You can live a happier life, right now! Margie Bissinger, happiness expert, joins me to talk about how you can transform your base level of happiness to increase your overall life joy, health, and feel better every day.   Increase Your Happiness Base Level: Focus on What’s Possible Be aware of Complain, Blame, or Shame Stop Your Negative Thought Patterns Soak in the Good Around You   About Margie Bissinger Margie Bissinger is a physical therapist, integrative health coach, and happiness trainer. Margie has over 25 years of experience helping people with osteoporosis and osteopenia improve their bone health through an integrative comprehensive approach utilizing whole foods, exercise, supplements, mind-body relaxation techniques, and happiness training. Margie is the author of Osteoporosis: An Exercise Guide. She oversees all the osteoporosis initiatives in the state of New Jersey as the physical therapy representative to the NJ Interagency Council on Osteoporosis. Margie created a holistic online 6-week program, Happy Bones, Happy Life to give people the tools to achieve optimal bone health naturally, Margie believes that happiness plays an integral role in our bone and overall health.  She has been teaching her patients’ happiness habits for over 30 years and has seen the powerful effects happiness has on chronic pain and recovery. Margie teaches the Happy Me, Happy Life online program to help people increase their base level of happiness while improving their health.  Margie has lectured to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, hospitals, and women’s groups throughout the country. She is featured in the New York Times, Menopause Management, OB-GYN News, and contributed to numerous health and fitness books.     In This Episode What the definition of happiness is [7:00] Why there is so much unhappiness in the world right now [9:45] What happens when you change your mindset about negative circumstances [12:30] How to increase our happiness set-point [16:00] What the power of forgiveness is [26:30]   Links & Resources Find Out More About the Happy Me, Happy Life Course Get Your Free 7-Minute Morning Meditation and Happiness Habits Journal Take the Quiz: How Happy for No Reason Are You? Listen to Happy Bones, Happy Life Listen to Episode 7- Dr. Stephanie Gray – A Functional Medicine Approach To Bone Health   Find Margie Bissinger Online Follow Margie Bissinger on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn   Find Your Longevity Blueprint Online Follow Your Longevity Blueprint on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn Get your copy of the Your Longevity Blueprint book and claim your bonuses here Find Dr. Stephanie Gray and Your Longevity Blueprint online    Follow Dr. Stephanie Gray on Facebook | Instagram | Youtube | Twitter | LinkedIn Integrative Health and Hormone Clinic Podcast Production by the team at Counterweight Creative    Related Episodes  Episode 30: Soma Breathing For Longevity With Jen Broyles Episode 32: Happy Hormones For Life With Dr. Deb Matthew Episode 15: Community And Curiosity For Longevity With Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum