Comments on: When we decide to be happy… https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/07/26/when-we-decide-to-be-happy/ a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life... Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Happiness Around the World - Kids Yoga Stories | Yoga stories for kids https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/07/26/when-we-decide-to-be-happy/#comment-89017 Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:29:07 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1988#comment-89017 […] Ute points to the research of happiness and a few excellent TED talks on the science of happiness.  For her, it is living in the present moment, practicing mindfulness, that brings her joy.  Ute asked her children what makes them happy.  Her son enjoys reading and playing with friends, while her daughter loves an active lifestyle with family and friends.  She describes a happy moment together as a family laughing and playing in their backyard pool.  Lastly, she shares that happiness is a choice, something that we can make a daily habit. Ute Limacher-Riebold Expats Since Birth […]

]]> By: expatsincebirth https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/07/26/when-we-decide-to-be-happy/#comment-7895 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:08:39 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1988#comment-7895 In reply to Amanda van Mulligen.

Yes, being mindful really helps to appreciate what we’re doing in the moment we’re doing it. Many of us are living in the future or the past and miss the present. Especially when we have children, we should learn (from them!) to live here and now.

]]> By: expatsincebirth https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/07/26/when-we-decide-to-be-happy/#comment-7894 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:06:56 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1988#comment-7894 In reply to Amanda van Mulligen.

Yes, me too. And I’m still learning 😉

]]> By: Amanda van Mulligen https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/07/26/when-we-decide-to-be-happy/#comment-7892 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:27:15 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1988#comment-7892 Oh and The Happiness Project is definitely worth checking out – learnt so much about myself from little happiness projects!

]]> By: Amanda van Mulligen https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/07/26/when-we-decide-to-be-happy/#comment-7891 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:25:50 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=1988#comment-7891 Oh, I love this. And I have come to realise what a powerful role mindfulness plays in happiness. When I stop in the middle of an ordinary moment and pay attention to the situation I realise how happy I am. We often underestimate just how happy we are – in moments of ‘normal’ life because we are swept away in daily life.

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