After years of teaching people how to network, I've decided to teach everyone how to network. I'm your host, Edwin Edebiri, the Chief Happiness Officer (CHO & MBA) and we've put together a show where I interview experts of networking with the purpose of demystifying this skill that is so important to being successful in business and many other aspects of life. I had written a book on the subject and have consulted/spoken/taught many in the time since. Each episode will feature a guest that i ...
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Edwin Edebiri Podcasts
Hello! I’m Edwin Edebiri, the Chief Happiness Officer, but you can call me the CHO! Convos with the CHO is a show where you can hear from business leaders in the community on a variety of topics with a focus on happiness. In 2009 at the height of recession I went on the street to shift people’s mind from all the negatives to something positive. After interviewing over 1,000 people, I started the I Am Happy Project to help spread happiness. Through that journey, my work was recognized at the ...
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Manifesting Your Reality featuring Jen Gilchrist
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11:53In today's episode, I talk with Jen Gilchrist about manifestation. Jen is Soul Alignment and Success Mentor and speaker with over 25,000 followers on Facebook! She shares how to manifest your reality and your happiness.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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In today's episode, I talk about exercise. You do not need to be a gym freak to listen to this. Whether you do not exercise, you do it sometimes, or you do it often, it is important to hear how exercise relates to your happiness.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Finding Your Purpose featuring Lissa Qualls
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10:20In today's episode, I talk with Lissa Qualls about purpose. Lissa has leadership experience training National Directors, National Board of Trustees, CEOs, and teams. She shares the correlation between have purpose and your happiness.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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In today's episode, I talk about visualization. What is it? Why is it so important? Does it help with your happiness. Learn more about it in this episode.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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In today's episode, I talk about dreams. Not the dreams we have at night, but the dreams we had as children. Over time, we started to develop "adultitis", but it is important for you to start dreaming like when you were a child again.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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How Money Can Affect Your Happiness featuring Michelle Tascoe
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16:16In today's episode, I talk with Michelle Tascoe about the affects happiness can have on our happiness. Michelle is a coach specializing in helping people who have a strong desire to finally get back on track with their life in many areas including money.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Your Career & Happiness featuring Leonard Lang
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16:13In today's episode, I talk with Leonard Lang about being happy in your career. Leonard's is an experienced career coach, keynote speaker, and author. We spend over a third of our lives in our careers, but what if we are not happy in it? We discuss this topic in this episode.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Do You Need Time Off In Order To Be Happy?
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12:27In today's episode, I talk about taking time off. There is a lot of discussion about the health benefits of taking time off, however, is it really necessary? I get into this topic in this episode.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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How To Become More Self Compassionate featuring Dan Weigold
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11:28In today's episode, I talk with Dan Weigold about the importance of self compassion. Dan is a certified coach and has extensive training from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. He shares what self compassion is and how it relates to happiness.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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The Power Of Smiling featuring Dr. Linda Berry
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15:48In this episode, I talk with Dr. Linda Berry about smiling and happiness. Dr. Berry has a doctorate in chiropractic, is a certified instructor with the International Healing Tao, a certified clinical nutritionist, has been featured by NPR, NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox. In this episode, she shares how you can smile your way to happiness!…
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Grow Yourself Grow Your Happiness featuring Jonathan Wachtel
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12:47In today's episode, I talk with Jonathan Wachtel about personal growth and happiness. Jonathan is a life guide, speaker, Amazon best selling author, and personality expert. He explains the personal growth process and the power it has to increase your happiness.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Sexuality & Happiness featuring Denise Renye
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11:07In today's episode, I talk with Denise Renye about the correlation between sexuality and happiness. Denise is a certified sexoligist, licensed psychologist, and trained coach, and she shares what sexuality is and the importance of embracing your sexuality.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Aligning Yourself To Become Happy featuring Jay Levin
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11:00In today's episode, I talk with Jay Levin about the importance of alignment. Alignment is something that we were born with, however society's conditions shifted us away from alignment with ourselves. Learn how to realign yourself in this episodeBy Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Loving What You Do Vs. Doing What You Love? featuring Pete Small
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11:24In today's episode, I talk with Pete Small about your career and happiness. Many people talk about finding your "passion" and doing what you love, but how about loving what you do? We talk about the difference between the two and how it relates to your happiness in this episode.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Being Happy No Matter What In Entrepreneurship featuring Lindsey Morales
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12:23In today's episode, I talk with Lindsey Morales about entrepreneurship and happiness. As entrepreneurs, we often do whatever it takes even if it means working long hours. However we do have to manage that to prevent ourselves from becoming unhappy. Entrepreneurs and business people, this is the episode to watch!…
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In today's episode, I talk with Ted Behr about the affects ADD & ADHD has on your relationships. As we know by now, having great relationships is crucial to being happy, so definitely watch this if you or someone you know has ADHD.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Your Heart & Happiness featuring Marla Williams
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13:58In today's episode, I talk to Marla Williams about how being in your brain can prevent you from being happy. The key is to focus on your heart, but how? In this episode, we explain how.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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The Correlation Between Trust & Happiness featuring Carmil Surritt
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12:46In today's episode, I talk to Carmil Surritt about the correlation between trust and happiness. Carmil Surritt used to not be happy and he shares his journey on the power of trust.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Forgiveness & Happiness featuring Athina Salazar
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12:55In today's episode, I talk with the Chief Possibility Officer, Athina Salazar, about forgiveness. We breakdown the process and psychology of forgiveness so that you can practice the art of forgiveness.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Reframing Negative Experiences To Positive Experiences featuring Carl Contino
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13:25In today's episode, I talk to coach Carl Contino about reframing your thoughts. Kyle shares a traumatic incident experience that he was able to reframe into something positive. Learn how to reframe your thoughts in this episodeBy Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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How To Improve Your Relationships featuring Kimberly Brenner, LCSW
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12:19In this episode, I talk with Kimberly Brenner, LCSW. Kimberly has over 28 years of helping couples find a new way forward. She shares the importance of relationships and happiness.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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How To Manage Your Stress To Increase Your Happiness
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10:29In today's episode, I talk about the most common causes of stress, the affects it has, and how to manage it. Being an entrepreneur can be very stressful, so equip yourself with the strategies I share in this episode.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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How Meditation Can Increase Your Happiness
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13:13In today's episode, I talk about how meditation can increase your happiness. If you are new to meditation or still learning, I share some tips that you can use to improve your meditation skillsBy Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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In today's episode, I talk about how to be become more hopeful. This clip was created 4 years ago when there was hysteria about terrorism throughout the world. Whether it is terrorism or COVID-19, this clip is very relevant today.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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In today's episode I discuss whether or not freedom equal happiness. I was inspired to talk about this after thinking about the U.S. founding father's belief of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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In this episode, I go over the recipes to make a happiness dish. Learn the three ingredients for the happiness dish: the 24 hour promise, the 3 minute rule, and compassion.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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How To Stay Happy During Challenging Times
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17:56In today's episode, I dig deep into how to stay happy during challenging times. This clip came after the Orlando shooting a few years, however, a lot of the things I cover can be used during any challenging time, including COVID-19.By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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ChamberTalks Ep. 4: Responding to COVID featuring Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce
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30:04In this episode, I talk with Martin Lennon, President Elect of the Stafford Chamber of Commerce . Please checkout their local Chamber of Commerce and support them in any way that you can! I bring together influential leaders within the Chamber of Commerce communities to have a fireside chat about the state of the Chamber. I used to be a President o…
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#ChamberTalks Ep. 3: Doing The Right Thing During COVID-19 featuring Delaware River Towns & Estes Chamber of Commerce
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35:01In this episode, I talk with Cindy Kunnas, Executive Director of the Delaware River Towns Chamber of Commerce and Donna Carlson, Executive Director of the Estes Chamber of Commerce. Please checkout their local Chamber of Commerce and support them in any way that you can! I bring together influential leaders within the Chamber of Commerce communitie…
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In 2020, Chief Happiness Officer was exclusively interviewed by ALLATRA International. What is so powerful about this episode is how Edwin shares his vision of a world where everyone can be happy. Don't think so? Watch the episode and hear it from the CHO himself :)By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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#ChamberTalks Ep. 2: How COVID-19 Has Changed The Chamber featuring British-American Central Florida, New Kent, & West Point Chamber of Commerce
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51:48In this episode, Here are the guests in this episode I talk with Nick Grounds, President of the British-American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida and Samuel Drewry, President of the New Kent and West Point Chamber of Commerce. Please checkout their local Chamber of Commerce and support them in any way that you can! I bring together influentia…
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#ChamberTalks Ep. 1: How To Pivot During COVID-19 featuring Yorkville Area, Patchogue, & Christian Chamber of Commerce
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55:52I am so excited to release the #ChamberTalks segment of my podcast! In this episode, I talk with Sarah Allen, President of the Board of Directors for the Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce, James Skidmore, Past President for the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce and Glauber Moreno, Vice President of Marketing for the Christian Chamber of Commerce. I br…
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Strategies To Grow Your Small Business In 2021
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33:412021 is the year that your small business is going to grow despite the pandemic! In this episode, I bring my Director of Happiness, Phong Vo, on the show to share some valuable tips that you can use to grow your small business. In college, Phong ran a successful exterior painting business for 3 years while he was a full time student. He was working…
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2020 devastated many businesses. Now, many of you have created amazing business goals for yourself in 2021, and that is great! Continue to create goals for yourself that stretch you. However, "thinking outside the box" is not going to cut it during a pandemic. In this episode, the CHO (Chief Happiness Officer), Edwin, shares how to approach 2021 an…
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Get to know Edwin and what this show is about!By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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Let us introduce you to Edwin and the show!By Edwin Edebiri, CHO
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