Article Archive for December 2015
Where’s your happy place this New Year? Send us your photos and captions and you could win a twelve pack of Chia Drinks!
Where’s your happy place here in beautiful Aotearoa? Send us in your best pictures with short captions and if we publish them you’ll go in the draw to win a whole twelve pack of gorgeous …
Welcoming in the New Year! Tino pai.
Wishing you a beautiful transition into 2016. Where ever you are – have fun, pause occasionally to smell the nice flowers and give yourself the occasional excited hug ’cause you’re just so excited to have …
Open letter to friends of Happyzine and lovers of good news
Dear friends,
Did you ever have a calling that wouldn’t go away? No matter how much you tried to ignore it, or tell yourself it was impossible? Now I really do believe anything’s possible, but for …
2015 Goodies: Ten Questions with Happiness Experiment founder Tamara Waugh
She describes herself as “compassionate, wise and driven.”
Since turning her own life around with mindfulness and gratitude Auckland based Tamara has been inspiring people to do the same via her Happiness Experiment #3goodthings per day …
Thanks for the reminder that life is abundant – nature
By Charlotte Squire
It’s summer here in Aotearoa. At our house the growth is wild and unabounded. We’re clipping back the branches and more, still more comes.
The green leaves appear in the most unlikely of places, …
Anything is possible – yeah, nah, it really is
Of all the messages I would like to give you this Christmas, or Solstice, or new year, it’s that anything, truly anything is possible. So don’t give up. Because this really, really is true.
If you find yourself …
Happyzine launches chance to join flock of optimists in 2016
Got an awesome dream you’re planning on bringing to life this 2016? Do it with some friends, Happyzine style.
Introducing the online Happyzine Kea Group – for movers and shakers who want to take their New Year’s …
Weekend news hug: Meet the awesome new president of Canada – sign of a happy future
Sworn in as President of Canada in November 2015 Justin Trudeau is a man to watch.
He is pro diversity and gender equality. He considers the “constitutional rights” of Canada’s indigenous people a “sacred obligation.”
When asked …
Five Ways to Well-being
By Helen Duyvestyn
Researchers and scientists believe they know what promotes well-being and good mental health. The concepts are simple and nothing is mentioned at all about owning stuff or watching tele
“Between 2006 and 2008 the …
Meet Kamani Suppiah – she wants to help Northland youth do something positive with their lives
From Live the Dream.
“A lot of kids are disillusioned with the system.
“They don’t believe in school, for whatever reason. Sometimes they end up shortchanging themselves, and later on down the path, they realise, ‘Hey, I …
Check out the overall winning film in the Making a Difference Film Comp: Sehar’s Story
The film explores Sehar’s difficult journey as a young migrant woman and how she managed to overcome those challenges by helping others who are facing the same ordeal.
Check out makingadifference.org for more information.
News from my backyard – Charlotte’s first video blog
Happyzine founder Charlotte Squire has decided to give video blogging a go. In this first ‘vlog’ she tells us about her first and last day back to work as a ‘normal reporter’, she shares some …
Submit your good news to Happyzine and you could win a twelve pack of Chia Drinks!
Do you want the good news or the good news? Let’s start with the good news. We have a new submit news page on Happyzine. This means – we want to hear about the good stuff …
The Paths to Happiness
By Helen Duyvestyn
So for the last few weeks, I’ve been doing a few courses (all in the name of research of course). Two are on Happiness – (A Life of Happiness and Fulfilment and The Science …
Join Club Happyzine and win this homemade raw chocolate kit by BioBalance
By Charlotte Squire
Imagine receiving your very own home made raw chocolate making kit in the mail. Believe me, it’s a rather exciting experience. BioBalance came up with the brilliant idea and you can order one …
Solutions focus: How one French man is making a difference for disabled employees in Wellington
Happyzine founder Charlotte Squire talks emotive Sunday morning TV, brave disabled people reaching for more, and a French man changing New Zealand’s employment culture.
If you had have turned up at my house last Sunday morning you would …
Could Lower Hutt become NZ’s healthiest community?
It’s a bold vision but that’s the aim behind Healthy Families Lower Hutt, a dedicated prevention workforce that is bringing community leaders together in a united effort for better health.
Healthy Families Lower Hutt was launched …
Getting out of the Woods – Tips for recovering from depression
If you have ever suffered from depression – or even from a tough period in your life – coming out of it can feel like you are emerging from a mental fog. It can feel …
Supreme ACC Attitude Award winner a children’s champion
Auckland teenager Muskan Devta (16) has won the Attitude ACC Supreme Award for 2015 on December 3 – the UN sanctioned ‘International Day of People with Disability’.
Overcoming strong competition, the champion for social good took …
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