Happiness Matters Podcast
Summary: We often hear parents say, “I just want my children to be happy,” but they also admit that it’s confusing to figure out how to raise happy children—and be happy themselves—on a daily basis. How can we create a home environment where happiness is important for everyone in the family—and limit setting, discipline, and respect are all a part of the equation? Join Dr. Christine Carter and Nurse Rona Renner for conversations from the heart about the science and best practices related to raising happy children. Each week we'll release a new podcast about 10 minutes on Thursday.
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- Artist: Christine Carter and Rona Renner
- Copyright: Copyright 2013
Podcasts:
Why your involvement matters for your children’s happiness—even if you feel the problems are overwhelming. In this podcast, I reference Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s Principles of Nonviolence; those principles can be found here.
We want the best for our children, and sometimes we want them to lose weight. Helping kids get healthy—without creating feelings of shame and guilt in them.
Rona and I discuss the reasons diets often don’t work—and how they can make us unhappy.
The science of change can help us be more successful in keeping our resolutions. Rona and I give tips for starting new habits over the long-run. Here is the habit tracker we reference in this podcast: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/images/tools/try-this/try-this-Habits7-days-b.pdf
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: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/images/tools/try-this/try-this-Habits7-days-b.pdf
Think you have to put up with your mean mother or drunk uncle again at your big holiday meal this year? Think again. Rona and I discuss five ways to make challenging relationships less difficult over the holidays.
Rona and I talk about ways to manage the stress that sometimes comes during the holiday season—and that affects both our parenting and our happiness.
Rona and I discuss why some holiday traditions can fuel our children’s happiness, and give several suggestions for fun, joy-inducing holiday rituals.
As the holiday marketing machine ramps up and the lists for Santa start to lengthen, Rona and I pause to reflect on what research shows contributes to materialism kids.
Happy Thanksgiving! While you peel potatoes or drive to grandma’s house, listen to this podcast about our favorite gratitude practices—for today and the rest of the year.
Rona and I talk about the science of gratitude, and why consciously practicing gratitude can boost our happiness so much.
This week Rona and I discuss how and why to talk to kids about the Occupy Wall Street movement, and why giving them a broader understanding can boost their happiness (and ours!).
Want to contribute to the greater good of society? Rona and I talk about why starting with yourself is a solid strategy for increasing other people’s well-being. (Looking for the pledge that we refer to? It is here.)
Are economists right: Is genetics the most powerful influence on kids’ academic success? Rona and I talk about a frequently overlooked alternative.
I’ve decided 10,000 times never ever to yell at my children again. Rona gives me tips for getting my kids’ attention without yelling.
