
Vibrant Happy Women
The Vibrant Happy Women Podcast is for women who want to expand their capacity for joy. If you crave a more authentic, heart-centered, and balanced life, you’ll love learning with Happiness Expert Dr. Jen Riday as she interviews vibrant women and shares proven tools that will help you “get your SPARKLE back” in all areas of your life. You’ll be inspired by discussions of authenticity, healthy boundaries, emotional healing, time management, confidence, adventure, spirituality, conscious parenting, marriage, friendship, identity, self love, and more! And if you enjoy this podcast, you’d love Vibrant Soul, the place to heal, transform and expand your soul with likeminded friends. Join us at JenRiday.com/vibrantsoul.
Latest episodes

Mar 1, 2018 • 4min
Happy Bit: A Marker and a Mirror: An Easy Happiness Tip for the Busy Mom
How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public About This Episode: When you're busy, you have to be clever at finding ways to boost your mood and energy. One Vibrant Happy Women listener shared a great tip that ANY mom can do in less than a minute! (And it'll leave you feeling happier all day!) Your Challenge: Write 3 things you're grateful for on your mirror and enjoy the fruits of this easy gratitude practice every time you use the bathroom! (Bonus: your kids will be uplifted, too!) Links from this Episode: support@jenriday.com (email us to get the details about the Madison Meetup!) How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Feb 26, 2018 • 37min
102: How Personal Integrity (Aligning Thought, Action, and Desired Result) Leads to a Magical Life with Lauren Zander
How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public About this Episode: We all have dreams for our lives, but often get stuck where we are, never moving any closer to our dreams. But what happens when you let go of your disempowering stories and live in true alignment? In this episode Lauren Zander, founder of the Handel method, shares exactly how to achieve success through designing your life in a way that aligns thoughts and actions with your desired result - AND continually keeping your promise to yourself to stay in that alignment. Links From This Episode: https://www.handelgroup.com/ Follow Handel Group on Instagram Follow Jen Riday on Instagram Follow Handel Group on Twitter Jen on Facebook Follow Handel Group on Facebook Maybe It’s You: Cut the Crap, Face Your Fears, Love Your Life Looking for an easy way to get started with coaching in the New Year? The FREE Current Reality Quiz is a quick and fun coaching tool. Use it to self-assess and get a better idea of which areas of your life to work on: handelgroup.com/crq Vibrant Happy 5 (get five self-love tips every Thursday!) Have questions you'd like Jen to answer on the show? Email her at support@jenriday.com How to Leave a Review ...and never miss an episode again by signing up for the Vibrant Happy 5 (includes free guided meditation from Jen), which is a weekly digest of quick n' easy bullet points listing everything Jen created the previous week (including Vibrant Happy Women episodes and Happy Bits), plus other self-love-related goodies you'd enjoy. Make your inbox more positive and inspiring by signing up here. How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Feb 22, 2018 • 9min
Happy Bit: My New Secret Weapon for Parenting Teens
How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public About This Episode: Teenagers can be hard (and make you cry!) but I finally stumbled on a strategy that works to reduce the conflict and make everyone a whole lot happier! Your Challenge: Be the coach, not the parent. Help your teens help your teen decide on the outcome, goal or result they want help them continually reevaluate whether their current choices are getting them closer or further from their goals love, admire and support - be their advocate and guide. Links from this Episode: http://jenriday.com/giveaway How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Feb 20, 2018 • 32min
101: How to Stay Conscious and “Woke” While Protecting Your Tender, Tired Heart with Casey Erin Wood
How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Do you feel deeply and find yourself putting up walls to protect your sensitive side? In this episode, Casey Erin Wood shares how to engage in what she calls “exquisite self-care” that enables you to be vulnerable and to stop “numbing out” so you can fully share your gifts with the world. What You'll Learn in this Episode: How to stay grounded and connected to yourself so you can feel good in your own skin How to stay conscious and “woke” while protecting your tender, tired heart How to process your own emotions in the deluge of everyone else’s How to step into more powerful, active leadership roles when you’d rather numb out and dial back. Links from this Episode: Heal Your Heart: A 2018 Journey of Self Love www.caseyerinwood.com Golden Bubble Meditation Follow Casey on Instagram Follow Jen Riday on Instagram Follow Casey on Twitter Jen on Facebook Casey on Facebook Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom (Christiane Northrup) Morning Pages - Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Ruby Slipper School of Magic: Initiation Challenge - www.tinyurl.com/rssmchallenge Vibrant Happy 5 (get five self-love tips every week!) Have questions you'd like Jen to answer on the show? Email her at support@jenriday.com How to Leave a Review ...and never miss an episode again by signing up for the Vibrant Happy 5 (includes free guided meditation from Jen), which is a weekly digest of quick n' easy bullet points listing everything Jen created the previous week (including Vibrant Happy Women episodes and Happy Bits), plus other self-love-related goodies you'd enjoy. Make your inbox more positive and inspiring by signing up here. How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Feb 15, 2018 • 6min
Happy Bit: 3 Easy Tips to Help You Conquer the Winter Doldrums
How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public About This Episode: February can be...interesting. Whether it's illness, low mood, or cabin fever, there are easy strategies you can use to feel better - and I promise these 3 tips are things you'll WANT to do! Your Challenge: Get into bed. Be the thinker of your thoughts (Jim Fortin) Get out of your comfort zone! Links from this Episode: support@jenriday.com (email me to join the Vibrant Happy Women Meetup in Madison, Wisconsin! it's free!) http://jenriday.com/giveaway How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Feb 12, 2018 • 25min
100: Celebrating the Big 100!
How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public What You'll Learn in This Episode: You won't want to miss this episode, a CELEBRATION of 100 episodes of Vibrant Happy Women!!! Enter to win prizes in our 100 Episodes Giveaway, grab your copy of 100 Favorite Things From 100 Episodes of Vibrant Happy Women, and grab 10 memorable nuggets of wisdom from 10 amazing guests from past episodes. Listen to get the BIG PICTURE of what the Vibrant Happy Women movement is REALLY about and see how well you've been applying what you've learned over the past 100 episodes! Giveaway (Enter to Win!): jenriday.com/giveaway 100 Favorite Things From 100 Episodes of Vibrant Happy Women! (don't miss this list!) jenriday.com/favorites Links From This Episode: 100 Favorite Things From 100 Episodes of Vibrant Happy Women 100 Episodes Giveaway (win one of several $100 Amazon gift cards! Giveaway end on March 19, 2018) Rachael Pickworth - Episode 79 Robyn Openshaw - Episode 82 Jill Payne - Episode 91 Kate Northrup - Episode 61 Valorie Burton - Episode 84 Mary Hyatt - Episode 76 Emma Bell - Episode 58 Orly Wahba - Episode 56 Anna Seewald - Episode 47 Sara Gilbert - Episode 11 Follow Jen Riday on Instagram Jen on Facebook Vibrant Happy 5 (get five self-love tips every week!) Have questions you'd like Jen to answer on the show? Email her at support@jenriday.com How to Leave a Review ...and never miss an episode again by signing up for the Vibrant Happy 5 (includes free guided meditation from Jen), which is a weekly digest of quick n' easy bullet points listing everything Jen created the previous week (including Vibrant Happy Women episodes and Happy Bits), plus other self-love-related goodies you'd enjoy. Make your inbox more positive and inspiring by signing up here. How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Feb 8, 2018 • 5min
Happy Bit: Shiny, Happy Women Laughing
What happens when 7 like-minded women get together for a Vibrant Happy Women retreat? Listen to this Happy Bit to find out. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Your Challenge: Spend more time with women who lift you up and make it easier to be a vibrant and happy woman. How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. Or go directly to http://jenriday.com/applepodcasts Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Feb 5, 2018 • 34min
99: Trusting the Intelligence of Your Heart with Leyla Salvade
How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Ever feel like it’s impossible to forgive and heal your heart? In this episode, Leyla Salvade shares 3 things that will help you accept and open your heart despite your struggles, and how that heart opening can help you accept one of the most empowering truths: we are responsible for our own love first. What You'll Learn in this Episode: The important thing we lose in school when we focus only on intellectual growth. Why courage starts from the heart rather than the head. Training our heart to open and expand into bigger realms. Links From This Episode: Heal Your Heart: A 2018 Journey of Self Love www.standinglight.com Follow Leyla on Instagram and also Standing Light and Heart To Table Follow Jen Riday on Instagram Follow Leyla on Twitter Jen on Facebook Subscribe Leyla on YouTube and also The Standing Light Trailer and The Heart To Table Trailer Gluten Free Oatmeal Vibrant Happy 5 (get five self-love tips every Thursday!) Have questions you'd like Jen to answer on the show? Email her at support@jenriday.com How to Leave a Review ...and never miss an episode again by signing up for the Vibrant Happy 5 (includes free guided meditation from Jen), which is a weekly digest of quick n' easy bullet points listing everything Jen created the previous week (including Vibrant Happy Women episodes and Happy Bits), plus other self-love-related goodies you'd enjoy. Make your inbox more positive and inspiring by signing up here. How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Feb 1, 2018 • 6min
Happy Bit: How to Stop the Mom Guilt
Do you have moments when you feel like the WORST MOM EVER? Yep. Been there, done that. How do you stop yourself from spiraling down the rabbit hole of mommy guilt? In this episode, I share 2 ideas that will stop the downward slide and help you keep moving forward without the guilt. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Your Challenge: Create a vivid vision of the type of mom or woman you want to be. Play, laugh, have fun, and connect. How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. Or go directly to http://jenriday.com/applepodcasts Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com

Jan 29, 2018 • 40min
98: How to Slow Down, Find Yourself, and Walk the Fearless Path with Leah Guy
How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Constant rushing, problems with relationships, and neverending to-do lists can leave us feeling lost, out of balance, and knowing something has to change. In this episode, Leah Guy shares how to create 5-minute chunks of time to care of yourself, how to begin acknowledging your feelings and emotions so you can begin meeting your emotional needs, and how to use your emotional wholeness to improve your relationships. What You'll Learn in this Episode: How to easily build small chunks of self care into your day. Why expecting your spouse to change is actually a form of self-sabotage. How to let go of the need to control. How checking in with your thoughts, emotions and feelings is much more doable (and effective!) than a strict, formulaic approach to meditation. Links From This Episode: Time Mastery for Women is open for enrollment until end of day Thursday (2/1/18) www.leahguy.com The Fearless Woman – Private FB Group 21 Days from Fear to Freedom Course Follow Leah on Instagram Follow Jen Riday on Instagram Follow Leah on Twitter Jen on Facebook Leah on Facebook Subscribe Leah on YouTube Women Who Love Too Much “Sit Down and Shut Up” Vibrant Happy 5 (get five self-love tips every Thursday!) Have questions you'd like Jen to answer on the show? Email her at support@jenriday.com How to Leave a Review ...and never miss an episode again by signing up for the Vibrant Happy 5 (includes free guided meditation from Jen), which is a weekly digest of quick n' easy bullet points listing everything Jen created the previous week (including Vibrant Happy Women episodes and Happy Bits), plus other self-love-related goodies you'd enjoy. Make your inbox more positive and inspiring by signing up here. How to Leave a Review: Click here to watch a quick video to learn how to leave a review. How to Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: Apple Podcasts · Android · Overcast · Castbox · Radio Public Comments: If you’d like to make a comment or leave feedback about the podcast, leave us a phone message at 1-608-352-6586 or email us at support@jenriday.com