The Happy Hour

 Today, we’re joined by Dawn Berkeley Blezard from Pathway Yoga with Dawn. 

She’s a yoga teacher who also uses her social media channels to talk about living with Stargardt disease and she spoke with Happy Hour's Paulina Kuchorew.

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We're chatting on the Happy Hour about accessibility.

Aliza Rehman, has recently attended a local book event and she spoke about the experience and getting to meet her favourite author with our Paulina.

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 What can we do to better support our health this winter?

It seems that as purchase of fruit and vegetables continues to drop in favour of processed food, new research is showing that one third of Brits have missed work this year due to seasonal bugs.

Joining us on the Happy Hour to discuss the findings, and also share her tips for supporting our health over the coming months is Melissa Snover, CEO and Founder of Nourished.

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What’s more wonderous than a story of friendship, adventure, teamwork, representation and empathy?

On the Happy Hour we hear from multi-award winning children’s author Serena Hassan about her latest book in the Pigeon and Poppy adventures, A Fearsome Flutter at the Natural History Museum.

Image: A drawn cover of the book shows a blue pigeon with wings flailing in movement as he dances on one foot. A pink pigeon runs next to him, and standing behind them a big T-Rex. They're all in front of the old building of the Natural History Museum, with its grand arched door framed by two towers. A sign above reads: 'A Fearsome Flutter at the Natural History Museum.'

If you’d like to try some ambient noise to boost your relaxation, there’s an interesting feature on some of the apple products.

Find out more with Hubert Pawelkiewicz.

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On Happy Hour this week we chat about benefits of sport on wellbeing as we look back at an important moment in the 1980 Winter Paralympics in Geilo Norway when Peter Rickards became Australia's first cross country Paralympian. 

Peter spoke with Happy Hour's Paulina about his love of movement, how he got into cross-country skiing and how he continued to make a difference following the Paralympics.

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The Scottish Government has proposed a new National Park in Galloway and NatureScot has been asked to investigate the proposal.

Joining us on the Happy Hour from NatureScot to talk about the statuary public consultation and why it’s important to hear from a diverse group of people are Shivanka Gautam, their Biodiversity and Climate Change Engagement Officer and Rachel Elliott People and Places Officer - Access and Participation.

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 Do you like dancing? Or perhaps you’re looking for some gentle exercise? Well, Sight Support Ryedale and Kirkham Henry Performing Arts hold sessions for people living with sight loss.

Joining us on the Happy Hour to tell us more about them is Ann Ruddick MBE, chair of trustees at Sight Support Ryedale.

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In 2023 RNIB Connect Radio celebrated its 20th anniversary by challenging our team to find activities that blind people could excel in.

As we tried skiing, learned astronomy, tackled wrestling, our 'Blind Leading' series was born.

Today, we are joining Shona and Tamas from Sight Scotland to try his yoga class, designed with blind and partially sighted people in mind.

Image: Tamas leading the group in Blind Yoga. He's sitting at the back of the room on a chair and covering his eyes. Five women sit in chairs across from him, mirroring his movement. Shona's black lab, Max, is laying on the floor next to her chair, snoozing.

We all look forward to retirement, but what are the things we can do to make sure we achieve a happy retirement? And can we plan for some of these things in advance?

Returning to the Happy Hour to share his insight on the topic is CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, Meik Wiking. Joining him is Lorna Shah, Retail Retirement Managing director at Legal & General.

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