{"podcast":{"title":"Hack Your Happiness","slug":"hack-your-happiness-6611844","podcast_index_feed_id":6611844,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e539c4d0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://smallbitsofhappiness.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38357684/38357684-1764116674326-c71f8697bf5b5.jpg","author":"Small Bits of Happiness","episode_count":134,"summary":"Hosted by Mercedes and Anastasia Korngut, co-founders of Small Bits of Happiness. The duo interviews celebrities, Olympians and more iconic individuals. Together, they share what brings them happiness + life hacks. Hack Your Happiness is about making happiness—and life in general—practical, personal, and achievable, through simple hacks built from small habits and shifts. Don't miss an episode! Follow on Instagram for updates + daily happiness: https://www.instagram.com/small.bits.of.happiness/ Join our Happiness Family: https://smallbitsofhappiness.com/newsletter-sign-up/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T16:18:53.869636+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-your-happiness-6611844"},"episode":{"title":"From “I CAN'T Do This” to 7M Readers! What NOBODY Tells You About Giving Up | Shannon Messenger","slug":"from-i-can-t-do-this-to-7m-readers-what-nobody-tells-you-about-giving-up-shannon-messenger","published_at":"2025-12-03T18:25:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-your-happiness-6611844/from-i-can-t-do-this-to-7m-readers-what-nobody-tells-you-about-giving-up-shannon-messenger","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-your-happiness-6611844","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/small-bits-of-happiness/episodes/From-I-CANT-Do-This-to-7M-Readers--What-NOBODY-Tells-You-About-Giving-Up--Shannon-Messenger-e3at3m9","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e539c4d0/podcast/play/111103113/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-13%2F412374973-44100-2-803734fbefe.mp3","summary":"If you’ve ever felt like giving up on a dream - even one you’ve loved for years - you are not alone. This episode will show you how one of the world’s most beloved authors nearly walked away from her biggest idea more than once… and how trusting her gut changed everything. Shannon Messenger is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, a global fantasy phenomenon with over 7 million copies sold. But long before the fame, Shannon spent years chasing the wrong dream, then battling fear, loneliness, and self-doubt on her way to finding the right one. Shannon sits with Mercedes and Anastasia and opens up about leaving her art career behind, rewriting her first book 20 times , and how she learned to listen to her own voice instead of the noise around her. We talk resilience, introversion, managing pressure, and how to protect your joy - even when the world is watching. Get ready to learn: - How to know when to quit… and when to dig deeper. - The surprising story behind how Shannon actually wrote a bestselling series. - Why being yourself wins over popularity (and tips for embracing your authentic personality). - The life lessons Shannon hopes we all walk away with after reading the Keeper series. - Shannon’s hacks for handling pressure, feedback, and feeling not good enough. Whether you’re chasing a creative dream, pursuing a goal, or figuring out your next step, Shannon reminds us that happiness grows not from perfection, but from the courage to persist, the clarity of purpose, and the freedom to be fully yourself. Explore our website⁠ ⁠Shop the Manta Sleep Mask⁠ Shop Shannon's NEW graphic novel Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with the bestselling mother & daughter duo behind the Dork Diaries book s…","meta_description":"If you’ve ever felt like giving up on a dream - even one you’ve loved for years - you are not alone. This episode will show you how one of the world’s mos…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3711,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hack-your-happiness-6611844/episodes/from-i-can-t-do-this-to-7m-readers-what-nobody-tells-you-about-giving-up-shannon-messenger/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-your-happiness-6611844/from-i-can-t-do-this-to-7m-readers-what-nobody-tells-you-about-giving-up-shannon-messenger.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}