Episode 25: Living With Gratitude

Published on Oct 28, 2025

About Elizabeth Hamilton Guarino

Elizabeth Hamilton Guarino is a best-selling author, master life coach, and founder of the Best Ever You Network. Her life story is about how she let go of a successful corporate career into one that had meaning. She had worked in the financial services industry for twenty years and wanted to do something different that would encourage others to live more mindfully, gratefully, and honestly. She has developed a global multimedia brand. Her narrative respects bravery, kindness, and the simple but powerful idea that the decisions we make every day lead to us being happy and at peace.

Podcast Overview

Ashu Khanna talks to Elizabeth Hamilton Guarino in this uplifting episode of The Happiness Hour about how to be yourself and deal with the changes that life throws at you. Elizabeth shares honestly about what she's learned about being grateful, being healthy, and becoming a worldwide thought leader. She talks about how to handle changes at work, in the home, with health issues, and more. They talk about what it really means to stop, listen to your heart and energy and do your best.

Key Themes and Takeaways

Being happy with change

Elizabeth thinks that the key to happiness is to accept change and see every new beginning as a chance to grow, help others, and shine even brighter.

Listening to Your Inner Voice

Elizabeth's path from finance to creating the Best Ever You Network reflects the courage to trust your gut and lead with passion.

Being Thankful

She is grateful for her life and the opportunities every day since she has overcome life-threatening allergies, and she tells others to do the same. Her father, a stroke survivor, has been an inspiration in her life who helped her appreciate the blessings of life. 

Living an Authentic Life

Elizabeth reminds us that being honest with ourselves, not the polished versions we show online, is what really makes us happy.

Calm, Quiet, and Present

In her work on The Peace Guidebook, she shows us how choosing compassion and taking a minute to think can help us deal with conflict with grace.

Why You Should Listen

This episode will really hit home for you if you've ever questioned how to combine your goals with your health or how to be a real leader in a world that values looks. Elizabeth's story is both familiar and inspiring. It invites us to stop, think, and choose a path of gratitude, compassion, and real joy.

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