Category: Happiness

Thin Places

In Celtic spirituality certain locations were called ‘thin places’ – the division between heaven and earth was said to be at its narrowest. Here is your opportunity to contribute to embody by sharing a description or story of your own experience of a thin place – location or event – in the comments section below. But do take some time to read the other comments first. The original collection of thin places was started on embody in 1999. The comments, which span the last 10 years have been transferred here. Please add your own below. More ...

BBC Bristol news feature on Happiness For Life

Happiness For Life is very at home in its new venue of the Pierien Centre in Bristol. The local BBC radio news stumbled across the course just before the present run – never tell a news anchor that 'not listening to the news' might make you happier. Anyway, here's the final interview. More ...

Embody at Greenbelt 08

Embody is offering a couple of experiential sessions at Greenbelt this year and they're a couple not to miss. Coming first on Saturday night is Happiness and Chocolate and late on Sunday night is Neotopia. More ...

Marriage makes you happier

Legend has it amongst slightly dubious positive psychology research that marriage makes you lastingly happier and has the greatest affect on moderately unhappier men. Ever the one to put these findings to the test I gladly yield myself to scrutiny – but give it a few years before you check up on me. This post also serves as an explanation for my absence over the last few weeks. More ...

Moodify 007

Is bad news always bad news? Here is a moodify card with lyrics to a song called The Taoist's Tale. There are loads of versions of this story and once you've figured out the pattern you can make your own up – starting with your own good or bad luck. More ...

Moodify 006

Download and print for your own use or with a group. This is an exercise in happiness + awareness. When we’re happy we normally attribute that happiness to some external cause. But happiness can also be uncovered when things are taken away. More ...

Habit Seven: Discipline

Getting up early. Keeping going when you’ve got no motivation. Delaying gratification. Not watching as much television. Keeping things simple. Studying. Forming new habits. Planning ahead. Saying no to perfectly reasonable requests. Drawing scornful comments from others. Doing some hard work. Developing depth, focus, perseverance, concentration and smiley spirituality. The mixed side effects of habit seven. More ...

Happiness For Life, 2 day Residential, August 08

Happiness For Life – The Retreat. This summer embody is running a two day happiness retreat at Scargill House in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. If you are interested in happiness and the interpersonal dynamics of positive psychology and how they help build community, productivity and creativity in leadership and in your personal life, then this course will suit you down to the ground. More ...

Test: Does My Life Have Purpose?

Are you living your life on purpose? Do you know what your purpose in life is? Here's a free 2 minute test to rate your own sense of purpose. More ...

The Delight of Little Things (and patience)

Is it an age thing; succumbing to the desire to grow things? Compost and seeds + six months = food. I'm with Jamie on this; dig for victory. Anyway, it is all a good lesson in patience (I had to wait a whole week for this to show – and how happy I was). More ...

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