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Is Happiness Selfish?

May 24, 2012 | Happiness Matters Podcast | 0 comments

Will focusing on other people's happiness ultimately make us happier than if we focus on our own needs?

 
  

Do happy people focus on being more selfless than selfish? Rona and I discuss how self-love and self-compassion differ from selfishness, and how kids’ natural self-centeredness can detract from their happiness.

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Podcast: Gratitude v. Entitlement

May 17, 2012 | Happiness Matters Podcast | 0 comments

What do you do to stimulate feelings of gratitude?

 
  

Want to know what my #1 strategy for raising happy children is? It is the conscious practice of gratitude.  Learn how and why to raise kids who are more grateful than entitled.

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Podcast: Forgive and Forget?

May 10, 2012 | Happiness Matters Podcast | 0 comments

When we forget what happened, do we set ourselves up?

 
  

Is the old adage “forgive and forget” still good advice? Rona and I talk about the relationship between forgiveness and happiness, and we suggest some things we can do with kids that will help teach them the skills they need to forgive and move on.

Please check out my podcast with Rona Renner either here on the Greater Good website, or here on iTunes. Happy listening!

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I’m Christine Carter, Ph.D, a sociologist and happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. This blog is mostly science-based parenting advice: since I’m reading all the research related to raising happy children anyway, I thought we might as well make it useable to parents. My intention is to bring a scientific framing (what does the research actually say?) to our opinion-based parenting debates and advice. Sorting fact from fiction can be confusing when it comes to parenting.

This blog is also about me and my children. It represents the intersection of my brain and my heart: my intellectual training in the social sciences and my very real, sometimes raw, experiences as a mother.

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