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Ted talk- How to make hard choices by Ruth Chang

An amazing, life changing, eye opening Ted talk that I want to share with you. Let Ruth Chang, the first Chinese philosopher who is also a woman that I encounter, change your perspective on hard life choices.

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Nomad of the Universe best posts on happiness

I’ve been promising this for a while and finally here goes. The best posts imho for the last 6-9 months or so, which feature original content, not just reposts. Thank you for reading my blog and have a happy weekend! … Continue reading

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Morning yoga- 10 poses for lazy days

January. Time when we start afresh. Resolutions and all. Many of us- myself included- vow to get back in shape. Not easy. Being one of the laziest people ever when it comes to exercise, any sort of exercise that contains … Continue reading

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Jason Silva’s Shots of Awe – Existential Bummer

This video might just make and define your day, week or even a year. Do not go gentle into that good night, … Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Source

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31 day happiness programme/ challenge to beat the January blues

You don’t necessarily need to start on Jan 1, it’s never too late to start being happier. The UK ‘happiness experts’, as Daily Mail calls them, Andy Cope and Andy Whittaker helped compile this programme/ challenge. My top 4 must be the knickers … Continue reading

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Happy New Year! Fly into fireworks #magic

Fireworks are magic. My new year eve was warm and magic, I hope yours was too! In my home town (Almaty) new year eve is celebrated with the fireworks- not the public ones but the ones done by many people … Continue reading

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Inspiration for happy life — 30 things I’ve learned by Nick Crocker

Sometimes it’s useful to read posts like this one. Nothing in it is new, but it’s a list of principles of someone who lives a happy life (or strives to) and hence it’s helpful. Any checklist for happy life, any … Continue reading

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Strategies For Happiness, Medical Angle

I must confess, I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I love reading about health, watching medical shows and I do follow a couple of doctors on twitter. So for those of you preferring a medical angle on happiness, I … Continue reading

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14 Most Powerful Ted Talks For Disruptive Career Change

If you are trying to radically change what you do (I am at the moment) or are thinking about it, this playlist should provide the ideas and inspiration. If you are an overnight success story or not, keep trying! How … Continue reading

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Hello, Fig Inspired. Cry Of A Fox

As we say on this blog, art therapy is great for happiness. My favourite art is surrealism, Picasso, Dali, et al, my favourites are usually the contemporary art museums, the painting I am obsessed with at the moment is Bosch’s … Continue reading

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What Does Your Inner Voice Tell You?

Who said it? My friend Justin I believe. Eckhart Tolle is a bit like Marmite – you either love him or hate him 🙂  Yes, he is slightly out of this world. Yes, he holds weird TV meditations where for … Continue reading

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Wikipedia Of Expat Living In Holland

I’ve spent too much time on the subject of happiness lately 🙂  Now back to Holland, my current place of residence. It’s been raining for 2 weeks, pretty much non stop, so the weather is not too exciting at the … Continue reading

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Fight Or Flight

It’s easy to put us into this mode, isn’t it? Unknown noise, unexpected movement, fleeting moments when peripheral vision imagines it saw something…  I have recently realised that most of my life I have been in a fleeing mode. I … Continue reading

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Happiness Junkies

Can you get fixated on the pursuit of happiness? Absolutely! Happiness junkies (a good example in today’s article), fixate on it so much that inevitably lose the object of their pursuit out of their view entirely. Desperately wanting to be happy … Continue reading

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Reintroducing Wisdom In Everyday Life

Alain de Botton is a genius. My favourite living philosopher. He helped me change my thinking about so many things. I follow him on Twitter and his School of Life on Facebook. I read several of his books. This recent … Continue reading

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