What does Happiness Mean? St John’s College, Oxford

What does it mean to be happy? Join me on Mon 18th May where I will be

debating the question with Prof Mark Williams of the University of Oxford’s Mindfulness Centre and Nic Marks, formerly of nef and now of […]

Walking the Talk to Wellbeing

I recently met Satish Kumar, a world ambassador for walking, who in the 1960s embarked on an epic 8000-mile peace walk from Gandhi’s grave in Delhi to JFK’s in Washington DC. His description of walking as an ‘antidote to […]

Walking back to Happiness

The UK’s largest urban walking festival is back. From 1st-31st May the Bristol Walk Fest will play host to a variety of walks. On Sunday 17th May I’ll be leading a walk for well-being around Ashton Court, with Rosalind […]

The Happiness Training Programme Online starts April 8th

The Happiness Training Programme Online is back. No need to leave home. This online 8-week group coaching course with Miriam Akhtar and Dr Chris Johnstone is accessible from the comfort of your own sofa and designed to have an […]

Love & Purpose – Happiness with extra bandwidth

The Bristol Happiness Lectures were an annual event at the University of Bristol set up by Dr Chris Johnstone, the co-author with Joanna Macy of Active Hope, a book that makes the connection between personal and planetary well-being. When […]

The 2nd Annual Happiness Lectures Online

The 2015 Annual Happiness Lectures Online is on Thurs 26th March at 1930 (GMT) and previews the Happiness Training Programme Online, which starts on Weds 8th April.

Love is a peak experience and our supreme positive emotion, while having a […]

Sustainable Well-being

Bristol is the European Green Capital for 2015. My home city has long been a hub of progressive thinking and innovation. With its chilled West Coast vibe, Silicon Valley (the largest digital cluster outside London) and Oscar-winning filmmakers, you […]

Positive Psychology Self-Help for Depression

Beat the winter blues and halt the downwards spiral into depression. Join Miriam for a 4-week online course based on her book Positive Psychology for Overcoming Depression which shows you how to use evidence-based tools from the science of […]

Journalists’ crisis of mental health

‘Clever, creative and consumed by their work.’ My summary of freelance journalists and why the mental health of media workers may be at risk. A survey by the National Union of Journalists shows that over 50% of freelance journalists […]

Positive Strokes – A Story of Post-traumatic Growth

It may be easier to back positive psychology when life is on the up but for me it has been the tough times that have truly shown me the value of the science of happiness. In July less than […]