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Breast cancer survivors win Ashburton dragon boat regatta

April 6, 2014 – 8:55 pm |

by Joyce Elwood-Smith
To the Wellington CanSurvive Dragon Boat team, getting the gold medal at the National Breast Cancer dragon boat regatta was a thrilling and exhilarating end to an exceptional season, a dream come true! The …

Opinion: Windmills are things of beauty

April 6, 2014 – 8:33 pm |

By David Suzuki

I have a cabin on Quadra Island off the British Columbia coast that’s as close to my heart as you can imagine. From my porch you can see clear across the waters of …

From corporate to therapist – How one Happyzine reader took the leap

March 29, 2014 – 7:57 pm |

Happyzine reader Halina Smolski has followed her dreams and set up a brand new Light Therapy business in Petone.  This is the story of her journey from corporate to therapist … 
I spent many years working in …

How to beat the back to work blues

February 10, 2014 – 12:07 am |

Back to Work – Kiwi life coach  Nicala Smyth
Even for those of us that are lucky enough to love our jobs, most of us drag the chain a bit when it comes to heading back to work …

Goodspiracy theory comes true: The $5 black huia rug

December 20, 2013 – 12:11 pm | 4 Comments

I have this very pleasing theory that at any given time all number of people can be conspiring to make our dreams come true, and it was recently proven correct.
I wrote a blog about my …

Making Peace – by Grace Deathridge

December 11, 2013 – 5:37 pm |

MAKING PEACE

By Grace Deathridge

Auckland is currently hosting a peace exhibition ‘Lest We Forget Hiroshima & Nagasaki’ daily from now until 12thDecember 2013. The exhibition aims “to convey the true extent of the damage caused by …

Jandals and sleigh bells – Christmas wisdom from a Happyzine reader!

December 6, 2013 – 5:41 pm | One Comment

Joyce Elwood-Smith
I hope you are ready for this wonderful season. I don’t mean ready in the sense that you have all your Christmas shopping done and all the presents wrapped, or that you have baked and iced …

Blog: Kind parenting pays off

October 29, 2013 – 8:52 pm |

Every parent has different goals for their kid.  Some go for notable academic achievement, some for incredibly polite children who do as they’re told.  Me, I go for happiness in my boy.
Someone once said to …

Where’s your special place in Aoteroa?

October 25, 2013 – 2:57 pm |

By Charlotte Squire
I love to take time out the Waikoropupu Springs, at home here in Golden Bay.  As soon as I get near those waters I feel space clear in my mind.  As I wander …

Blog: The goodspiracy

October 24, 2013 – 7:24 pm | One Comment

by Charlotte Squire
Sometimes I like to ponderously consider that in every moment, life is conspiring to make my dreams come true.
It’s a lovely thought isn’t it?  That right now, as you sit here at your …

Calming down the process of birth, in Nelson

October 20, 2013 – 6:26 pm | One Comment

By Anna Wilde
Pregnant women in Nelson are learning new relaxation skills that help them to resolve anxiety and stay calm during labour. By working with Birth-skills specialist Anna Wilde, couples find they can easily build …

The power of visualisation for a healthy planet, community and life

October 16, 2013 – 9:27 pm |

By Charlotte Squire
I’d found it, the house we were going to begin our family in.  It was just as I’d visualised six months earlier – surrounded in well established trees, close to the beach, and …

How to buy Happiness

October 11, 2013 – 9:27 pm | One Comment

By Jill Hayhurst
The saying goes that money can’t buy happiness. For the most part, I tend to agree. I’m a wee bit biased though since I’ve committed myself to a life of non-profit work and …

Blog: Listening in rather than out

October 11, 2013 – 8:49 pm |

I have this quiet inner voice I’ve learnt to pay close attention to.  There’s generally nothing exciting about it.  It says unremarkable things like ‘go for a walk’ or ‘go to bed’.  I’ve tried ignoring …

Remembering to meditate during busy times

September 27, 2013 – 8:53 pm |

I’m organising a wedding.  My own, to be little more precise.
Yesterday I felt about as mentally precise as a … wrecking ball.  There were so many things on going on in my grey matter (including …

Study confirms turmeric a natural anti-depressant

September 2, 2013 – 4:41 pm |

A recent study further confirms the effectiveness of turmeric (curcumin) as an anti-depressive. The researchers even go as far to say that it may be more effective than some of the common drugs currently being …

Sincere smiles lead to good health

September 2, 2013 – 12:11 pm |

Is smiling healthy for you?
By Jill Hayhurst
Recently it feels like there has been a flurry of research exploring the links between emotions and health, resulting in an outbreak of sometimes contradictory and confusing advice. This …

A light exists in spring – by Joyce Elwood Smith

August 30, 2013 – 8:52 am |

A light exists in spring
Not present on the year
At any other period
When March (August in the Southern hemisphere) is scarcely here …
Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886 renowned American poet.

The lifting of spirits, the joy of spring … …

Lumsden Primary School creates NZ’s first food forest

August 26, 2013 – 4:00 pm |

From Robert Guyton’s blog

Lumsden Primary School lost a sizable chunk of its playground this week, but in its place gained the country’s first-ever school food-forest.

Where for years and years only grass grew, there now grows …

Recipe for leaping with faith into the great unknown

August 24, 2013 – 5:35 pm | One Comment

By Charlotte Squire
Ingredients
An irresistibly strong, joyful sense of buzz, excitement, and wonder about a possible future scenario.  When you imagine yourself in that possible scenario you experience sheer happiness, the kind that seems to burst …

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