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Finding Your ‘Good Vibe Five’ – A Quick Tip for Creating Empowering Relationships in 2016

Happy New Year Amazing Friends!

One of the things I’m doing this year is fine-tuning and focusing on the super positive relationships in my life.  My plan is to start spending more heart-centered, quality time with the people who lift me up and inspire me to be my best.

The people we spend the most time with have more influence on our lives than we can imagine. Hanging with a tribe of positive, joyful go-getters who lift you up and support your dreams is one of the keys to living your happiest, most dynamic life.  In this video, I share a quick tip on creating and cultivating those relationships this year.

Wishing you all an incredible year!  Don’t forget, my brand new book, Operation Happiness – The Three-Step Plan to Creating a Life of Lasting Joy, Abundant Energy, and Radical Bliss, is now out for pre-order!  You can reserve your copy (and receive a big bundle of inspiring bonus gifts!) right here.

Much Love, Energy, & Bliss in 2016!

xo Kristi

Operation Happiness Out for Pre-Order!

Hi Friends! Excited to announce that my new book, Operation Happiness – The 3-Step Plan to Creating a Life of Lasting Joy, Abundant Energy, and Radical Bliss, is available for pre-order!  Find it here – woot!

When you pre-order, you’ll receive a big bundle of inspiring thank you gifts to help you create your most amazing year ever in 2016!

This book is a download straight from my heart, and I’m so excited to share it with you.  In it, I share my story, as well as incredibly powerful tools, mindsets, and techniques for creating and living your happiest, most dynamic life.  Read more about it and pre-order your copy here.  

GRATITUDE!  

Love & radical bliss,

xo Kristi 

The Power of Being Grateful for Our Imperfections

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the power of gratitude. I’ve been giving a lot of talks lately, and the more I speak about gratitude, the more I realize how much I believe in its power – like down in my cells.

As a kid, pretty much the only time I thought about being thankful was on Thanksgiving. As I got older, I graduated to realizing how important it is to be regularly grateful for all my blessings. Then, years later, after I’d crashed and burned painfully a few times at a few different things, I developed the inner-knowing that true gratitude is in being grateful for absolutely everything. All of it. The good, the bad, and the ugly. As hard as it is. All experiences serve us purpose, and all are teachers that guide us on our path.

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on the gratitude I feel for being imperfect. It may sound strange, but when we not only embrace our imperfections – but feel GRATEFUL for them – they magically turn into this super powered energy of self-acceptance and self-love.

It’s an incredible transformation – to deeply see our own imperfections as part of our beauty – part of what actually makes us the kind of perfect we’re meant to be – flawed beings who learn, grow, and blossom through being unique, imperfect, and wonderfully human.

Friends, I just want to tell you, right now and always, how amazingly beautiful you are.

Love,

Kristi

P.S. – I’ll be making a big announcement about this soon, but I wanted my blog readers to be the first to know that my new book, Operation Happiness – The 3 Step Plan to Creating a Life of Lasting Joy, Abundant Energy, and Radical Bliss, is available for pre-order!  Woot!  Be sure to save your receipt #, as I’ll be sending some great gifts out in my newsletter later this month to all who pre-order! Reserve your copy here.  xo

Linda Joy’s Got a New Anthology Book – and I Wrote the Foreword!

Hi Friends! As I put the finishing touches on my own book, Operation Happiness, due out March 1st from Rodale Books, I’m happy to share that my dear friend Linda Joy, founder of Aspire Magazine and Inspired Living Publishing, has released a new anthology of inspirational stories by 38 amazing women called Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Cultivating Joy.  AND – I’m honored to have written the foreword for the book!

When Linda asked me to write the foreword for her new book, I was so honored and completely thrilled because I love everything Linda puts together!  The quality of content that she offers and the incredible, empowered women she brings together to share their stories are so inspiring.  You’ve just got to experience it!

Click here to get your copy, which comes with some wonderful transformational gifts.  Enjoy and happy reading!

XO

Kristi

Watch the TEDx Talk on The Power of Re-Thinking Happiness

Hi Amazing Friends!  I recently had the opportunity to give a talk on The Power of Re-Thinking Happiness at TEDx Culver City.  What a great event and experience!  In it I share a bit of my own journey, why (and how) we should re-think our approach to happiness, and some super powerful perspective changes.  Plus, a funny and inspiring story about grass stains that will permanently change the way you see them.  Catch it here & feel free to share:

 

I’d love to hear your thoughts.  Let me know in the comments below.  Thanks for watching!

Much Love,

XO Kristi

 

A Quick Summer Happiness Tip – Let’s Go Outside…

Hi Friends!  Just a quick note with a summer happiness tip for you:  Bust out of the cubicle. Or office. Or house. Wherever you’re cooped up. Being outside as much as possible is good for our happiness, our health, and our soul — but yet so many find themselves indoors most of the time out of habit, even when the weather is amazing!

So many things, including office work, can be done outside. Folding laundry, cooking, writing, watching TV, helping kids with homework, making phone calls… you name it.  So, the next time you’re getting ready to tackle a list of tasks, ask which ones can be done outside…and then go!  

If you work in a very corporate environment, try starting a new initiative to increase productivity and employee morale by starting rotating “work outside” hours in 2 to 3 hour blocks a few days a week. Many companies have outdoor patios or courtyards that are wayyy underutilized. You may even suggest that meetings be held outside. If you need extra ammo to convince them, try searching Google for articles you can share that mention benefits of working outdoors, like this one from Forbes.

Here’s a pic of my outdoor office for the summer (also known as my back patio). I’d LOVE to see how this little reminder has inspired you to spend more time outdoors…share a photo and tag me on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.  Or just share in the comments below.

Love & summer bliss,

Kristi

What We Can Learn From Bees About Creating Happiness

Are you a passionate seeker of joyful things?  One thing I’ve noticed happy people have in common is that they’re constantly seeking opportunities to experience beauty, wonder, enchantment, laughter, and pleasure.  The same way you see bees buzzing around for pollen and nectar.

It takes conscious effort to drink in life – to mindfully notice all the little amazing things that are here for use to enjoy.  It’s easy to get so caught up in everyday life that we forget to be actively looking for and soaking in the opportunities for joy that are all around us.

Taking inspiration from the bee and re-training ourselves to be consistently seeking and focusing our attention on the sweet things that feed our soul can raise our level of overall happiness in big ways.

This mindful way of “beeing” can turn everyday life into a magical adventure, and can also serve us during difficult times by allowing us to still notice the beauty, joy, and supportive synchronicity around us, which can be healing and even help guide us.

For example, three years ago, I was in a dark space after the end of my 10-year marriage.  In the days after that split, I was actively seeking high-value nutrition, rest, and simple joys to help keep my spirits and my immune system in check.  One morning, I made myself get in the car and drive to the local juice bar for some healthy green juice.  Feeling sad and drained, I asked the server if they had anything with kale and lemon.  She smiled and said, “We sure do!  It’s called the “Learn to Let Go!”

I looked at her a little surprised and started to LOL at the irony!  And, felt instantly uplifted and grateful for the timely message I’d just received.  All because I was willing to put the effort into seeking and staying open to good things, even during a challenging time.

Living from this place of positive awareness can make happy times even happier, and hard times a little easier (not to mention help us to take in powerful lessons).

So, let’s drink in the summer!  I invite you to join me in taking inspiration from the bee.  Make deliberate effort each day to mindfully and consistently seek, discover, and create the space for all the amazing little things in life that can bring us joy, wonder, wellness, and needed guidance.  Let’s take joy to another level!  One of the most important habits of truly happy people.

Happy Announcement: Now Contributing to Simple Reminders

Hi Friends!  I’m happy to announce that I’m now contributing articles to one of my favorite inspirational resources online, Simplereminders.com.  Founded by Jenni Young and Bryant McGill, two amazing photographers and inspiring visionaries, Simple Reminders offers nearly 2.5 million people daily inspiration for empowered living.  You can visit them on Facebook here, and you can see my latest articles on my contributor page here.  Thanks for reading!  Much love,  Kristi

 

New Season of My Happy, Free, & Wild Podcast is Here!

Hi Friends!  A quick announcement to let you know that the new season of my podcast, Happy, Free, & Wild is here!  Season 2, episode 1 is available now (Tips for More Happiness and Inner Peace), with new episodes on the way.  And, if you haven’t checked out season 1 yet, all the replays are available for you on-demand (woot!).  Episodes are available on iTunes, iHeartRadio, and Spreaker.com.  Click here for all the details and to listen.  Thanks so much to everyone for tuning in!  Happy spring!

Much love & radical bliss,

xo Kristi

 

Ready to Choose Happiness? Join Me For This Free Event!

Hi Friends!  Join me for the Happiness Event of the year!  I’m excited to be a featured speaker in the Choosing Happiness Crusade and Video Series, bringing you 30 intimate conversations with women who have walked through fire and come out the other side with the heart of a warrior woman!  Your free registration includes access to all 30 sacred conversations, as well as 42 empowering gifts from the speakers and our Sacred Sponsors. Reserve your seat here.