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A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved

April 30, 2010 – 8:52 pm | 5 Comments

It’s not possible to bring a big dream to reality on your own without either doing a sub-optimal job or having some kind of breakdown along the way. That’s something my life coach Clem McGrath …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#15

April 30, 2010 – 5:28 pm |

It’s nine-thirty in the A.M.  We’ve been up since around seven on this moody, rainy day.  Still yearning for more sleep (the plight of the parent), I initially lay on the couch for half an …

Bridge Partnership Announced

April 30, 2010 – 11:49 am |

Promoters of the walking and cycling pathway on the Auckland Harbour Bridge have signed an agreement to work in partnership with Hopper Developments.
GetAcross spokesperson Bevan Woodward says “We’re very excited to have Hopper Developments as …

The Urban Dream Brokerage

April 30, 2010 – 11:46 am |

How could a vacant space – be it an apartment block, the floor of an office building, empty land or a retail space – be better used to provide a more vital inner-city?
On May 6 …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#14

April 29, 2010 – 7:53 pm | 4 Comments

Right now, all I really want to talk about is food. I’ve got hot water boiling on the strove for rice vermicelli pasta, into which I’ll soon throw some fish and basil and tomatoes and …

Bees in Winter

April 29, 2010 – 7:50 am | 2 Comments

Honey bees snuggle-up during the colder months, they don`t actually hibernate like bears do, but gather into a ball-shaped mass close to the stored honey and pollen that they have collected, (supposedly plenty has been …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#13

April 28, 2010 – 8:59 pm | One Comment

It’s time to ask the big question: what is hippydom? And how do you spell it? Today we’re chatting with one of Golden Bay’s big personalities – Annie Turner. She tackles the …

Summit for Young Aucklanders to Change Their World

April 28, 2010 – 8:45 am |

Around 150 young Aucklanders will talk about and take action on a range of topical issues such as the place of youth in the Auckland Council, the environment, our communities and the world of work …

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 |

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 …

Authentic Success; The Way of Simplicity

April 26, 2010 – 9:08 pm |

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 …

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

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 …

YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley

April 26, 2010 – 8:48 am |

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 …

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 |

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, …

My Journey Towards a Passion for Eco-Fashion – By Jo Blundell

April 24, 2010 – 9:59 pm | 5 Comments

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 …

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

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 …

Happiness Club – Pat Armistead

April 24, 2010 – 9:36 pm |

Once upon a not so joyful time the Joyologist had lost her home, her business, had cancer, 2 lots of surgery , and …
believe it or not 10 car accidents in …

365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation As I Raise My Son and Grow My Good News Website – Blog#8

April 23, 2010 – 10:34 pm |

Do you know what happened today? A news paper was delivered to my letter box.  I sat up straight in my camp chair (yes, I don’t have a couch quite yet) when I saw it …

Joyologist releases ANTIZAC

April 23, 2010 – 2:12 pm |

No prescribing rights required!
With an impish grin Pat Armitstead said, “This is not a bitter pill to swallow and most interestingly, no prescribing rights are required! As a non-chemical alternative to Prozac it …

Bringing it together: What will it take to create a Just, Sustainable, and Fulfilling Future?

April 22, 2010 – 7:26 pm |

You can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world.
Margaret Mead
You are invited to participate in the internationally acclaimed symposium “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream” which is …

Lost Property, Found Confidence

April 22, 2010 – 7:12 pm |

Hands up. Who has left an umbrella or ipod on a bus, or some important business documents due to be given to a client the next morning on a train (er … that last one …

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