1 janvier 2009
For starters
This morning I looked at pictures from 2008. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 There is a lot of pictures reflecting our world’s afflictions. And with...
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Moodstep started in English. On January 1, 2009, I opened this blog with a simple intention: to pay tribute to the people who raise the happiness level on the planet, no matter what. The plan was to go and meet people in different corners of the world and ask them what the keys to their happiness are.
That quest became the Happyviews, short video interviews filmed along the way: entrepreneurs at the Advancia incubator in Paris, carpoolers in France, then Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade. Between two trips, I explored happiness through books, science and philosophy: its chemistry, Schopenhauer, Ayurveda, compassion, happiness at school, and whether happiness can be measured at all.
In October 2009, most of my readers were in France. I asked them which language they preferred, and the blog switched to French. One later conversation joined this collection: my 2014 interview with Amin Sheikh, from the streets of Bombay to Barcelona, recorded in English.
The posts
8 janvier 2009
Happyview*1: Advancia Incubator Paris France
The beginning of my quest for what makes people happy is marked by the end of a 6 month program in a business incubator. I found...
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15 janvier 2009
Story of Stuff
I don’t intend to give my own answers on this blog but I guess it will swet a bit because my choices, my writing is inspired...
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22 janvier 2009
Places: Kerner
I am asking everyone I meet what makes them happy. Now, I am starting my own list and I will begin with a place. My family...
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29 janvier 2009
Happyview*2: Carpool France
To go to one of my favorite places in the world, I used for the first time carpooling. I love to decide things last minute but...
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5 février 2009
Are you synthesizing happiness?
Last week, I was with a student and I told her to open her door to all possibilities. I also told her how when possibilities arise...
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12 février 2009
Happy like a Poppy
Happy go lucky Directed by Mike Leigh. With Sally Hawkins, Elliot Cowan, Alexis Zegerman. The simple story of Poppy, a light hearted 30 year old woman...
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19 février 2009
Happyview*3: Stockholm Sweden
I left Paris and my comfortable life to go on the roads of Europe. I feel a bit like an old lady putting on leather pants...
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26 février 2009
Happyview*4: Gothenberg and Copenhagen
SWEDEN Swedish people are living for the summer and it’s true that the cold and the short days make it a challenge to live there in...
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12 mars 2009
Happyview*5: Berlin to Prague
Happiness in Berlin! I didn’t really connect with the city so I come back almost empty handed. Luckily, on my last night I met Tino. It...
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26 mars 2009
Happyview*6: Vienna – Austria
I danced. I spun and spun. I’ve been Dizzy. I experienced a great sens of joy. At first when Glenneroo (glenn /silly + kangaroo /bouncy =...
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2 avril 2009
Happyview*7: Budapest and Belgrade
Budapest What an esoteric city to me ! A good kind of magic that gets you on the top of a hill for a three-hour talk...
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13 avril 2009
Happiness: my Easter bunny
It all happened on Easter Sunday. A lot of my friends went to the countryside, the mountain. Paris seems very calm. The sliding doors of my...
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23 avril 2009
What is this blog about? #2
This is a little exercise I will do on a regular basis: explaining what is this blog about. At first, I wanted it to be very...
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30 avril 2009
Book: The How of Happiness
I am not a specialist in this subject but “the how of happiness“ by Sonja Lyubomirsky was a good overview of what is positive psychology to...
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7 mai 2009
Is happiness dull?
[blip.tv ?posts_id=2070380&dest=-1] Can we be mistaken on the appearance of happiness? First, what is the definition of Happiness? In an online dictionary, that’s what you find:...
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12 mai 2009
« Happiness is Love, full stop »
Happiness is a process and it’s fun (not dull?). Dr Vaillant used a longitudinal method of research to conduct a great study. He followed 268 students...
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28 mai 2009
The chemistry of happiness
<Little souvenir from my stay in Brittany where I enjoyed my peace of mind > Our body is a machine, a fined tuned machine, an unbelievable...
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4 juin 2009
Happiness urgently needed
Follow the link if you can’t access the video : HOME Today I went to the library to buy a book and I came back with...
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18 juin 2009
When you worry, you make it double
I have a slow pace when it comes to writing on the blog but now it’s worse than ever. My commitment is one post every week...
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25 juin 2009
Happily ever after!
I live a happy life. To my biggest surprise nothing can through me off for a long time. Deceptions, feeling of rejection, anger, sadness, loneliness, nothing...
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16 juillet 2009
Happiness in Versailles in the 17th century
…I went for a stroll in the gardens of Versailles Castle. Gold and marbles are a testimony of past fastuous living. Louis XIV, the Sun King...
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23 juillet 2009
Happiness and compassion
A flash in my mind. One of the key to my happiness is compassion. I have always been very hard on myself. I always thought I...
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30 juillet 2009
Happiness at school
If happiness was taught at school, what would the world look like? My friend Nathalie, author of the blog Origin.all, sent me this video about a...
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6 août 2009
Happiness and Ayurveda
Ayurveda is often described as a holistic science of health and happiness. So I went for a week in an ayurvedic center in Normandy to take...
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13 août 2009
Documentaries on happiness
A friend of mine sent me a link to this video: After investigation (ok! clicking on the link), I found out that this video is part...
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27 août 2009
Where is happiness when it hurts?
“Writing from a moment of deep sorrow. Tonight, I am alone in Spain. I feel lost. A dear friend touched a very ancient wound. I thought...
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3 septembre 2009
Happyview*8: Jacques Morin – Public Speaker
“Joanna, would you like to interview Jacques Morin?” asked my friend Damien on the phone. Damien is a documentary director. I saw the DVD about Jacques...
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10 septembre 2009
Schopenhauer on happiness
Arthur Schopenhauer was born on February 22, 1788 in Danzig, Poland. He had a pessimistic personality. He said for example: ““Life swings like a pendulum backward...
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17 septembre 2009
Iphone application: Happystep
A few month ago, I had the crazy idea to do world stats on happiness. And now it’s finally live on the Appstore!!!! You launch the...
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8 octobre 2009
Your own steps to happiness
The path to happiness is not a recipe but a questioning
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15 octobre 2009
Can happiness be measured?
When I was younger, I studied Economics at the University. I had to use esoteric terms, complicated theories, hypothesis “all things being equal”, going from micro...
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22 octobre 2009
Poll: Should I switch to french?
74% of moodtep’s readers are located in France. So I believe the question is legitimate: should I switch this blog to french? Help me out to...
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2 novembre 2014
Happyview*122: Amin Sheikh – La vie c’est la vie (en Anglais)
Avec des parents violents, Amin commence a travailler à 5 ans dans un salon de thé. Le patron n'est pas plus tendre et lui tire les...
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