Episodes
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Feeling Unlucky in Love?
Dear Choose Happy Community, Feeling unlucky in love can leave you carrying disappointment, heartbreak, and emotions you don’t always know what to do with. But healing doesn’t mean forcing yourself to move on or pretending you’re okay. Sometimes, you need to cry, give yourself space, and let the...
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Let Divine Love Flow Through You
Dear Choose Happy Community, Sometimes, a few kind words can change how someone sees themselves. When we’re feeling discouraged or disconnected from our own worth, a simple expression of kindness can remind us of the beauty we may have forgotten was there all along. This teaching invites us not…
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How to Embrace Change
Dear Choose Happy Community, Starting over can feel uncomfortable, especially when you’re unsure what comes next. But what if this change isn’t just something you have to get through? What if it’s an opportunity to let go of old patterns and make room for something new? Here’s one of our favorite...
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Choose Love, Even When It’s Hard
Dear Choose Happy Community, It can take practice to recognize the patterns that keep us disconnected from our deeper truth. This teaching reminds us that beneath fear, limitation, and human pain, there is a capacity for unconditional love, compassion, creativity, and wholeness. We don’t have to...
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Your Kindness Matters More Than You Know
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to wonder if the small things we do really make a difference. A kind word, a moment of support, or simply showing up for someone can feel insignificant when the world’s problems seem so much bigger. But this teaching reminds us that we rarely see the full...
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Forgive Yourself and Heal
Dear Choose Happy Community, Some pain stays with us long after the person or situation is gone. This teaching offers a powerful shift: healing may begin by forgiving ourselves for carrying the impact of what happened and giving ourselves the love and understanding we need. It doesn’t mean…
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How to Stop People Pleasing
Dear Choose Happy Community, How often do we put ourselves last in order to make everyone else happy? People pleasing can lead us to ignore our own needs, sacrifice our rest, and even mistreat ourselves in the process. Sometimes, the pressure isn’t even coming from others. It can come from our…
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Why Anger Makes Us Feel Separate
Dear Choose Happy Community, Anger can rise quickly and make us feel completely caught up in the moment. This teaching invites us to see anger as a wave that arises within us, rather than something we have to become. Through self-awareness, we can pause, observe what is happening, and remember…
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How to Overcome Fear of Loss
Dear Choose Happy Community, Fear often grows when we become attached to an outcome we cannot control. This teaching reminds us that we can still act with love and give our best without carrying the weight of knowing exactly how things will turn out. When we dedicate our actions to serving the...
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How to Find Harmony If You Feel Agitated
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to believe we’ll finally feel peaceful once someone else changes what they’re saying or doing. But this teaching reminds us that happiness and harmony don’t have to depend on what is happening around us. When we turn within and choose the energy of…
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Stop Adding Mental Anguish to Your Pain
Dear Choose Happy Community, Pain and discomfort are part of being human, but sometimes our minds add another layer of suffering. One difficult experience can become a spiral of mental anguish when we keep identifying with the thoughts and stories around it. This teaching invites us to notice…
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How to Break Free From Old Emotional Patterns
Dear Choose Happy Community, We all have moments when fear, anger, or old habits seem to take over. But this teaching reminds us that these moments are not who we truly are. They simply invite us to remember the light that has always been present within us. Meditation and karma yoga help us…
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The Gentle Way to Move Through Pain
Dear Choose Happy Community, Grief can feel overwhelming. It can make you wonder if you’ll ever feel like yourself again. But what if your tears weren’t a sign that you’re falling apart? What if they’re a reflection of how deeply you’ve loved? This teaching reminds us that we don’t have to fear...
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Choose Thoughts That Help You Grow
Dear Choose Happy Community, The words you repeat to yourself matter more than you may realize. If your thoughts or your self-talk leave you feeling discouraged, fearful, or small, this teaching offers a simple but powerful practice: notice them with honesty, then choose something that…
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Protect Your Peace From Negativity
Dear Choose Happy Community, This teaching reminds us that our brains and nervous systems respond to negativity as a form of stress, but we’re not powerless. Through self-awareness, we can recognize what’s affecting us, gently calm our stress response, and reconnect with the part of ourselves…
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When Change Feels Hard
Dear Choose Happy Community, Life doesn’t always unfold the way we imagined it would. Change can make the human mind feel threatened, uncertain, or afraid. But this teaching offers a gentle reminder: in this moment, you are safe. When we return to that truth, something shifts. Instead of reacting...
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How to Stay Loving in Difficult Relationships
Dear Choose Happy Community, Sometimes the deepest pain comes from the people closest to us. And when someone continues behaviors that hurt us, it can feel impossible to find peace. This teaching offers a different kind of freedom: the realization that healing does not always depend on the other...
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How to Stop Resisting Change
Dear Choose Happy Community, Change can feel overwhelming, especially when it affects your relationships, your work, your family, or the world around you. This teaching reminds us that fear and resistance are not the only ways to meet uncertainty. There is another possibility: remembering that…
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Let Go and Open to Possibility
Dear Choose Happy Community, Sometimes the mind becomes so full of stress, stories, worries, and attachments that we can no longer feel clarity or possibility. This teaching offers a different approach: instead of trying to force answers, become empty enough to receive them. The yogic teachings...
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Your Thoughts Shape Your Reality
Dear Choose Happy Community, The way we speak to ourselves matters more than we realize. This teaching reminds us that our thoughts don’t just pass through us—they shape the energy we live in every day. When self-criticism or self-rejection becomes constant, it disconnects us from the light…
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How to Stop Feeding Drama
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to get pulled into drama—our own or someone else’s. But this teaching offers a powerful reminder: where we place our identity matters. When we identify with fear, conflict, or reactivity, we strengthen those patterns. When we identify with the light at the...
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How to Heal Anger and Fear
Dear Choose Happy Community, Fear, anger, and insecurity can leave the mind and body feeling tense, exhausted, and out of balance. This teaching reminds us that healing doesn’t come from fighting those feelings—it comes from turning inward and reconnecting with the natural flow of love already...
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The Secret to Inner Victory
Dear Choose Happy Community, No matter what you’re facing externally, there is still an inner victory available to you. This teaching reminds us that fear, anger, jealousy, or frustration do not have to define our state of being. Even in moments that look like loss from the outside, we can remain...
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How to Heal Negative Energy
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to get pulled into anger, judgment, or resentment—especially in a world that often feels divided and reactive. But this teaching invites us to pause and ask a deeper question: Am I willing to heal? If we want peace in the world, we first have to allow peace…
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You Are Loved—No Matter What Happens
Dear Choose Happy Community, When the world feels heavy—filled with conflict, injustice, or pain—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed or disconnected. This teaching offers a steady truth: even in the midst of everything, you are still being loved into existence in every moment. That love isn’t distant…
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Turn Within and Find Peace
Dear Choose Happy Community, No matter what is happening around you, peace is still available within you. This teaching reminds us that external circumstances do not have to define our inner state. When life feels uncertain or heavy, you can turn inward and rest in the deepest part of…
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Why You Should Never Feel Intimidated
Dear Choose Happy Community, When fear or insecurity rises, it can seem like life outside of us is bigger than the strength within us. This teaching offers a powerful reminder: the light already within you is greater than anything happening in time and space. You don’t have to earn it or create…
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Heal the Pain You’ve Been Avoiding
Dear Choose Happy Community, Sometimes the pain we couldn’t feel in the past waits quietly until we’re ready. This teaching reminds us that when we wall off pain, we also block the life force within us. Healing isn’t about forcing anything—it’s about gently turning toward those parts of ourselves...
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Be the Light in Everyday Moments
Dear Choose Happy Community, In the middle of everyday life—conversations, responsibilities, and passing moments—there is a deeper awareness always guiding you. This teaching reminds us that the Divine isn’t separate from our daily interactions, but moving through them. Each moment is an...
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From Anger to Equanimity
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to forget how powerful we truly are. This teaching reminds us that the Divine Presence within us is never absent, not even for a moment. When we release the thoughts and judgments that limit us, we reconnect with the limitless strength already at the core of...
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See the Divine in Yourself First
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to forget how powerful we truly are. This teaching reminds us that the Divine Presence within us is never absent, not even for a moment. When we release the thoughts and judgments that limit us, we reconnect with the limitless strength already at the core of...
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Choose Happy, No Matter What
Dear Choose Happy Community, Some days fear shows up at the door. Other days it feels like misfortune or self-doubt. Drawing from Rumi’s wisdom, this teaching invites us to try something radical: welcome it in with love. The practice of “Choose Happy” is not about avoiding our feelings, but about...
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Respond with Strength, Not Enmity
Dear Choose Happy Community, When others are caught in anger or hostility, it’s easy to get pulled into the same energy. This teaching reminds us that real strength is keeping our own consciousness clean and steady. Light does not fight darkness. It simply shines, and darkness disappears. When…
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Embody the Peace You Want to See
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s easy to ask why there isn’t more peace in the world. This teaching gently turns the question inward: peace begins within each of us. As St. Francis reminds us, peace is not just something we speak about—it’s something we live and embody. When peace is rooted in…
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Go to the Heart and Ask
Dear Choose Happy Community, No matter what you’re going through—fear, exhaustion, confusion, or pain, you are not separate from light. This teaching reminds us that healing begins with honesty: naming what we truly feel and bringing it into the heart. The light does not interfere with our…
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Do Yogis Have Powers?
Dear Choose Happy Community, Do yogis have special powers? This teaching gently reframes the question. True power isn’t something flashy or extraordinary. It’s the quiet strength to choose love in the middle of chaos, to choose peace when fear is loud, and to stay rooted in understanding no…
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The Power of Being Awake
Dear Choose Happy Community, So much of our energy gets pulled into arguments, restlessness, and mental noise. This teaching invites us to pause and ask a powerful question: Am I being carried away, or am I staying centered and awake? As we purify the mind and open the heart to radiance…
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How to Let Go Without Giving Up
Dear Choose Happy Community, When anxiety or insecurity takes over, it’s easy to feel unsteady and unsure of your next step. This teaching offers a clear and grounding reminder: go straight to the Divine, first and always. When spiritual purpose becomes your anchor, clarity and peace follow...
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How to Move Forward Without Fear
Dear Choose Happy Community, When anxiety or insecurity takes over, it’s easy to feel unsteady and unsure of your next step. This teaching offers a clear and grounding reminder: go straight to the Divine, first and always. When spiritual purpose becomes your anchor, clarity and peace follow...
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Notice What’s Limiting You
Dear Choose Happy Community, So much of our experience is shaped by what we attach our sense of I am to. This teaching invites us to gently notice whether we’re energizing fear, anxiety, or complaint—or nurturing what we truly love and want to grow. Speaking honestly about our struggles in safe,...
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How to Heal the Heart
Dear Choose Happy Community, When doubt clouds your understanding or conflicting opinions pull you in different directions, this teaching offers a simple return point: “I am open to seeing clearly.” Discernment isn’t something reserved for rare moments—it’s a daily practice woven into...
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Feeling Unhappy? Return to “I Am”
Dear Choose Happy Community, When unhappiness shows up, the invitation isn’t to fight it—but to look deeper. This teaching reminds us that beneath every feeling of weakness is a strength that has always been present within you. Before any story, label, or identity, there is simply I Am. When you...
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Your Choices Shape Your Capacity
Dear Choose Happy Community, In moments of overwhelm, it can be hard to tell what’s spiritual insight and what’s nervous system overload. This teaching gently reminds us that within every human lives multiple capacities—the capacity for harm, and the capacity for love.What grows is determined by...
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Stop Negative Self-Talk
Dear Choose Happy Community, If you’ve been feeling exhausted, tense, or mentally drained, this teaching offers an important insight. Neuroscience shows that negative self-talk activates the same stress response as real physical danger. In other words, when we attack ourselves with our thoughts,...
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How to Melt All Fears
Dear Choose Happy Community, In moments of fear or self-doubt, it’s easy to forget who we truly are. This teaching invites us to return to the heart, where each breath reconnects us with the immortal Self—the vast, infinite love described in the Katha Upanishad. When we breathe into that…
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Feeling Tense? Try This Shift
Dear Choose Happy Community, When we feel tense and exhausted, it’s often not just from doing too much—it’s from how we relate to time itself. This gentle teaching invites us to pause and ask: What is my relationship with time? Swami Nityananda reminds us that time isn’t our enemy—it’s the…
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Why Meditating Together Matters
Dear Choose Happy Community, When we long for connection, it’s easy to feel isolated or alone. This teaching reminds us that meditating with others—whether in person or at the same time—can reduce stress, support emotional balance, and help the mind become more flexible and steady. Most of all…
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How to Stay Unshaken in Chaos
Dear Choose Happy Community, When the world feels overwhelming—filled with anger, fear, or harmful words—this teaching reminds us of our deeper task. Like the river, we are invited to become vast in our goodwill, steady beneath the surface no matter what storms arise. The fire may exist, but we…
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Feeling Angry? Try to Stay Centered
Dear Choose Happy Community, It’s okay to acknowledge when someone’s anger hurts you or crosses a boundary. But this teaching reminds us that we don’t have to take on their anger or mirror it back. With practice and steadiness, we stay aligned with truth and centered in our own emotional clarity....
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How to Let go of Past Pain
Dear Choose Happy Community, When pain from the past keeps resurfacing, it’s easy to feel trapped. But this teaching reminds us that we have the power to choose again. Both neuroscience and yogic wisdom say the same thing: whatever we focus on, we strengthen. If we keep returning to pain, we…
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Techniques, teachings, and meditations rooted in yoga philosophy to help you let go of stress, calm your mind, and live with more ease and connection.
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