Karen Salmansohn on happiness

Karen Salmansohn is a best selling self-help book author and award-winning designer with about 2 million books sold nationally and internationally. She is the founder of notsalmon.com, a popular personal development site, which offers books and video courses on topics including anxiety, toxic people, emotional eating, relationships, meditation, and happiness. Her website also includes many of her viral quote posters that she writes and designs. Salmansohn was formerly a senior VP ad creative director (at age 26) who left her job to pursue writing. She has been profiled in the NY Times, Business Week, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Time Magazine, ELLE, Marie Claire, and Fast Company. She also appeared in popular television shows and was a regular lifestyle reporter for Fox TV. 

Listen to the song I wrote after being inspired by my conversation with Karen called 'Happy Habits' and all the other Podsongs 

 

 

Lyrics to the song that was inspired by the interview:

HAPPY HABITS 

G                                          C 

Throw your television out of the window 

G                                     D 

Replace it with flowers or something that grows 

Pay other people to do the cleaning you hate 

Get out of the house and spend time with your mates 

G                     C                    D 
Happy habits, reprogramme your day 

Happy habits, blow your blues away 

Happy habits, are some simple tricks 
Happy habits, to make your good moods stick 

  

Learn a new skill it can be anything 

Paint a picture or do colouring 

Exercise and then stand on your head  
Cheer yourself up  by freshly baking bread 

Happy habits, reprogramme your day 

Happy habits, blow your blues away 

Happy habits, are some simple tricks 
Happy habits, to make your good moods stick 

  

Stop with the texting and have real conversations 

Practice compassion and forgive your relations 

Save for a trip that’ll be good for your soul 

Focus your sights on a single life goal 

  

Happy habits, reprogramme your day 

Happy habits, blow your blues away 

Happy habits, are some simple tricks 
Happy habits, to make your good moods stick 

[Quiet bit] 

Meditate in the morning, Before you check your phone 

Have fun days out with happy friends, Then quiet ones alone  

Keep a journal and count your blessings 

Make them rhyme and you'll feel even happier 

Happy habits, reprogramme your day 

Happy habits, blow your blues away 

Happy habits, are some simple tricks 
Happy habits, to make your good moods stick