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Work-Life Balance – What Really Makes Us Happy Might Surprise You

13/10/2021 by Marie

Work-Life Balance

Work is consistently and positively related to our wellbeing, happiness and identity. So, how do we find the right work-life balance?

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: Fulfillment, happiness, meaning, purpose, WorkLifeBalance

What Makes a Job Meaningful and Why That Matters

14/07/2021 by Marie

What makes a job meaningful

Is your job meaningful or pleasurable? Does it even matter? Find out how having a meaningful and pleasurable job can impact your day-to-day happiness.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: calling, fulfilment, happiness, job, meaning, purpose

From Languishing to Flourishing (E70)

07/06/2021 by Marie

From Languishing to Flourishing

This week, Marie and Pete talk about how to go from languishing to flourishing in our super busy, stressful and complicated world.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Flourishing, gratitude, happiness, kindness, purpose, Rest

Are You Blindly Riding the Hedonic Treadmill? (E68)

24/05/2021 by Marie

Are You Riding the Hedonic Treadmill?

This week, Marie and Pete talk about happiness set points and the hedonic treadmill and ask the question, are you blindly riding it?

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: happiness, health, meaning, MindandBody, purpose, SocialConnection

Finding Your Purpose (E66)

10/05/2021 by Marie

Finding Your Purpose

This week, Marie and Pete talk about the importance of finding your purpose – and it doesn’t have to have anything to do with your day job.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: happiness, Ikigai, meaning, purpose, volunteering

The Science Behind why Hobbies can Improve our Mental Health

21/04/2021 by Marie

hobbies can improve our mental health

Research shows that having a hobby is linked to lower levels of depression and can even improve our mental health.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: hobbies, mental health, purpose

Happiness – Working One Day a Week? (E62)

12/04/2021 by Marie

Happiness working one day a week

This week, Marie and Pete discuss and agree to disagree on whether working one day a week will bring you happiness.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: balance, happiness, life, meaning, purpose, WorkWeek

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

The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life: Ikigai

29/04/2020 by Marie

passion and purpose

Find your passion and purpose by exploring the Japanese art of Ikigai, and discover the secret to living a long and happy life.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: happy life, Ikigai, long life, meaning, purpose

30-Day Happiness Challenge

08/04/2020 by Marie

30-day-happiness-challenge

Follow our 30-day happiness challenge and rewire your brain to bring more happiness into your life.

Filed Under: Finding Happiness & Resiliency Tagged With: body, challenge, connection, exercise, gratitude, happiness, happiness challenge, health, inspiration, meaning, mind, motivation, purpose, resilience, resiliency, satisfaction, social, wellbeing

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