Weekly Words 2nd July

As the summer arrives here in the UK and the British weather swings between sweltering and wet, I wanted to say hello and see how your past month has been. How are you Hubbers? Are you well? Whilst the global news continues to bring great tragedy and sadness, yet the sunshine over here makes [...]

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Weekly Words 30th April

Long time, no speak. And what a difficult time this has been globally. As spring arrives here in the UK, blossoms are emerging and the sun breaks through the crisp, fresh April air. This month I have been on a ServiceSpace course about living and dying – a very timely one for me [...]

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Weekly Words 5th February

This upcoming week, from February 7th-13th February 2022, it is Children’s Mental Health Week. This is always a fun and busy time here at Happynesshub HQ as we share our talking dog resources and spread Bow-Wowza kindness across the globe. In 2022 we are again collaborating with our fabulous friends at the Now [...]

Weekly Words 15th August

As I arrived to check in to my cottage in Cornwall this week, I was looking forward to fresh air, no stress, and, primarily, a healthy dose of peace and quiet. So, when I woke up on the first full day there to the dulcet tones of an electric drill at work just [...]

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Weekly Words 31st July

This week’s blog is inspired by some consultancy work that I was doing this week for a charity very close to my heart. I was asked to join in a brainstorming session with the board of trustees to consider their new direction, and to share my own experiences of delivering ‘impact’ in the [...]

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Weekly Words 17th July

When I was thinking about a blog to write for this week, the obvious answer was to write about the football. After all, it’s what totally captured the whole of the U.K. for the last month. And yet, just six days after the Italy v England game, the Euros tournament already seems long [...]

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Weekly Words 3rd July

Something I’ve been thinking a lot about this week is how to learn from past experience when moving forward to new, yet unknown ones. And that is what this week’s blog is a little bit about; written by one of our lovely Hubbers, Jane, it reflects on a tricky event and considers how [...]

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Weekly Words 5th June

As Sally mentioned last week, for the past couple of months we’ve been working on a film for the Beyond #BrakeTheSystem campaign - and the campaign, and film, has finally launched! Thanks to the incredible work of Jonny, Louisa, the inspirational Youth Board and Sally and the Happynesshub team, the crowdfunder is now [...]

Weekly Words 29th May

“The whole is always greater than the sum of its parts” This is one of my favourite phrases. Originating from Aristotle, some say commonly wrongly interpreted, and far more complex than one may think if returning to original texts. However, as I use it today, it is in reference to that feeling I [...]

Weekly Words 22nd May

Over the past months I have been exploring Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a therapeutic approach and here are some tools that you may like to implement in your everyday life. One is the idea of the ‘struggle switch.’ When we encounter a feeling such as anxiety, anger or sadness, our first [...]

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