Category: Happy City

Your Say: Keep depression at bay with positive psychology

Black Dog Depression

When you focus on what’s depressing you, you may find yourself getting to know the black dog more than you care to!

Grit and determination will help you achieve your goals

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You can think and plan all you like but life will only start to change once you turn a thought into a deed and take some steps towards your goal

Happy City: How Renewal Choir helps me tune into inner well-being

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Research shows that singing in harmony with others is good for both mental and physical well-being, reducing stress levels and increasing happiness

How Occupy Bristol mirrors Gandhi non-violent protest

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Maybe we can bring about the necessary changes to make our world a better place through just this loving truth and firmness

Mike Zeidler: It’s the ‘idea’ of debt, not the amount, that’s the real problem

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There’s a strong logic to the idea that we must have growth in order to pay debts, but it’s a great example of impeccable logic that’s madly wrong

Make your voice heard on happiness index

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The ONS consultation process, is essential if we want the national index of well-being to be used in an effective and exciting way

Your Say: We need a flood of helpfulness to survive

Letter to the Bristol24-7 Editor

My son has come back from Thailand, with tales of the terrible floods. A huge area north of Bangkok is underwater, causing disruptions and suffering in countless people’s lives and economic damage estimated so far at $10bn