{"id":6031,"date":"2025-07-18T02:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/blog\/international-day-of-happiness-20-march\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T02:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:00:44","slug":"international-day-of-happiness-20-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/blog\/international-day-of-happiness-20-march\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day of Happiness &#8211; 20 March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"878\">On 20 March 2026 we celebrate worldwide the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/happiness-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Day of Happiness<\/a>, an initiative proclaimed by the United Nations in 2012. This day emphasises the importance of wellbeing and happiness as a universal human right and an essential factor for sustainable development and a healthy society. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1195\">Happiness is not only about personal satisfaction, but also about creating conditions in which people feel connected, valued and resilient. In organisations, workplace happiness plays a crucial role: happy employees are more creative, more productive and better able to withstand stress and change. <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1255\"><strong data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1253\">Workplace happiness as the foundation for resilient teams<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>teams\u2022in\u2022motion<\/strong><\/a>, we believe that happiness and wellbeing do not arise by chance, but can be deliberately developed and strengthened. Around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/happiness-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Day of Happiness<\/a>, we therefore offer inspiring programmes and interactive sessions, such as: <\/p>\n<p>Workshops on <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/onderwerpen\/mindset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Positive Psychology<\/a><br \/>\nHands\u2011on sessions such as <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/activities\/mindfulness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mindfulness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/activities\/journaling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journaling<\/a>, \u2026<br \/>\nWorkshops on <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/onderwerpen\/veerkracht\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resilience<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/onderwerpen\/persoonlijk-leiderschap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Personal Leadership<\/a><br \/>\nProgrammes on <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/onderwerpen\/verbinding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team Cohesion &amp; Collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/programmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Programmes<\/a> combine theory, practice and experience\u2011based exercises to make a lasting impact on employees\u2019 wellbeing and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to know more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/activiteiten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Activities<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/programmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Programmes<\/a> around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/happiness-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Day of Happiness<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get in touch<\/a> with us for a conversation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 20 March 2026, during the International Day of Happiness, we reflect on the importance of happiness, workplace happiness and a positive, resilient work culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[484],"tags":[522,521],"onderwerpen":[281],"class_list":["post-6031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-international-stress-awareness-day-en","tag-international-stress-awareness-week-en","onderwerpen-connection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6031"},{"taxonomy":"onderwerpen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teams-in-motion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/onderwerpen?post=6031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}