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In this episode, you discover 7 research-proven microhappiness for well-being. Research studies shared in this episode include: "Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life". PubMed. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12585811/ "Effectiveness of savoring interventions: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials". PubMed. Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12968602/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Assessing the effects of nature exposure on wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis". "ScienceDirect. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950362026000263?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Examining the social in the prosocial: Episode-level features of social interactions and kind acts predict social connection and well-being". PubMed. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37126042/ "Proenvironmental Behavior Increases Subjective Well-Being: Evidence From an Experience-Sampling Study and a Randomized Experiment". PubMed. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38805409/ "A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of well-being-focused interventions". PubMed. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41482596/ --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected]. --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Soften, Audacity, and Amadeus Pro. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Rode Procaster. --- Keywords: emotional_wellbeing, kindness, joy, joyful,

In this episode, you discover an easy, research-validated way to strengthen the relationship with your significant other and deepen your happiness and well-being. Research study summary: "Want a happier marriage? BYU study suggests one simple habit". Brigham Young University. Link: https://news.byu.edu/intellect/could-a-walk-strengthen-your-marriage-byu-researchers-say-yes --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected]. --- Tech Info: Recorded with Twisted Wave. Edits with Soften, Audacity, and Amadeus Pro.  Microphone: Shure SM58. --- Keywords: stress_relief, joy, well-being

Can you create and benefit from Happiness Habits? In this episode, you'll discover proven ways to increase your sense of joy and happiness with easily done daily, weekly, and monthly happiness habits. Resource article: "How to Be Happy: 12 Habits to Add to Your Routine". Healthline.com. Article link: https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-be-happy --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Intro recorded with OcenAudio. Additional edits with Audacity, Amadeus Pro, and Hush. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: EV RE-320. ---

In this episode, you learn about a painful decision faced by a family to spend $20,000 to save a beloved pet. You discover a step-by-step process for making the best emotionally balanced decisions when head and heart don't agree. Step-by-step questions to guide you in the decision process: When facing a difficult choice, work through these questions in order: What am I feeling?Why am I feeling it?What are the objective facts?What assumptions might be wrong?What are the short-term consequences?What are the long-term consequences?Which option best aligns with my deepest values?What advice would I give someone else?After sleeping on it, does the answer change? You also learn how to use your subconscious mind to make the best choice. The GoFundMe mentioned in the episode: "Help Bring Ivy Home". Link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/literally-trying-to-survive-rising-electric-healthcare?attribution_id=sl%3A71c946fe-f708-4adf-898b-771a6c278dc9&ts=1784142818716&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Soften, Audacity, Amadeus Pro, Wave ReGen with final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Earthworks Ethos. ---

In this episode, you discover how to make one simple change in your living space that will elevate your happiness, lower stress, and enhance your sense of wellbeing. Bonus resource: The "Happiness Calendar" from the "Greater Good Magazine". Link: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu. Look for the "Happiness Calendar" link on the site. --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical info: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Soften, Audacity, Amadeus Pro, and Waves Voice ReGen. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Blue Ember. --- Key words: stress, stress relief, emotional wellbeing, emotional balance, ---

In this episode, you discover how to engage in radical self-forgiveness easily and enhance your happiness and sense of well-being. --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Amadeus Pro, Audacity, Soften, and Waves ReGen. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. ---

In this episode, you discover the results from a survey of nearly 700 people who shared activities, circumstances, and related experiences that create a sense of happiness and wellbeing. This survey was conducted by the organization, Nice News, https://NiceNews.com. Article sharing the survey results: "What Are the Ingredients for a Happy Life? Here’s What Nice News Readers Had to Say". Link: https://nicenews.com/humanity/what-makes-you-happy-responses/ Note: You may need to use a Chrome based browser to access the website or article. --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Soften, Audacity, Amadeus Pro, and Waves ReGen. Final edits and rendering wtih Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Earthworks Ethos. --- Keywords: joy, emotional_wellbeing,  ---

In this episode you and I identify how to harness the power of play to enhance your happiness and reduce stress based on sciencetific studies. Resource: "Play reduces stress and lifts wellbeing – and adults benefit as much as children do". Website: TheConversation.com. Link: https://theconversation.com/play-reduces-stress-and-lifts-wellbeing-and-adults-benefit-as-much-as-children-do-264767 --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com. Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Initial recording and editing with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Amadeus Pro, T De-esser, and Waves Voice ReGen. Microphone: SE DynaCaster DCM8. --- Keywords: joy, emotional_wellbeing,

February is the home of Valentine's Day. Hugs are associated with this special day, but scientific research tells us hugs also improve our emotional and physical wellbeing and health. In this episode, you'll discover how hugs can improve our heart health, immunity, emotional balance, and overall wellbeing. --- Article with research citations: "What Are the Benefits of Hugging?". HealthLine.com. Link: https://www.healthline.com/health/hugging-benefits --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected]. ---  Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave, RX 11 De-esser and De-click, & Soften. Additional edits with Amadeus Pro, Audacity, and Wave's ReGen. Microphone: CAD E100Sx. --- Keywords: Valentine's_Day, emotional_wellbeing, joy,

In this episode, you discover happiness habits that enhance your sense of wellbeing and life purpose. You'll learn how to activate those daily, weekly, monthly, and long term habits to create sustainable joy and emotional balance. --- Resource: "How to Be Happy: 12 Habits to Add to Your Routine", by Ann Pietrangelo. Published in Healthline.com. Link: https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-be-happy --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected]. --- Technical information: Recorded with Twisted Wave. Initial edits done with Izotope De-click and De-esser, Soften, Amadeus Pro, Hush, and Levelator. Final edits with Hindenburg Pro and Hornet TotalEQ, and T-De-esser. Microphone: Earthworks Ethos. --- Keywords: joy, emotional_balance, ---

In this episode you discover how acts of kindness you do for others positively affect your physical health - to include your immunity system - in addition to enhancing your emotional wellbeing. Resources: "Kindness in the Blood: how helping others reduces inflammation". Dr. David Hamilton". Link: https://drdavidhamilton.com/kindness-in-the-blood-how-helping-others-reduces-inflammation/ "The genomic impact of kindness to self vs. others: A randomized controlled trial". PubMed. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35905861/ --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Soften, Amadeus Pro, De-click, De-esser, and Hush. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro (Generic EQ, Compressor, De-esser). Microphone: Rode Procaster with windscreen. --- Keywords: happiness, emotional_wellbeing, physical_wellbeing,

In this episode you discover two new research studies showing the importancee of connection to friends and family on longevity, happiness, and physical wellbeing. --- Resources: "Strong Social Bonds May Literally Slow Aging at the Cellular Level". SciTechDaily.com. Link: https://scitechdaily.com/strong-social-bonds-may-literally-slow-aging-at-the-cellular-level/ "Cumulative social advantage is associated with slower epigenetic aging and lower systemic inflammation". ScienceDirect.com. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666354625001541?via%3Dihub "Being Organized Among Personality Traits That May Help You Live Longer, New Study Finds". NiceNews.com. Link: https://nicenews.com/health-and-wellness/personality-traits-longevity/ --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Soften and Auphonic. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Fifine T1. --- Keywords: stress, stress_relief, joy, health, optimum_health

In this episode you'll discover why expressing gratitude enhances your happiness and emotional wellbeing along with those you care about. You'll also learn easily done ways to engage in a regular gratitude practice that increases your physical and emotional wellbeing. --- Research studies: "Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life". Pub Med. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12585811/ "Positive psychology progress: empirical validation of interventions". Pub Med. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16045394/ "Exploring the role of gratitude and support-giving on inflammatory outcomes". Pub Med. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30265078/ --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com.  Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Soften, Amadeus Pro, Hush, and Levelator. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: SE Dynacaster DCM8. --- Keywords: relationships, kindness,

In this episode you'll discover 3 simple, easy to apply ways to keep the fire of love, happiness, and connection strong with your special someone and others you care about. --- Host: Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording with Hindenburg Pro. Edits with Twisted Wave, Amadeus Pro, Hush, and Audyllic. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Rode Procaster. ---  Keywords: communication, marriage,  ---

In this episode, you discover new research showing how 30 minutes less of sitting combined with light activity for those 30 minutes boosts mood and wellbeing the following day. Resources: "Swap 30 Minutes of Sitting for Light Activity to Boost Next-Day Mood". "NeuroScienceNews.com". October 24, 2025. Link: https://neurosciencenews.com/movement-mood-neuroscience-29852/ "Daily, prospective associations of sleep, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour with affect: A Bayesian multilevel compositional data analysis". "ScienceDirect.com" Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029225001967?via%3Dihub Note: Original research article published in "Psychology of Sport and Exercise". --- Host:  Stephen Carter - Website: https://StressReliefRadio.com - Email: [email protected] --- Technical information: Recording and initial edits with Twisted Wave. Additional edits with Amadeus Pro, Levelator, Audyllic, and Soften. Final edits and rendering with Hindenburg Pro. Microphone: Rode Procaster. --- Keywords : emotional_wellbeing, stress_relief, ---