Happiness is all around you. Just walk through a garden, yours or anyone’s, and you are sure to feel a sense of joy, happiness, and peace. This week’s prompt asks you to do something special with flowers, and if you live in a place where there are no flowers at this time of year, supermarket…
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Last week’s prompt to hold hands and really feel the connection of human touch evoked a beautiful post from Cee that is linked below. Cee talks about how we use touch as a method of healing and told of a special story between her and her partner Chris. Hands have special meaning to me too.…
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Did you sing last week? Out loud? How did it make you feel? I hope you found the power in your own voice. This week’s happiness prompt and affirmation requires another person, or two. I hope it brings you a few minutes of joy and happiness. And I encourage you to write down how you…
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So how was last week? Did you walk 3 times? Did it bring you some happiness? Were you able to get into a natural space? I can’t wait to hear. This week’s happiness prompt and affirmation can be done while absolutely alone or maybe even for an audience. It all depends on you and your…
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It feels like eons ago when I became a mother, and thus have celebrated many Mother’s Days. The early days of spaghetti necklaces, friendship bracelets and homemade cards splattered with paint are far behind me. I miss them somehow. Fast forward to yesterday and for the first time ever I celebrated Mother’s Day at my…
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Beneath the waters of the Bay of Fundy lay sea caves carved by the Atlantic Ocean from the soft sandstone cliffs. You don’t have to go diving to explore these amazing hollows, you simply have to wait. Each day in a twelve hour cycle the tide goes out revealing the ocean floor and the beautiful…
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As you probably already know, exercise is a fantastic mood booster. As we exercise, even moderately, three times a week, our brain produces a variety of feel-good chemicals. One of them is Endorphins, the hormone that kickstarts that happy feeling. This week I challenge you to some light exercise so that you can experience that…
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If it’s spring in your part of the world you may see some beautiful blossoming trees. There’s really something magical about trees that flower to beat fruit later in the season. It speaks of hope and abundance. This week’s Happiness Project is all about noticing and appreciating that abundance, while acknowledging your own blossoming. If…
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We often hear the phrase BE FEARLESS. It is shouted out at us across the divide, echoing in the canyon as you stand on the precipice about to take the leap. As business leaders, entrepreneurs, students, and anyone trying to achieve their goals in life, we keep coming across the phrase BE FEARLESS. But should…
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Welcome or welcome back to the Happiness Project, where each week we live mindfully so that we can let joy and happiness into our lives. How many hugs did you give last week? This week’s prompt asks you to stop and notice something that is available to all of us. Then feel the feelings and…
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This week’s happiness prompt is simple (aren’t they all). And that’s exactly the point. It’s about the simple little things. The simple pleasures that inject a little happiness and bring us joy everyday. I hope you enjoyed last week’s prompt, all about the beach, and were able to use it to encourage more of the…
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It was a rainy spring day, the kind tailor-made for an unrushed cozyafternoon tea. And Abigail’s Tea House in St. George, Ontario was the perfectspot to indulge in some hygge and cozy relaxation over High Tea. The welcoming green door on the corner of Main St. in the quaint littletown of St. George is impossible…
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Remember days spent at the beach? These are usually lounge-worthy days, full of sunshine and blissful relaxation. Reading a good book, building sand castles, going for a long romantic walk, cold drinks and juicy fruit, whatever your flavour, beaches are evocative of happy memories. Can you hear the sound of waves, children laughing, dogs barking?…
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Sometimes it’s easier to do for others and love them than it is to love ourselves and give ourselves time. This week’s Happiness prompt is all about you. I hope you enjoyed last week’s prompt and were able to use it to encourage more of the simple joys to enter your life. If you missed…
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Spring has sprung in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere lightening the air and lengthening the days. Oh what joy. I hope you enjoyed last week’s prompt and were able to use it to encourage more of the simple joys to enter your life. If you missed week 1, see it linked below along with…
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There’s something about Port Colborne that I really like. It has a quaintness to it that isn’t imbued in perfection. It’s rough edges similar to the coarse brown-sugar Lake Erie sand found on Nickel Beach. There’s something very human and personal about this little Niagara town and I have lots of happy memories of summer…
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Today is the first day of Spring, a time of renewal, rebirth, and rejuvenation. As we emerge into this new season I do so with gratitude and joy as much as I can. So today I am beginning the Happiness Project. It is my way of sprinkling happiness like fairy dust everywhere I go. We…
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There is something divine and decadent in the ritual of afternoon tea. Experiencing it in the lavish Drawing Room at the historic Prince of Wales Hotel in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake certainly elevates the affair of afternoon tea, especially in the company of good friends. Afternoon tea was something I grew up with. Not as resplendent as…
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