The Happiness Blog

I think it is great that there is such a focus on happiness in the West now, but it sometimes feels like all that competition that went into being richer than others is now going into looking like you are having a better time than others.  People use Facebook to...

I ran a workshop at the Foreign Office the day before yesterday.  It was interesting for me to go back to a place where I had worked for so many years.  I've done the journey so often I switch into autopilot mode on my way there.  I had mixed feelings - nostalgia for...

Apologies for the hiatus. At least I'm back with a suitably grand title!  I've finally made the leap to leave the Foreign Office, after being on unpaid leave for a year.  It is pretty scary leaving the security and structure of such a huge hierarchy to go solo and...

Action For Happiness had its summer get-together earlier this week.  We had been trying to find a date since June, but by the time we finally we got our collective act together it was time to make it into a Christmas-y thing complete with crackers and a Secret Santa....

Last night my dad made the most delicious meal of roast duck with a rendered down sherry and japonica jelly sauce.  Sadly, I couldn’t eat it because I’ve been a vegetarian for a couple of years now.  I’m not the perfect veggie, and I fall off the wagon every now and...