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The Power of Joy
I randomly came across a sample chapter from an author and designer called Ingrid Fettell Lee – from a book called, Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness. How [...]
Distraction, Diffusion, Acceptance
As many of you may know I have a deep interest in pain – both mental and physical, and how the two interact. Recently I was talking with my cranial osteopath, a dear, [...]
Weekly Words 15th February
I need a new toothbrush. Seems simple enough. Electric or manual? Definitely the former, I’ve read it’s far better for your brushing. Then there are two main brands my dentist tells me, but [...]
Seasons Greetings
As the year draws to a close this is a little note to say Merry Christmas and a most Happy New Year to the Happynesshub community. It’s been a long, busy and somewhat [...]
Weekly Words 13th June
I’ve had a bit of an up and down relationship with exercise for quite a while. Much as I would like to get fitter, I struggle to find the time to fit it [...]
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 [...]
Weekly Words 6th March
In 2019, I wrote a blog on ‘Time Is…’, reflecting on, well, what time is; in my case, often scarce! I read back on the words I wrote, musing over my long to-do [...]
Weekly Words 25th October
I have had no fully functioning television since February. Strange, one may think given I work in TV. But, in fact, most of the children’s content I watch is online and on my [...]
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? [...]