Warning: Your cheeks will hurt after this episode. Actor, coach and host of The Whole Artist, Courtney Rioux brightens up our heavy history podcast with a history of positive psychology and then Nat gives the fans what they want with the story of Sally Rand.
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Our Guest Courtney Rioux (photo by Joe Mazza, Brave Lux)
Martin E. P. Seligman
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Sally Rand with Fans
Sally Rand with Bubble
Resources:
Coursera Course on Positive Psychology
Via Character Strength Test
Positive Psychology Exercises
More on Courtney:
Courtney Rioux is a multi-passionate creative. As an actor, you may have seen her most recently on Chicago Med, Fire, and PD as paramedic Courtney, The Hot Shot spokesperson, or heard her voice on a Jimmy Dean, McDonald's, Sherwin Williams, or Hershey's TV commercial. But Courtney is also an advocate for actors. She does this as a host of the podcast The Whole Artist with Courtney Rioux, in teaching and coaching actors, and in her role as VP of the Chicago Sag-Aftra board. With each of these, she inspires and empowers actors to create a life of joy, freedom, and abundance. Follow her at @courtneyrioux on Insta and sign up for her V.I.P. updates at CourtneyRioux.com.
SOURCES:
Positive Psychology: Flourish by Martin Seligman, Coursera Course, Armchair Expert w Angela Duckworth, Authentic Happiness.org, Viacharacter.org, Positive Psychology, Britannica, Simply Psychology, Positive Psychology Center at UPenn
Sally Rand: Britannica, Wikiipedia, Chicago Architecture Foundation about world’s fairs
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CREDITS:
Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz
About this podcast:
Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.
SPONSORS: This episode was sponsored by RAYGUN & ECBG Cake Studio (all promocodes mentioned in episode are one word, no spaces)