We need some good news We start the new year with all kinds of dire predictions about 2019. Well, here is some good news – The Happiness Course is running again! You’ll remember that I ran The Happiness Course last September here in SE London. It was a great success, and some of the comments […]
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So how did The Happiness Course go? Part 2
From last time… My last post talked about The Happiness Course I ran in September in Sydenham, SE London. I’d say it was a success – but don’t take my word for it. Here’s a taste… …of some of the comments people wrote down (anonymously) on their evaluation forms at the end… “I have a […]
How long would you last just sitting doing nothing?
Busy lives? It hardly needs saying… Most of us live very busy and active lives – there just don’t seem to be enough hours in the day to fit in everything we need to do. So the idea of sitting for say, 15 minutes just doing nothing seems completely foreign to us. So here’s the […]
Happiness – or joy? (Part 2)
Joy – the story so far In Part 1 of this post, we began to explore the differences between happiness and joy. For a start, the two words began life a long time ago from very different standpoints. Happiness seems to have arisen through the rather random experience of luck (“It just happened to turn […]
Live full – die empty
I was in the gym some time ago and saw this slogan It was on someone’s t-shirt: “Live full – die empty.” I liked it – or at least half liked it… I liked the idea of living life to the full. I presume what he had in mind was… The experience of enjoying every […]
Seven ways men can overcome loneliness
1. Move beyond the “manly” stereotype Our culture’s view of men and manhood is profoundly flawed, with its emphasis on external strength but neglect of inner strength and character. Some of the greatest men in history have been very much “in touch” with their inner life, unafraid to express emotions, both “positive” and “negative”. This […]
