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Happiness is a Strategy for Winning

Relationship Matters Series

WUSA9's Allison Seymour is sitting down with author and career coach L. Michelle Smith to explore your relationship with your career and how your happiness can be the key ingredient in your success.

Research shows a strong correlation between happiness and positive outcomes. People who are happy tend to be more successful in their careers, are more likely to feel motivated and engaged, and are more resilient in the face of challenges. In addition, happiness fosters stronger and more fulfilling relationships which can manifest supportive and collaborative opportunities.

In this virtual discussion with WUSA9's Allison Seymor, celebrated leadership and executive coach and consultant L. Michelle Smith will be bringing her positive psychology and neuroscience-informed approach to show you practical ways you can actively improve your happiness to improve your chances of achieving your goals, including gratitude practices, healthy habits, realistic goal-setting, and more. 

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About the Relationships Matter Series

Ready to transform your relationships—romantic, personal, and professional? Discover how to build deeper connections, nurture self-love, and overcome challenges through a dynamic event series designed to help you thrive. The Relationships Matter series explores the many facets of human connection. Led by WUSA9's Allison Seymour, these discussions bring together authors, therapists, and coaches to provide practical strategies for personal growth and meaningful relationships. Topics range from career challenges to family dynamics, romantic partnerships, and financial security. After each session in the Relationships Matter series, your DC Public Library card provides access to curated books and resources to support your personal growth and relationship success.

The Relationships Matter series is brought to you by the DC Public Library, WUSA9, and the DC Public Library Foundation.

About the Speakers

Allison Seymour

Allison Seymour is an Emmy® award-winning anchor who has been waking up viewers on morning news in her hometown of Washington, D.C. since 1999. Allison started her career in television at the D.C. bureau of ABC News, behind the scenes, before earning her Master of Mass Communication from the University of South Carolina. She is a proud graduate of Hampton University, where she is enshrined in the Mass Media Hall of Fame. Allison’s on-air career began during the blizzard of 1993 in Upstate New York. She would go on to work in Utica, Binghamton and Albany, New York. During the summer of 1998 Allison took an anchor position in St. Louis, Missouri where, on her first day on the job, she met her future husband, radio host Marc Clarke. Allison is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She and her husband Marc share three daughters and two shelter pups. Allison feels extremely grateful to the community for all of the support over the years and is excited about joining the WUSA9 family.

L. Michelle Smith

L. Michelle Smith changes organizations for the better by transforming the lives and leadership of executives with the power of science + culture. Seen on local, national and international media outlets, she is a bestselling, award-winning author, Fortune 100 C-Suite advisor, ICF-certified global executive and life coach and the CEO/founder of no silos communications llc. NSC is a media and consulting company that develops high-performing executive leaders with a specialty in women and women of color. Positive psychology and neuroscience-informed and credentialed by the International Coaching Federation, she runs an international coaching and consulting practice where she works with professionals and organizations to create learning and coaching experiences that inspire exceptional lives and leadership. A certified DISC practitioner, she is also an adjunct faculty member (facilitator and executive coach) of the Executive Leadership Council Institute and an instructor and curriculum developer for The Coaching and Applied Positive Psychology Institute. She is also a Facilitator for Forum, a platform for peer groups for senior leaders in corporate. She is the EP, creator and host of the global podcast, The Culture Soup, a renowned speaker and facilitator and is currently working on her fourth book, Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church (Amistad/HarperCollins/JVL Media). She is the only Black woman author creating leadership books that combine culture with applied sciences, including her latest, Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite–listed by BLAVITY as one of “15 books by a Black woman that you should not miss.” She is also a contributor for HuffPost VOICES.

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