by Karen Brown | Jan 17, 2016 | Book reviews
One of my goals is to read a new book each week. For this weeks book, I chose Chris Hadfield’s An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth. Book review: Chris Hadfield For anyone who hasn’t heard of Commander Chris Hadfield, he is the Canadian Astronaut...
by Karen Brown | Jan 16, 2016 | TED talks
This week’s TED talks are looking at happiness from a number of different angles. Being happy is surely something we all would like to achieve, so these talks will be very informative. Robert Waldinger – What makes a good life? Lessons from the...
by Karen Brown | Jan 10, 2016 | Book reviews
This isn’t a big book, but it packs a powerful punch. Heidi Grant Halvorson simply sets out the 9 things that successful do differently, and not only explains what they are, but also why they work. The 9 things are: Get specific. Setting goals that are specific in...
by Karen Brown | Jan 9, 2016 | TED talks
TED talks of the week – being inspired TED has created a number of playlists for people to watch, and I came across one called: to boldly go. So these are the talks that I’ll be watching this week. Watch Yves Rossy fly: [ted id=1271] Diana Nyad:...
by Karen Brown | Jan 8, 2016 | Decluttering, Mindset practices
Because I was kind of ahead of myself on the decluttering front, having had a really good clear out of the lounge, I had a quick look on YouTube for some videos from Marie Kondo. There are loads of videos about using the #konmarie method, and people seem to have had...
