Articles in Happiness
Joann C. Jones wrote, “During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the …
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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 …
The Crow pose is one that most people will struggle with as it requires a specific mix of strength, concentration and perseverance. If you’re new to yoga or you’re inexperienced with arm …
George Bernard Shaw said, “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea …
Charles Dickens said this about Christmas, “I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the …
It is so easy to turn away from our life difficulties. To turn our backs, put up walls and shields and hold fast, defenses up. It is much harder to turn those …
There’s no place like home.
Growing up, all we know are the little things that make up home. For most of us the world is made up of the streets where we learned to ride a …
Yoga is often considered to be a soft and relaxing practice. It can, however, leave you energized and elated. The Asanas or “physical postures”, release tension and liberate physical energy, while employing proper yogic breathing, …
There exists a sacred space, a space created and held by Golden Bay visionary Trudi Fersterer. Every Wednesday morning during the school terms a group of women meet, myself included, to open up, tune in …
Yawning can be quite a useful tool, whether you realize you’re using it, or not. It’s a great technique to use when you need to calm down and ‘let off some steam’.
The quickening of spring not only unfurls buds and a sweep of green and tiny creatures, but heralds the re-opening of winter-shut hotspots for lingering, languishing alongside the annual incoming tide of eager and beautiful …
The vast majority of New Zealanders are happy with their lives, according to a new survey.
Read more in the NZ Herald
How a new Canterbury University study could reveal the key to sustainable happiness
by Elizabeth Willmott Harrop
The pursuit of wealth is really only the pursuit of happiness in disguise. But as a result of the global …
From December 2012 on – humans will find themselves experiencing notably more happiness, deeper and more heart-felt relationships, and as a consequence, life will become more fun – this will become apparent as researchers note …
I decided to post about this series on TV1 here in NZ because, well, for once you can rely on mainstream media to say something nice, appreciative and interesting about someone who lives here and …
When you really enjoy every aspect of your work, the level of your productivity can never be exceeded by systems, tools or methods. There is nothing on this planet that can compete with your happiness …
This is quite funny. It’s a piece in the Boston Globe called ‘Happiness Takes the Cake’ by someone who has found true love. She’s having a great time with her new man, and the thing …
Editor’s Comment for the Happyzine weekly ezine
In this issue we pay homage to, in my opinion, two of history’s most inspiring men folk – Gandhi and Mandela. Both of them lead by example, refusing to …
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