Join us for a deeply felt (and sometimes passionate) conversation that starts out about writing and publishing but ventures into art of all kinds—including the art of creating the life that you want to live. We explore the question of how we can stay true to our own creative vision in a world that often tells us we should do it differently. Whether it's 'writing to the market', painting according to a trend, or really doing anything the way somebody else thinks you should do it, we’re all about holding true to the stories we love to write. As always, we'd love to hear your experiences and thoughts with this.

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Is your 'To Do' list always longer than your 'To Done' list? Do youtend to fall into a spiral of beating yourself up for not having done enough, or for not being farther along your chosen path? Are you beset by gremlin attacks of ‘the shoulds’ (or ‘the should-haves’)? Do you have difficulty resting, or taking time off, even when you’ve been working hard?

Welcome to the Super Slacker Club! The three of us are rightthere with you, and in this episode we’re sharing our own over-achiever tendencies, along with some of the solutions and reframes that help us relax into the truth that we’ve actually done a lot. Maybe even enough.

As always, we’d love to hear from you! Email us at onehappythingpodcast@gmail.com, or find us at our websites:

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In today’s episode, guest author Mallory Kass shares a storyabout a gift from her mother—that arrived after her mother’s death!! It gave us all goosebumps. In this wide ranging and free flowing conversation, we’re also talking about everyday magic showing up in surprising ways and unusual objects (a magicskirt, anyone?), and also about writing and publishing, memories, photograph, and a heap of other feel good things.

Maddie Dawson’s magic skirt showed up in her novel Let’sPretend This Will Work. You know you’re curious, so check out more about the book on Maddie's website here.

Mallory’s new book is Save the Date, a romantic comedy of manners about a lavish wedding weekend gone very, very wrong with the slow-burn romance of Emily Henry and the fizzy humor of Sophie Kinsella. You can read more about it (or grab a copy!) on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Save-Date-Novel-Mallory-Kass/dp/1668094479.

Mallory Kass, also known by the pen name Kass Morgan, is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, including the series The 100, which has been translated into over twenty languages and was adapted into a criticallyacclaimed hit television series. Save the Date is her adult fiction debut. Follow her on IG @KassMorganBooks.

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Maddie calls it ‘set it and forget it.’ Jennifer calls it ‘bless & release.’ Kerry pretty much just calls it hard. But we all agree that sometimes the best way to get what you really want is to just give up on it. Just release your grasp and be willing to walk away and let it go.

What about you? Are you a give it up and let it go kind of person? Or do you hold on like grim death? Let us know in the comments, or drop us an email at onehappythingpodcast@gmail.com.

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If you’ve ever gotten caught up in the loop of being mad atyourself for being mad at somebody else... (come on, you know you have) then this is the episode for you!

We’re talking about letting ourselves be human. About welcoming all of the emotions, including anger, and giving them a chance to tell us what they’re all about. Also—and this is huge— we're exploring the idea of taking responsibility for our own uncomfortable emotions instead of (gasp) blaming them on somebody else.

Can you relate? Leave a comment, drop us an email at onehappythingpodcast@gmail.com or message us on Instagram:

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During Covid—and the Writer's Guild strike—screenwriterLaura Lekkos chose to pursue a big dream. Instead of sinking into gloom and doom and worry, she wrote the novel that had been calling to her for years. And now it is being published! Listen to her story and let it inspire YOU to go after your own dreams.

About ALL THE LITTLE WAYS:

In the vein of Pineapple Street and Such a Fun Age, All the Little Ways is a smart, heartfelt debut novel about two expecting mothers navigating motherhood, family life, and female friendship, whose bond is threatened by a shocking revelation.
Laura Lekkos is a screenwriter and author. Her credits include Amazon MGM’s Relationship Goals and she is the adapting writer of Maurene Goo’s Somewhere Only We Know for Netflix and just confirmed Jennifer Probst’s The MarriageBargain. She is especially passionate about writing female-focused stories and has worked with various studios including Amazon, Netflix, Sony, Universal, and Lionsgate. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is repped by Gersh and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnnis Ryan LLP. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Find out more about Laura and All the Little Ways on herwebsite: www.lauralekkos.com.

Today we're talking about wonder - and the way it lives in tiny little moments that are easy to miss if we're not paying attention. Kerry shares her rough English translation from French of an Instagram post she stumbled over that touched her deeply (by Valentin Auwercx, @pticrayon on IG). And then we're all sharing small and wonderful things that light us up (sometimes literally!) and inspire joy.

We'd love to hear your small moments of wonder - drop them in the comments, email us at onehappythingpodcast@gmail.com, or find us and comment on Instagram:

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In today's episode, we're sharing some incredibly wise and helpful advice from Maddie's five-year-old granddaughter: experience your life! It's so easy to get caught up in one aspect of life, often something unpleasant, that we forget how wonderful it can be to experience everything! We've got a super simple grounding and getting present activity for you that literally only takes seconds — and of course we've got laughter and fun and some feel good conversation. So join us! And remember to experience YOUR life!

Note: the grounding exercise we talk about is from Alexa Fischer, and you can find her website and more about her right here: https://www.alexafischer.com/

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