Have you ever taken a moment to watch children in a playground? They run around with sheer delight, curiously exploring their environment. They hang from bars, climb on things, crawl through tunnels, swing through the air, slide, tumble, fall, balance and never stop to question if their bodies can do it. Sometimes it creates a […]
My husband Paul and I caught up with some friends last weekend who we hadn’t seen in years. It was great to fill in the gaps and listen to people’s journey from school to middle age. Eek middle age did I really say that! I am always interested to see who is happy because I
Sometimes it takes a painful reminder to stop you in your tracks. To make you realise how lucky you are and how grateful you need to be for the simple things in life we often take for granted. I had one of those reminders last week! Transcript – A painful reminder on gratitude Hi everyone, Claire here
The Happy Art book is here – woo hoo! You can purchase it by visiting the Happy Art shopping cart. Now you can have happiness at your finger tips. Investing in your wellbeing is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, your family and friends. When you are happy not only do you
Have you ever wanted to feel hopeful but were too scared to incase you were let down. I used to think like that, until one day a girlfriend at work put a whole new spin on being hopeful. Nic had been for a job interview and was waiting patiently for the outcome. One week later
When I was a little person and even into my teenage years I would always kiss mum and dad goodnight before I went to bed. I had no hesitation in kissing my mum. Her skin was soft, her cheeks plump and warm and she welcomed my touch with open arms. My dad on the other
Happiness is such a subjective thing and my recipe for happiness may not be your recipe for happiness. Research however, has revealed two things are certain; firstly positive emotions are a key ingredient to happiness and secondly a strong feeling of well-being is vital as well. BUT do you need a mix of both ingredients
Last week a good friend of mine sent me a personal message with a link to an article. He said to me “Claire I didn’t want to post this on your Happy Art FB page and appear to be undermining your business because this isn’t my intention but I wondered what you thought about this article
It was my usual Saturday morning walk, meandering by the Brisbane river, winding my way through the New Farm markets and delighting in the happy hum of people enjoying being out doors. Positive feelings were flowing through my body but I was really aware of them, I was too busy planning for the day ahead.
The raucous laughter started quite early in the evening last Friday night. It penetrated the darkness, travelled through the open balcony door into our unit and bounced off the walls of our living room. It continued on throughout the evening with squeals of delight and loud bursts of merriment, drowning out the noise from our
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