This is the instant download version of Practicing Happiness by Jim Smith, the Executive Happiness Coach. This podcast was a tele-class in March of 2009.

It’s a generally accepted truth that the path to better health includes diet and exercise. We know we must pay attention to the foods we eat and work our bodies regularly if we want to feel good. For overall health, we must also attend to our emotional “muscles.” For just as our legs and arms grow stronger when we exercise them, so do our moods and emotions grow stronger the more often they are used.

Unfortunately for many of us, we exercise our worry, anxiety, and fear muscles every day, so they are quite strong. If we want to experience more joy and happiness in our life, we must consciously practice those emotional states every day so that, when we are under stress, our positive emotional muscles are strong enough to pull us through. In tele-class, Jim will talk about coaching and share tips and tools that can help individuals experience more happiness.

Jim Smith, PCC, is The Executive Happiness Coach®. He is a personal and executive coach, speaker, trainer and change consultant. Jim works exclusively with clients who want to change how they show up in the world. Jim’s personal mission is to increase the overall tonnage of happiness in the workplace, starting with the leaders – because positive cultures create better bottom lines!

Jim is the creator of The 13 Principles of Happiness and has touched the lives of over 10,000 people through his work on Happiness and the enhancement of Positive Emotion. He has used the principles of happiness to raise his own family and to deal with work, life, love, and tragedy.

In his work transforming lives and workplaces, Jim draws on 20+ years of experience as a corporate executive in a variety of functional roles, from finance and operations to sales and HR, as well as 50+ years as a human being. He is a Certified Authentic Happiness® Coach with a grounding in Positive Psychology, and is a Professional Certified Coach thru the International Coach Federation.