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 could I not be drawn to this? Alongside the myriad of colours that sprinkled the front cover, it could not [...]
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, wise and gentle soul whose presence in my life is a great gift. An author of a number of books [...]
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 she strongly advises one. Great. Nearly there… or so you’d think. Absolutely not. Six (yes SIX) hours later I still [...]
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 funny year at my end, with highs and lows of exciting projects, health challenges and the like, but most of [...]
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 in, and am very good at starting something multiple times without it seeming to stick. I can’t tell you how [...]
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 [...]
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 list and the feeling of constantly playing catch up, and realise, with neither great amusement nor great dismay, that the [...]
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 laptop. What I have really missed however, (particularly with my poor health this year), is being able to lie down [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
