314: Carin Rockind: Resiliency After Abuse & Armed Robbery
Carin Rockind is a leading happiness expert, motivational speaker, and the creator of PurposeGirl, a movement to empower purpose-driven living. She has taught thousands of people real-life strategies to reclaim their happiness, and live to their fullest potential of success and well-being. Having survived domestic abuse, divorce, and armed robbery, she teaches others to be resilient through stress and grow from trauma.\nAfter fifteen years as a marketing executive, Carin pursued her great passion: teaching women to thrive. Carin was one of the first 250 people in the world to earn a Masters degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she has also served as adjunct faculty. Carin speaks at large companies worldwide and is a regular contributor to national media such as NBC, CBS, PBS, and NPR.\xa0She recently launched Women's Global Happiness Day in over fifty cities around the globe.\nListen in to hear Carin share:\n\nHow being held a gunpoint changed the trajectory of her life\n\nWhy women are less happy today than 30 years ago\n\nHow we ignore living in our own bodies - because we\u2019re conditioned to try to live in men\u2019s bodies\n\nWhy happiness sometimes actually sucks\n\nHow her second miscarriage at age 43 sent her into a deep depression and then inspired her to launch Women\u2019s Global Happiness Day\n\nThe power, beauty, and opportunity of Post Traumatic Growth\n\nLinks Mentioned:\n\nJoin me at Shameless Mom Con on April 26th/27th:\xa0Shameless Mom Con 2019\n\n\nConnect with Carin: Carin Rockind\n\n\nCarin\u2019s podcast: Purpose Girl podcast\n\n\nCheck out Women\u2019s Global Happiness Day: Women\u2019s Global Happiness Day\n\n\nCarin on Facebook\n\n\nCarin on Instagram\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors:\n\nBetabrand: Get 20% off the most comfy Dress Pant Yoga Pants ever at Beta Brand.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices