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Happiness has more than one flavor 
and discovering yours can change everything.

Welcome to the 5 Flavors of Happiness — a sanctuary of stories, science, and soul designed to help you rediscover what joy truly feels like.

Through thousands of interviews, conversations, and moments of human realness, we’ve uncovered five universal “flavors” of happiness:

Savor • Connect • Flow • Rise • Give

Each flavor reveals a different pathway into meaning, fulfillment, and emotional freedom.
Here, you’ll taste all five.

The Five Flavors 

Where joy comes alive, one flavor at a time.

The Happiness Lab

These immersive happiness workbooks help you reconnect with joy through practical tools grounded in science, enriched by storytelling, and guided by soul-centered wisdom.

 

  • Happiness in Hard Rooms: full course

  • You Are Not Behind (And Never Were)

  • Care Without Collapse: Staying Resilient in Caregiving

  • Speak Up, Without Shrinking Back

  • The Art of the Comeback: Grow Through What You Go Through

  • From Reaction to Response: Communication Mastery

  • Solo & Satisfied: Finding Joy in Your Own Company

  • The Holidays, Reimagined

  • And more ...

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T H E  P O D C A S T

Listen to the most interesting humans on the planet.

Hosted by Susan Pieper, this podcast explores the emotional science, spiritual wisdom, and human experiences that shape our understanding of happiness.

Featuring guests who are:

Visionaries

Healers

Creatives

Founders

Athletes

Scientists

Everyday extraordinary humans

Each episode dives into the five flavors—how they show up, how they change lives, and how you can cultivate them.

Take the Quiz

Take the 2-minute quiz to discover your primary happiness flavor — the one your brain and heart naturally gravitate toward.​

 

You’ll learn:

  • what brings you joy

  • what drains you

  • your emotional strengths

  • the flavor that unlocks your wellbeing

  • simple practices to grow your happiness daily

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Join the Movement

Receive one beautiful human story in your inbox every Sunday.
One moment of joy.
One reminder of what matters.

Sign up now for the Sunday Flavor Letter

Thanks for submitting!

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The Flavors of Us is a storytelling project inside 5 Flavors of Happiness, created to capture the everyday miracles that remind us love is real, hope is alive, and we are never as alone as we think.

Every story honors one of the five flavors, and each one is a reminder:

You have a flavor, too.
And the world needs it.

Happiness in Hard Rooms

Imagine navigating difficult people without shrinking, snapping, or absorbing their mood.

Learn how to stay grounded, compassionate, and unshaken — even when others are spiraling.


It’s the art of protecting your joy without hardening your heart.

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5 FLAVORS OF HAPPINESS

5 Flavors of Happiness is a global platform sharing inspirational stories, emotional wellness insights, and transformational interviews.
We explore the five themes — Savor, Connect, Flow, Rise, and Give — through storytelling, psychology-informed perspectives, and human connection.

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The content on this site is provided for informational and inspirational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for professional medical, psychological, legal, or financial advice.

© 2025 Susan Pieper, doing business as Five Flavors of Happiness. All rights reserved.
Some content may be created with the assistance of artificial intelligence and reviewed and edited by a human.

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