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Happiness & Resilience Resources

This site is about learning to cope with life changes by practicing happiness and resilience habits. If you need medical attention or are dealing with more serious mental health issues (such as abuse or violence, addiction, grief and loss, serious or chronic illness or suicidal thoughts) please reach out to a qualified medical professional.

If you like my site, here are some other balance, happiness and resilience resources you may find useful.

Happiness & Resilience Sites

For general content and research, I love Arianna Huffington’s Thrive, which is all about ending the stress and burnout epidemic; as well as the UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center which studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society. I also love Psychology Today for really digestible but reliable scientific content.

These sites are also great resources if you’re looking for more community or support rather than educational reading:

  • Blurt increases awareness and understanding of depression.
  • The Mighty is a safe, supportive community for people facing health challenges and people who care for them.
  • The Mental Elf helps you stay up-to-date with important and reliable mental health research and guidance.
  • ReachOut is Australia’s leading online mental health organisation for young people and their parents.

This blog is one of many resources on happiness and resilience. If you’re looking for some more inspiration, check out Feedspot’s Top 75 Happiness Blogs, which includes great sites such as Zen Habits and Gretchen Rubin.

Happiness & Resilience Books

These are all great books by the big-wigs in positive psychology and other respected fields. These are highly respected authors and extremely popular books… you can’t go wrong!

Happiness

Happier book
Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Stumbling on Happiness book
Stumbling on Happiness
The Happiness Advantage book
The Happiness Advantage

Resilience

The Resilience Project book
The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness
Grit book
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Resilient book
Resilient

Motivation & Habits

Can't Hurt Me book
Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Atomic Habits: The life-changing million copy bestseller
Rising Strong book
Rising Strong
Now Discover Your Strengths book
Now, Discover Your Strengths: The revolutionary Gallup program that shows you how to develop your unique talents and strengths

My Happiness & Resilience videos

Finding Balance

Exercise and Mental Health

The Change Storm


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Hi. I’m Marie, an Aussie writer, speaker, and podcaster. I am a mental wellbeing advocate and am passionate about helping people to find resilience and happiness in the midst of change.

You see, a couple of years ago, I came off my motorbike in Vietnam and in a split second, everything changed. You can read my story, or take a look through this site which chronicles my research and thoughts as I explore what really makes us happy and resilient.

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Hi. I’m Marie. Welcome to my site, which is about moving on after big life transitions. You see, a couple of years ago, I came off my motorbike in Vietnam and in a split second, everything changed. You can read my story, or take a look through this site which chronicles my research and thoughts as I explore what really makes us happy and resilient.

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