Category Archives: happiness

What do you want to be When You Grow Up?

WYGU is a new social careers guidance and mentoring platform that helps you to find your perfect career, or help others find theirs. Whatever your age, whatever your occupation, if you’re looking for advice or if you have advice to … Continue reading

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Statistics to Laugh About

1. The average pre-schooler laughs or smiles 400 times a day. That the number drops to only 15 times a day by the time people reach age 35. 2. People smile only 35 percent as much as they think they … Continue reading

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Think oblique: How our goals are best reached indirectly

In business, in mountaineering and even in the pursuit of happiness, the most direct route isn’t always best. Economist John Kay makes the case for obliquity http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/think-oblique-how-our-goals-are-best-reached-indirectly-1922948.html

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Trends in 2010

Forget the recession: the societal changes that will dominate 2010 were set in motion way before we temporarily stared into the abyss. Urban culture is the culture. Extreme urbanization, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and far beyond will lead to more … Continue reading

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Access the Hero within – Super Kid Agency

From the day we are borne there is a HERO inside us all waiting to be discovered. To access this HERO we need to cultivate creativity and enrich the human capacity, we need to re-think and educate the whole being … Continue reading

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Last chance to change our behaviour

There is growing awareness of the damage we are doing to the planet and the natural resources on which we depend, says David Hillyard. Yet, he argues in this week’s BBC Green Room, we still carry on along the same … Continue reading

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A poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Kindness”

Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth What you held in your hand, What you counted and carefully saved, all this must go … Continue reading

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To all of you out there trying to better yourself and others

 

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Why it’s worth the walk – a step in the right direction

Stepping out is good for your health. Here are a few good reasons to get you motivated – Walking can halve your risk of coronary heart disease. Walking one mile in 20 minutes burns the same number of calories as … Continue reading

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St Patrick’s Day: enjoying the craic or drinking to excess?

There has been a lot of talk about using the price of alcohol to control consumption, bad timing some would say with St Patrick’s Day literally just around the corner. Everyone wants to be Irish on 17 March. But celebrating … Continue reading

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No Smoking Day: Wednesday 11 March 2009

No Smoking Day is the UK’s leading health campaign for smokers who want to stop. If you need help and want to stop smoking then this website has all the information and resources you need to kick the habit http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/

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Thought for the week…

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Gandhi

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Bring a bit more kindness into the world

It’s not unusual for a clothing brand to aim to be kind to the environment, such as by using sustainable materials, production methods and packaging, for example. A new line of clothing out of Northern Ireland, however, strives to inspire … Continue reading

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New Year Resolution

OK you’ve gotten rid of the hangover, it’s time to look at the year ahead and think about the resolutions you’re ready to make. Is it finally time to stop smoking, trim your spending, clean out your closets, eat healthier … Continue reading

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7 ways to a greener and happier lifestyle

Walk the walk Get around with less machine power and more of your own steam power. If you Walk The Walk, or pedal the pedal, you’ll see the world around you and burn plenty of fat but no fossil fuel … Continue reading

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rentAtoy this christmas…

Kids seem to have the attention span of fruit flies when it comes to toys. They fall in love with anything new, until the next new thing grabs their attention and affections. (When I was a lad we’d be happy … Continue reading

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Christmas Cracker

Thanks to Debby in Devon for today’s Tip, an alternative to expensive, and often wasteful, Christmas crackers. Take a square of paper or cloth and make a bundle tied up with ribbon. Add your own contents – including the essential … Continue reading

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Secrets to happiness part 1

With our current concerns about the economy, as well as climate change topping the list of environmental problems, it’s natural to feel anxious about the future. But new research shows that well-being does not depend on spending money or consuming … Continue reading

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