Raising Happiness: Podcast: Are You Your Partner’s Equal?
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | April 12, 2012In the give and take of a relationship, are your needs being lost?
Tag: Marriage
Tag: Marriage
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Articles: How to Idealize Your Spouse (Without Being a Fool)
By Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton | March 26, 2012A new study says that there's a right way and a wrong way to put your partner on a pedestal.
Videos and Podcasts: Can A Single Parent Raise Happy Kids?
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | March 22, 2012Rona and I talk about our experiences being single parents: the difficulty, the guilt, and yes, the silver lining.
Raising Happiness: Podcast: Can A Single Parent Raise Happy Kids?
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | March 22, 2012Single parents often feel guilty that they aren't measuring up.
Raising Happiness: The “Good” Divorce
By Christine Carter | March 19, 2012Twenty percent of kids are damaged by divorce. Here’s how to make kids part of the other 80 percent.
Raising Happiness: Is Divorce Immature and Selfish?
By Christine Carter | March 12, 2012Or will it actually be good for your kids?
Raising Happiness: Is Marital Bliss Sexist?
By Christine Carter | March 3, 2012A brief Q&A with myself.
Videos and Podcasts: Is Your Spouse Right for You?
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | March 1, 2012Rona and I discuss the hard work of BEING the right partner, rather than always trying to FIND the right partner.
Raising Happiness: Podcast: Is Your Spouse Right for You?
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | March 1, 2012Four Ways to Find Out
Raising Happiness: Podcast: Feeling Unhappy in Your Marriage?
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | February 23, 2012Maybe your expectations are too high.
Videos and Podcasts: Feeling Unhappy in Your Marriage?
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | February 23, 2012Our expectations color our perceptions of everything, as well as how we feel. Is your spouse crumbling under the pressure of your high expectations?
Raising Happiness: Am I Really Going to Have to Ask You Again?
By Christine Carter | February 20, 2012Nagging is a particular form of unhappiness—for everyone involved.
Raising Happiness: Podcast: The Power of Romance
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | February 16, 2012Why a little lovin' makes mom happy
Articles: The Beloved Movement
By Jeremy Adam Smith | February 14, 2012A new movement of wedding photographers applies psychological insights to foster healthy relationships.
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Raising Happiness: Is Your Spouse Enough for You?
By Christine Carter | February 13, 2012Four things you can to do to find out
Articles: Greater Good Sex Tips for Guys
By Jeremy Adam Smith | February 12, 2012Jeremy Adam Smith offers three science-based sex tips for the emotionally intelligent gentleman.
Articles: Fred Luskin on Overcoming the Pain of Intimacy
By Fred Luskin | February 11, 2012The director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects explores how to cope with the pain of a fight with someone we love.
Videos and Podcasts: How to Find the Good in People We Love
By Fred Luskin | February 8, 2012When we’re fighting with people we love, it can become hard to see the good in them. The director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects explores how to cope with the pain of a fight.
Videos and Podcasts: Christine Carter: How to Stay Calm During a Fight
By Christine Carter | February 7, 2012The sociologist and bestselling author at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center provides specific, research-tested tips for staying calm when fighting with someone we love.
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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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Why Lent Makes People Happy (and Netflix Doesn’t)
March 21, 2013New research suggests that cutting back on life’s pleasures helps us enjoy them significantly more.
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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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Greater Good Summer Institute for Educators
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Clark Kerr Campus
Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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University of California, Berkeley
Clark Kerr Campus
Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute will equip educators with social-emotional learning tools that will benefit both students and teachers. Registration is now closed.
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