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 | Aug 27, 2018 | Mindfulness, Self-Development, Thriver
“What are you doing?” my husband asked as he found me sitting in bed with a cup of tea last night. “Nothing” was my reply. He looked at me as if to investigate if I was either sick or hiding something. I had no laptop, phone or book in my lap, no head phones on – in...
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...
