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Action for Happiness course starts in Lane Cove
Helping create a happier Lane Cove!
A new course called Exploring What Matters will start in Lane Cove in April, aimed at helping people discover how to live a happier and kinder life.
Trish Sara will be running an ‘Exploring What Matters’ course, which starts in Lane Cove this April.
The course has been developed by Action for Happiness, a UK-based movement of people taking action for a happier world. With 60,000 members in 160 countries, it is a secular, sciencebased organisation open to people of all backgrounds.
Lane Cove local Trish Sara has volunteered to lead the course in Lane Cove. "As a counsellor, I understand the enormous value in creating a happier, more meaningful life - not only for ourselves but for our family, friends and the greater community.
“Analysis of the course has found that it leaves people both happier and more pro-social, with participants reporting increases in levels of life satisfaction, mental wellbeing, compassion and social trust. Many say the course is life-changing,” says Trish.
The course is described as a challenge to the promotion of materialism and individual success which is predominant in Western culture.
Over an eight-week period, sessions will explore big questions. Starting with "What really matters in life?" and "What really makes us happy?", it is followed by sessions dealing with adversity, having good relationships, caring for others, and creating happier workplaces and communities. It ends with "How can we create a happier world?"
WHEN: Every Thursday for 8 weeks, starting on Thursday April 12th WHERE: Meeting room, Sydney Speech Clinic, Unit 6/46 Burns Bay Road. COST: A donation of $160, which covers hire of the room and material costs
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Email Trish Sara at
trishsara@yahoo.com.au
or call 0438 388 336.
"As patron of Action for Happiness, I am delighted to see the work being done by members of this movement to create a happier and more caring society. I wholeheartedly support the Exploring What Matters course and hope that many thousands of people will benefit from it and be inspired to take their own action to help create a happier world." Dalai Lama, Patron, Action for Happiness.
"A good society is one where as many people as possible are able to live happy, fulfilling lives. We hope to see this course happening in thousands of local communities to help like-minded people support each other in taking practical actions which are not only good for their own wellbeing but also contribute to the happiness of others around them too". Professor Lord Richard Layard,
Co-founder, Action for Happiness.
"In the modern world, we are bombarded with false messages about what makes for a happy life. The Exploring What Matters course helps people discover for themselves that real success has much less to do with what we earn or consume - and much more to do with our inner attitudes, our relationships with others and our contribution to society” Dr Mark Williamson, Director, Action for Happiness.
LANE COVE NORTH CLEANS UP!
The Stringy Bark Creek Residents Association held their annual Clean Up Australia event in March. Each year, these members representing the Lane Cove North community come together to express their care for the protection of their unique bush and creek environment.
Joined by Lane Cove Mayor Pam Palmer and Councillors Andrew Zbik and Frances Vissel, the volunteers filled 36 bags with litter, including 513 drink containers and a conservative 250 plastic bags, as well as a vast array of other litter such as car parts and building materials.
The volunteers focussed on Batten Reserve and surrounding areas. Stringy Bark Creek Residents Association member Guy Hallowes said that they collect a similar amount of waste each year, and they are hoping that this will reduce over time.
Thursdays 7:00-9:00pm, starting 12 April 2018
