About New Year Resolutions As we come to the start of another new year my mind has turned to New Year’s Resolutions. Running a business in yoga and complementary therapy, it’s so easy for me to get drawn into the “New Year New You!” mentality. And it is a great time to start thinking aboutContinueContinue reading “About New Year Resolutions”
Author Archives: Finding Felicity
About Change
About Change Change is so powerful and I suspect that it why people are so fearful of it. And isn’t it amazing how much people are scared of being powerful? Scared of their OWN power. Human beings have so much capacity for so many things, both as individuals and in groups and we shy awayContinueContinue reading “About Change”
About Reacting
About Reacting The events of the last week in New Zealand have made me feel intensely sad and angry. I have spent much time over the last two years volunteering with Syrian refugees. So to hear that Syrians who have fled a warzone in a quest for basic survival have lost their lives to aContinueContinue reading “About Reacting”
About Balls & Balloons
About Balls & Balloons Happiness comes in many different flavours and with many synonyms that mean different things to different people. Contentment, joy, bliss, delight, pleasure – in the grand scheme of things these all amount to the same thing. Indeed, research at the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow suggestsContinueContinue reading “About Balls & Balloons”
About Depression
About Depression In my last blog I wrote about what I think happiness might be. It’s not an easy thing to pinpoint. The word is thrown around a lot with an assumption of what it means but people don’t often drill down into that meaning. Depression is just as difficult to pinpoint. A lot isContinueContinue reading “About Depression”
About Moments of Happiness
About Moments of Happiness Research, readings and conversations I’ve had recently have created a “penny-drop” for me. I knew that this project would be a voyage of discovery for me I’ve started to reassess what “happiness” is and how to achieve it. And what exactly we / I might be trying to achieve. I wasContinueContinue reading “About Moments of Happiness”
About Love and Judgment; Past Present and Future
About Love and Judgment; Past Present and Future Three of my friends got engaged recently. For some reason I found it difficult to feel happy for them. In all cases I knew that the friends had had traumatic times with love and that these were whirlwind romances. Why is it we seek to make suchContinueContinue reading “About Love and Judgment; Past Present and Future”
About Grief
About Grief A friend of mine just lost her father to cancer and it inspired me to write my first blog post for this page. In some ways it seems odd to start a blog about happiness by writing about sadness, right? But it’s actually the perfect place to start. It’s where we all startContinueContinue reading “About Grief”
Finding Felicity 