Planetaudio 104.6FM 7.20pm Tuesday nights
http://www.planetaudio.org.nz/program.php?languageid=14
Search ” Find your joy” or go to ” English” then “health” and Find your joy comes up
On Find your Joy, Pat Armitstead offers an integrated approach to managing depression, grief …

Dr SunWolf said, “Give crayons.  Adults are disturbingly impoverished of these magical dream sticks.”
What a great name for crayons, dream sticks. Give some today, or buy some yourself, grab huge pieces of paper and scrawl.
Create, …

Mignon McLaughlin wrote, “Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.”
Have you had that thought: the one that says it’s ok because what I’m feeling, or what is happening …

Edmund Burke said, “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.”
My favourite law is the Law of Compounding. Usually ‘interest’ is added on the end of …

I’m excited to see Happyzine calling for local writers in every town to gather the good news because the changes we need to see in the world are coming from the grassroots, from local communities, …

The Christchurch City Council is looking for fourteen young people from diverse backgrounds to develop into the next generation of leaders.
The Council supports a scholarship enabling these potential leaders to take part in a funded …

Where do you see beauty? In a child’s beaming face, a sunrise, a sunset or in your work. The last one might be surprising but there will be beauty there. How you find that beauty …

Glenn Edley said, “To be successful, YOU have to decide what to do next.”
Do you make your own decisions about what to do next? Disregarding the “yes” that popped into your head take a minute …

James Openheim said, “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.”
It seems a lot of put things off. We put off holidays, spending time with friends, rewards and …

People often say to me, “I’d love to be living my passion but I don’t know what my passion is.“ How do you know what your unique gifts are?  That’s a great question.  And what …

Goethe said, “Certain flaws are necessary for the whole.  It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.”
Isn’t it so often the quirks of your friends that make them so fun to be around. …

I recently read an article about a hero of mine, Chuck Yeager. Chuck defined flight for me because he broke the sound barrier at a time when other pilots thought the sound barrier was either …

A lot of people started back at work today. If you are one of those you probably lay in bed awake before you got out of bed. Thoughts about the traffic, colleagues, jobs to do …

When I discovered Happyzine a few months ago I was happy! It seems very appropriate that Aotearoa-New Zealand has a vehicle for spreading good news. When I first arrived in Aotearoa …

It’s a rainy old morning at the beach today. We got up early, went for a walk before the rain came and had a great cook up for breakfast.
Then we just sat here and were …

The Good News Network reported that this ‘Love Project’ filmed singers in 156 countries performing their unique version of the Beatles hit ‘All you Need is Love’.  The event took place on December 7th, 2009.  …

Have you written your New Years Resolutions yet? Did you write a list last year? How many did you follow through with? As Dr Phil would say “How’s it working for you?”
You have …

Like a lot of New Zealanders I am writing this from a beach. In fact I am sitting in exactly the same place as I was at this time last year.
I noticed the holiday hasn’t …

Check out Ode Magazine’s Top Ten Positive Stories of 2009.
This is an amazing magazine, well worth subscribing to.

Ellen Goodman said, “We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched.  Maybe this year, to balance the list, we …