Womankind

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When asked, “What makes you happy?”, most people will list items such as financial security, good health, a hearty meal, time with friends and family, and so on. Few will say, “I am most happy when sitting alone in an empty room.” Happiness for many,

Psychologies

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Whereas money, possessions and career success are not strong predictors of wellbeing, there’s one thing that is a far stronger indicator of long-term happiness than anything else on Earth. In fact, it’s so important that our brain is specifically des

Simply Woman & Home

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When the nights get cold and dark, the last thing we feel like doing is going outside, preferring to snuggle down with a roaring fire and our favourite Netflix show. But did you know that getting outside even when it’s freezing can be good for you? I

The Saturday Evening Post

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As we age, we need to maintain a sense of purpose. Studies suggest that engaging in writing, painting, and music can spark happiness and even better health. “Many people don’t see too far away from their nose, and money has become too important,” say

Reason

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“DOES MONEY BUY happiness?” asked economist Richard Easterlin in a famous 1973 essay in The Public Interest. His conclusion was that once a certain level of economic development had been achieved, greater wealth and income did not lead to greater ove

FHM Sweden

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PR LSA Publications | @leo.alderman @lsapublications Happy to have you featured on FHM! Tell us what are some of the things you did to prepare for this shoot? I am so honored and grateful to be featured in FHM! To prepare, I did a small ritual that w

India Today

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Nilesh Shah always thought he had the good life. As managing director of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company, one of India’s largest financial services group, money was never an issue. Initially, material pursuits like getting a good job, a new c

Psychologies

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Write down a few words that define happiness for you. Where do you feel happy? Who do you feel happy with? What activities bring you joy? 2 Where does your sense of happiness come from? Growing up, what influenced your world view and sense of happin

Tatler Singapore

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With her bicolour bob and trendy threads, Thierry Chow looks every inch the stylish, well-travelled urbanite. But few would be able to guess her chosen profession at first sight. She describes her role as a “feng shui designer”, making the ancient pr

Womankind

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I’m watching a group of Buddhist monks creating a jewel-like mandala of coloured sands. The film, Werner Herzog’s Wheel of Time, documents the Buddhist Kalachakra initiation, a ritual held over ten or so days each year, which is attended by hundreds

Pick Me Up Special

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Happiness is contagious, so it should be shared. The Society of Happy People created Happiness Happens Day on 8 August, every year, to encourage people to share their happy news, stories or even just a smile. The reason for starting it is that the fo

Tatler Homes Philippines

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Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art of geomancy that studies ways of living in harmony and balance with your environment. While it requires experienced subjective judgement and interpretation, Feng Shui follows a systematic study and employs the accu

Her World Singapore

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When I was a young girl, my annual birthday wish was always “I just want to be happy”. Sometime in my late 20s, I realised that happiness is a choice, and not a fleeting emotion. Happiness is not a destination – it’s a decision. But how do we get the

Tatler Homes Singapore

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With her bicolour bob and trendy threads, Thierry Chow looks every inch the stylish, well-travelled urbanite. But few would be able to guess her chosen profession at first sight. Even for the daughter of Chow Hon Ming, one of Hong Kong’s most respect

MacLife

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Last year was one of the most stressful in recent memory, and so far this year hasn’t been much better, so it’s understandable if you’re looking for ways to increase your happiness. Thankfully, there are lots of apps on hand to help you take back con

Woman's Weekly

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irst let’s bust some happiness myths that get in the way of building happiness. Happiness is something that just happens Happiness is something that we all have to work on and we can build into our life on a daily basis. ✢ Happiness will happen when…

Woman NZ

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What’s love got to do with it? Well, everything, of course! Of all the factors that predict positive outcomes in life, supportive relationships are one of the most important, affecting our physical health, our mental wellbeing, the happiness we exper

Harper's Bazaar Australia

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HAPPINESS has had its own mood swings in the past decade. First, we learnt that it’s more satisfying to plant our own salad rocket than to build a McMansion. The Happiness Project gave us proof of love. We sparked joy Marie Kondo-ing our wardrobes an

Her World Singapore

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We’re generally a blissful bunch, so say half of the women in Her World’s Happiness Survey 2019 – and the rest are seemingly contented. The best indicators of happiness are career success, good health and financial security, but women seek more to fi

The Millions

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For writers, real success is the days and weeks and months and years of satisfying, engaging work it takes to produce the book, no matter what happens to it afterward. The post Our Work and Why We Do It appeared first on The Millions.

Living Etc

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Our process at Studio McLeod has been referred to by clients as ‘architectural therapy’. I think this is because we’re having conversations about their lifestyle, happiness and stress, rather than diving into what the building will look like. In shor

iPad User Magazine

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Last year was one of the most stressful in recent memory, and so far this year hasn’t been much better! So it’s understandable if you’re looking for ways to increase your happiness. Thankfully, there are lots of apps on hand to help you take back con

The Atlantic

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A good life isn’t just about getting the details right. Here are some truths that transcend circumstance and time.

Best Self Magazine

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Photograph by Anna Bay — I’m always open to chatting about busy; it seems everyone else is, too. Is epidemic too strong a word to describe the extent to which ‘busy’ is impacting our health, our happiness, and the quality of our relationships? I don’

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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Even if you think feng shui is mumbo-jumbo, most of its principles are in accordance with good landscape design practice, so applying them will still give you a garden that is pleasing to be in. Some of the key features of feng shui gardens are water

Simply Woman & Home

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Did you know? On average, we check our phones 150 times a day, with 53% of us waking up at least once a night to them.* For many of us, letter writing is a lost art, perhaps only associated with sitting down after Christmas to write ‘thank you’ notes

Tatler Homes Philippines

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The name Kelly Hoppen equates to neutral tones, clean lines and a subtle blend of interesting textures that, when put together, bring out her signature East-meets-West style. For more than four decades, she and her talented team have created a portfo

Best Self Magazine

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— I haven’t a clue how a 15-year-old from the west coast of Ireland first heard about Feng Shui, an ancient energetic art from across the seas in China. However, somehow when the Internet beeped for the first time, I heard it and decided to take the

Highline Autos

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Tanya Shively creates luxury home interiors that cultivate wellness. To do this, she and her Scottsdale team extend the traditional interior design scope beyond furnishings, artwork and lighting to include multi-sensuous elements, natural components,

WellBeing

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Walking in the front door can feel like sanctuary. Alternatively, it can be a stressful environment of its own, filled with reminders of domestic jobs and repairs needing to be done, mess, clutter, noise, arguments with household members and other pr