As you probably know, it was recently Thanksgiving in the U.S. I love the idea of Thanksgiving- a holiday that combines expressing gratitude with copious amounts of food? Pretty much [click to continue…]
Dan Buettner, New York Times bestselling author of “The Blue Zone” is, in my opinion, a bit of a guru on long life and happiness. As research for his book, [click to continue…]
Happy Monday Thrivers! Now I know Monday morning is not always the happiest time of the week (this morning it took me a good 20 minutes to leave the comfort [click to continue…]
Ok, so yesterday I posted about the end of Spring, and how much I will miss that wonderful season. The flowers, the colours and the weather all contribute to Springs [click to continue…]
As Spring draws to a close (*tear) I thought I would share one more Spring inspired photo with you. The colours are so vibrant and tulips are one of my [click to continue…]
“The Countess may have been right that money can’t buy you class, and The Beatles were correct in that it can’t buy you love, but apparently it can buy you [click to continue…]
What makes you happy? We all have something that we really love doing, and that makes us truly happy. I just read an article called “Sweet Sensations: Happiness is a [click to continue…]
I’ve just read a couple of articles about a TV show that recently aired in the US called “The Happiest Woman in America”. ‘The happiest woman in America?’, I thought, [click to continue…]
I often talk about the benefits of meditation on the Thrive blog. Meditation reduces stress, as brain activity is shifted from the stress-prone right frontal cortex to the calmer left [click to continue…]
Ah Monday morning, definitely not my favourite time of the week! I love my job, but being back in the office after a weekend of relaxing outdoors is not exactly [click to continue…]