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happy#220 – life transitions

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simplicity of happiness · happy#220 – life transitions Is a minimalist life possession free? No, it is well curated! Things that minimalists own, fulfill a purpose and often you will find a lot of high quality items in their daily life. That is because they don‘t like trash in their life and things that are used regularly are therefor higher quality. You see, being a minimalist is not about saying no. It is about saying… Read More »happy#220 – life transitions

happy#219 – enneagram with mike mandel

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simplicity of happiness · happy#219 – enneagram with mike mandel I am a great fan of Mike Mandel and the work he does. Together with his co-host and business partner Chris Thompson he runs a wildly crazy podcast called Brain Software where they offer tons of value and deep insides into coaching and NLP. In his podcast Mike often gives people numbers and refers to the Enneagram. Since I enjoy talking to Mike so much… Read More »happy#219 – enneagram with mike mandel

INpowered podcast

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A perfect example, of how you can sometimes plan and still things turn out different.I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Jayne of the INpowered podcast and although I was a a beautiful setting, I had to change last minute because a heavy wind was blowing.I ended up recording this episode in my car, parked in the sun and the heat rising in the and my dog being annoyed being annoyed by all of… Read More »INpowered podcast

Helmstedter Sonntag

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Recently I was interviewed by the Helmstedter Sonntag, a regional newspaper in Germany.We talked about wasting stuff, desert, change and focus.The whole interview is in German and if you know some German you might enjoy the conversation.

happy#218 – inclusion vs. exclusion

simplicity of happiness · happy#218 – inclusion vs. exclusion Often I am addressing those of you, to whom happiness is a choice. I include myself into this category.  No matter how much we think that life is fooling us, it is on us to choose what we make of it. Basically we close to unlimited options and often that is a reason for our misery. As soon as we take a decision for something, we have… Read More »happy#218 – inclusion vs. exclusion

John Lee Dumas

happy#217 – avoid 9’s and go for 10’s

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simplicity of happiness · happy#217 – avoid 9’s and go for 10’s I am finally sharing an episode with you that I recorded a while ago. As you may now, am I a a fan of John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneurs on Fire (https://www.eofire.com ) and admire him for what he did with his podcast and most of all for the Podcast community all together (https://podcastersparadise.com). Some of my best inspirations came from him and I… Read More »happy#217 – avoid 9’s and go for 10’s

happy#216 – you, me and happiness

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simplicity of happiness · happy#216 – you me and happiness You, me and happiness is the project of this weeks guest Helen Müller with whom I have a wonderful conversation about life, change and finding happiness. What it means to leave home and travel the world in order to find oneself. Helen’s total focus is helping Top Entrepreneurs and Leaders fulfil their Greatest Potential.  The You, Me and Happiness Program focuses heavily on Heightened Awareness… Read More »happy#216 – you, me and happiness

happy#215 – how your brain works

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simplicity of happiness · happy#215 – how your brain works Speaker, teacher, writer and researcher Liam Naden helps you understand the process for creating true success in your life by understanding how to use your brain the right way – overcoming your problems, achieving your goals and ending frustrations. He is the host of the podcast: “Using Your Brain for Success”, author of “Re-Balancing Your Brain for Success” and creator of Neuro-State Rebalancing (NSR), a… Read More »happy#215 – how your brain works

florian life design podcast

life design podcast

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I am so fortunate to meet interesting people all around the planet. Partly that is due to my travels, partly to living at beautiful tourist destinations. Last but not least I can invite people I look up to, to my Podcast and can have a meaningful conversation. Lately I started to be invited to other (English) Podcast shows as well. As I had been on numerous German Podcasts before I am super stoked that I… Read More »life design podcast

happy#214 – the minimalists

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simplicity of happiness · happy#214 – the minimalists Around a decade ago. Around 2012 I had accumulated a lot of emotional and physical luggage that started to wear me out. I questioned who I was, who I was becoming and most of all who I actually wanted to become. Amongst others I found inspiration by people like Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, Colin Wright (https://simplicity-of-happiness.com/happy150/) and the minimalists Josh and Ryan. In fact they have… Read More »happy#214 – the minimalists

happy#213 – corporate action hero

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simplicity of happiness · happy#213 – corporate action hero Another meaningful conversation with a person I would have never met without this Podcast. I am grateful to welcome John Davis aka „the corporate action hero“ to the show. John is an internationally known Speaker, Comedian, Fight Director and Action Hero. As an international entertainer, John has traveled extensively throughout the world speaking to audiences of all ages and backgrounds in 28 countries and over four… Read More »happy#213 – corporate action hero

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happy#212 – bas lebesque

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simplicity of happiness · happy#212 – bas lebesque For this year I am aiming to have as many meaningful conversations with people I don‘t know yet, as I possible can.  After all, deep connections with real people is what makes us human, right? Way too many of us were lacking real conversations during this pandemic year. The first guest I never met and interviewed was Bas Lebesque. Bas became a big fan of minimalism and… Read More »happy#212 – bas lebesque

stormrider mike mandel

happy#211 – stormrider mike mandel

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simplicity of happiness · happy#211 – stormrider mike mandel I am thrilled to have my teacher, mentor, friend and above all timeless wizard Mike Mandel as my guest on the show. If you want to find out more about Mike and the outstanding work he does together with his business partner and former Podcast guest Chris Thompson of Episode 158 (https://simplicity-of-happiness.com/happy158/) visit his website or listen directly to his recording „journey to the castle“ (https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/castle/)… Read More »happy#211 – stormrider mike mandel

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happy#210 – berlin hypnosis CONVO

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simplicity of happiness · happy#210 – berlin hypnosis CONVO Again I welcome a returning guest from my German podcast. Bernhard Tewes well known hypnotist from Berlin and his practice Kiez Hypnose.He is also the founder and owner of the trending app HypnoBox. I can tell you, that you will find all sorts of therapists and so called hypnotherapists out there, but Bernhard is one of those he is at the top of my list in… Read More »happy#210 – berlin hypnosis CONVO

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happy#209 – changing the system CONVO

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simplicity of happiness · happy#209 – changing the system CONVO This wonderful discussion was one of these conversations that occur unexpected. Every once in a while I look into my twitter feed and find something I like. Some time late in 2020 I found this piece: https://twitter.com/oetting/status/1314571435504021504?s=21. A small cartoon by Martin Oetting who is quite a remarkable personality and has changed further and further to a political active person. Currently he is working on a… Read More »happy#209 – changing the system CONVO

happy#208 – freedom of the mountain

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simplicity of happiness · happy#208 – freedom of the mountain For todays episode I decided to go with a solo episode and with a citation again. A person I value a lot for almost 10 year now is Leo Babauta. He is a minimalist and founder of the super successful blog Zen Habits. I read most of his blog posts and get inspired by a lot of his thoughts. What I find especially interesting about… Read More »happy#208 – freedom of the mountain

happy#207 – zen habits CONVO

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simplicity of happiness · happy#207 – zen habits CONVO What feels like ages ago, I was preparing for my first big adventure. A solo Sahara tour by foot. During that time many people around my simply declared me for nuts and only a very very few were encouraging. One of the people always uplifting was my friend Tony. Apart from being a mentor and person to talk to he invited me several times to his Podcast:… Read More »happy#207 – zen habits CONVO

happy#206 – insides into coaching

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simplicity of happiness · happy#206 – insides into coaching These years lockdowns turn out to have something quite positive for me. I don‘t think that I have stayed for so long at the same place in the last 10 years.That meant for me not going on any adventures, not traveling and not starting anything new. Well, at least not except for my tiny farm project in the Swiss mountains. I was frustrated about that at… Read More »happy#206 – insides into coaching

happy#205 – someone to save me

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simplicity of happiness · happy#205 – someone to save me I am a huge fan of a coach of mine. Rich Litvin is a phenomenal coach and often giving me inspiration through his writing. I could especially relate with one of his latest newsletters: looking for batman. I am going to share large parts of his newsletter with you hoping that you can relate with it as well. You can find out more about Rich… Read More »happy#205 – someone to save me

happy#204 – living now

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simplicity of happiness · happy#204 – living now Worry fear and being scared is often routed in the past or the future. Most often the worst a moment right now can be, is unpleasant. Worry and grief often comes from the past, from something that already happened.Fear and anxiety on the other hand comes from thoughts about the future. As the future is never present it is only the thoughts that create the anxiety. The… Read More »happy#204 – living now