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Happy You Are Here Podcast

by Craig Inzana

Tools, techniques, and ideas to help us all lives more fulfilling lives full of radical compassion, mindfulness, and self-improvement.Join me on our collective journey of figuring this life out. This show is for you if you find yourself asking: How do I find my purpose? Why do I keep making the same mistakes? How can my relationships be stronger? Is there more to this life than just surviving?We can do more than just survive. We can thrive and live a fulfilling life full of joy. We can attain financial, spiritual, and intellectual freedom.

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Episodes

  1. Release Stress and Lean Into Focus in 5 Minutes

    A simple, short meditation to relax and focus on the next actionable things in your life. By releasing the things we cannot control and focusing on the places where to we do have influence, we can reduce stress and feel more present in our work and life. Find meditations like these on the Insight...

  2. Speaking the Truth and Speaking with Kindness Is Harder Than It Sounds

    In this solo episode I take some time to share some insights from my own practice. These relate to the Buddhist concept of Right Speech including abstaining from false speech, abstaining from slanderous speech, abstaining from harsh speech, and abstaining from idle chatter. The book that I...

  3. Why Am I Here? with Bridget Lavin

    Bridget Lavin is a spiritual practitioner, previous yoga studio owner, and retreat leader. We sat down to talk shortly after she returned to Omaha, NE from completing her MSc of Science & Religion at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She now lives in Denver, CO. We talk all things…

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  4. Evolving While Staying Loyal to the Community 🎤 with Sandy Irwin of SAND

    Sandy Irwin is a musical artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. She joined our show almost two years ago while working as Come Back Sandy. Over the following two years, Sandy's sound has transformed to incorporate more genres and collaborators. Now she heads up SAND and just released a 3-track project...

  5. Giving the World More Color 🎨 with Kelsey Kowalski

    Kelsey Kowalski is an Omaha, Nebraska multi-disciplinary artist recently nominated for Outstanding Emerging Visual Artist by The Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards. Kelsey shares about her journey of how her art has evolved since she started painting age five. That journey took her through…

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  6. How Multiple Past Life Regressions Weave A Bigger Lesson with Jill Schrack ✨

    In this episode, I sit back down with Jill Schrack to discuss past life regressions. Specifically we discuss the four past life regressions I've done so far in detail. We talk about the details of the experience and also the lessons arching through the stories. It's an exciting, deep, and…

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  7. Sharing from Deep Authenticity - The Return of Happy You Are Here

    It's been a long year with a lot of growth. The Happy You Are Here Podcast was gone for that time, but many of you found this podcast for the first time and listened to many episodes while I was away. I'm grateful to be able to share with you. This episode is a solo episode sharing where the...

  8. The Keys to Mental Wellness with Hannah Stainer

    Hannah Stainer, Founder of Psykhe Coaching, is a Mindset and Mental Wellbeing Coach, Youth Coach, Qualified SEN Teacher and Speaker. She's also a mental health advocate and the creator and host of the Psykhe Mental Wellbeing Podcast which I was a guest on almost a year ago. It was great to have...

  9. Reacting to Trauma Through Connection with Iram Gilani

    Iram Gilani is a Pakistani-American author who has faced abandonment, physical and emotional abuse, homelessness, and a violent gun assault, but has risen from the depths of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder to be a voice for the abused and marginalized. Her new book, Silent No More…

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  10. Reaching Goals And Making Strong Decisions with Melissa Jirovec

    Melissa Jirovec is the founder of Prosperity Unleashed and now co-author of The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self Care: 25 Tools for Stress Relief. Her chapter of the book is on Effective Decision Making to Eliminate Conflict & Confusion. The project pulls together 25 professionals from...

  11. The Secrets To Work Life Balance with Sean Rosensteel

    Sean Rosensteel is the author of #1 Amazon Bestseller, The School of Intentional Living and the founder of The Intentional Living Academy. In this episode, Sean shares his number one tool out of a vast toolbox as well as many other insights from his book. Sean’s passion for serving others started...

  12. A Path to Tonic Masculinity with Alex Olshonsky

    We could use better vocabulary to describe the opposite of toxic masculinity. Alex Olshonsky, writer of Fridays on the Olo, suggested the answer to that question is something he calls Tonic Masculinity. We talked at length about what this term might mean for all masculinity, not just those...

  13. Yoga for Recovery and Redemption with Michael Huggins

    Mike is the founder and Board Chairman of Transformation Yoga Project. Since 2010, Mike has dedicated his time and passion to provide individuals in justice and recovery settings access to mindfulness-based yoga practices, which have been proven to improve self-regulation while reducing…

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  14. How to be fearless in any situation - Jane Egerton-Idehen

    Jane Egerton-Idehen is an impressive Tech Executive, Author, and Speaker. She shares the mindset that brought her from a childhood of poverty in Lagos, Nigeria to being an influential executive and leading other young women to success. To Jane, when it was out of her control wether her family…

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  15. Is Your Quest for Happiness Making You Unhappy? with Roshan Shetty

    Roshan Shetty's new book, Shift Left, is a call to re-evaluate the lifestyle choices that are supposed to bring joy but end up bogging you down in uncertainties. This impacts your critical decisions, resulting in grief instead of joy. His book will abolish the boundaries that restrict you to be...

  16. Loving the Full Range of Emotions Through Depression with Modita van Zummeren

    Modita van Zummeren had 20 years experience as a medical doctor and struggling through depression. After fighting the depression for decades, she discovered how healing through depression is possible. This is the principle of her book, "Depression, a Stepping Stone Towards Bills". Now she is...

  17. Energy Codes: Project Awakening with Astara Raven from Illuminating Hearts

    Astara from Illuminating Hearts joins the Happy You Are Here Podcast again to share her upcoming Energy Codes: Project Awakening course. This course is based on The Energy Codes from Dr. Sue Morter. Astara is the first and only certified facilitator of the Energy Codes in the state of Nebraska....

  18. Short-Term vs. Long Term Fix with Matt Tompkins

    Matt Tompkins, host of It’s The Fix Podcast, talks about recovering from an opioid addiction and coming to terms with his mental illness while managing a career in TV & Radio. We dive into the differences in looking for a short term fix to issues vs investing in long term fixes. Matt, an avid...

  19. Calm In Conflict, Mindful Relating with Margo Helman, MSW

    Do you ever feel like you have a strong mindfulness or yoga practice but then when it comes to relationships you just lose it? Margo Helman specializes in staying mindful in the ways we communicate especially during conflict. Margo Helman, MSW is a therapist and clinical social worker with over…

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  20. Past Life Regression Progression with Chris Lee

    Would YOU like to learn how to eliminate PERSISTENT aches, pains, fears, phobias and debilitating emotions, such as anger, confusion, depression, that stuck feeling, etc.? No medication, no prescriptions, no surgery and no on-going therapy involved, just your past life memories? Chris Lee is a...

  21. Travel and the Insights of Always Being A Guest with Carolene Méli

    Carolene Méli has been traveling full time for over ten years. Through her experience of "always being a guest" she excels as a guest experience consultant, helping companies optimize and improve the experiences their guests have. In this episode we talk about how the ideas behind her guest...

  22. Healing Through Past Lives and Hypnotherapy with Jillian Schrack

    Jillian Schrack is a certified hypnotherapist, past-life regressionist, yoga instructor, meditation teacher, breath-work guide, and stress management coach. She deploys a huge toolset of practices to that she has used to successfully better her life and those of her clients. In this episode we…

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  23. Giving and Receiving Love with Roman Mironov

    How do we have successful relationships? Roman Mironov shares his insights as a relationship coach on this episode of the Happy You Are Here Podcast. Roman helps clients keep and find love in their life, bring passion and joy into their relationships agin, save their relationships from falling...

  24. 3 Steps to Conquer Stress

    One of the key processes that has helped me deal with anxiety and stress in life has been popping up in nearly every interview I've done lately (some yet to be released-- our editors are working on those!). It's this idea that if you focus on only the things that are within your sphere of...

  25. Sleep & Mental Health, A Cyclical Relationship with Dr. Yishan Xu

    Dr. Yishan Xu and Craig Inzana discuss the science behind sleep and how it interacts with our mental health. We also dive into what caffeine is doing to your sleep and why you need to pick a time to wake up and stick with it. Yishan Xu, Ph.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Mandarin and...

  26. Mastering Mindset To Achieve The Lifestyle You Want with Mark Kumar

    Mark Kumar is a Lifestyle Entrepreneur. He coaches entrepreneurs run a profitable online business by sharing their own advice. Mark currently runs Simple Podcast Cloud, a one-stop solution for podcast hosting. We talk about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, why Mark thinks everyone has…

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  27. How To Design Your Apartment or Home for Optimal Wellness

    The current pandemic has pushed most of us inside this summer for longer than we're used to. It has forced us-- for better or worse-- to examine the way we relate to our body, mind, and the spaces we occupy. This episode covers a concept called environmental design as it is introduced by CGP Grey...

  28. Leveling Up In the Game of Life with Lee Chambers

    Lee Chambers is a workplace wellbeing consultant, life coach, and environmental psychologist working with businesses and people through improving their mindset, habits, sleep, and careers. After losing his entry level finance job in the 2008 crash, Lee started what would become a successful...

  29. Finding Your Why and Your Mindset Around Money with Jeff J. Cunningham

    Jeff Cunningham, also known as Jeff The Entrepreneur, is on a mission to inspire 77 million people and start a coffee shop music studio in honor of his late brother. Jeff took the tragedy of his brother's death and has turned it into a fire that shows through everything he does. Jeff also hosts…

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  30. Conscience Consumption and Creation with Simone Salis

    Simone Salis was born in Rome and worked for Comedy Central Italy as late night show correspondent, host and writer for public radio, voice actor (Japanese anime), and pizza delivery guy (with moped). He currently has a real job (his words) while focusing on personal projects like the his podcast...

  31. Be Patient, Be Present, Be Joyful with Ryan Stanley

    Ryan Stanley is a Life Long Entrepreneur with a Strong Background in Professional Life, Business and Internal Coaching. He joins the show to talk about the concepts in his new book Be Patient, Be Present, Be Joyful: A First-Aid Kit for the Emotional Bumps, Scrapes, and Bruises of Life. Throughout...

  32. Reaching Your Potential Through Daily Practice with Georgiana Danet

    Georgiana Danet is a spiritual teacher that leads Holistic Life Hub. From being raised in a constrictive dictatorship to exploring the human potential, her experience is worth paying attention to. She discusses how she came to holistic yoga as a practice and the importance of making a commitment…

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  33. Gaps in Mental Healthcare & Technology Solutions with Adam Moen

    Adam Moen is a mental healthcare consultant and app creator working on reducing the stigma and encouraging help-seeking behavior around mental and emotional health. Avalo is Adam's app that brings together real people and mental health professionals for compassionate conversation 24/7. Learn more...

  34. Equanimity For Activists & Change-Makers [Guided Meditation]

    This meditation is for those that might be struggling to integrate a state of equanimity and peace into making a change in the world. We often feel that, if we release into non-judgement about the way things are, how are we to make the change that needs to be made in the world. We will breathe…

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  35. Contagious Suffering in Times of Unrest - The Wheel of Karma in Modern Terms

    In this episode I discuss the way suffering grows if we are not careful. How this is particularly noticeable and important in times of open unrest. I also mentioned that I would share some podcasts from people of color in the show notes. I'm adding the two I specifically referenced here, but will...

  36. Acceptance & Responsibilities in the Church with Reverend Ben Fitzgerald-Fye

    Reverend Ben Fitzgerald-Fye joins the show to discuss his experience as a gay minister and progressive faith. Ben gets into the treatment changes with homosexuals, acceptance, and responsibilities within Presbyterian churches and religion as a whole. We also discuss Christian politics, justice…

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  37. Mindful Creating and Community with Come Back Sandy

    Come Back Sandy is a musical artist and lyricist based in Omaha, Nebraska. Her music seeks to create community around values of mindfulness, patience, and courageousness and to create positive vibrations, peace, and comfort in this existence. Listen to her newest song on SoundCloud:...

  38. Challenging Habits with Chase Barron

    Chase is a content creator currently working on a full year of 30 Day Challenges related to various habits. In this episode we discuss why it is important to be mindful of our habits and how 30 day challenges can be helpful in becoming more aware of how those habits effect our everyday lives. You...

  39. Dealing with Uncertainty in Uncertain Times

    We've all got a lot of uncertainty going on in our lives right now. I wanted to take a break from interviews (more are coming soon) and discuss how I've been coping with these big changes. https://www.happyyouarehere.life/ Support the show and help us host events:...

  40. The Healing World of Sound with Illuminating Hearts

    Illuminating Hearts is made up of Astara and Orion who provide innovative mindfulness services centered around sonic resonance and heart coherence. They provide various offerings related to their work AND have an online retreat center where you can get a taste of their sound medicine online:...

  41. Loving Kindness Meditation

    This loving-kindness practice focuses on tapping into our inner sense of compassion and expanding that feeling to encompass everyone, including those with which we may feel ill will. It was originally used as part of a global meditation group coming together to connect over protecting our planet...

  42. Three Words to Make Life Easier & Develop Self-Compassion

    The concept of "simply begin again" comes from mindful meditation practice. It's an important part of learning to apply less judgment to ourselves. In practice, it applies when your attention wanders, but in life, it can be an effective way to keep going when you fall off track. More episodes:...

  43. Mindfulness in Recovery with Orion

    Orion from Illuminating Hearts is back. In this episode we discuss mindfulness and how it can relate to recovery and emotional wellness. You can learn more about Refuge Recovery here: ​https://refugerecovery.org/

  44. Men's Healing with Orion from Illuminating Hearts

    Orion is a healer on many levels. He and his partner, Astara, run Illuminating Hearts. He is involved in various men's' healing groups in Omaha and soon will be starting his own tentatively named Man.tra. We discuss the repression of emotions and other ways in which men need to relearn how we...

  45. Hypnotherapy Workshop Results

    A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend a beta-test of a hypnotherapy workshop here in Omaha. In this episode, I share some of the takeaways from that workshop. There are upcoming versions of this workshop. You can find details at: https://www.mesmerisehypnosis.com/ Check out the new website...

  46. The Voice in Your Head IS AN IMPOSTER!

    Who are you? I don't mean the collection of things you identify as. The traits and experiences you tell others to describe yourself. Who is actually in there making those decisions and telling those stories? An interesting concept is that the voice in your head-- that internal monologue most of…

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  47. Improve Motivation By Breaking These Small Addictions

    We all have addictions. Small habit loops that suck us into social media or watching videos for longer than we expected. Did you know these little things could be having a massive effect on your motivation and overall sense of wellbeing? This episode talks mostly about recognizing some of these...

  48. Climbing Out of the Pit of Depression

    Depression can dig someone deeper and deeper into a pit of despair and deprive you of your energy, hope, and drive. The tricky part of depression is that it attacks the very things that would help you get better. We haven't had a new episode in about a month. That is because I've been dealing…

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  49. How Our Moods Mirror the Media We Consume

    Emotional mirroring is a natural part of human development. It's one way we feel empathy for each other and can communicate without words. There is a concerning trend in media that I only just noticed. Here is what to look out for and why you should care. Article on Emotional Mirroring:...

  50. Increase Sense of Love and Wellbeing Through This Meditation & Journalling Practice

    Are you familiar with the term Mettā (Loving kindness)? The last few mornings I have incorporated this into my morning meditation and it always triggers such an expansive, open, joyful feeling of love. I cry too. Every time 😂. It’s somewhat tears of joy, but there’s a bittersweet feeling to it....

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Tools, techniques, and ideas to help us all lives more fulfilling lives full of radical compassion, mindfulness, and self-improvement.Join me on our collective journey of figuring this life out. This show is for you if you find yourself asking: How do I find my purpose? Why do I keep making the same mistakes? How can my relationships be stronger? Is there more to this life than just surviving?We can do more than just survive. We can thrive and live a fulfilling life full of joy. We can attain financial, spiritual, and intellectual freedom.

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Craig Inzana

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Tools, techniques, and ideas to help us all lives more fulfilling lives full of radical compassion, mindfulness, and self-improvement.Join me on our collective journey of figuring this life out. This show is for you if you find yourself asking: How do I find my purpose? Why do I keep making the...

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