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Life Happens*

Life Happens*

By: Michelle R. Williams and Nick Hirst
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Life has a habit of interrupting your plans — sometimes quietly, sometimes all at once. And you don’t always want advice or answers, you just want to know you’re not the only one trying to make sense of it.

Life Happens* is a weekly lifestyle podcast built around honest conversation. Psychology student Michelle R Williams and media veteran Nick Hirst come together from two very different generations to talk about modern life as it’s actually lived — with uncertainty, confusion, hopes and ambitions along the way.

With warmth, banter, humanity and insight, they don’t pretend to have it all figured out, instead they explore how it feels when life doesn’t go as planned.

Because life happens*

*but you can too!

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2025 Michelle R. Williams and Nick Hirst
Biographies & Memoirs Personal Development Personal Success Social Sciences
Episodes
  • #18 Do Too Many Choices Make Life Harder? Dating, Careers & the Paradox of Freedom
    Mar 24 2026

    Are endless options actually making life harder—or just more confusing?

    In this episode of Life Happens*, Michelle and Nick explore what it means to live in a world full of choices—especially in dating and careers.

    Do dating apps expand our possibilities, or quietly make commitment harder? And what happened to the kind of chance encounters that turn into lifelong love stories?

    Michelle reflects on her dating future, while Nick shares lessons (and a few entertaining stories) from his past—including his unforgettable swimming pool story.

    They also dive into the pressure of today’s job market, where “a job for life” no longer exists. When everything is possible, how do you choose anything at all?

    Plus: Nick puts Michelle to the test with a “dating material” quiz—and you can play along too:
    https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=are-you-dating-material-quiz

    Join the conversation with Life Happens*
    *but you can too

    You will find everything about Life Happens* here:

    https://linktr.ee/lifehappens.podcast

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    47 mins
  • #17 Too Many Choices or Too Few? Does More Freedom Make Decisions Harder?
    Mar 17 2026

    Would you rather have one guaranteed good option or five uncertain great ones?

    In this episode of Life Happens* (*but you can too!), hosts Michelle R Williams and Nick Hirst explore the psychology of choice and decision-making.

    From choosing schools and careers to navigating everyday life decisions, they discuss whether modern life offers too many choices — and whether that freedom actually makes us happier or more anxious. They also compare today’s decision-making pressures with earlier generations, when life options were often far more limited.

    Plus, you can test your own decision-making style with a quick quiz and see where you fall on the spectrum of cautious vs spontaneous decision-makers.

    🎧 Listen now to explore whether more choice really leads to a better life — or simply harder decisions.

    Decision-making style quiz:
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/natalyalobanova/deicison-making-style-personality-wuiz

    Photos from Nick’s Luxembourg trip:
    https://undercoverofthewriteluxembourgreview

    You will find everything about Life Happens* here:

    https://linktr.ee/lifehappens.podcast

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    41 mins
  • #16 The Age You Are or The Age You Feel? Subjective vs Mental Age Explained
    Mar 10 2026

    You know your chronological age — just count the candles on your last birthday cake. But is that how old you actually feel?

    In this episode of Life Happens*, hosts Michelle R Williams and Nick Hirst explore the fascinating psychology of subjective age — the age we perceive ourselves to be.

    Originally, the concept of mental age was used to measure intellectual development. But researchers are increasingly interested in subjective age and how it connects to physical health, mindset, social engagement, and even longevity.

    Michelle and Nick — representing two different generations — compare their own subjective age test results, and the answers might surprise you.

    🎧 Listen now as they discuss ageing, identity, and how society shapes the way we think about getting older.

    Before you light the candles on your next birthday cake… you might want to find out how old you really feel.

    Life Happens*but you can too!

    You will find everything about Life Happens* here:

    https://linktr.ee/lifehappens.podcast

    And here’s the link to the online test you can take to fine out your subjective age as talked about in the episode: https://www.idrlabs.com/subjective-age/test.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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    45 mins
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