It’s a confronting, and often daunting, reality of life that one day we will all come to pass. Our time here, and our loved one’s time here, does not last forever. Unfortunately in Western culture we’ve tried to turn a blind eye to this reality. Death is often seen as a taboo topic, it’s locked…

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” — James Openheim We all want to be happy, but we’re hard-wired to focus on what we’re lacking. No wonder we find it so hard. The good news (as you probably know by now) is that happiness is a skill…

Join us as we bring the Art and Science of Happiness Tour to Maitland! We have broken the fundamentals of happiness down into 5 simple secrets, which we will be presenting to you at the event. You will leave this event feeling that you can finally bring your best self to your loved ones, feel…

Self Care. It’s one of the foundational and core skill sets here at BU. Without it your happiness journey is going to be dramatically slowed down. Whilst we’ve explored varying ways to practice self care, the importance of self care, and even the difference between self care and self indulgence in previous workshops we haven’t…

Here we are again approaching the end of another calendar year. Too often we speed through the past 12 months, never really taking much time to slow down and reflect on how we're going. This workshop presents a perfect opportunity to do just that. To pause life for a second, reflect on how far we've…

At BU, we often discuss the importance of taking breaks and reconnecting with ourselves. The end-of-year holiday season is a time when we tend to look back and reflect on the year that was and connect with our vision for the year ahead.   The BU team will be practising this ourselves from 24th December…

The start of a new calendar year often presents itself with a sense of hope, change, and optimism. It’s common to experience a boost of motivation and intentionality in the first couple of weeks of January.    What is important is to build on that natural momentum, and utilise it to take positive steps forward…

If you’ve been feeling stressed and overwhelmed, snappy and irritable or like you’ve lost a little bit of your sparkle - this workshop is for you. This will be a practical ‘being’ session that you will be actively participating in activities during the workshop to help you to take the first steps to feeling more…

Hab-it:  a routine or practice performed regularly; an automatic response to a specific situation   People think when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions. Start the year as you mean to go on by uncovering some simple…

No matter how much you build your emotional intelligence toolkit you’re always going to face moments of emotional overwhelm. During these moments your emotions can feel like a tidal wave - and before you know it they start seeming too big to handle. Thankfully there are 3 distinct ways to navigate moments like this and…

Science & Evidence backed: Learn 5 practical happiness tools based on the most up-to-date happiness research. Join Declan as he presents The Art & Science of Happiness masterclass in Port Macquarie. This is an excellent masterclass to attend and brush up on your fundamental happiness skills. As well as to support BU! You can grab your ticket…

For a lot of people, planning and organising helps them to feel less overwhelmed. But the actual idea of planning and organising feels overwhelming in itself and so a cycle begins of feeling overwhelmed, procrastinating, not taking action and therefore continuing to feel overwhelmed! If you feel like you have a hundred different tabs open…