The Happier Life Project

Many people move through life feeling as though their own habits are steering the ship. Patterns they never consciously chose, routines that don’t feel good, and behaviours that seem to operate on autopilot. Whether it’s emotional eating, numbing out with endless scrolling, drinking more than intended, or repeating the same relationship cycles, it can start to feel like our habits hold more authority than we do.This episode challen...

In this gentle and deeply grounding episode, Gabby talks to psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and bestselling author Sue Stuart‑Smith to explore the profound connection between gardening, nature, and our mental wellbeing. Drawing on her acclaimed book "The Well Gardened Mind", Sue reflects on her journey from clinical psychiatry into the therapeutic world of gardening, sharing powerful stories of people who have found healing, resilie...

What do King Charles III, David Beckham, Paul McCartney, Emma Watson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jamie Laing and Stacey Dooley have in common with The Happier Life Project host Gabby Sanderson? The answer is the theme of today’s episode: homeopathy.

Homeopathy is an alternative approach to wellbeing that considers the whole person; emotional, mental, and physical, rather than focusing solely on symptoms. It’s based on the idea that the body ...

What if relief from stress, anxiety, and self-doubt was quite literally at your fingertips? In this empowering episode of The Happier Life Project, host Gabby Sanderson is joined by internationally renowned EFT practitioner Brad Yates, a leading voice in the world of Emotional Freedom Techniques, also known as tapping. With over 1,600 videos on YouTube which have been viewed over 59 million times, Brad has helped people across the ...

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in cycles of anxiety, low mood, or emotional patterns you just can’t seem to shake, today’s episode might be the perspective shift you’ve been waiting for. The Happier Life Project dives into EMDR therapy: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This episode is for anyone who’s heard of EMDR but only knows it as “that thing where you move your eyes,” and wants a clear, grounded understandi...

Welcome to this extremely special episode of The Happier Life Project, to kick off the new series. Host Gabby Sanderson takes listeners inside Dau Dayal School for Girls in Firozabad, India, just 50 minutes from the Taj Mahal, where she spent a month living on campus and teaching yoga and mindfulness six days a week to more than 400 students.

What began as a volunteer placement soon became something much deeper: a powerful reminder...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

Valentine’s Day often tells us love comes from someone else. But over these 14 days, you’ve been practising a love that starts with you.

In the final day of 14 Days of Self-Love, we celebrate becoming a safe place for yourself, not perfect, but present.

You’ll explore: • What it means to choose yourself • Turning care into love • Becoming your own home • Carrying this practice forward

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The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

You are allowed to grow. You are allowed to change your mind. You are allowed to become someone new.

In Day 13 of our 14 Days of Self-Love series, we practise releasing old versions of ourselves and making space for who we are becoming.

You’ll explore: • Outgrowing roles and identities • Letting go of who you used to be • Trusting your becoming • Choosing truth over familiarity

Change i...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

Self-abandonment happens when you silence your needs, feelings, or truth just to be accepted. It’s quiet, learned, and deeply human — but it doesn’t have to be your future.

In Day 12 of 14 Days of Self-Love, we explore what it means to stop leaving yourself behind and begin staying loyal to your needs, your feelings, and your truth.

You’ll explore: • What self-abandonment looks like • W...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

Self-love isn’t only about healing what hurts, it’s also about remembering what brings you back to yourself.

In Day 11 of 14 Days of Self-Love, this episode invites you to pause and ask one simple question: What lights me up?

You’ll explore: • Letting joy guide you, not pressure • Choosing what feels true, not impressive • Making space for what brings you back to yourself

Today’s practi...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

How often do you explain yourself, overwork, overgive, or apologise just to feel allowed to exist? In Day 10 of our 14 Days of Self-Love, short daily audio clips to improve your worth, esteem and appreciation for yourself, we practise something practical: noticing where you try to earn your worth -  and choosing to stop.

You’ll explore: • Where you try to prove you’re enough • What it l...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

So many of us live under quiet pressure, the voice that says I should be further, better, happier, different by now. But those “shoulds” aren’t truth - they’re stories we inherited from comparison and expectation.

In Day 9 of 14 Days of Self-Love, we gently question the “I should be” story and practise letting it go.

You’ll explore: • Where your “shoulds” come from • How comparison shap...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

Few things hurt as quietly as feeling unchosen; not picked, not invited, not replied to, not prioritised. And when it happens, it’s easy to turn that pain into proof that something is wrong with you.

In Day 8 of 14 Days of Self-Love, we practise loving ourselves through those moments - not by pretending they don’t hurt, but by staying with ourselves when they do.

You’ll explore: • What ...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

So many of us learn to measure our worth by what we do, how productive we are, how useful we are, how much we achieve. But who are you when you’re not performing?

In Day 7 of The Happier Life Project's 14 Days of Self-Love mini-series, this episode invites you to reconnect with who you are beyond your output. Not what you do, but who you are.

You’ll explore: • Letting go of achievement ...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

Making mistakes is part of being human, but the way we talk to ourselves afterward can be far more painful than the mistake itself. In Day 6 of 14 Days of Self-Love, we focus on what happens after you mess up: the shame, the self-blame, and the stories you tell yourself about who you are.

You’ll explore: • Why mistakes don’t define your worth • How to stop turning moments into identity ...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

We’re often taught to fix our feelings, hide them, or move past them as quickly as possible. But what if self-love starts with simply letting yourself feel?

In Day 5 of 14 Days of the Self-Love mini-series, this episode invites you to slow down and be with whatever you’re feeling; without judgement, rushing, or trying to change it.

You’ll explore: • Allowing emotions instead of fighting...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

How often do you edit yourself to be accepted? Say yes when you mean no? Stay quiet when something matters?

In Day 4 of 14 Days of Self-Love, we look at the quiet ways we shrink ourselves for approval, and how to gently choose honesty instead.

You’ll explore: • Noticing where you silence yourself • Choosing truth over people-pleasing • Speaking honestly in small, safe ways • Trusting th...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

So many of us live at war with our bodies; criticising, controlling, comparing, and pushing them. But your body has carried you through literally everything!

In Day 3 of 14 Days of The Happier life Project's Self-Love Sessions, we shift from fighting our bodies to making peace with them. This episode invites you to move with kindness, speak gently to yourself, and see your body as a hom...

The Happier Life Project's Self-Love Sessions

The voice you hear most in your life is your own.  According to the National Science Foundation, 80% of our thoughts are negative and 95% of our thoughts are repetitive. That is a lot of negative, repetitive thoughts! 

So what if that voice felt kinder?

In Day 2 of The Happier Life Project's mini series 14 Days of Self-Love, we focus on the way you speak to yourself... especially in har...