In this Happiness Class Damo and Carl interview Chef and Chocolatier Cat Cannizzaro who is an amazing Raw Food Chef. You get to find out exactly what eating raw means, what it looks like and how to do it. Plus Damo and Carl talk to Cat about the philosophy behind food and what it means to each with consciousness. They also share some great ideas and insights into how we can have a better relationship to the food we eat. So it is not just about Raw Food eating, it is how to eat in a way that brings the greatest levels of health, vitality and happiness in life. In a fun way! By the way Damo likes a bit of bacon and a steak on occassion, so there are some interesting perspectives shared. We apologize for the sound of Carl's microphone. He was traveling at the time of the recording and had a slightly crappy mic. All the very best. Damo & Carl

I was recently asked a great question by a listener in the USA. Destiny asked me: "I was going to ask if possible, can he please cover things about the ego, and how to get rid of our egos to increase happiness. Thank you :)" So in this Strategic Happiness Podcast, I answer Destinty's question about how you can tame this seemingly out of control thing called the 'Ego' in order to increase your level of happiness. If you have a question you would like to ask, just go to http://www.strategichappiness.com and leave your question on the contact form or connect with me on Facebook. Have an awesome day! Cheers, Carl

I don’t know about you, but I am not using 100% of my potential. I am not living life at the top level of Carl Massy. So I am speculating that maybe you too have a few levels to go to really get things shaking and moving in your life. The other thing about going to the next level is it is hard-wired into us. We have a very real need to grow in life. To step up to the next level. Therefore if we are not growing we are also likely to feel unfulfilled. So what are the best things you (and me) can do to take ourselves up to the next elusive level of happiness, health, vitality, success and fulfillment? In this podcast I share with you what I believe are the 5 main things we all need to do to really tap into our inner greatness. Here's to your onwards and upwards journey!! Enjoy, Carl

Have you ever wondered what it was that actually lead to someone being highly successful? Do you wish you knew so you could get a bit of that success action too? Psychologists suggest that there is a real link between happiness and success as well. So in this weeks podcast I review a great book written by Richard St John called 'The 8 Traits Successful People Have in Common'. He conducted 500 interviews over 10 years and is also himself successful, so it really is an informed read. Just to give you a taste (and it is no surprise) the number 1 trait of successful people is they have PASSION!!! To find out more about the other Top 7 Traits of Highly Successful People, check out this short podcast. It may just be a life changer. Have an awesome day. Cheers Carl

You have probably heard before that meditation is good for you. Probably even been told it is great for you. But what I want to share with you in this podcast is why it is an absolute must in the modern age we are living in. Stress levels are going up. People may be living longer, but are they doing so in a healthy and vibrant body? In this podcast I will be taking the gloves off and letting you know why if you want to be a peak performer in life (or even an above average performer ;-)) you need to tap into the power of meditation. Let me truly motivate you into action by sharing with you the biggest WHY. You owe it to yourself to listen to this Strategic Happiness Podcast. Have an awesome day! Cheers, Carl

Have you ever stopped to consider the idea that emotions are everything? That it is what we feel, that matters most. It is not the new shiny red Porsche that is the big deal it is the FEELINGS that we experience as a result of owning or driving in or seeing that car. What makes us move? What makes us do anything? It is emotions. Since they are so important, I want to share with you a couple of awesomely effective but simple strategies. Last week I attended a 5-Day course on the LifeLine Technique, presented by the creator of the system - Dr Darren Weissman. To say that the course was insightful would be selling it short. I prefer to use the term - mind popping. It was simply amazing and I recommend it to anyone else - regardless if it is for you personally or to use as a professional tool with clients. It is superb! The big theme of the training and the stuff that we most need to understand for joy, success, happiness and fulfillment in life is EMOTIONS. So in this podcast I will share with you just 2 tools you can use immediately to better manage and utilise the power of your emotions. Enjoy! Cheers Carl For a copy of The Guidebook to Happiness, check out: http://amzn.com/1481042548

If you are like the rest of us, you are bound to have a few bad habits that you would rather be without. In this Strategic Happiness Episode, I (Carl) share 3 methods of removing habits and I also suggests that different habits, at different times, in different areas of our life might actually require a different method to remove them. As with most things, one size does not fit all. So check out what the 3 methods for removing bad habits are and see which one best works for you. To help you kick a bad habit I have also produced a tracking sheet, which you can access here: http://www.worldsbiggestgym.com/strategichappinesspodcast/?p=888 Have an awesome day! Carl

A necessary step to ensuring your big goals and dreams for 2013 actually have a chance of being realised I am recording this Strategic Happiness Podcast on 11 February 2013. We are a little into 2013 now. And it is a good time to take a quick look at how our goal setting is progressing for 2013. How are your ambitious plans for 2013 looking right now? If you are like me and probably about 97.6% of other people who set goals for 2013; you are already feeling a little overwhelmed and perhaps even a little deflated. Providing the goals you set really are the things that most inspire, excite and move you; the next thing you are going to need is the energy to do what needs to be done. Therefore this Strategic Happiness Podcast is my 5 big (guaranteed) Tips for increasing your energy levels so you can achieve those big goals you have for 2013. All the best for 2013 too. For more goodness check out 'The Guidebook to Happiness' available on Amazon at: http://amzn.com/1481042548

It was Monday as I got ready to record a Strategic Happiness Podcast, but I just couldn't get into it. Here I was, calling myself a Happiness Strategist and I was stuck in a wee case of Monday-itis. What to do? Well the first thing was to get myself out of it, and then the next thing was to share that experience and 15 of my favorite Strategies for un-funking yourself from Monday-itis or any general 'bad' mood you might be experiencing. All 15 Un-Funking Strategies are simple, quick to apply and are surprisingly effective at creating a shift. And quit often it is just a shift we need (or in NLP we would call it a pattern interrupt) to get back on track. I also encourage you to share your own personal strategies that have worked for you. Just click on the following link here to share... Have an awesome day. Take care, Carl PS: Remember to check out 'The Guidebook to Happiness' too on Amazon (Kindle or Paperback) - to understand the biggest DO's & DON'Ts to increasing your default level of happiness. Get it here: http://amzn.com/1481042548

As you are well aware, there is lots of talk about the 'Law of Attraction' and how you can get anything you want if you just think about it long and hard enough. Unfortunately life requires a little more effort than this. It is not enough to think. That is why I talk in this podcast about the missing key, that most people miss - leaving them in the realm of wishful thinking. Learn why you need to add this essential ingredient to activate the Law of Attraction and why it works. Described to you in a very practical and concise way; so you truly get it and can start using it to your best advantage. Enjoy! Cheers Carl PS: To get your free sample of The Guidebook to Happiness, click on this link: http://theguidebooktohappiness.com

Are you excited about 2013? Can you see it as an amazing opportunity to make some incredible changes in your life? I hope so! I have a really good feeling about 2013. So in this Strategic Happiness Podcast I would like to share 3 very simple (but powerful) Tips on Goal Setting in 2013. A short podcast - but not short on great strategies. I also with you all the very best for 2013! Have an awesome year! Take care, Carl Author: The Guidebook to Happiness

How fast are you moving through life at the moment? In the society we live in there is so much 'stuff' competing for our attention. There are so many things we think we 'have to' do. In this Strategic Happiness Podcast, I talk about a session I recently had with a Coaching Client and some of the profoundly pertinent reminders and insights that came out of the session. So I share with you 4 specific things that were affecting them from experiencing more happiness in their life and also the things that are essential when it comes to weathering the inevitable storms or challenges we will experience in life. 4 simple Tips - 4 HUGE implications if you apply them consistently and persistently. Also a reminder to check out The Guidebook to Happiness on Amazon or at http:theguidebooktohappiness.com. It is packed with Happiness Strategies and also comes with a whole host of free resources to help you increase your default level of happiness. Enjoy!! Cheers, Carl

Do you suffer from a persistent negative emotion like: worry, anxiety, anger, frustration, fear, etc?? If you do, this episode is purposely made for you. In this Strategic Happiness Podcast I teach you specifically how I am working on my own negative persistent emotions; which in my case is a nagging sense of worry. I talk about where this program most likely came from, how to bring greater awareness to the subconscious program you are playing (and their effect on you) and then what you can do to remove them. The end result is increased energy, less negative emotions, and reshaping you into being the person that you truly are capable of becoming. Your best self. So do yourself a favour and CHECK THIS EPISODE OUT. Also if you haven't picked up a copy yet, drop into Amazon and check out The Guidebook to Happiness, on Kindle or Paperback for 21 awesome lessons on the DO's & DON'Ts when it comes to increasing your default level of happiness. For a FREE SAMPLE of The Guidebook to Happiness' you can also go to http://theguidebooktohappiness.com. ENJOY!! And here's to less worry / anxiety / fear / frustration / etc...

This is a short video that I recorded in Bali. 3 mins long and very raw. I also like to think it is fun, entertaining, but packed with great information. In this video I talk about a very simple strategy for changing your negative emotions. There are no props required, it costs nothing, it takes very little time and it might be just the tool you need to shake off a funk that creeps up on you. This is 3 minutes definitely well spent. Enjoy!! NEWS FLASH: 'The Guidebook to Happiness' comes out on Amazon on 1 December 2012. For a free copy of the first chapter on 'the effective use of the mind', go to http://theguidebooktohappiness.com. Cheers, Carl Happiness Strategist

I am super excited to start the first of a series of Podcasts where I interview a number of different Wellness Professionals to get from them the top 3 happiness strategies that they teach, use or have found to be most significant with their clients. The first of these wellness professionals is the amazing Kylie Ryan, who is a Weight Loss Motivation Specialist from Sydney, Australia. I have included her impressive Bio below: Kylie Ryan is a weight loss motivation specialist. After struggling with 30kgs of extra weight she discovered the key to lasting slimness, health and happiness begins in your mind. She has since become an expert in the cutting edge mindset strategies, hypnosis, NLP & Meta-Coaching to help women get slim and stay slim, by overcoming self-sabotage, crushing cravings and emotional eating and nourishing their minds and bodies with self-love. Kylie writes articles and a very popular Blog at http://mymindcoach.com.au and has been featured in magazines like Madison, Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan Pregnancy and Oxygen. She runs her practice in Sydney and offers transformation events nationally in Australia and private Skype coaching to clients all over the world. Listen to Kylie's great, insightful and amazingly doable happiness strategies. Thank you Kylie!!

I have travelled to over 50 countries. I have worked and travelled all over the world and one of the things that I have come to realise as essential to having the best experience, getting there economically, avoiding the dangers or average options and knowing the sites at a deeper level; is a good quality guidebook. A guidebook where someone else has gone before you and already determined for you 'yes try that', 'definitely avoid that', and 'this is just awesome!'. I figured that the same would not only be pretty handy for how to journey towards and experience happiness, but would be absolutely essential reading. Stuff making the same mistakes, or going through life never knowing what the secrets where that someone else learned 20 years ago. In this podcast I introduce you to some of the material in my soon to be released book, The Guidebook to Happiness: Don't leave your happiness to chance. 21 Chapters. 21 need-to-know topics. Packed with Tips, tools and strategies. Also get a FREE copy of Chapter 1: It all starts in the mind when you go to http://theguidebooktohappiness.com. ENJOY and thanks for giving me a reason to write and share. Kind regards, Carl

The answer is likely to be very different from what you thought! If you are like me you are probably confused so often about what is good, bad or neutral when it comes to nutrition and health. That is why about 10+ years ago I started reading about nutrition on a regular basis and trying out different local diets as I travelled and lived around the world. The things I found out not only gave me a better understanding about why some food regimes are better than others, but it also gave me better health along the way. So let’s get our strategic happiness muscles performing at their optimum as we learn what the best fuel is to put in our bodies. So in the next 20 mins I will teach you about why the Mediterranean Diet has been linked to lower rates of heart disease and obesity, and exactly what parts of the diet you should be focusing on for optimum health. The main benefits are unlikely to be what you have heard in the past.

How would you like to have an amazing life – however that is defined for you? Join Carl Massy as he gets his strategic happiness hat on and shows you how to reverse engineer your life by looking at what you most desire and then working backwards. There are certain things that you can do (purposefully) on this path to an amazing life, that lead to higher levels of success. So in this podcast Carl talks about how to become heaps wiser, so that you have the ability to make even better decisions. He talks about how the brain learns and develops so that you can tick the boxes that you need to, in order to get your wisdom happening. It turns out that there are two key ingredients to the wisdom, which will lead to an amazing life for you. Make sure that you also check out WorldsBIGGESTGym.com motivational website, to get even more strategic happiness Tips, and Goal Setting Tips. The 30-Day Happiness Challenge is an absolute life-changer! Plus you can check out WorldsBIGGESTGym's Facebook Page for every day Tips and inspiration.

Have you ever been told that the key to a great relationship is effective communication? Haven't we all. That is so obvious. But what may not be obvious is what that means to us in 2012. How is the modern way of communicating effecting the relationships we have in our life. And more importantly 'WHY'? Once we figure out the 'why' we can do something about it. So in this very powerful Strategic Happiness podcast you are going to learn a relationship tip that is SO IMPORTANT for you to know. It was Tony Robbins that said, "The quality of your life is directly proportional to the quality of relationships in your life." SO TRUE. So find out in this podcast how you can improve the quality of your relationships. Make sure that you also check out WorldsBIGGESTGym.com motivational website, to get even more strategic happiness Tips, and Goal Setting Tips. The 30-Day Happiness Challenge is an absolute life-changer! Plus you can check out WorldsBIGGESTGym's Facebook Page for every day Tips and inspiration.

In this podcast we talk about a super effective and super easy 5-Step Strategy to halt negative emotions before they take up residence and hijack your mind. This is a MUST KNOW happiness strategy. Don't let your negative emotions run the show. It is like a bunch of no-good gremlins taking up residence in your house and then throwing a HUGE party. In this Strategic Happiness Podcast I give you a 5-Step Strategy to deal with them at the front door before they even get inside. And the great thing is that the strategy is super easy to follow. Try it out and let me know how you go. Like anything the more you do it, the quicker and easier it will get for you. We also recommend David Rock's great book called 'Your Brain at Work' for a very practical book on how best to use your mind. Make sure that you also check out WorldsBIGGESTGym.com motivational website, to get even more strategic happiness Tips, and Goal Setting Tips. The 30-Day Happiness Challenge is an absolute life-changer! Plus you can check out WorldsBIGGESTGym's Facebook Page for every day Tips and inspiration. Carl is Happiness Strategist who created the 30-Day Happiness Challenge, by combining skills from 20-years of international strategic planning with a decade of research into happiness, to find what actions have the highest Happiness Return On Investment. As a corporate trainer, NLP master practitioner, ex-Army Major, Reiki master, fitness trainer and Life Coach, he has a diverse and unique approach to increasing peoples happiness and health, through his personal development programs and company, WorldsBIGGESTGym™.