Article Archive for December 2009
Love is All You Need (Amazing) You Tube Video – One Song: 156 Countries
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. …
How To Set New Year’s Resolutions THAT WORK
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 …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
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 …
Summer Solstice in Aotearoa – Photo Essay
Everything is abloom
San Pedro cactus thrust their flowers outwards at exactly Summer Solstice
the longest day and shortest night of the year
We think the ancestors of this Rata Tree once stood where our house stands now
and …
Domestic Daddy
Due in part to the financial obligations of today’s society, fathers often miss out on spending valuable time with their children. Certainly, there are mothers who must fulfill these obligations, yet more often it is …
Boxing Day – or Should I Say: New Potatoes Day
As I write, a pan of brand new potatoes, harvested a slender twenty minutes ago, are being boiled and then lightly sauteed into savory perfection with oil, garlic and onions. They’re for our Boxing …
Ode’s Top Ten Positive Stories of 2009
Check out Ode Magazine‘s Top Ten Positive Stories of 2009.
This is an amazing magazine, well worth subscribing to.
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
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 …
Tauranga’s Positive Impact Upon Cambodia
Denise Arnold has returned from Cambodia certain the work of a Tauranga-based trust established 18 months ago is having a positive impact on the lives of children and their families and communities.
She recently took 10 …
Banana, Date and Linseed Muffins
What you’ll need
4 Large or 6 small very ripe Bananas
125g of chopped Dates
2/3c Agave Nectar
2c Flour
50g of Flax Seed Linseed
1/4 cup Soy Milk
1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2c Margarine
Cinnamon, Allspice …
Feel Good Yoga Poses – Crow (Kakasana)
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 …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
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 …
Auckland’s 10th Annual Busker’s Festival Set to be a Ripper
The Auckland International Buskers Festival is one event that really needs no introduction! Expect to be stopped in your tracks when walking the streets of central Auckland this Anniversary Weekend, because you will more than …
Final Happyzine weekly for 2009
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Holidays. We all need them. I was reminded recently that holidays are wonderful in that they allow us to step back from our work, rest our minds, and return some time later feeling refreshed …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
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 …
What I’m Giving the Kids This Christmas? Nothing … Caro and Co
In Australia, for many December means celebrating Christmas, hot days, gifts, reconnection and relaxation, family, more hot days and approximately 9 weeks of holidays. We’re a month into summer and the heat can be oppressive. …
Rainbow Healing & Learning Camp in Golden Bay
The Rainbow Healing and Learning Camp springs from a long tradition of education in healthy and conscientious lifestyles aimed at those who wish for inner healing. It is an exceptional opportunity …
I Have Come a Long Way Baby
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 …
Summer Six – Nelson – 9th January
SUMMER SIX features eight hours of entertainment for all ages at Saxton Field Cricket Oval, Nelson, from mid-day on Saturday 9 January.
THE BLACK SEEDS • KATCHAFIRE • CONCORD DAWN
P-MONEY • NATHAN HAINES LIVE BAND • …
Dreaming the BioSphere – the book is here
Q: What happens when a bunch of scientists and experimental actors head out to the desert to build a glass-sealed, lush wilderness world, complete with miniature rainforest, ocean, desert, organic farm, and plants from all …
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