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Archive Episode: Resolve to Be Happy in the New Year with Steffani LeFevour on Divorce and Beyond

December 30, 2024·36 min·3 clips

Stephanie Lefevre reveals her three-step process to shift from rumination to focusing on what you truly want.

This episode features Susan Guthrie and happiness coach Steffani LeFevour discussing strategies for cultivating joy, especially during difficult times like divorce. LeFevour, a bestselling author and manifestation coach, shares her three-step process for navigating challenges. She emphasizes that happiness is an internal choice, not something dependent on external circumstances. LeFevour's first step is to focus on the general end result you desire, like family thriving or personal peace, to shift away from ruminating on problems. Step two involves giving the situation over to a higher power or simply detaching from uncontrollable outcomes, visualized as releasing a red balloon. The third step is to actively seek "little bubbles of happiness" or moments of joy throughout each day. She argues that no one else is responsible for your happiness, and you must reclaim your emotional well-being from others, including an ex-spouse. LeFevour illustrates this with a personal story about handling criticism from a tennis coach calmly, choosing to let the coach's behavior define her instead of reacting. She connects happiness to manifesting, explaining it as vibrationally aligning with your desires by being joyful in the present. Guthrie shares a story about manifesting a meeting with Ruth Bader Ginsburg by first allowing herself to desire it. For New Year's resolutions, LeFevour advises focusing on inner state and mindset before strategy, using her formula: State + Story + Strategy = Reality. She offers a free Happy Habits Checklist and an affordable Soul Happy training for listeners. The conversation is educational and encouraging, blending personal anecdotes with actionable self-help frameworks. The tone is supportive and conversational, with both hosts sharing relatable experiences. Listeners seeking motivational, mindset-based approaches to personal growth during or after divorce will find this episode valuable. Those preferring strictly legal or procedural divorce advice may find the content too focused on philosophy and emotional wellness.

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A calm new-year reset with practical habits and a clear focus on life after divorce.

Susan Guthrie frames this holiday archive episode as a calm reset for the new year. Stephanie Lefevre keeps it practical, with advice about noticing joy, retraining thought patterns, and treating happiness like something that needs attention, not just a mood that appears on its…

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A gentle New Year reset for anyone wanting more hope, joy, and purpose.

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