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Podcast: Making New Year’s Resolutions?

By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | January 3, 2013

What would you like to change in the New Year? What would your kids like to change? Making New Year’s resolutions can be a fun—and productive—family activity. Here is the habit tracker we reference in this podcast: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/images/tools/try-this/try-this-Habits7-days-b.pdf

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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