A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

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Returning June 7, 2024. Join author and happiness coach Sandra Ann Miller on the first Friday of each month as she interviews experts, celebrities and everyday people about their interesting lives and, after they tackle the topic of the day, we'll get into their relationship with happiness. It's a tangle we need to unravel.

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Impatience for Success with Melissa Joy Manning

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

02/17/21 • 46 min

Melissa Joy Manning is an ethically- and eco-minded jewelry designer and CFDA member, and a friend of mine. She founded the CFDA Sustainability Committee and uses 100% recycled precious metals in her handmade designs, famous for her signature style and one-of-a-kind creations. We talk about: knowing each other for 20 years, being in business for nearly 25 years, over-achieving parents, art as a career, silversmithing in Mexico, passion, living authentically, getting fired, vocational counseling, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, knowing how to run a business, being a hero, positioning, being around for three years, pre-Etsy/direct-to-consumer, building a brand, emulating and partnering, learning your voice, bringing a brand to market, turning, churning and burning, misconceptions, being self-funded, reinvesting, being green-certified, ethics, what you can do with what you love, social component, leading by example, sustainability and success, danger of overnight success, InStyle/Oprah effect, room for everyone, originators, strategy, false promise, vicious cycles, collaboration, generosity, mentoring, feeling lucky, cycle of 3, 5, 7, 10, vision plans, watching the market, racing backwards, finding inspiration, business can be a solution, the best design solves problems, morals and ethics, Bezos could do better, choices, creating community, potty mouths, wage disparity, the other NRA, learning, changing the demand, everything is political, the luxury of choice, cancel culture, embracing failure, being grounded, defining your own success, never take no for an answer.

Food Addiction with Dr. Vera Tarman

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

12/23/20 • 60 min

Food has changed. How we grow it and process it. Sugar is in everything (processed). The edible equivalent of oxycontin. Sugar is not a normal food product. Viewers can see the similarities between those suffering addiction on "Intervention" and those on "My 600-lb Life"; how does the medical community miss that parallel? Doctors don't want to fat-shame and obesity is prevalent/normalized. When you are sick, doctors don't ask what you are eating. They aren't trained to. Food addiction needs more research but that requires more doctors diagnosing it. Doctors prefer what they know: medication or surgery. The inequity if the food supply; lower income keeps people reliant on highly processed and addictive foods. If food was viewed as medicine, we could get a Rx for it, use insurance co-pays to get the nutrition we need affordably. Documentaries: FAT FICTION (about how the USDA got it wrong with the American diet, making fat the villain while it's sugar that's the danger) and KISS THE GROUND (about how modern farming is damaging the soil, but changing how and what we farm will make both us and the planet healthier). USDA cherry-picked the data for the American diet. Non-fat, low-fat and "light" means "loaded with sugar!" Refined foods erode mental health, and mimics other mental health issues. Food addiction can be a gateway to other addictions. Dr. Tarman's journey. Restricting leads to bingeing and gaining more weight than was lost. If you eat healthy foods, you never have to "diet", count calories or worry about what you're eating. Best solution for addiction is to quit what you're addicted to (sugar, flour). How can you live like that? (Spoiler alert: You'll feel better.) Leptin resistance (caused by insulin blocking this hormone, keeping us from being sated/keeping us eating more). See an addiction doctor if you are suffering food addiction (regular GPs or bariatric doctors don't fully understand the triggers). Sugar and dopamine. If you're not feeling good, think about what you're eating. "Heart healthy" sugared cereals? Science is important but so is common sense. Grooming children to be addicted to food. If it's in a box or bag (and refined) aren't healthy, even if they are labelled as such. Cigarettes were once labelled as "healthy". Bullet-proofing experiment. Fat doesn't equal fat; sugar equals fat. Try going sugar-free for a month. Educate yourself about food addiction. Understand there is withdrawal (but you'll survive it). When you feel better, you won't miss the garbage. Once you eat healthy foods, you crave healthy foods.

You can find Dr. Tarman at AddictionsUnplugged.com on Twitter and Facebook.

Her book is FOOD JUNKIES: The Truth About Food Addiction.

Episode recorded on 10/16/20

Episode released on 12/23/20

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Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

Mental Health with Patricia Shanae Smith

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

11/25/20 • 81 min

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation, cutting, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, depression, drug and alcohol abuse.

If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline available 24 hours each day in English and Spanish at 800-273-8255. Or contact the Crisis Text line by texting CONNECT to 741741 to chat with a Crisis Counselor. Visit the National Institute for Mental Health for more information.

The journey of a young woman's mental health began at age 2 with her mother's death and going mute for two years (something she only recently found out), not liking her skin color (body dysmorphia) and suicidal ideation at age 6, cutting at 10, eating disorders starting at 14, having her first drink in college at 19 and finally feeling "normal" to drug abuse in her early 20s, finally finding sobriety at 25, and how she's coping today at 28 with PTSD, body dysmorphia and sobriety while going back to college and being an author of young adult books.

Patricia's book is REMEMBER available on Bookshop.org.

You can find Patricia on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook @pssmith92

Episode recorded 10/02/20

Episode released 11/25/20

For more information on the podcast or its host, please visit sassylittlepodcast.com. There, you will find links to social media and an opportunity to become a member of the podcast community.

Thanks for listening! If you like this sassy little podcast, please subscribe to it, rate it and review it, and tell your friends about it. Cheers!

Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

Just Us: Ready for Anything...Good

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

12/06/24 • 8 min

In all fairness, when I came up with the 'Just Us' concept to close out Q4 of 2024, I was coming from a place of deep optimism. Well, F me completely, right? LOL. (Insert crying emoji here.) But we can't let ourselves lose our place, our grace or our happiness because of things outside of our control. So, along with everything is easy and being so lucky (because, in so many ways, we are), let's get ourselves ready for anything good! xo

Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

Sudden Loss with Ericka Lutz

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

05/19/21 • 48 min

In 2008, in a cloud forest in Madagascar, Ericka Lutz's husband, Bill, suddenly became ill and passed away hours later in front of her and their 16-year-old daughter. With that sudden loss, her world was upended, PTSD set in and then came people's judgments if she wasn't being the perfect widow. We talk about: How American's are terrible at dealing with loss/grief; how sudden loss reshapes you; loss, isn't something you get over—you live with it and survive it; moving forward with full-frontal grief; survivor's guilt, anger, fear and devastation; being diagnosed with Grave's Disease and how that seemed to tie in to shock/sudden loss; importance of sharing experience; mistake of making saints out of the departed and rewriting history; being irrevocably changed; letting a teenager grieve in her own way and trusting the process; grief is not an event to complete; don't judge someone grieving (you aren't in their shoes); trying not to float off the planet; the expectations of others (being the perfect widow); still being yourself; other people wanting to move on and forget the bad stuff or not respecting the loss/grief as time passes; there's no going back to normal; being gentle with yourself, giving yourself time; grief exists outside of time; give yourself what you need.

You can find Ericka on Twitter @elutz, on Instagram @ericka_lutz and her website https://erickalutz.com

Her novel, THE EDGE OF MAYBE, can be purchased here: https://www.laurelbookstore.com/book/9780982708446

Episode recorded on 04/09/21

Episode released on 05/19/21

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Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

Body Image Issues with Elle Chase

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

02/10/21 • 47 min

Certified sex educator, body acceptance advocate and the author of CURVY GIRL SEX: 101 Body-Positive Positions to Empower Your Sex Life, Elle Chase, CSE, ACS, joins the pod to talk about how to simplify the complicated relationship we have with our bodies. We talk about the love of David (Bowie), messages we aren't achieving, complicated human beings, conditionally loving our bodies, accepting your body as is, compassion, demands, control, how dissatisfaction is healthy, standards, self-reflections, fear or love, no quick fix, zero patience, bossy messages, critical thinking, Marie Osmond, skinny women in bikinis, ennui, Madison Avenue, being sold to, a certain type of fatness, improvements, baby steps, being judged, self-criticism, embracing the imperfect, knowing what is realistic, being your ideal, plastic surgery, do what makes you happy, not having to be a certain way, the exterior won't fix the interior, labiaplasty, not looking how you feel, fall in love with yourself, there is no body that's normal, attracting shallow, what you bring to the table is important, dating when fat, self-esteem, taking the 350 lbs woman over the supermodel, how we get comfortable with ourselves, what we tell ourselves can be most damaging, stopping at neutral before going from negative to positive thoughts, changing the way we speak to ourselves, remember what you like about yourself, what you believe, romancing yourself, being your biggest fan, learning your love language, the relationship with yourself and its importance, Yukon gold potatoes, little things, comfort and joy, cravings, feeding the soul, separating wheat from chaff, muting, blocking and unfollowing, courage and strength, neutrality, more compassion, messy humans, Japanese sweet potatoes, knowing what lifts you up, being nice to yourself, recognizing the pressure we're under, finding what's supportive to you, friends, joy in Bernie memes, feeling like a human being again, perfections is boring, Michelle Pfeiffer, smokers, good toes, the perfect human, beautiful nailbeds.

You can find Elle on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @TheElleChase and her website is ellechase.com.

Episode recorded on 01/22/21

Episode released on 02/10/21

Thanks for listening! If you like this sassy little podcast, please subscribe to it, rate it and review it, and tell your friends about it. Become a patron on Patreon. Cheers!

Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

Being Wrong with Meghan Breen LCSW

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

11/03/21 • 48 min

Meghan Breen, LCSW, talks with us about the courage and character it takes to admit when you're wrong, the core belief that being wrong is the most human thing we can experience, normalize owning it, the value on being right, shame, competition/winning, room for redemption, the human experience of fucking up, gratitude for growing up before the internet, practicing repair, dialectics, discernment, being right and wrong at the same time, agreeing to disagree, not being neutral, making space and letting it go, forgiving what feels unforgivable, not demonizing, finding common ground, validate what's valid, wanting to understand, starting over, emotional Olympics, only being able to move through it if both sides are willing, not making it about winning/losing or right/wrong, no scores are being kept, meeting vulnerability with grace, reinforcing people doing the right thing, acknowledgement doesn't automatically make it better, character building, cultivating resilience, admission over apology, deserving a second chance, giving people an opportunity to F up, no one is perfect, we are not always our best selves, personal assessment, the difference between shame and guilt, reaching out to people when they need it, the strength it takes to hold the olive branch, owning your wrongness, smugness, hurt, emotional intelligence, the machine behind wrongness, being in a vulnerable time.

You can find Dr. Breen on her website meghanbreen.com and Instagram @meghanbreentherapy

Episode recorded on 09/06/21

Episode released on 11/03/21

Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

Financial Foolishness with Amy Irvine, CFP

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

08/11/21 • 59 min

Amy Irvine (ep 006 Financial Fears) returns to the pod to talk about how we can avoid some of our financial foolishness by understanding how much our emotions are linked to our finances (whether we have it or not), realizing in the past year how we can scale back if we really need to (hello, lockdown), the psychology around wealth (having fun with it/spending 'til it's gone or hoarding it/worried it will all be lost), the urge to splurge after a period of lack, how diets and budgets are similar (and we don't enjoy being on them), the latte factor, how our upbringing plays into how we feel about money, credit cards in college, that 70% of people who win the lottery end up worse off financially, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: survival, safety and security, love and belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization and how those all play into how we deal with money, being generous in a wise way when you come into money, how finance is a taught skill and we should be embarrassed to ask for guidance and learn about it, understanding options, rich people's toilet paper, avoiding information, facing the dragon (reading the statements), avoiding the "head in the sand" approach to money, even financial planners have financial planners, rationalizing choices rather than making logical decisions, having a financial planner or accountability buddy to help make better financial decisions, having all the channels, finding the fun in saving money/budgeting/cutting back/increasing your credit score, not using a debit card, credit card points, how credit card usage impacts/improves your credit score, importance of paying credit cards each pay period, diversity of debt, celebrating being debt-free, creating a statement of financial purpose (why do I work?), raising parents, deciding to stay home/be a caregiver or earn/stay in the workforce during your high-earning years, employment gaps and earning less, disability insurance, snowball or avalanche methods of paying off debt, motivation, student loans, teaching children about money, making a plan, feeling that you've let people down, the courage to look at where you're at, take responsibility for it and move forward, what brings you joy, the cost of convenience, making thrifty cool again, finding discounts, and packing your own lunch.

You can find Amy at https://rootedpg.com on Instagram @rootedpg and Twitter @RootedPlanning

Episode recorded on 07/09/21

Episode released on 09/11/21

Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

Valerie Monroe

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

08/02/24 • 23 min

Our guest this month is the creator of the wildly popular Substack, How Not to F*ck Up Your Face, where she give wonderful advice for the choices we believe we must face for our faces, necks and other visible parts, and delighting us with stories of her adorably precocious granddaughter, M. If you need more convincing this lady knows what she’s talking about, for 16 years she was the Beauty Editor of O Magazine. Wise, warm and witty, Val is a delight to read, and is even better in person (and for a listen).

You can find Val on Substack at valeriemonroe.substack.com.

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Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

Pet Peeves with Gia DeSantis and Jasmine Milligan

A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist

06/02/21 • 65 min

When you start to list your pet peeves, you learn that they are more or less infinite. Real-life friends Gia DeSantis (ep 005 Ageism) and Jasmine Milligan (ep 015 Clutter) return to share their current pet peeves, admit to what they are guilty of (including car theft?) and how the list that was supposed to be limited to 2 each keeps growing and growing to include: littering, what a dick Stephen Miller is (no relation to Sandra), cigarette butts, confronting offenders, DNA, Quibi, Mad Men memories, glottal stops, master bakers, misplaced dollar signs, Starburst, root canals (and people who freak out about them), lack of personal responsibility, operating without a sense of logic, the chronically late, stealing a car (on accident), tags, waiting for food, Nuh-VAH-duh, Hilaria Baldwin, unsolicited advice, being humble, book rec: THE LISTENING PATH, asking permission, hearing yourself, talking over people, being a know-it-all, book ref: ANNOYING: THE SCIENCE OF WHAT BUGS US, parking, pronunciations, finishing a story, mansplaining, poor city planning, friend collecting, people who don't want to get vaxxed.

You can find Gia on Twitter and Instagram @OMGitsGia and Jasmine on Instagram @upsidetidying and her website https://upsidetidying.com

The books referenced can be found here: https://bookshop.org/lists/a-sassy-little-podcast-tbr

Episode recorded on 04/22/21

Episode released on 06/02/21

Full episodes are available to paid subscribers of A Sassy Little Substack. Subscriptions start at $5/mo or $40/yr. For more information, visit A Sassy Little Substack.

The podcast is written, produced and edited by Sandra Ann Miller. If you are interested in becoming a guest, please visit the Contact page at SassyLittlePodcast.com.

Music: Shower Beer by GG Riggs

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A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist currently has 78 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Happiness, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Podcasts and Relationships.

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The episode title 'Losing with Lisa Stephen, PhD' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on A Sassy Little Podcast with Sandra Ann Miller a.k.a. The Happyist is 49 minutes.

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