Ep 24 Mari-Lyn Harris: How to Bring Joy, Kindness, and Happiness into Your Life

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In such an uncertain and stressful time, how can we bring joy, kindness, and happiness into our lives and others? Mari-Lyn Harris is a happiness coach and she  joins us today to tell us how she infuses kindness into people’s lives in their workplace and at home. Listen in to hear how she helps toxic businesses grow in their kindness and become more productive, how we can put her work into our work-at-home lives, and her suggestions to build up our emotional well being and self-awareness.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a happiness coach, Mari-Lyn serves those suffering from mental health challenges, depression, PTSD,  and those who feel they aren’t good enough. She started Heart@Work in 2001 to promote kindness into businesses, by turning around toxic workplaces so they could become productive, profitable and happier places to be in, as well as helping unhappy people to become happier. Her message of kindness is just what we need to hear in such a difficult time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s kind of interesting because working at home and being around family, you face the same kind of issues that you might face at work. But really you have to stop and look at and ask yourself ‘How am I contributing to this factor?’ And if you’re not being kind to yourself, you’re not being kind to anybody else either.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think the more self-aware you are of yourself then the more contribution you can give to yourself, your family, to your workplace, to the community.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“So if we’re more self-aware that really means it’s like learning more about yourself, and I think that’s really key and when you do that you become happier.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, you will hear:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Real world examples of how Mari-Lyn has helped turn around some toxic workplace environments</span></p> <p><span style=