The first time I met Jenny Mannion we were at the Steve Pavlina meetup in NYC. That’s the first time I’ve met her in person anyway, I’ve talked to her via e-mail several times before, so she was the first person I talked to when I got there.

Jenny’s story is quite extraordinary, because she has overcome adversity. She used to be bogged down by chronic pain, and the only solution that she was recommended was to “manage” the pain with constant painkillers. Jenny has found a way to use the Law of Attraction as well as other natural methods in order to completely free herself from the chronic pain. She writes about these techniques on her blog [1] Heal Pain Naturally.

Since Jenny has little ones in the house, she encourages them to play educational video games. She does a bit of research and writes about these helpful games on her [2] other site.

1. How do you define happiness?

I define happiness as feeling love radiate from your heart and soul. Like those moments when you can’t stop smiling even if for some silly reason you wanted to!

2. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your happiness now, versus when you were a child?

I’ve gone through so many phases as an adult and as a child. There were times in my childhood when I would have said my happiness was an 8 or 9 and as a teenager I think it dipped down to a 2. Now, I am a 10. Not everything is “perfect” but everything is as it should be. I KNOW who I am and I know I am heading for great things in all areas of my life — what’s better than that?!

3. What do you do on a daily basis that brings you happiness? (and how consistent is the feeling of happiness throughout your day)

I talk with my kids, my husband and my mom every day. These bring me tremendous happiness. I also write every day now that I started blogging whether it be a post or answering emails and this also brings me joy. My happiness is pretty consistent. There are things that will temporarily throw it off; computer bombing out, one of my kids being sick — but I am able to pretty quickly re-center now and “get over it”. My morning gratitude list is also something that ensures happiness.

4. What things take away from your happiness? What can be done to lessen their impact or remove them from your life?

“Energy Vampires” can take away my happiness. I am a very giving person by nature and love the people in my life. There are my friends where it is a very even exchange and there are those who truly zap me and give me very little in return. I need to limit extremely or cut out my contact with the energy vampires in my life.

5. What do you plan on doing in the future that will bring you even more happiness?

I plan on seeing my invention manufactured which will be bring me tremendous happiness because I have been working on it the last 3 years. I also plan on reaching out and touching as many lives as I can by telling my story and about how I healed. Through my story others become empowered to say “well if she can do it — so can I!” People healing themselves as I did? Nothing could bring me more joy than that!

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To get more info about what the Happiness Project is and isn’t, please visit the [3] Introduction Post. To see a running list of all participants, which I will be updating as things happen, please visit the [4] Happiness Project Page.