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Overcoming challenges and growing through struggles – my talk on resilience #burnout #mentalhealth
Cathy Lawson and Alison Burgess of I Have Got This invited me to take part in their Resilience Matters series. I talk about some of the challenges I had to overcome and how I did it, my corporate burnout and … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, burnout, event, happiness, happy, live, mental health, nomad, redundancy, resilience, talk, unemployment, universe
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Transforming Anxiety – with Elisha Goldstein and Action for Happiness
Fear + Uncertainty = Anxiety. How true. Who has not felt anxious in the last year? Elisha Goldstein says that 1 in 12 of us used to suffer from anxiety before the Covid pandemic, and now it is 1 in … Continue reading
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Tagged action for happiness, anxiety, covid, elisha goldstein, happiness, happy, nomad, pandemic, talk, uncertainty, universe
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Emptiness as freedom. The Void by Alan Watts.
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Tagged alan watts, buddhism, emptiness, happiness, happy, liberation, nomad, talk, universe, void, zen
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You gotta be hungry… Don’t stop running towards your dream — Les Brown #happiness
I love this speech. It’s full of gems of advice: You gotta be hungry… Practice every day (reminder to self)… Someone’s opinion of you does not need to become your reality… You have greatness within you and responsibility to manifest that greatness… … Continue reading
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Tagged dream, happiness, happy, les brown, motivational, nomad, speaker, talk, universe, video & film
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Digital detox and happiness – putting ’smart’ back into phone #talk
Following advice I received from the shaman (bear with me), I did look at ways I could share what I learnt about happiness and mindfulness wider with the world. As a result, I am happy to report that I’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged art therapy, detox, device, digital, happiness, happy, mindfulness, nomad, phone, smartphone, talk, universe
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How to give and receive love, starting now – Barbara Fredrickson’s TED talk
This short video is a great summary of a 6 week positive psychology course I am taking on Coursera currently. It’s fascinating how Fredrickson redefines what love is – see below. Giving and receiving love is vital for our well … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, happy, love, nomad, positive, psychology, science, talk, ted, universe, video & film
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Pronoia – a belief that everything in the Universe is conspiring to support you – via @Lissarankin #happiness
Lissa Rankin has been setting my mind on fire recently. She is my mentor, my spiritual coach. Her book The Fear Cure, her blog posts and now this talk at the World Domination Summit that I want to share with … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, core beliefs, courage, cure, danger, fear, growth, happiness, happy, Lissa Rankin, loneliness, loss, nomad, talk, uncertainty, universe
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Megan Feldman on forgiveness in an unforgiving world #TEDtalks #happiness
Another fascinating talk from the Science of Happiness programme on edX. Megan Feldman looks at the act of not forgiving, of holding to one’s grudges as an act of committing violence, to oneself or the world. What impact does non forgiveness … Continue reading
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Tagged forgive, forgiveness, happiness, happy, megan feldman, nomad, science, shooting, talk, ted, universe, video & film, violence
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Emilie Wapnick: why some of us don’t have one true calling #happiness
I’ve just discovered that my search for one passion, one big goal, one purpose my whole life was futile and unnecessary. I am not lost, I am just different. Suddenly all limits are removed and everything is possible. This is … Continue reading
Don’t worry, be grumpy by Ajahn Brahm #happiness #talk
I have been sceptical of Google talks before. They seemed too long. However I am glad I stuck out with this one by Ajahn Brahm (a Buddhist monk from Australia). Even despite the poo story somewhere in the second half … Continue reading
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Tagged ajahn brahm, anger, blog, buddhism, buddhist, doubt, happiness, life, nomad, peace, stress, talk, universe
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This week’s happiness recipe- do nothing, listen to Spotify and watch James Altucher’s TED talk
This week 3 things have been helping me to stay happy. Here they are. Brilliant post by Swati Desai on The Importance Of Doing Nothing does not appeal to me just because I am lazy 🙂 Often staying still and letting things go (this, too, shall … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, james altucher, let go, meditation, nomad, spotify, surrender, swati desai, talk, ted, universe
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The biggest secret to happiness is to stay present, live in the now
Recently I have come to realise that the biggest source of happiness is how we treat the present and whether we live in the now. I’ve seen Matt Killingsworth’s talk and it made me revisit what I read in Eckhart … Continue reading
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Tagged boot camp, buddhist, eckhart tolle, happiness, matt killingsworth, meditation, new earth, nomad, now, power of now, present, talk, ted, timber hawkeye, universe, video & film
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Happiness in marriage- how we end up marrying the wrong people
Happiness in marriage and relationships is one of the big components of being happy overall. However there is not much practical and smart literature on the subject. There are no quality verified schools or classes where one could learn the basics … Continue reading
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Tagged alain de botton, happiness, love, marriage, nomad, partner, philosophy, psychology, relationship, romance, spouse, talk, universe
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