A couple of months ago I wrote about Julie Powell – the real Julie from the Julie & Julia movie (you can read my earlier post here). Julie’s year long cooking project, and the blog she wrote about her project, is such a cool example of how quirky, creative (very broadly defined) personal “projects” or [...]

The University of Canterbury Magazine article I mentioned in yesterday’s post can be read at the link below Just the article University of Canterbury Magazine – interview with Dr Alice Boyes by Breeze Robertson Full Magazine If you’d like to look at the full magazine or past editions of the magazine, you can find them [...]

Last week I did a phone interview with world-leading Positive Psychologist (i.e. happiness scientist) Professor Barb Fredrickson. Martin Seligman has called Barb Fredrickson “the Genius of the Positive Psychology Movement”. Barb is author of the 2009 book Positivity: Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive. Here’s [...]