by B Nielsen | Sep 19, 2019 | Happiness, Mindfulness, Self-Development, Thriver
There has been a lot of hype about the Danish word “hygge”. In the last year, a lot of books and tweets have been written about the ability to feel cozy, connected and content. Being Danish myself, I am a master of creating hygge. For instance, as I am sitting here...
by B Nielsen | Oct 17, 2018 | Happiness, Mindfulness, Performance, Self-Development, Stress, Work
Thriving Life, has teamed up with Ph.D. student Maja Majdanac at Open Universiteit in Heerlen, who is doing research into the effects of mindfulness training in organisations. She specifically wishes to investigate the effects of mindfulness on work productivity,...
by B Nielsen | Sep 11, 2018 | Happiness, Mindfulness, Self-Development, Teenager, Thriver
”Nervited”. An emotion you probably don´t recognize, but a word we refer to quite often in my family. It is a word my daughter came up with a couple of years ago on her first day of school after a long holiday. She used it to describe a combination of nervousness and...
by B Nielsen | Dec 4, 2017 | Happiness, Mindfulness, Self-Development, Stress
It is the beginning of December – the start of a very busy Christmas month for most of us. Christmas traditions like baking, cooking, decorating, partying that we want to (or should?) do at home and things that needs doing at work before the end of the year. So, what...
by B Nielsen | Nov 17, 2017 | Happiness, Mindfulness, Thriver
Are you a striver or a thriver? Do you keep yourself constantly busy achieving things? Or do you dare to step off the hamster wheel from time to time in order to do the things you like or just be – in order to thrive? If so, do you dare to admit to being a thriver? ...