Smile Sessions
A podcast for healthier, happier, more fulfilling living — with honest conversations about healing, nervous system safety, joy, hormones, burnout, and becoming yourself again.
Feel Better. Live Lighter.
A Softer Place to Land
Smile Sessions is where emotional honesty meets practical healing. Hosted by Cristina Perri, each episode explores the everyday patterns, body cues, and life moments that shape how we feel, heal, and reconnect with ourselves.
This is a space for real conversations about what it means to live well — not perfectly, but authentically and with compassion.
Featured Series
Dive into our most popular themes and conversations
Nervous System Series
Understanding how your nervous system impacts everything — and what you can do about it.
Happiness Series
What happiness really is, where it comes from, and how to cultivate more of it.
Hormone Health
The connection between hormones and how you feel — and what that means for you.
Healing While Grieving
Navigating loss with gentleness and self-compassion.
Joy & Play
Why joy matters more than productivity, and how to reclaim it.
Emotional Triggers
Why you react the way you do, and how to break old patterns.
Latest Episodes
New conversations every week
Easing Into the Year: A Slow Start January
Starting the year with gentleness instead of pressure.
The First Step to Feeling Like Yourself Again
Beginning your journey back to yourself.
How to Calm Your Nervous System When You are Overwhelmed
Practical tools for nervous system regulation in overwhelming moments.
How to Rebuild Your Capacity After Survival Mode
Recovering and rebuilding after extended stress.
Why Small Things Feel So Big
Understanding emotional sensitivity and regulation.
You Know You Need Boundaries. Why Do You Feel Scared?
The nervous system roots of boundary anxiety.
Here is the Truth
Real talk about forgiveness and healing.
We are Taking Survival Mode
Understanding and moving through anger.
Comparison Is Quietly Stealing Your Happiness
How comparison affects your wellbeing and what to do about it.
The Real Reason You Feel On Edge All the Time
Understanding and shifting constant anxiety.
You Do not Have to Earn Joy
Letting joy be useless and unconditional.
You are Not Lost. You are in Transition
Understanding the transition phase of healing.
Stop Forcing Happiness
You do not need to build a happier life — you need to stop forcing it.
The 5-Minute Nervous System Reset That Actually Works
A practical reset tool you can use anytime.
How to Recognize Disregulated Relationships
Understanding relationship dynamics through a nervous system lens.
You are Not Anxious — You are Under-Slept and Under-Nourished
What happens when you are sleep deprived and undernourished.
From Smile Sessions to Home Flow
Home Flow was born from the same belief behind Smile Sessions: life should feel calmer, kinder, and more supportive — especially when you're carrying a lot.
While Smile Sessions explores the emotional and nervous system foundations of wellbeing, Home Flow brings those principles into your daily life through personalized home resets and gentle guidance.
Explore Home FlowConnected Brands
Smile Sessions + Home Flow
Building a calmer, kinder life from the inside out
Start with One Conversation
Each episode is designed to help you feel more like yourself — calmer, more connected, and more whole.