Tag: Happiness
Attention Deficit Marriages
In a fast-paced world, our attention is a rare and valuable commodity. Is your marriage suffering from attention deficit? True confession: some evenings you’ll find us sitting on the couch with the TV playing and us both on our laptops or other individual devices. We know; it’s not particularly noble and we have a sense of unease with it.
Mark Shea: On humour
I think I have a pretty good sense of humour. My wife tends to disagree. I have a weakness for really dumb gags. I...
6 science-backed benefits of gratitude
Here's one US tradition everyone should follow
I reckon that whatever your thoughts are on Australians adopting American traditions if there was one that was...
Study reveals a twist on adage
New research into the links between happiness and materialistic goals yielded surprising results.
Gratitude is the only attitude
Gratitude is a virtue that has received a lot of attention from researchers in the past decade or thereabouts.
It seems as though the most...
Sending the right message
Something big is happening to our kids
In a 2018 survey half of the parents questioned believed that smart phone usage negatively affected their child’s...
Heartbroken mum’s letter to parents
By Angela Grieve
One of the most common things people have said to me about my beautiful boy Regan was that he appeared to have...
Crisis in teen sport
One in every two Australian girls are quitting sport by the age of 15 and the statistics aren’t much better when it comes to...
Simcha Fisher: Must be nice!
This morning went poorly. I was afraid I'd sleep through the alarm, so I kept waking up; but then when the alarm did go...