Almost ten years ago, I made the choice to leave my marriage of 17 years, my home in New York, and my life as I knew it.
Not because I was unhappy.
I loved my husband. We were best friends and amazing business partners.
We owned two beautiful homes and had loving animal companions.
It just became clear that it wasn’t my life, not the one I wanted. Not anymore.
It was one of the hardest decisions I ever made, and I took my time. I promised myself that if I left it would be from a place of clarity and love, not an escape, which was my old pattern.
It was nine months before I told my husband. When I did, he asked for another three months to adjust.
I said yes.
And one day, I noticed with surprise that I was happy.
I wasn’t happy because I was leaving. I was just happy..
Nothing had changed. I was still married, still living in our home, still working in the same business. All my circumstances were the same.
But something in me had shifted. I was choosing to be me, and nothing had to change for that to happen.
It was hard to explain. By any reasonable accounting, my situation should have been miserable, but it wasn’t.
I discovered at that moment that happiness wasn’t waiting on the other side of change. It was available, no matter what was happening in my life.
Most people tell themselves, “I’ll be happy when…”
They chase happiness through circumstances. (The job, the partner, the money, the house, the family, the legacy.)
But what if happiness isn’t hiding out there?
What if it’s closer than you think?
That’s exactly what Scott Walker (The Happiness Bandit) and I will be investigating with our intrepid band of happiness detectives in…
The Happy Hour (Hour)
Sixty minutes of shenanigans, insights, and optimism
Date: Thursday June 25th
Time: 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST
Follow the clues and discover the thief who’s been secretly hijacking your happiness.
During our time together, we’ll reveal:
- The biggest thief stealing your happiness (and how to steal it back)
- The power of doing something “just because”
- 7 simple science-backed practices for happiness that don’t require incense or a manifesting mantra
- Why the path to a happier life begins with a rubber chicken
Join the investigation here: https://www.theawakenedbusiness.com/hhh/
Yours in love and play,
Steph 🐲❤️
