Claire: On Crafting Genuine Happiness

"Usually if you do something you love, it tends to make you happier and feel better.”

Today’s guest is my niece, Claire, one of the most awesome, interesting teenagers I know. From losing her father at a very young age, to growing up with epilepsy, to being wrongfully accused of self harm at school, she’s already accumulated a significant amount of life experience for her age, all of which she’s used to grow from and create a genuinely happy life for herself. Turns out that the old stigma of the kid who’s wearing all black, dressed in Metallica shirts, and drawing on themselves might actually be the happiest of the bunch!

Highlights of this episode include:
-The impact that drawing has on her ability to be present
-How she was accused of self harm at school
-Why she sometimes draws on her skin, and how she talked a friend out of self harm
-The stigma of wearing all black, Metallica shirts, etc.
-How losing a parent at a young age affected her life
-Living with epilepsy
-Her advice to parents on how to raise a genuine good person