Videos and Podcasts: Are Your Family’s Routines Working?
By Christine Carter | September 21, 2011Lindsay’s bedtime routines get a make-over. Part of a video series on parenting produced by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley.
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Raising Happiness: Video: Are Your Family’s Routines Working?
By Christine Carter | September 21, 2011Lindsay's bedtime routines get a make-over
Raising Happiness: Tuesday Tip: Make Yourself Guffaw
By Christine Carter | July 5, 2011One thing you can do today to be happier.
Raising Happiness: Tuesday Tip: Take a Break
By Christine Carter | June 28, 2011One thing you can do today to be happier.
Raising Happiness: Motivated to do the Dishes
By Christine Carter | January 11, 2011Tips for turning housework into houseplay
Raising Happiness: Podcast: Making Changes in the New Year
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | January 4, 2011Listen to this before you make your New Year's Resolutions
Raising Happiness: Podcast: Keeping Those New Year’s Resolutions
By Christine Carter | January 3, 2011You've made 'em -- now make a plan to KEEP your resolutions
Raising Happiness: Changing Scenery: A Path to Peace (or, Changing your Family, Part 3)
By Christine Carter | October 24, 2010Sometimes change is much simpler than you thought.
Raising Happiness: Change is in the Heart (Or, How to Change Your Family, Part 2)
By Christine Carter | October 14, 2010Feel the change
Raising Happiness: How to Change Your Family, Part I
By Christine Carter | October 6, 2010I love my children just as they are. But I also want them to change.
Raising Happiness: Study Skills 2010: Not What You Think They Are
By Christine Carter | September 12, 2010The study skills your kid needs are easier than you think. Thank goodness.
Raising Happiness: No Labor Day
By Christine Carter | August 30, 2010Addressing my failure to get more rest.
Raising Happiness: Book Club: Raising Happiness, Ch. 6
By Christine Carter | August 5, 2010Practice, Practice, Practice
Videos and Podcasts: Happiness Takes Work
By Sonja Lyubomirsky | July 6, 2010Lasting boosts in happiness require long-term commitment, argues Sonja Lyubomirsky, but the right habits can help us get there.
Raising Happiness: Centering Myself
By Christine Carter | July 5, 2010Regaining mindfulness through meditation
Raising Happiness: The Snowball Effect: Practice one happiness habit, and the others will follow
By Christine Carter | January 6, 2010Raising Happiness: Handling Bad Behavior in Public Places: Alternatives to the Supermarket Squeeze
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How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
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When Getting Angry Makes You Happy
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‘Free the Mind’ film
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Free the Mind: Hope after Trauma
May 17, 2013A new documentary reveals the power of mindfulness and neuroplasticity. Bay Area residents can catch a screening tonight at Stanford University.
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The International Summit Conference on Compassionate Organizations
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