Better Place Project with Steve Norris

In this episode, I share my recent experience with having to remove a toxic person from my life.  But more importantly, I chat about how we can have people in our lives that are toxic, and not even r…

In this episode, Steve tells the story of Himalayan Cataract Project. The vast majority of blindness in the world is unnecessary—caused by cataracts, actually, and curable with a five-minute surgery.…

In this week's episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with humanitarian and best-selling author  Jennifer Van Wyck about choosing love over fear.

Other topics covered were:

* What is a highly sensitiv…

For this week’s story, we go to Keene, New Hampshire, a small college town, where in 2019 a Vietnamese restaurant with a very creative, and turns out controversial name, was opening up.  If you are f…

This week's guest is Relationship Coach, Therapist & Healing Teacher, Quentin Decamp.

In this conversation, we chatted about childhood trauma, commitment fears, wounded inner child work, anxious partn…

This week's Feel Good Friday Episode comes courtesy of LoveWI.com, where I found this inspiring story of Qwantese Winters,  "The Food Doula."

Qwantese, who is black, discovered that so many women of c…

In this week's episode, I sit down again with Australian Best-Selling Author, Barry Nicolaou, and boy did we cover a lot!

Topics included:

* 3 Areas that stop happiness in its tracks
* 3 Strategies to d…

For this week’s story, I look  to none other than the legendary Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh.

About 6 months ago, I was visiting wine country in the Central Coast of California and popped into a …

In this episode, Steve sits down with former LA Times Music Veteran Randall Roberts to chat about the power of music in our lives, why we should be carving out time to listen to music, and they even …

In this weeks, episode, Steve tells the story of Dr. Margaret McCollum, who would go to the Tube Station in London, sit on a bench, and wait for the subway doors to open, so that she could hear the s…

In this week's episode, Steve reflects on the first 100 episodes and does a deep dive into what events in his life lead to the launch of Better Place Project.

Topics Covered:

* Podcast launch with Stev…

In this short, 6-minute episode, Steve tells the story of a young boy named Jack Bennett who befriended the man next store, Mr. Belser.  Years later, after Jack had grown up and moved away, he receiv…

Did you know that a gratitude practice can actually rewire your brain, helping you to live a happier, more purposeful life?  Do you know the difference between gratitude and fearless gratitude, and w…

In this episode, I showcase an article written by my friend Brad Aronson called Positivity — 3 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Happier.

Brad writes:

“Until recently, I had no idea that you could fairl…

This is an encore presentation of one of our most popular episodes of 2021.  I wanted to bring this episode back because the teachings of Dr. Helmstetter,  one of, if not THE leading experts around t…

This week’s story is about Harland David Sanders, or as most of us know him as, Colonel Sanders, the face of Kentucky Fried Chicken, or now known as KFC.  What most people don't know though is what a…

In this episode,  I sit down with Grammy award winning producer, filmmaker and activist, Fritzi Horstman in a compelling conversation discussing her very powerful documentary "Step Inside the Circle.…

Don’t let anyone ever tell you the younger generation in America is anything but impressive. In a week where we had a heroic barely 26 year old young woman, in Cassidy Hutchinson bravely testify in f…

For over 25 years Sharon Lebell’s internationally bestselling book, The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness, has inspired philosophy lovers and the modern Stoici…

In this week's Feel Good Friday episode, Steve shares the inspirational story from 1909 of an Irish-American hero named Patrick Cadagin, who gave his life to save a young woman.

Cadagin, who was livin…