international day of happiness – Frederika Roberts

26 March 2025

World Happiness Report 2025 | LBC Interview

Two days after International Day of Happiness, Natasha Devon asked me onto her LBC show to talk about the World Happiness Report 2025.

We started off talking about how to define happiness, and some of the key findings from the 2025 report, in which the UK dropped from #20 to #23, while Finland remained at the top of the table for the 8th year running. The report found that social support, welfare systems in place, and how kind we perceive others to be are important factors that affect how happy we are.

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12 March 2024

Do We Need a Special Day to Be Happy?

Since 2013, 20th March has been celebrated as the International Day of Happiness with online resources and challenges encouraging us to get involved. This year, as I launched a 10-day happiness challenge to lead us into 20th March, this thought-provoking response was posted on Facebook: “Isn’t it a bit sad that we need special days to spread happiness and joy? Shouldn’t we do this every day anyway?”

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20 March 2023

International Day of Happiness 2023

Every year, on 20th March, it is the UN-designated International Day of Happiness. This year, the theme is Mindful – Grateful – Kind. As “The Happiness Speaker”, International Day of Happiness is, of course, very close to my heart! And […]

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20 March 2018

International Day of Happiness 2018 | BBC Northampton

On International Day of Happiness 2018, Frederika was interviewed by Helen Blaby on BBC Radio Northampton about Happiness – what it is, how we can become happier and how we can overcome unhappiness. Also: Are we responsible for other people’s […]

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20 March 2017

International Day of Happiness 2017

International Day of Happiness It’s about more than smiley faces International Day of Happiness (#InternationalDayofHappiness) has been celebrated since the UN created this day of celebration in 2013. This has always been about more than simply individual happiness, sunshine and […]

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