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Want To Raise Successful Kids? Here’s What You Have To Know.

17/06/2020 by Marie

teach kids to be happy

Want to raise successful kids? Teach your kids how to be happy. Here are 6 ideas to get you started.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: children, curiosity, education, happiness, happy, inspiration, Kids, mastery, resilience, resiliency, satisfaction, success

The Benefits of Volunteering (E22)

15/06/2020 by Marie

Benefits of Volunteering

From living a longer and healthier life to having deeper friendships, there really is nothing volunteering can’t do to make your life better and happier!

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: kindness, practicing kindness, volunteer, volunteering

10 Best Personal Development Podcasts To Motivate And Inspire You

10/06/2020 by Marie

Best Personal Development Podcasts

If you need a bit of motivation, inspiration or happiness in your life, subscribe to these 10 best personal development podcasts to motivate and inspire you

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: best life, change, curiosity, education, happiness, happy, inspiration, mastery, podcast, resilience, resiliency, satisfaction

Wellbeing and Your Environment with Lee Chambers (E21)

08/06/2020 by Marie

Wellbeing-And-Your-Environment

Lee Chambers explains how environmental psychology, neuroscience and physiology can help companies increase productivity, motivation and wellbeing

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: environmental psychology, Lee Chambers, mental health, podcast, resilience, wellbeing

What You Didn’t Know About Practicing Kindness

03/06/2020 by Marie

What-Is-Practicing-Kindness

What is practicing kindness and why does it matter? There’s solid research and science behind the practice of being kind that shows being kind to others can have positive impacts on your life.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: happiness, inspiration, kind, kindness, practicing kindness, satisfaction

Enabling Happy Cities (E20)

01/06/2020 by Marie

Enabling happy cities

In the second of this two-part series on happy cities, this week we explore the enablers of happy cities and look at the research from the Global Happiness Council’s annual Global Happiness and Wellbeing Policy Report.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: city, enabling happy cities, happy, podcast

Your 6 Step Social Media Detox (and why you Need one NOW)

27/05/2020 by Marie

Social Media Detox

Have you found yourself turning to social media to while away the long hours of self-isolation? Are you noticing some negative effects? If so, you may need a social media detox.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: balance, happiness, mental health, mentally strong, resilience, resiliency

Designing Happy Cities (E19)

25/05/2020 by Marie

Happy Cities

In the first of this two part series on happy cities, this week we explore how to design happy cities. We look at the research from the Global Happiness Council’s annual Global Happiness and Wellbeing Policy Report, and discuss some great examples from around the world of cities which are getting it right.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: city, happiness, happiness for cynics, wellbeing

11 Ideas For Your Next Mental Health Day

20/05/2020 by Marie

Mental Health day ideas

Ever wondered how to ask for a mental health day and what to do when you get one? Here are 11 ideas for your next mental health day.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: change, happiness, mental health, resilience, resiliency, wellbeing

Finding Purpose with the Japanese Secret of Ikigai (E18)

18/05/2020 by Marie

Ikigai

Ever wondered if there was more to life? Are you looking for more passion and purpose? Look no further than the Japanese secret to a long and happy life: Ikigai.
Ikigai comes from the people in the small Japanese community of Okinawa, a remote island with a remarkably high number of centenarians (people over 100 years old). Ikigai has also been proven to be a major factor not only in their longevity but also their happiness.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: happiness for cynics, happy life, passion, podcast, purpose

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