Tag Archives: happiness

Do You Know Your Top 10 Positive Emotions?

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Megan Hayes

“Getting in tune with your own positivity means going beyond one-size fits all terms like ‘happy’ and ‘good’ in favour of more precisely named emotional states.” In her book, Positivity, Barbara Fredrickson specifies the ten most frequently experienced positive emotions. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Link Pick 18.05.13

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Megan Hayes

Hello and Happy Saturday to you! We’ve gathered another bright, bountiful bunch of links for you to enjoy this weekend. Here’s a great article on building character strengths from Brain Blogger. If you’re looking to get moving now summer is … Continue reading →

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Kathryn on Mindfulness, Part One

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

As I sit down to write this blog entry on Mindfulness I am struck by a great irony: in the exploration of mindfulness, of savouring my experiences to inspire me writing this piece, I have let the emails and phone … Continue reading →

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Saturday Link Pick 11.05.13

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Megan Hayes

A new term has just started up here at Light Box HQ and we’ve come to the end of our week of gratitude workshops – we hope you were able to join us. Here are our links for your weekend. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Link Pick 04.05.13

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Megan Hayes

It’s time for another  captivating collection of links to click. We hope you find something interesting. We love this video about the inspirational Nick Vujicic. Here are 174,203 things to do instead of watching TV. We are lucky aims to “pass … Continue reading →

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All about Nicole’s Internship at Light Box

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Lucy Barfoot

We were so delighted to have Nicole here on her internship. We asked her to write a blog post for us about her experience here, and have so enjoyed reading about her experience, and we’re also so flattered by the … Continue reading →

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We are now Happiness Champions!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Lucy Barfoot

Last week we were delighted to find out that we all are nominated as ‘a Bristol’s Happiness Champion of 2013′. A ‘Happiness Champion’ being defined as ‘men and women who bring smiles and cheer to their fellow Bristolians every day‘. We’re all … Continue reading →

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Saturday Link Pick: 13.04.13

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Megan Hayes

We’re back with another lovely bunch of freshly-picked links for you, we hope you enjoy them! Would you like some tips on how to deflect negativity? We love these DIY bunting jam jars, useful for storing all manner of trinkets. … Continue reading →

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Is there More to Life than Being Happy?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Megan Hayes

Image thanks to Kevin Dooley In a recent article for The Atlantic titled ‘There’s More to Life Than Being Happy’, journalist Emily Esfahani Smith comments that “What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which … Continue reading →

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Saturday Link Pick: 06.04.13

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Megan Hayes

Welcome back to the Light Box blog for another of our Link Pick’s put together especially for you… Get clicking: Toys from trash: make something today using nothing much. Bentlily is a blog of daily poetry and ‘the art of … Continue reading →

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