Category: Blog
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Hannah’s open heart surgery | It’s today!
Or is it?? Clouds and silver linings… Hannah woke up just before the alarm, at 5.30am, for breakfast (she was allowed food until 6) then went straight back to sleep. She then woke up again; I said “get some more sleep”. She said “I tried”. I said “try harder”, climbed into bed with her for…
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Hannah’s Heart Surgery | The day before
Today was the day before S-day… The day before Hannah’s surgery…and it’s been a great day! 5.45am, Alarm goes off For just a split second as the alarm went off, I thought it was just a normal morning and just felt mildly irritated that it was time to get up already (the alarm had interrupted…
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Preparing for hospital | A great day
Preparing for hospital – It doesn’t have to be horrible and traumatic for you or your child The week between coming back from holiday and going into hospital tomorrow has been a busy one. I had lots of work to do and so did Simon, but I also made sure that I made some time…
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Hannah’s open heart surgery 2014 | The journey begins
My baby is having open heart surgery And it doesn’t get any easier… For those of you that know me and my family, you may be familiar with our background and Hannah’s and Charlie’s amazing stories. If not, you can read a bit more about it all here. Basically, Hannah was born with Pulmonary Atresia…
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Happiness Podcast | Laughter | Episode 8
Laughter: 30 seconds of uncontrollable laughter to get you started with your own laughter therapy Go on – laugh along with me (or at me, I don’t care which it is) – just laugh! Laughter is good for you and helps boost your happiness 🙂 listen to ‘Laughter’ on Audioboo
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Happiness Podcast | Interview with Jayne Snell and Elizabeth Wright
Interview with a Paralympic Medallist and a two-year-old Inspirational Speaker… Elizabeth Wright and Jayne Snell – a double dose of inspiration! On 17th June, I stood in for Gail Powell on the ‘Feel Good Factor‘ show on Sine FM and had the pleasure of interviewing my fellow professional speakers, mastermind group members and friends, Jayne…
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Happiness Podcast | International Day of Happiness | Episode 6
International Day of Happiness Interview on BBC Radio Sheffield On 20th March (International Day of Happiness) I was interviewed by Rony Robinson on BBC Radio Sheffield. We talked about happiness and did some laughter yoga! Listen to the interview on my Happiness Podcast, Episode 6. listen to ‘International Day of Happiness | Interview on Rony…
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Acknowledging Pain | Overcoming Adversity
Happiness and Positive Psychology is not about being all ‘Happy-Clappy’ Positive psychology looks at what works in terms of boosting happiness & emotional well-being, backed by research findings I stumbled across this article (Staying Positive in Adversity) on the WebMD site today and found this paragraph particularly useful & refreshing: When someone is suffering, the…
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Talking about Happiness on Estuary TV
My Estuary TV interview What does a ‘Happiness Speaker’ do? Today, I appeared on Estuary TV as a guest on ‘That Friday Show‘, talking about my work as The Happiness Speaker and Author. My lovely interviewers were Jack Surfleet and Helen Barley. [This post was originally published on my www.frederikaroberts.co.uk site. To read the full…