Crappy to Happy

Positive Psychology Episodes

Aug. 11, 2025

Unlocking Happiness at Work with Jennifer Moss

*Audio problem now fixed! Pick up from 25min where the audio problem occurredJennifer Moss joins me to discuss the profound shifts in the workplace over the last decade and the impact they've had on our wellbeing. She shares ...
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Unlocking Happiness at Work with Jennifer Moss
June 12, 2025

How Relationships Help to Sculpt Your Ideal Self: The Michelangelo Effect

Do your partner and closest friends support and validate your ideal self? Today, we're diving into the intriguing concept of the Michelangelo phenomenon in relationships. This idea suggests that the people closest to us can h...
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How Relationships Help to Sculpt Your Ideal Self: The Michelangelo Effect
April 23, 2025

Unexpected Turns: How to get through it when things go to sh*t

Hi from my mum's wardrobe. I'm on holiday in Australia and taking a break from my packing to share a personal update that highlights how unpredictable life can be. My family has recently faced some unexpected challenges, incl...
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Unexpected Turns: How to get through it when things go to sh*t
March 27, 2025

How Your Happiness Impacts Your Political Preferences

The recent World Happiness Report highlights a striking link between social trust and voting preferences, revealing that individuals with low social trust are more prone to supporting right-wing political parties. In this epi...
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How Your Happiness Impacts Your Political Preferences
March 19, 2025

We Need Your Art: Unleash Your Creative Spirit with Amie McNee

Amie McNee joins me in the studio to share her insights on the transformative power of creativity and the importance of claiming your artistic voice. Her new book, "We Need Your Art", is a rallying cry for those who feel they...
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We Need Your Art: Unleash Your Creative Spirit with Amie McNee
Feb. 20, 2025

Introducing Beyond Happy: Join now to level up your happiness!

Announcing the launch of my new paid subscriber version of Crappy to Happy, called Beyond Happy, kicking off next week! This isn't just more Crappy to Happy; it’s also an opportunity to dive deeper into personal growth and ha...
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Introducing Beyond Happy: Join now to level up your happiness!
Aug. 19, 2024

Friendship Green Flags: How to have (and BE) a better friend.

In this solo episode of Crappy to Happy, Cass discusses the importance of quality friendships and what makes them thrive. She highlights three key ingredients of high-quality friendships: consistency, positivity, and vulnerab...
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Friendship Green Flags: How to have (and BE) a better friend.
Aug. 9, 2024

Rewriting Your Story: The Power of Narrative Identity

In this solo episode, Cass explores the concept of narrative identity theory and how the stories we tell ourselves about our lives shape our sense of self and well-being. She discusses the importance of personal agency, belon...
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Rewriting Your Story: The Power of Narrative Identity
Feb. 15, 2024

What Buddhism can teach us about happiness

Cass breaks down some of the key aspects of Buddhist philosophy and practice as they relate to living a happier and more peaceful life. She shares a little about how modern approaches to therapy have incorporated some of the...
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What Buddhism can teach us about happiness
Jan. 24, 2024

Buying Happiness with Kate Campbell

In this episode, Cass chats with financial educator and host of the Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell, about how to invest your time and money to build your very best life.Whether you have a lot of money or not much a...
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Buying Happiness with Kate Campbell
Jan. 4, 2024

The Health Habit with Dr Amantha Imber

Cass talks to psychologist and author, Dr Amantha Imber about the surprisingly small changes that have the greatest potential to significantly improve your health. Amantha also shares her research into how you can personalise...
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The Health Habit with Dr Amantha Imber
Dec. 3, 2023

3 Mindful Minutes: Savouring

Finding ways to plumb the joy out of positive experiences can help to build resilience when things aren't going well.Connect with Cass: www.crappytohappypod.com hello@crappytohappypod.com www.instagram.com/crappytohappypod w...
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3 Mindful Minutes: Savouring
Sept. 5, 2023

What do you do for fun?

We all know how important play is for children, but it's just as important for grown-ups! In the busyness of life, we consider hobbies to be trivial and time-wasting, and can find ourselves being weighed down by responsibilit...
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What do you do for fun?
Aug. 14, 2023

Pub Choir Goes Global with Astrid Jorgensen

This week, Cass sits down with Astrid Jorgensen, founder and Director of the iconic Pub Choir. Astrid shares the story of how pub choir got started, the tipping point when pub choir became a global sensation, and the surprisi...
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Pub Choir Goes Global with Astrid Jorgensen
July 31, 2023

Bouncing forward in business, body and motherhood with Tiff Hall

It's a full circle moment on Crappy to Happy as Tiff Hall returns to join Cass behind the mic. This time, not as a cohost but as guest, to reflect on the last few years of challenges: including bouncing forward post babies, b...
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Bouncing forward in business, body and motherhood with Tiff Hall
May 29, 2023

Creating more time with Melissa Ambrosini and Nick Broadhurst

Melissa Ambrosini is the bestselling author and host of the podcast, The Melissa Ambrosini Show. Named a 'self-help guru' by Elle Magazine, Melissa is on a mission to inspire women to create the most exciting and meaningful l...
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Creating more time with Melissa Ambrosini and Nick Broadhurst
May 8, 2023

Why is everyone on the internet so mean?

Lately, there's been a noticeable increase in people behaving badly on the internet, so this week Cass asks the very valid question,'Why are people on the internet so mean?'. Cass explores the history of this phenomenon, wher...
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Why is everyone on the internet so mean?
Nov. 21, 2022

What is Toxic Positivity? and has it gone too far?

Do you find that having an optimistic outlook and being grateful is now met with claims of 'toxic positivity'? In this episode, I explain why positivity doesn't have to be toxic, and how a having positive mindset and outlook ...
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What is Toxic Positivity? and has it gone too far?
June 26, 2022

Letting go with Hugh van Cuylenburg

Hugh van Cuylenburg wants everyone to be happier, and he’s passionate about how practices like gratitude, empathy and mindfulness can help. Hugh is the founder of The Resilience Project, where he teaches positive mental healt...
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Letting go with Hugh van Cuylenburg
June 12, 2022

How mind wandering can boost your mood and creativity with Moshe Bar

The positive impacts of mindfulness are undeniable, but neuroscientist Moshe Bar has discovered that there’s also a lot of benefits for its opposite.. Mind wandering. In this chat Moshe Bar explains how mind wandering has the...
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How mind wandering can boost your mood and creativity with Moshe Bar
Dec. 27, 2020

Transcending with Scott Barry Kaufman

Scott Barry Kaufman is a fellow psychologist, host of The Psychology Podcast and author of the book, “Transcend”. Scott talks with Cass Dunn about his new and updated theory of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and shares his ideas...
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Transcending with Scott Barry Kaufman
Nov. 29, 2020

Owning your truth with Layne Beachley

Cass Dunn talks to Aussie surfing champion Layne Beachley about her extraordinary achievements in and out of the water and the emotional struggles she had to overcome before she could truly enjoy success and experience real h...
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Owning your truth with Layne Beachley
Oct. 18, 2020

Happy and other ridiculous aspirations with Turia Pitt

Cass Dunn catches up with Turia Pitt for the second time - in this chat they discuss everything Turia has learned about happiness while researching her latest book, "Happy and Other Ridiculous Aspirations". Turia's own upbeat...
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Happy and other ridiculous aspirations with Turia Pitt
Sept. 15, 2019

Not giving a f*ck with Mark Manson

He’s a widely successful author with a New York Times best-selling books ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck’ and ‘Everything is F*cked’. Cass Dunn chats with Mark Manson about the so called nay sayers who tell him he’s an i...
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Not giving a f*ck with Mark Manson