You guys, I’ve been on a rampage for the past several months trying to get my mojo back and get happier. I’ve been reading blogs and books; enjoying videos; talking to a therapist; soul-searching and meditating; ordering my groceries online; clicking on new apps; in esecuzione; and running around in circles. I’m trying so lots of things at once that it will be hard to pinpoint if any one thing is actually doing the trick once I become my fully enlightened yells-no-more self. Or maybe once Sawyer turns three, everything will feel easier. Who’s to say?
If you want happier kids, Christine Carter, author of raising Happiness, says start by becoming happier yourself! She also goes several gigantic steps additionally and uses concrete steps on how to get happy. She’s absolutely on my weekly rotation and I think she must be on yours too.
If you’ve never heard of Christine, she’s a Berkeley sociologist and mother of two who has become a happiness expert by studying all the academic research in related fields and distilling it down to bare bones functional recommendations so that regular parents can benefit.
4 ways to be happier now (video)
Do you have 20 minutes a week for happiness? (video)
Christine Carter is using a terrific online class to help parents find their own happiness and I’m in the middle of it now. Rookie mommy readers can get 10% off! (See down below for codes and whatnot)
Classes take about 20 minutes per week and are stuffed with ideas that you can practice ideal away. There are also regular coaching calls and access to online feedback through forums and emails. I won’t sugar-coat it; even twenty minutes per week can be hard to fit into a incredibly busy life. That said, I have thoroughly took pleasure in all I’ve read and seen from Dr. Carter. and I kinda think it’s working. We’ll know for sure when I absolutely stop yelling… but I haven’t graduated yet! Register with our affiliate link and save 10%
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Buy the book raising Happiness: 10 basic steps for a lot more happy kids and happier parents for about $12 on amazon.
Join the raising happiness online class and save 10%. Register soon and you’ll also get access to a complimentary video coaching call with Dr. Carter on October 1.
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Follow along on twitter at @raisinghappines (also free)
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Affiliate links are included in this post. We were given complimentary access to these amaze-balls parenting videos, articles, and online classes. I have been slurping them up with a straw. now I’m trying to get you guys, Whitney, and my spouse to enjoy them too so I have someone to go over it all with.