EPISODE 9: HOW TO MAKE HAPPINESS A HABIT AND CREATE YOUR VERSION OF A FULLY CHARGED LIFE WITH MEAGHAN B MURPHY
Live Date: July 19, 2021
Show Description: In this episode, Heather talks with Meaghan Murphy, Editor in Chief of Woman’s Day Magazine and author of Your Fully Charged Life. Heather and Meaghan connect on being both mothers and independent, working women. They focus on Meaghan’s novel and how to create your version of a fully charged life. They explore determining your priorities, taking charge of negative thoughts, making happiness a habit using a positive tool kit, and the importance of gratitude. After exploring and reflecting upon her personal experiences, Meaghan gives tips and tricks on how to stand out while pitching media.
This Episode Will Teach You:
How to stop seeking approval of others and focus on what matters to you
Determining your priorities
Taking charge and redirect your negative thought
Making happiness a habit by creating your positive tool kit
The importance of gratitude
Differentiating yourself when pitching content
Biggest Takeaways:
Heather and Meaghan discuss what a fully charged life should look like. They explore the importance of determining your priorities and focusing on what matters to you. It is easy to get caught up in other people’s approval or their wants and needs; instead, take charge and do the things you want to do because you get to do them, not because you have to. There is so much freedom that comes with changing the narrative and being true to who you are.
Heather and Meaghan talk about redirecting negative thoughts and utilizing a positively charged tool kit to do it. Ultimately, we are the bosses of our own brain; we choose whether we want to look at a situation from a positive or negative outlook. Happiness is “active.” Since our brains are wired to think negatively, Meaghan encourages people to utilize a tool called a “yay list.” There is no denying that gratitude leads to a happier life, which is why jotting down things that went well in your day encourages you to move forward looking for good.
Meaghan advises on ways to stand out while pitching content to the media. As someone who has worked as an editor-in-chief of a top magazine for years, Meaghan stresses the importance of being able to solve a problem for whom you are pitching in a personal way. Provide one problem and one solution; being specific is good, and knowing about who you are pitching to can create greater trust and communication—customization matters.
About the Guest:
Meaghan Murphy is a seasoned magazine editor, author, influencer, lifestyle, and health expert. As years have passed, Meaghan has overcome challenges from her youth and changed her mindset. Her positive and optimistic way of thinking has led to her success both in her professional and family life. Meaghan is the author of her very own book, Your Fully Charged Life, where she uses her expertise to help others become their best selves through a positive mindset and a lens of gratitude. Meghan is a married mother of three currently living in Westfield, New Jersey.
Quotables:
“If you try on one it might encourage you to try on another until you create a mount and you create momentum, positive momentum and you inch forward and you get unstuck.” Meaghan Murphy, 13:15
“Writing has always been an outlet for me” Meaghan Murphy, 16:34
“Happiness is active” Meaghan Murphy, 17:50
“That you have resilience in the wings, you have energy reserved, that you have a tool kit to understand when to plug in, when necessary.” Meaghan Murphy, 18:35
“It’s the little things day to day, the choices you make on a daily basis that determine your energy levels, that determine how you take on the day, that determine how you land.” Meaghan Murphy, 19:21
“What does your version of fully charged look like?” Meaghan Murphy, 20:14
“Ask yourself what have you struggled with in the past that you hope to change.” Meaghan Murphy, 20:47
“You don't have to do that many things in life and you should do the things you want to do because you get to do them, not because you feel like you have to do them.” Meaghan Murphy, 26:34
“The gult, the shame, the should, that we put in our head; this narrative for someone else’s approval, we need to relinquish because there is so much freedom that comes with it.” Heather Adams, 27:05
“We are ultimately the boss of our own brain, our own time, our energy and that no one can make you feel guilty or obligated except you.” Heather Adams, 29:25
“We are more likely to think the bad thoughts, to ruminate over the negative and so you have to be the boss of your brain, you have to choose to think differently and redirect some of those tough thoughts.” Meaghan Murphy, 30:01
“There are endless tiny tiny things, tiny tweaks that you can make that will start to create this positive momentum and help you to prioritize positivity and begin to live differently.” Meaghan Murphy, 32:50
“Gratitude really is the secret sauce in life. Grateful people are happy people.” Meaghan Murphy, 37:20
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