The Happiness Squad Podcast with Ashish Kothari

In today’s episode we share the 2nd practice in our 9-part series designed to help you lead a more purposeful life as we explore Ashish’s book, “Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life,” a modality that walks you through nine simple practices used to change your life in just a few minutes a day.In an earlier episode, we talked about cultivating self-awareness. Today, we explore Defining your Purpose. We will discuss the importance of purpose in our lives and why we all should find and follow it. Ashish will reveal the key to unlocking your ikigai, the Japanese secret to a long and happy life and, in the end, he will share an amazing quote that will change your life and inspire you to take the next step in your journey. You can integrate meaning into any profession and discover how to find ways to introduce and integrate what you love into where you work and much more.If you feel stressed, burnt out, disillusioned or even undervalued at work, this episode will help you overcome these issues and start living a happier and more fulfilling life! Enjoy!What You’ll Learn in this Show:Why do we need to find purpose and meaning in life?What is the ikigai concept and how we can unlock our ikigai?How to find ways to introduce and integrate what you love into where you work?To find your purpose you have to turn inwardsHow you can make a difference in the worldAnd so much more...Resources:Happinesssquad.com @MyHappinessSquad InstagramAshish Kothari LinkedInAnil Ramjiani LinkedInHappiness Squad Youtube ChannelBook:Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life

What if we told you that billions of people around the world are walking around, but they are not truly awake? Are you one of them?Ashish and Anil will dive into this topic with today’s guest, Veronica Love, who will share simple yet powerful tools, better than an alarm clock, that will wake you up. And once you're awake, you will be curious for more. Veronica is the global CEO of the Newfield Network, one of the world’s leading transformational learning organizations. Their work in personal growth, coach training, professional development, and within organizations increase your reach and influence over your life and surroundings.Veronica holds a master's degree in acupuncture and is a professional certified coach. She's led Newfield’s signature Coaching for Personal and Professional Mastery program for over 18 years in eight countries and in two languages.  She has trained leaders, coaches from organizations including NASA, Google, Nike, IBM and more.Veronica powerfully integrates linguistic, emotional and somatic awareness to foster potent learning environments, equipping coaches and leaders with the capacity to generate transformative and sustainable change for their clients and organizations.  Ashish himself is a testimonial of her work.In this new episode of the Happiness Squad podcast, Veronica will talk about two models that will allow you to develop your own self-awareness and will reveal some effective tips on how to unlock your potential and find real meaning.You will also find out what real happiness means for Veronica and what brings happiness in her life.You will learn more about the importance of self-awareness and why Veronica dedicated her life to helping people wake up.Veronica will talk about the three core levels of awareness and how you can develop the practice of self-awareness.Veronica will reveal an amazing story of personal transformation she encountered in  her professional experience.She will also talk about Newfield Network's mission and practices, the difference between remaining asleep or setting aside the time to become aware and emotionally agile and so much moreListen now to learn a new way to rewire your brain fro happiness and fulfilment! Resources:Happinesssquad.com @MyHappinessSquad InstagramAshish Kothari LinkedInAnil Ramjiani LinkedInHappiness Squad Youtube ChannelNewfieldnetwork.com Book:Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life

In this new episode of the Happiness Squad podcast, Anil Ramjiani starts a series of interviews with Ashish Kothari about his book “Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life “.In this series, they are going to explore each of the nine practices that can change your life for the better. They will begin with the first practice, and the heart of all of them: cultivating self-awareness.Have you ever said (and felt) “I am angry”, rather than “I feel angry”? Or “I am sad” rather than “I feel sad”, and ever wondered what is the difference between the two? Have you ever thought of what's the difference between making an assertion versus an assessment?Throughout this conversation, Ashish shares personal experiences and several practices that address these and more. Plus, at the very end of the chat, he shares one meditation practice that will help you increase your own self-awareness.You will learn what inspired Ashish to write his book and what happiness mean to him.You will learn more about what awareness is and why it is considered the heart of all practices in Ashish’s book.You will discover how self-awareness can rewire your brain from seeking fear to seeking happiness.Ashish will share some of the science-based benefits of self-awareness, will reveal how increased self-awareness leads to better social skills, will talk about the three levels of awareness and so much more.Join Anil and Ashish as they talk through how we can all hardwire for happiness!What You’ll Learn in this Show:What is awareness and why it is the heart of all practices in Ashish’s book?How self-awareness can rewire your brain from seeking fear to seeking happinessThe difference between “I am angry” and “I feel angry”Some of the science-based benefits of-awarenessThe power of self-awareness in businessAnd so much more...Resources:Happinesssquad.com @MyHappinessSquad InstagramAshish Kothari LinkedInAnil Ramjiani LinkedInHappiness Squad Youtube ChannelBook:Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life

We all have special moments in our lives. Whether it is our wedding day or an important moment in our career, we all have these big events in our lives that we look forward to. We want these moments to be perfect, so we prepare ourselves thoroughly, we try to plan ahead for everything and make sure we don’t miss anything. Unfortunately, we tend to overcommit and by doing this we actually miss the most important thing: enjoying the whole process. And we end up tired, stressed out, anxious and sometimes even unable to savor the moment we were waiting for.Does this sound familiar to you? When you have a big moment coming up, how much time do you actually spend savoring the moment, really enjoying the process, knowing what it's like as you go, day to day, leading up to that big event? In this new episode of the Happiness Squad podcast, Ashish Kothari and Anil Ramjiani are going to talk about how you can be more, rather than do more in order to be more present in the moment and really savor these important events in your life.They are going to talk about two important moments coming up in their lives, how they prepare for them and what gets in their way.You will find out why overcommitting is not a good thing and how much we should actually plan ahead for an important moment in our lives.Ashish and Anil will discuss the importance of savoring the moment and what we can do to be able to do that, how to reconcile the notion that you have to work hard to get to your goal, how to savor the small bites of life and so much more.Listen now and get ready to learn how to savor the most important moments of your life!What You’ll Learn in this Show:About two important moments coming up for Ashish and Anil and what gets in both of their waysWhy overcommitting is not a good thing and how much should we plan ahead for an important moment in our lifeThe importance of savoring the moment and what we can do to be able to do itHow to savor the small bites of life.And so much more...Resources:Happinesssquad.com @MyHappinessSquad InstagramAshish Kothari LinkedInAnil Ramjiani LinkedInHappiness Squad Youtube ChannelBook:Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life

In today's episode of the Happiness Squad, Ashish and Anil sit down with a very special guest, Captain Suzanne Lesko, USN (Ret.). Suzanne is part of an elite group of women, the 1% of the 1% club to rise to the rank of Captain in the U.S. Navy, and introduces herself as "Xena, Warrior Advisor." She has over 20 years’ experience in defense and national security-related communications, strategic and operational planning, program management, and high-risk training. She is a combat veteran and has provided high impact leadership training to various organizations, through her role as a technical advisor with Valiant Integrated Services, and as a subject matter expert with Wharton Leadership Ventures. Suzanne has also served as a Captain, US Navy Reserve, where she was a high-level focal point for public affairs activities in Central and South America and the Caribbean to support her active duty counterparts. Suzanne is a passionate advocate for women, peace, and security. Suzanne also founded the Global Awareness Through Education (GATE) Project, a global non-profit, which provides scholarships and leadership advancement to empower strong-willed women undergraduates from post-conflict zones to participate meaningfully in peace and security processes in their homelands.During the show, Ashish, Anil and Suzanne discuss some of the practices that have allowed her to flourish, and unlock her full potential throughout her life and career.Suzanne shares her gratitude for the small things in life, and her appreciation for life as she enters the next stage after 26+ years with the Navy.They also offer insights into the importance of knowing your people - the direct connection that allows you to be aware when they're feeling "off," and helping them reach their own potential.Join Ashish, Anil and Suzanne for this fascinating and informative conversation.Enjoy!What You’ll Learn in this Show:The importance of being in a parasympathetic state when working in intense situations.The importance of personal connection in a world so filled with technology.The dichotomy of wealth vs. meaning, and why we need to stop differentiating between them.Why we need to be aware of the lessons life is trying to teach us at all timesAnd so much more...Resources:Suzanne's LinkedInThe GATE ProjectHappinesssquad.com @MyHappinessSquad InstagramAshish Kothari LinkedInAnil Ramjiani LinkedInHappiness Squad Youtube ChannelBook:Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life

The world we live in seems to be better than ever. In many ways, it is a world of abundance and prosperity. Modern technology keeps us connected and brings us closer than ever before, while the huge progress in medicine ensures our health and well-being. And yet, so many of us struggle with feelings of loneliness, anxiety, depression and stress.Why is that happening? Why, despite many accomplishments in our lives, we don’t feel happy and fulfilled? And what can we do to change this and learn how to combat stress, unlock our full potential and rewire our brains for happiness?If you want to find out the answers to these questions and much more, then you should definitely listen to this new podcast!The Happiness Squad podcast, hosted by Ashish Kothari and Anil Ramjiani has the goal to inspire individuals, teams and organizations to unlock their full potential and thrive, rather than just survive in this increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world that we are living in. Anil and Ashish are going to explore together a range of modalities and strategies that we can integrate into our lives, so we can literally hardwire for happiness, versus a hardwiring for fear and scarcity that we often find ourselves in. In this first episode they will first introduce themselves, they will talk about their background, will share their origin stories, how they met and how the idea of this podcast came up.You will also find out more about the mission of this podcast and what Ashish and Anil hope to accomplish with it.They will also talk about Ashish’s book and the 9 proven practices to overcome stress and live your best life and so much more.Tune in and start your journey towards true happiness now!What You’ll Learn in this Show:Who are Ashish and Anil: a little bit about their background and how they met each otherWhat is the mission of this podcast and what do Ashish and Anil hope to accomplish with it?About the three formats this podcast is going to haveAbout Ashish’s book and the 9 proven practices to overcome stress and live your best lifeHow we can rewire our brains for happiness?And so much more...Resources:Happinesssquad.com @MyHappinessSquad InstagramAshish Kothari LinkedInAnil Ramjiani LinkedInHappiness Squad Youtube ChannelBook:Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life

Welcome to The Happiness Squad, a podcast hosted by Ashish Kothari and Anil Ramjiani that has the goal to help listeners unlock their full potential and integrate the art and science of happiness into their day-to-day lives.Are you one of the 40 to 60% who are struggling and experiencing stress and burnout? Are you someone who's on the frontline working for a nonprofit or for-profit? Are you someone who's an executive leading a team, who may not be able to share feedback with you as a leader, or you aren't able to share your gratitude for them? Are you one of the 60% that are experiencing loneliness?Are you one of the 70% who is working to survive, earn a living, put food on your plate, and a roof over your head, but you actually don’t love what you do day to day in your work?If the answer is “Yes”, then this podcast is for you because Ashish and Anil are going to help you overcome stress, live your best life and rewire your brain for happiness.In this first episode, you are going to find out more about what this podcast is going to be about and how Anil and Ashish are planning to create magic together.You will find out what are the three promises that Anil and Ashish want to make to their listeners.You will also learn more about who Ashish and Anil are and why they are so uniquely set up to deliver this to youThey will share why they decided to create this show and how we can get out of a crisis that we are experiencing collectively in every domain of life.You will also find out what are the nine practices Ashish and Anil are going to talk about in this podcast and how each of them can help you flourish, what is their goal for the Happiness Squad Podcast and much more.Come join Anil and Ashish on their journey to unfold, and integrate these practices to become the best version of ourselves so that collectively, we can create a kinder, happier, healthier world filled with more love and meaning!What You’ll Learn in this Show:The three promises that Anil and Ashish want to make to their listenersWho are Ashish and Anil: a little bit about their background and how they met each How we can get out of a crisis that we are experiencing collectively in every domain of lifeWhat are the nine practices Ashish and Anil are going to talk about in this podcast and how each of them can help you flourish? What is Ashish and Anil’s goal for the Happiness Squad Podcast? And so much more...Resources:Happinesssquad.com @MyHappinessSquad InstagramAshish Kothari LinkedInHappiness Squad Youtube ChannelAnil Ramjiani LinkedInBook:Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life

The Happiness Squad podcast was created to inspire individuals, teams and organizations to unlock their full potential and thrive rather than just survive in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. In each episode, we explore a wide variety of modalities and strategies that companies and individuals can use to become hardwired for happiness. Your host, Ashish bring years of real world experience and hard learned life lessons through their own successes and trials climbing and achieving success in both professional services and corporate environments.Through a series of thought provoking conversations with executives and thought leaders, Ashish will introduce you to a variety of strategies and mindsets to support this process to unlock your full potential and thrive in your day to day lives.Resources:• Rewire Program: https://happinesssquad.com/rewire-program/ • The Happiness Squad on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happiness-squad/id1663683864 • Happiness Squad Podcast: https://podcast.happinesssquad.com/ • Happiness Squad website: https://happinesssquad.com/• Happiness Squad on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myhappinesssquad/ • Ashish Kothari LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishkothari1/Books:• Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life: https://www.amazon.com/Hardwired-Happiness-Proven-Practices-Overcome/dp/1544534655