Action for Happiness

Josie from Action for Happiness takes us on a short journey through the Altruistic August 2021 calendar.  

Josie from Action for Happiness takes us on a short journey through the Jump Back Up July 2021 calendar.  

Josie from Action for Happiness takes us on a short journey through the Joyful June 2021 calendar.  

Josie from Action for Happiness takes us on a short journey through the Meaningful May 2021 calendar.  

Josie from Action for Happiness takes us on a short journey through the Active April 2021 calendar.  

In today’s episode we are again going to do a throwback to a wonderful conversation that our director Dr Mark Williamson had with the wonderful and longtime AFH friend, Ruby Wax.  Ruby is very well known for her successful TV career, but what is less well known is her long term struggle with depression. Ruby then stumbled across Mindfulness and the work of Mark Williams that sent her on a journey...

Josie, from the Action for Happiness team, takes us on a short journey through the 2021 Mindful March calendar, sharing hints, tips and musings about some of the actions for this month. A must-listen for anyone with an interest in positive psychology or mindfulness.

Dr. Dan Goleman shares how Emotional Intelligence can help us live happier lives and contribute to a better world. This conversation with Dr. Mark Williamson was recorded at an Action for Happiness event on 24 November 2020 www.actionforhappiness.org. Full Youtube conversation with the audience questions available here:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ADA5LcNzIE

What a great honour it is to talk with Andy Puddicombe, co-founder and the voice of the amazing Headspace app and website. The Headspace mission to improve the happiness and health in the world is making great progress and has become the most impactful mediation tool.  We talk about Andy's long term friendship with Action for Happiness, his 10 year monastic journey and how this led to creating the...

Giovanni Dienstmann is an author and meditation teacher based in Sydney.  On this podcast, we talk about the different styles of meditation, the importance of training self-discipline and its relationship to meditation. We discuss the difference between mindfulness and meditation, great tips on how to develop and maintain a practice during this lockdown. We also have fun discussing what is Spiritu...

On today’s episode we have the pleasure of speaking with performer, author and public speaker David Pearl. David worked at the Royal Opera House as the boy soprano soloist for 4 years and Later in his life he played Double Bass, touring as a member of the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. In 2009, David founded a not-for-profit social enterprise c...

Welcome to the Action for Happiness Podcast! In this first episode of 2020, we are joined by Dr Kelli Harding, author of the Rabbit Effect. When Columbia University Doctor Harding began her clinical practice, she never intended to explore the invisible factors behind our health. This path led her to discover the incredible beauty of kindness and how even rabbits lived longer and were healthier the...

We are back on the road for another Carpool podcast. Our guest today is Mo Gawdat and he is the former Chief Business Officer for Google X, an entrepreneur, and the author of the book Solve for Happy. His understanding of Happiness is truly remarkable having spent over a decade researching and reading on the subject following the tragic death of his 21-year-old son. We talk about how he was able t...

How can Floating make us happier? What is an isolation chamber or a sensory deprivation tank? Floatworks co-founder talks about the evolution of floatation tanks over the last 5 years and the physical and mental benefits that it can bring. We also discuss the cross-over with mindfulness meditation and we touch on the importance of Philosophy as it relates to Ed's own happiness. For more informatio...

In this episode, Gui is joined by BBC radio sports presenter and Podcaster, Simon Mundie.  Simon talks about the common themes and learning lessons following his many interviews, especially those around psychology, wellbeing and resilience in sport.  We talk about Mindfulness and the significant impact this has had not only in his life but for many high performing athletes. His colleague and very...

In this episode, Gui interviews Rick Sharpe, the author of "The price of heartbreak" about how we can respond constructively to challenging situations in our life - and how mindfulness can help.

In this episode, happiness expert Dr Andrew Parnham shares his thoughts on how we can find lasting happiness - by developing healthy relationships and cultivating a greater sense of meaning and purpose in life, even in the face of adversity.

This is our second Carpool chat with the remarkable Jon Kabat-Zinn. Co-host Will, joins me as we make our way through the streets of London with the father of modern day mindfulness.  Jon talks about the future of Mindfulness in education, the shadow side of 'making money' through mindfulness and towards the end answers a few of the listener's questions.  To watch the video podcast and for more in...

Gui interviews Vanessa King, positive psychology expert with Action for Happiness and author of the 10 Keys to Happier living book

Ted Meissner hosts one of the most influential podcasts on Mindfulness, called Present Moment Mindfulness. Ted has had over 100 podcast conversations with experts, practitioners and influencers in the Mindfulness space.  We talk about the common themes and learning lessons he has had after interviewing so many amazing people. Ted is also a Mindfulness teacher and you can find out more about his co...

We return a year later to talk with Mindfulness researcher at Cambridge University, Julieta Galante.  We talk about the encouraging results and findings that invovled over 600 students accross 31 colleges.  The links we discuss can be found here:  1)  www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(17)30231-1/fulltext 2) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/18/mindfulness-boos...

We kicked off 2018 with a Carpool conversation with the wonderful Matthieu Ricard. Nick-named the World's happiest man, we drive Matthieu from his hotel to the airport. We discuss mindfulness within a buddhist context, the concept of 'heartfulness', Descartes, and the 'convenient' illusion of the self. Matthieu gave up his scientific career to become a monk and moved to the Himalayas where he resi...

Rob has been directing and putting movies together for over 25 years. He is taking on a passion project to create one of the most influential movies on Mindfulness. He joins the podcast via the magic of Skype to talk about how he began his meditation practice over 10 years ago, his role is interviewing the leading thinkers in meditation (Jon Kabat-Zinn, Deepak Chopra, Goldie Hawn, Daniel Goleman)...

What an incredible honour it was to spend time with one of the leading figures in Mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn.  His Mindfulness course (MBSR) is being taught all over the globe and his books on Mindfulness have been bestsellers since the 70's. Given that Anh and I have become so passionate about meditation and particularly Mindfulness, we were thrilled to have a back and forth conversation with Jo...

On this episode, we speak to the Action for Happiness Director, Mark Williamson. Mark joins me at the Renaissance Podcast studios and talks about his personal journey, his corporate background, Mindfulness and his introduction to Lord Layard that led him to this incredible charity.  Mark breaks down what Action for Happiness is, it's mission, the courses, the goals, and also reflects on the result...