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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”

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 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 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 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 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 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”