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Listen to us on the radio!
Dear Strivers, We are very excited as we have been invited to speak to Wendy Beresford as part of her monthly online show to spread wellbeing. She is a holistic therapist and runs a project called Picture Peace UK, that aims to inspire listeners to help us on our path to peace and wellbeing. We … Read more
Pleasures and Sorrows
I am enjoying reading some Alain De Botton at the moment. And I wanted to share a good bit in The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, about searching for your aptitudes: “Act like a treasure hunter, passing over the ground with a metal detector, listen out for beeps of joy. A man might get his … Read more
spreading love
Dear friends, I went to a course last weekend, with DrDemartini. Demartini is a Human Behavioral Specialist, Educator and Author. Demartini is a scientist and he gives a lot of complicated theories, to back up some of the things that we genuinely, naturally always trust… I have tried to translate (for mainly my own benefit!) some … Read more
all the animals in the world
Last year I set out to draw all the animals in the world. This is Ilene the swan. You can see Robin the lion here. I now have a huge collection of animals, all with stories that are itching to be told. I am looking to collaborate with 112 people to create 112 stories for each … Read more
Making ‘To be loved again’ creatures at Hackney City Farm this Sunday!
We are excited to announce that the Strive For Happiness and Hackney City Farm are coming together to put on a To Be Loved Again workshop next weekend. SUNDAY 28th AUGUST, 10am – 4pm, Hackney City Farm. It will either be in the … Read more
This saturday at Bristol Harbour Festival
This Saturday (30th) we will be appearing at Bristol Harbour Festival. Ella and I are supporting the lovely people at Happy City with their stand on the amphitheatre. We will be hosting our Happiness Machine, we love Bristol and miss it, so looking forward to saying hello and we hope to see you there. Do … Read more
interview with Mail Media Centre
We were lucky enough to meet Clarke Turner, editor of Mail Media Centre, who interviewed us about The Strive for Happiness and our letter writing adventures. The MAil Media Centre, is a site for the Royal Mail that aims to champion mail as a form of communication. You can read our article here… So far correspondence … Read more
adventures to bath
Last weekend we went to Bath for an adventures. We took the happiness machine and went to the the Holborn museum where Ella and I drew these fantastic drawings of each other. We had great fun, and were very generously looked after by William Heath and his family.
Outdoors Correspondance Monday
Last week Alice and Ella took their weekly letter writing to the streets of East London. Our usual weekly morning pursuit of writing to people in the world was made public to all the busy people on their way to work. We want to inspire other people to think about writing letters and spreading love … Read more
the hapiness machine
At the weekend, Alice and Ella went on adventures to Wales to the Fire in the Mountain Festival. A magical festival on a farm with pigs, piglets, sunshine, nice people, compost toilets, stew, streams, meadows and stars. We decided to become happiness machines and translated people’s deepest desires into letters of happiness. We invited people … Read more
