Golden Bay’s Ceiros Begg hits the road with sustainable fashion
May 25, 2012 – 8:36 pm | No Comment

Local Good News/Golden Bay
By Charlotte Squire
When Ceiros Begg was a little girl, she and her mother spent hours walking the streets of Christchurch to visit thrift shops. No shop was too far away and mother …

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The secret to getting out there and exercising is getting out there and exercising
May 23, 2012 – 5:18 pm | One Comment
The secret to getting out there and exercising is getting out there and exercising

By Dr Sarb Johal
Over the last few days, I discovered that I have mislaid the charging cable for my Garmin GPS training watch somewhere. Those who know me know that I usually take quite a …

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MondayMotivator: When less means more
December 20, 2010 – 10:20 am | No Comment
MondayMotivator: When less means more

Last week I wrote a minimotivator on instinct and how as you train it you notice opportunities faster [read it here]. Having less helps you do that too.
Recently I read an article titled Lessons from …

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Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
December 16, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley

Someone once said, “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.”
I’m loving the rain in Auckland today. It’s been very dry here lately and this is sure to help fill a …

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MondayMotivator: Singing in the Lifeboats
December 13, 2010 – 9:38 am | No Comment
MondayMotivator: Singing in the Lifeboats

This morning I saw a tweet that the week ahead for someone was not going to be good. I replied that wasn’t the attitude to start the week with and they should remember Voltaire said …

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The Wondrous World of Heirloom Vegetables
July 27, 2010 – 9:56 pm | 2 Comments
The Wondrous World of Heirloom Vegetables

By Suzi Franks
Imagine lime green cauliflowers, white carrots and red Brussels sprouts. Or how about black tomatoes or lime green ones with dark green stripes or sweetcorn kernels that are all the colours of the …

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Laughter Yoga – Event – Takaka
June 15, 2010 – 10:00 am | One Comment
Laughter Yoga – Event – Takaka

LAUGH your way to Health & Happiness
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha He Hee Heeeee
Laughter Club Takaka
WINTER 2010
TUESDAYS 5:10 – 5:50PM – Community Centre
FRIDAYS 9:00 …

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YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
June 14, 2010 – 7:40 pm | No Comment
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley

I wish I could do this or I wish I could do that are not the most powerful of statements you can make to get what you want.
Wishing for sun on a dreary Winters day …

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Tips for Success: Tip #5 Seize the Day & Take Decisive Action!
June 4, 2010 – 8:17 pm | No Comment
Tips for Success: Tip #5 Seize the Day & Take Decisive Action!

My fifth tip for success: Taking Decisive Action covers Where to Start, Baby Steps to Success, Analysis Paralysis, why you should Seize the Day and how to Keep Fresh. I am going to show you …

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YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
May 17, 2010 – 10:02 am | No Comment
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley

Over the past seven months I have been following Australian teenager Jessica Watson on her solo and unassisted round the world yacht voyage. I actually started following her before she left because I couldn’t believe …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#27 – Magnifico Petrol Station Woman!
May 12, 2010 – 5:31 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#27 – Magnifico Petrol Station Woman!

A delightful thing happened to me today.  Did I happen across a pile of money lying upon the footpath? No, not today.  Did a beaming Italian woman leap towards me waving free tickets to the …

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YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
May 10, 2010 – 9:20 am | No Comment
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley

Sometimes in the weekend I really just want to sit on my butt. Long weeks and lots of time driving will do that to anyone.
There is always stuff to do though and this weekend was …

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Tips for Success: Tip #4 Be Persistent
May 7, 2010 – 3:17 pm | No Comment
Tips for Success: Tip #4 Be Persistent

“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill

My Fourth Tip for Success is to Be Persistent
Being persistent and unstoppable is an essential trait for success …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#22 – Persistence, Oh Glorious Persistence!
May 7, 2010 – 3:09 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#22 – Persistence, Oh Glorious Persistence!

“Serena, even before I read the bit about myself you had me in tears! Thanks, I really appreciate the reminder to be brave and keep asking ‘what’s next’? This morning I woke up, as usual, …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#18
May 3, 2010 – 7:25 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#18

Come away with me.  Let’s take off to the beach for the day.  My website can take care of itself.  We’ll load up the car with kids, food, the dog, two wahine (kiwi females) and …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#16
May 1, 2010 – 10:59 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#16

Tonight I did something that both scared the bejeebees out of me and thrilled my socks off.  Tonight, I accepted an invitation to ‘Samhain Rituals, Potluck & Goddess Party’ with a group of friends, here …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#12
April 27, 2010 – 8:59 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#12

Our first rainy day – hot chocolates on tap; apple crumble; stories under a rug; DVDs on repeat; time outside under a see through roof feeling the rain and the wind and the thunder booming …

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Authentic Success; The Way of Simplicity
April 26, 2010 – 9:08 pm | No Comment
Authentic Success; The Way of Simplicity

For the last few weeks I’ve been facilitating a 22 day process of transformation, building community and starting a new mentoring program for women leaders of the Whole New World, and that’s why you haven’t …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#11
April 26, 2010 – 8:44 pm | 2 Comments
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#11

Today I woke with the urge to be kind.  To give.  I felt inspired to surprise  someone with something good, just for them.  And I knew the person at the top of my list: my …

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YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
April 26, 2010 – 8:48 am | No Comment
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley

Instead of working, working towards your goals why not stop, relax, and visualise / imagine having achieved them already.
On Saturday I was about to turn the TV on while we waited for friends to turn …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#10
April 25, 2010 – 10:37 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#10

Tonight I attended the HANDS (Golden Bay’s complementary currency system, see Rebecca’s recent article here) Harvest Feast along with around 140 other people. I’ve got to be honest, I felt really emotional to be there, …

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My Journey Towards a Passion for Eco-Fashion – By Jo Blundell
April 24, 2010 – 9:59 pm | 5 Comments
My Journey Towards a Passion for Eco-Fashion – By Jo Blundell

OK, so my passion for ‘eco’ doesn’t stop at fashion, but that’s pretty much where it began for me. I read an article a few years back on how fashion has become faster, clothes have …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#9
April 24, 2010 – 9:39 pm | 2 Comments
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#9

So I’m nine days into my 365 days of Fun and Chillaxation (whilst raising my son and growing my site to a subscription base of 100,000, yeah!) and I’m looking back fondly at Week One’s …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#6
April 21, 2010 – 6:45 pm | 2 Comments
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#6

Today I ran.  Did I run for love?  Yes.  Did I run for the sheer joy of being able to run? Yes.  Did I run for freedom, for free expression of my firey energy and …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#3
April 18, 2010 – 7:52 pm | One Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#3

Today, two small yet significant events made me smile – just little things, yet definitely worth ‘writing [to you] about’. Firstly, check  out this harvest!  How blessed am I?  And that box of tomatoes and …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#2
April 17, 2010 – 10:58 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#2

Tonight I attended the must-do of Golden Bay culture – a pot luck at my friend Fi’s house.
It was a small affair, unlike some of the humungous pot-lucks I’ve attended here where dozens of …

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365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#1
April 17, 2010 – 4:47 pm | No Comment
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#1

Well. The first thing that I want to say is our house is silent and WITHOUT A TV! Ahhh! This is something I’ve decided to do for the year. DVDs are allowed, …

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Humour Works – by Pat Armitstead – Book Review
April 14, 2010 – 9:43 pm | No Comment
Humour Works – by Pat Armitstead – Book Review

On the cover of this book it says: “Pat commits the cardinal management sin of spreading joy and making people smile …”.  Immediately after reading it, I found myself feeling cheeky and cheerful and naturally …

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Tips for Success: Tip #Two Be Generous
April 11, 2010 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Tips for Success: Tip #Two Be Generous

“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of …

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Going Green? How to Chillax and Enjoy Yourself
April 11, 2010 – 11:08 am | No Comment
Going Green? How to Chillax and Enjoy Yourself

This is the second in a series by Charlotte Squire on Sustainable Environmentalism.
Go on, enjoy the process! You deserve to feel good while you create an exciting environmental future
I’ve got news for you: it’s O.K. …

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Sustainable Environmentalism: How to Apply the Law of Attraction to Positive Environmental Change
April 4, 2010 – 1:37 pm | 5 Comments
Sustainable Environmentalism: How to Apply the Law of Attraction to Positive Environmental Change

The Law of Attraction, do you believe in it? According to this premise, what ever you focus on and emotionally engage with, you will attract more of. Does this ring true? Or perhaps it seems …

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Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
March 30, 2010 – 6:09 pm | No Comment
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley

Jacob A. Riis said, “Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.  Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split …

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A Story on How to Build Resilience From the Joyologist
March 26, 2010 – 8:49 am | No Comment
A Story on How to Build Resilience From the Joyologist

Once upon a  time, back in around 2001, I applied for a job with Jim Gilchrist from Team One.  Some of you may know Jim.
Jim said to me, very kindly  ” I love you Pat …

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Positive News Headlines From Around the World (Fresh Good News Updated Daily)
March 22, 2010 – 6:47 pm | 2 Comments
Positive News Headlines From Around the World (Fresh Good News Updated Daily)

This is a new Happyzine service.  You can add your own positive news headlines in the ‘comments’ section below.
Ellen presents gay teen scholarship – Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres presented US$30,000 towards the college education …

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Dream to Reality – Share Your Dreams!
March 16, 2010 – 5:54 pm | 13 Comments
Dream to Reality – Share Your Dreams!

When you share your dreams with the world, the amount of unexpected support that flows to you is astounding. Until recently, I didn’t like sharing my goals and fantasies with other people. I think this …

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Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
March 10, 2010 – 6:57 pm | No Comment
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley

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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Kiwi Icons Lead Global Landmarks in Worldwide Earth Hour Switch Off
March 9, 2010 – 1:06 pm | No Comment
Kiwi Icons Lead Global Landmarks in Worldwide Earth Hour Switch Off

What do Te Puke’s kiwi fruit and Paeroa’s L&P bottle have in common with the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa, London Eye and Table Mountain? They are all taking action against climate change …

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The Winning DreamtoReality Entry: Emily Harris
March 8, 2010 – 8:25 am | 29 Comments
The Winning DreamtoReality Entry: Emily Harris

My name is Emily Harris. I’m 25 years old and at the end of last year I finished a legal internship. The natural next step for me was to get a job with a law …

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Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
February 24, 2010 – 8:28 pm | No Comment
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley

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 …

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Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
February 23, 2010 – 2:47 pm | No Comment
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley

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 …

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DreamtoReality Entry: Genevieve de Spa
February 22, 2010 – 7:55 pm | 8 Comments
DreamtoReality Entry: Genevieve de Spa

Ever since coming to live in Auckland just over a year ago, I have been thinking about how to reduce the traffic on the roads.
Rodney Hyde thinks that Auckland is “broken and needs fixing” because …

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