Articles tagged with: Happiness
Meet Paige – she’s helping kids in need in Southland, including offering emotional support
Young, driven Southlander and humanitarian, Paige Kirk (25), is the recipient of the 2015 AMP People’s Choice Scholarship, receiving $10,000 to help her on her journey to achieving her dream of giving vulnerable children a chance in …
Wondrous Wednesday: what do you give thanks for today?
Life serves up more of what ever you’re focusing on, so it makes sense to be thankful for the things that are going well.
Today I’m giving thanks for: the birds morning chorus, my intuition, the …
Trusting in life, even when it all seems a bit wild and crazy
This morning I faced up to the fact that being a control freak has its draw backs.
Thank goodness for the incredibly inspiring, mind blowingly wise people out there who teach lessons about creating our ideal …
Do the world a favour – be yourself today
It’s not always easy being awesome. There have probably been many a moment where you learned it was best to fit in and keep your intuition and your wisdom to yourself. But today I’m asking …
Wondrous Wednesday: name five awesome things in your life
Five awesome things in my life?
The Motupipi River – nice and clear so I can see her belly.
My street – full of friendly people and trees.
My seed babies – thrusting eagerly up through the soil, …
Meet Steve and pledge to help him take his show about happiness and the true meaning of mental health – on the road
Steve Carter was once the Christchurch local good news reporter for Happyzine. Through his commitment to finding his own unique habits of happiness, he has created an album and a show that he needs our …
Returning to the compass within – by Charlotte Squire
Recently I gave a talk to a circle of beautiful women about positive parenting. Something I had learned from some really tough years when I was solo parenting a young child struck a chord with …
Cultivate positive expectations for your week Kiwis!
What sort of week would you like to have? Remember: attitude is one thing you can control, so focus on what you want rather than that stuff that ain’t going so well, give thanks for …
How to beat the back to work blues
Back to Work – Kiwi life coach Nicala Smyth
Even for those of us that are lucky enough to love our jobs, most of us drag the chain a bit when it comes to heading back to work …
Study confirms turmeric a natural anti-depressant
A recent study further confirms the effectiveness of turmeric (curcumin) as an anti-depressive. The researchers even go as far to say that it may be more effective than some of the common drugs currently being …
Sincere smiles lead to good health
Is smiling healthy for you?
By Jill Hayhurst
Recently it feels like there has been a flurry of research exploring the links between emotions and health, resulting in an outbreak of sometimes contradictory and confusing advice. This …
How Happyzine readers feed and maintain their happiness, as we move into the depths of winter
Jill Hayhurt is a PHD candidate at the University of Otago. She has a keen interest in the science of Happiness.
When I started to notice the winter blues sneaking into my mindset and habits, I …
How Happyzine readers feed and maintain their happiness, as we move into the depths of winter
Social entreprenuer and founder of Enspiral.com: Josh Vial.
By going to Cambodia for 3 months working on volunteer projects
Artist and Environmental Educator: Jo Campbell
I find cycling on a lovely sunny brisk afternoon extremely good for …
Almighty Optimism : Findings from the Nun Study
By Jill Hayhurst
Happiness is a tricky thing. It’s hard to define, yet people generally want it, and work really hard to get it. Research suggests that people are also notoriously terrible at predicting what will actually make …
How to feed and maintain your happiness, as we move into the depths of winter
Happyzine asks readers how they feed and maintain their happiness during the winter season, in New Zealand.
Joanna Piekarski – Joanna is the HANDy Messenger for New Zealand’s most successful complementary currency HANDS, in Golden …
How to feed and maintain your happiness, as we move into the depths of winter,
Happiness just comes from enjoying simple pleasures, such as the tang of fejoas in my porridge, the warmth returning to my cheeks after riding through a southerly, sleeping in on weekends, exploring other worlds through stories, a body warmed …
New research shows how to increase mental wellbeing and feel happy
Victoria University
News Stories
Research shows how to increase mental wellbeing and feel happy
Published 17 May 2012
Why is it that some people seem to waltz through life in a bubble of happiness, when for others each …
Health Insurance for Your Well-Being
Health Insurance for Your Well-Being – by Paul Smetana
Are you having an interesting life or just going through the motions? Will you wake up tomorrow to dully start all over again, knowing that you’ve done …
What do we know about bliss? Paul Smetana
Well, the bit I want to focus on today, is the unusual problem of being Intoxicated by Bliss.
This all started the other day when I was surprisingly, unexpectedly and Remarkably “Intoxicated by Bliss”, for most …
A Retreat from Suffering – Paul Smetana
Now this is really my own theory, but at least for me, it explains how a person might get Alzheimer’s Disease. So it goes like this, … Our emotional default setting is Warm, glowy, tingly, …
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