Welcome to this episode of Charlie's Toolbox titled "What Does It Mean to Choose Happiness?" In this episode, host Charlie Taylor explores the concept of choosing happiness and shares strategies and tactics for incorporating happiness into your daily life. Charlie emphasizes the importance of affirming your emotions, avoiding self-criticism, actively engaging with life, expecting goodness, and believing in your power. By choosing happiness, you can create a more fulfilling and joyful life. Key themes discussed in this episode include the effort required to choose happiness, the importance of affirming emotions, the power of self-belief, and the need to actively engage with life. Charlie provides practical strategies for implementing these concepts and encourages listeners to develop their own tailored approaches to finding joy. After this episode, we invite you, our valued listeners, to partake in our happiness series. Simply sign up for our newsletter on charliestoolbox.com to receive weekly emails.  Episode Transcript 0:00:06 Introduction to Charlie's Toolbox podcast 0:00:24 Announcement of the six-part series on happiness 0:01:36 Choosing happiness takes effort and daily practice 0:02:28 Affirming emotions and learning from reactions 0:03:49 No need to critique or shame oneself 0:05:04 Choosing happiness means not living passively 0:06:59 Expecting goodness in life and attracting joy 0:09:50 Believing in one's power and making active choices 0:15:05 Conclusion and call to action   Visit magicmind.com/toolbox and use TOOLBOX20 to get up to 56% off your first subscription or 20% off a one-time purchase.