Dr. Katie Eastman is a psychotherapist, grief coach, author, and organizational change consultant who has spent over 40 years helping people find meaning through loss and transition. Mentored by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Dr. Katie Eastman has worked closely with individuals, families, leaders, and even dying children, learning firsthand that grief holds profound wisdom when approached with awareness and compassion.
Through her writing, teaching, and coaching, Dr. Katie Eastman guides people back to their inner core, where joy, peace, and humanity quietly reside.
In this heartfelt episode of The Happiness Hour, Ashu Khanna and Dr. Katie Eastman explore the delicate relationship between grief, joy, and happiness. What begins with an unexpected technical glitch quickly becomes a metaphor for life itself, reminding us that control is an illusion and flow is a choice.
Dr. Katie Eastman shares how every change carries loss, whether visible or hidden, and how unprocessed grief often sits beneath stress, anger, and emotional fatigue. Rather than avoiding pain, she invites us to meet it with curiosity, creativity, and compassion. Happiness, she explains, does not disappear during loss; it deepens when we learn to listen, feel, and reconnect with what truly matters.
This conversation is gentle, profound, and deeply human, offering comfort without clichés and wisdom without preaching
Dr. Katie Eastman reframes grief not as something to overcome, but as a teacher that helps us grow into wiser, more compassionate versions of ourselves. When loss is acknowledged, happiness becomes more grounded and real.
Happiness fluctuates with circumstances, but joy remains available. Dr. Katie Eastman emphasizes that joy is a conscious decision, one we can return to again and again, even during difficult seasons.
Our bodies carry messages long before the mind understands. Learning to pause, breathe, and listen becomes a powerful practice for emotional balance and inner peace.
Happiness often returns when we allow ourselves to be playful, curious, and creative again. Dr. Katie Eastman shares how vulnerability and creativity reopen doors to joy that adulthood often closes.
This episode is for anyone who has experienced loss, change, or quiet exhaustion and wondered where happiness went. Dr. Katie Eastman does not offer quick fixes. Instead, she offers truth, tenderness, and a way back to joy that feels honest and sustainable.
If you are ready to soften, reflect, and rediscover happiness as a way of being rather than an outcome, this conversation will stay with you long after it ends.
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