What Science Really Says About Happiness; and Why It Matters More Than Ever

🎧 Episode Summary:

In this soul-shifting follow-up to Episode 1, we go deeper into the truth about happiness, not as a fleeting feeling or final destination, but as a conscious, courageous choice.

Jille Bartolome, ICF Master Certified Coach and founder of Life School and CoachPath Academy, explores the emotional resistance many heart-centered entrepreneurs carry around happiness, and why joy often feels unsafe, unfamiliar, or even selfish. This episode unpacks the neuroscience behind emotional contagion, the vulnerability of joy, and how to reclaim happiness as a strategic, sustainable force in your life and work.

This one is for anyone who’s been taught to earn their peace, delay their joy, or feel guilty for wanting a life that actually feels good.

🦋 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

•  Why happiness can feel unsafe, and how to shift that pattern
•  What Brené Brown’s research says about the vulnerability of joy
•  The neuroscience of emotional contagion and why your energy matters
•  How to redefine happiness beyond perfection, productivity, or performance
•  A 3-part reframe to help you choose joy without guilt

💡 Episode Highlights:

•  Foreboding Joy: Why your brain resists feeling good, and how to move through it
•  Happiness as Leadership: The ripple effect of your emotional state on everyone around you
•  Permission to Be Human: How embracing your full emotional range builds real resilience
•  The 3-Part Reframe: Happiness is generous, efficient, and foundational

✨ Affirmation:

I begin each day with a choice—to live in happiness, joyfully and intentionally.

📚 Want to Go Deeper?

Explore the 12-week course, Happiness on Purpose: The Science of a Prosperous Life Well Lived, or check out the courses in the Being U lab for continued growth, soulful support, and science-backed transformation.

Learn more at www.cplifeschool.com

🔜 Coming Up Next:

In Episode 3, we’ll take this conversation even further and explore why happiness is not a distraction from productivity—but one of the most powerful tools you have for clarity, momentum, and meaningful results.
Title: True Prosperity: When Your Success Feels Like Freedom