Tag: Self-discipline
Tag: Self-discipline
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Videos and Podcasts: Physical Activity Makes Kids Smart—and Happy
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | January 17, 2011Why exercise makes kids good at math.
Raising Happiness: Podcast: Physical Activity Makes Kids Smart—and Happy
By Rachel Lee | January 17, 2011Why exercise makes kids better at math.
Raising Happiness: Motivated to do the Dishes
By Christine Carter | January 11, 2011Tips for turning housework into houseplay
Raising Happiness: Finding “Flow”
By Christine Carter | October 12, 2010Learn two key factors for fostering this particular form of happiness
Raising Happiness: How to be a More Patient Parent
By Christine Carter | October 5, 2010Losing your mind? Stop judging yourself and come back to your breath and your body.
Raising Happiness: Why Play is Important for Self-Discipline
By Christine Carter | September 21, 2010Play is an important skill that kids need for both happiness and, surprisingly, self-discipline.
Videos and Podcasts: Why Play is Important for Self-Discipline
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | September 20, 2010Play is an important skill that kids need for both happiness and, surprisingly, self-discipline.
Raising Happiness: The Snowball Effect: Practice one happiness habit, and the others will follow
By Christine Carter | January 6, 2010
Raising Happiness: Handling Bad Behavior in Public Places: Alternatives to the Supermarket Squeeze
By Christine Carter | September 9, 2009
Raising Happiness: The Takeaway: What Research Tells Us About Raising Kids
By Christine Carter | September 1, 2009Raising Happiness: Bad Mother: Real-Life Tales of Imperfect Parenting
By Christine Carter | August 27, 2009
Raising Happiness: The Happiness Habit Tracker: Backbone of Our New Routine
By Christine Carter | August 21, 2009
Raising Happiness: How to get kids to do boring (but necessary) tasks
By Christine Carter | April 29, 2009
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Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire
April 29, 2013Most of the time, gratitude is good. But research finds that there are situations when "thank you" may be the wrong response.
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How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
May 13, 2013It's easy to feel grateful when life is good, says Robert Emmons. But when disaster strikes, gratitude is worth the effort.
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Six Tips for Making the Leap to Meaningful Work
May 15, 2013Job satisfaction is at record lows. What does it take to overcome the fear of change, especially in tough economic times?
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How to Think LIke Sherlock Holmes
May 24, 2013These two books give us insights into how brain science can help us understand our nature, improve our lives, and help us empathize with those who may have memory lapses.
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How to Train the Compassionate Brain
May 23, 2013A new study finds that training in compassion makes us more altruistic—and explores the neuroscience behind why.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
May 22, 2013
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Greater Good Summer Institute for Educators
University of California, Berkeley
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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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
- Northeast Foundation for Children
Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
- Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
Book of the Week
The Compassionate Mind
We're angry, fearful, depressed--and we can't help it. Societies that encourage us to compete with each other make it difficult to exercise compassion towards ourselves and others.
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