Episode 152 Doing The Right Thing at The Right Time​ Creating the right environment and doing the right things at the right time. For us to succeed in our endeavours in life, we need to be practiced and we need to be prepared. Often, we do things thinking we are doing...

Episode 151 Achieving My Half Marathon Goal​ Recently, I completed my first half-marathon. It was a goal I set at the start of the year, a goal that supported my bigger vision for my life - that is, to be the fittest, healthiest and happiest I have ever been. Over the...

Episode 150 Playing The Long Game​ Please join me to celebrate the 150th episode of The Happiness Hunter Podcast! In this episode I'm reflecting on the experience of bringing this podcast to life every single week for nearly three years; through a global pandemic,...

Episode 149 The Happiness Quotient (HQ)​ The Happiness Quotient or HQ is based on The Seven Elements Framework for Life Integration, which underpins a lot of the work that we do in The Happiness Hunter. The framework was initially developed in 2013, with a friend of...

Episode 148 Nothing Comes From Nothing​ Our rewards, outcomes and experiences in life are in direct relation to our attitude, our effort, our contribution, our service. Our deeds are what counts. So if we are not taking action, then nothing counts. We need to be the...

Episode 147 The Sound of Silence​ We live in a very busy and noisy world, with a lot of distractions, noise and interruptions. From the sound of traffic outside, to the jackhammer down the road on the building site, to the ping of a notification or people talking to...

Episode 146 The World Is Your Mirror​ One of the most challenging concepts for people to accept (including those deep into the practice of self improvement and personal development) is that the world around us reflects our inner world.The relationships, the bank...

Episode 145 Holding The Line​ Holding the line is when we maintain the existing position or state of affairs. It refers to former military tactics, in which a line of troops was supposed to prevent an enemy breakthrough.  This line is at the edge of where we have...

Episode 144 The Gift is in The Struggle​ Happiness is the be found in the overcoming of obstacles and challenges in our lives, not in the absence of them.​It is though the obstacles and the challenges that we grow. It is though our struggles that we become more than...

Episode 143 Going to Eleven​ There’s a scene in the rockumentary ‘This is Spinal Tap’ where they have an amp. And because they are such a hardcore rock band, they have an amp that goes to eleven.But to get to eleven, you still need to start at one.If we don’t start,...