Founders of Addictive Daughter When self-medicating with alcohol, men and drugs no longer worked, Joey Bradford and Persia Lawson decided to ‘sit through this and meet the pain.’ Persia, a daughter of drug addicts, and Joey, drinking and dating from age twelve, became best friends in drama school. After both making an ‘amazing’ inward journey, […]
Deep Jungle Healing, Bruce Parry
Indigenous Peoples Explorer He lived with tribes in Africa, South-America, Greenland and the Himalayas. He has filmed himself taking hallucinogenic potions, which he credits with helping to heal his traumas. Bruce Parry, a former Royal Marines Officer and award-winning documentary maker, says there’s something about the connectedness of indigenous people that nourishes mental health far better […]
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Our communities are fragmented, so there is no natural support system for mental illness anymore, says Lord Carey. Instead, this former Archbishop of Canterbury supports ‘taking out pews’ to create 24-hour churches, functioning as community centres. Outspoken Carey, once leader of 70 million Anglicans worldwide, also supported the ordination of female […]
Sleeping and Little Miss Sunshine,
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“I just wish I could go to sleep until I was eighteen. And skip all this crap, high school and everything. Just skip it..” This clip explains why that’s not a great idea (it’s funny too).
Malene Rydahl: Hygge
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Malene Rydahl The Author of Happy as a Dane: 10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World. Hygge is the little secret of how the Danes recharge their batteries in a cosy and warm atmosphere with candles and delicious food. It is about being together in a simple and unpretentious way that […]
Kindness Boomerang,
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Watch as the camera tracks an act of kindness as it passes from one individual to the next and manages to boomerang back to the person who set it into motion. Why not give it a try? Today?
Today’s Lesson… from Brian,
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“You’ve got to think for yourself. You’re all individuals…” We all agree..
Alan Watts: The Real You
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Who are you really? You are something the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is something that the whole ocean is doing. The real you is not a puppet which life pushes around. The real, deep down you is the whole universe. “If you’re ready to wake up, […]
Mindfulness in Education Tsar, Sir Anthony Seldon
Educationalist, Author and Co-founder of Action for Happiness Fed up with our education system, which he calls target-oriented and ‘sick’, Sir Anthony Seldon set out to teach children how to ‘lead lives full of meaning and love’ instead. Seldon, a prominent political historian and commentator, took his Buddhism-meets-school philosophy and successfully applied it to Wellington […]
Former hostage, and Colombian presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt
Held Hostage by the Columbian FARC Ingrid Betancourt became headline news when she was kidnapped by the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC in 2002. The Colombian presidential candidate was held in the jungle, mistreated and tortured, until she, and 14 other hostages, were rescued by the Colombian military six years later. Betancourt, who has a son […]
Former Head of HR at Unilever, Geoff McDonald
Former Global VP of HR at Unilever Geoff McDonald’s crucible moment came in the middle of the night. He had a panic attack. At the time, Geoff was Vice President of HR for multi-billion dollar company Unilever. A real career alpha-man, he had no idea what was wrong. In this riveting talk he describes his […]
Headmaster turned suicide awareness campaigner, Dick Moore
Waller Trainer for Schools and Young People (Charlie Waller Memorial Trust), Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor (MHFA England) The Moores were a privileged, fortunate, happy family. Then, in September 2011, the third of their four sons took his own life at the age of 21, after a break-up that led to depression. Dick Moore, who is […]
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