

Kate dish on what it’s like to embrace the discomfort and update everyone on Elijha’s Happiness Homework from last episode. They take mushrooms and talk about the effects. Then, they talk to Calgary’s mushroom expert Malcolm Saunders! Malcolm has carved out a niche for himself in the world as a business owner, adventurer, and as an incredible coach who helps people redefine their relationship to food. He discusses the benefits of nature, of nutrition, and of finding happiness through the freedom to forge one’s own path. Find Malcolm online at http://malcolmsaunders.com and The Light Cellar at https://thelightcellar.ca/ As always, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

Sarah gets a speeding ticket. Kate and Sarah discuss the impact of Whitney’s Happiness Homework! Sarah updates us on “The Love Dare.” Kate got her stars read. And the ladies briefly discuss social-media induced rage. They interview the engaging charismatic ELIJHA! He’s a polyamorous pain junkie, a traditional Chinese medicine student, and a philosopher with a deep understanding of suffering. Elijha discusses conditioning oneself to pain with the overall intention of understanding – and thereby eliminating – suffering.

Sarah discusses beginning “The Love Dare” with her husband. Kate needs a dream interpreted. This episode’s guest is the wonderful and wise WHITNEY! Whitney discusses her journey from an unhealthy, wine-soaked life in early adulthood to the intentional life that she leads now. Her life experience – living in multiple cities, coping with the death of a partner, and seeking the life she wants to live – has created in Whitney a deep and gentle wisdom that leads her to ask, “what if guilt is actually disappointment?”