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Book Kaizen for Couples

Download or read book Kaizen for Couples written by Phd Rhoberta Shaler and published by People Skills Press. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Toxic Relationships and Difficult Personalities

Download or read book Toxic Relationships and Difficult Personalities written by Luke Gregory and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to deal with difficult people in your life. Before I can go any further, we have a few things that we have to get out of the way first. There are a lot of ways to define a difficult person for the simple fact that there are so many different types of difficult people out there. For simplicity's sake, we will begin by starting with a practical definition that works for all of them. While the rest of this book will be covering specific situations and ways to deal with difficult people, there is one very important thing that must be covered first and that is your responsibility in any situation. Relationships with toxic people can be detrimental to your well-being, and you have to be proactive in ensuring that you know what to do if you ever were to meet one. The purpose of this book is to do more than just identify one of two types of difficult persons you can meet in the workplace. It also reveals the characteristics of these types of people along with providing you with valuable tips on what you can do to manage these unforeseen relationships. Life is one of the most precious gifts that we will ever come to own. How you choose to live it is entirely up to you; however, there is nothing wrong with getting a little bit of advice from time to time on what you can do to make the journey a tad bit easier. That is where this book comes in. I am here to help you to manage something that everyone will deal with at some point in their life: difficult people. A difficult person is someone who has the potential to impact both you and your livelihood negatively. In other words, it's a person that is utterly bad for you. The reason that a difficult person is so dangerous is that often they are not readily recognized as being very toxic. You could go days, months, or even years with associating with these type of toxic people and never even know how much damage that they are causing in your life. It can be very stressful to not be able to decipher between who is really trying to be a positive influence in your life and who isn't. Luckily, this is where this book will be most helpful. To protect yourself from a toxic person, you have to be able to know one when you see one. There are always signs. It's just a point of being able to identify them. Pull up a chair, because I'm quite sure that some of these descriptions will hit home for you.

Book Dating Radar

Download or read book Dating Radar written by Bill Eddy and published by Unhooked Books. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do so many of us commit to the wrong person? Most believe that attraction and compatibility are the keys to relationship success when, in reality, these are red flags in 15-20% of the population. When it comes to love, the brain is irrational and shortsighted. We make decisions based on incomplete information, biased understanding, and strong emotion. Love truly is blind. That's why you need dating radar, it gives you a way to detect hazards you might otherwise miss by recognizing: 1. Warning signs of certain personalities that can spell love relationship danger 2. Ways that they can jam your radar (deceive you) 3. Where your own blind spots might be Attorney, mediator, and social worker Bill Eddy and relationship expert Megan Hunter use their expertise in high-conflict personalities, complicated relationships and divorce to equip readers to see through the blinding spark of new love and spot potential toxic relationships before it is too late! If hindsight is 20/20, dating radar is x-ray vision. Bill Eddy is an award-winning author and president of High Conflict Institute.Megan Hunter is a publisher, author, speaker and the founder of Unhooked Media.

Book Toxic People

    Book Details:
  • Author : Luke Gregory
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-09-09
  • ISBN : 9781537595573
  • Pages : 72 pages

Download or read book Toxic People written by Luke Gregory and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to deal with difficult people in your life. Before I can go any further, we have a few things that we have to get out of the way first. There are a lot of ways to define a difficult person for the simple fact that there are so many different types of difficult people out there. For simplicity's sake, we will begin by starting with a practical definition that works for all of them. While the rest of this book will be covering specific situations and ways to deal with difficult people, there is one very important thing that must be covered first and that is your responsibility in any situation. Relationships with toxic people can be detrimental to your well-being, and you have to be proactive in ensuring that you know what to do if you ever were to meet one. The purpose of this book is to do more than just identify one of two types of difficult persons you can meet in the workplace. It also reveals the characteristics of these types of people along with providing you with valuable tips on what you can do to manage these unforeseen relationships. Life is one of the most precious gifts that we will ever come to own. How you choose to live it is entirely up to you; however, there is nothing wrong with getting a little bit of advice from time to time on what you can do to make the journey a tad bit easier. That is where this book comes in. I am here to help you to manage something that everyone will deal with at some point in their life: difficult people. A difficult person is someone who has the potential to impact both you and your livelihood negatively. In other words, it's a person that is utterly bad for you. The reason that a difficult person is so dangerous is that often they are not readily recognized as being very toxic. You could go days, months, or even years with associating with these type of toxic people and never even know how much damage that they are causing in your life. It can be very stressful to not be able to decipher between who is really trying to be a positive influence in your life and who isn't. Luckily, this is where this book will be most helpful. To protect yourself from a toxic person, you have to be able to know one when you see one. There are always signs. It's just a point of being able to identify them. Pull up a chair, because I'm quite sure that some of these descriptions will hit home for you.

Book  Don t You Know Who I Am

Download or read book Don t You Know Who I Am written by Ramani S. Durvasula Ph.D and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Don’t You Know Who I Am?” has become the mantra of the famous and infamous, the entitled and the insecure. It’s the tagline of the modern narcissist. Health and wellness campaigns preach avoidance of unhealthy foods, sedentary lifestyles, tobacco, drugs, and alcohol, but rarely preach avoidance of unhealthy, difficult or toxic people. Yet the health benefits of removing toxic people from your life may have far greater benefits to both physical and psychological health. We need to learn to be better gatekeepers for our minds, bodies, and souls. Narcissism, entitlement, and incivility have become the new world order, and we are all in trouble. They are not only normalized but also increasingly incentivized. They are manifestations of pathological insecurity—insecurities that are experienced at both the individual and societal level. The paradox is that we value these patterns. We venerate them through social media, mainstream media, and consumerism, and they are endemic in political, corporate, academic, and media leaders. There are few lives untouched by narcissists. These relationships infect those who are in them with self-doubt, despair, confusion, anxiety, depression, and the chronic feeling of being “not enough,” all of which make it so difficult to step away and set boundaries. The illusion of hope and the fantasy of redemption can result in years of second chances, and despondency when change never comes. It’s time for a wake-up call. It’s time to stem the tide of narcissism, entitlement, and antagonism, and take our lives back.

Book Dangerous Personalities

Download or read book Dangerous Personalities written by Joe Navarro and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a narcissist go from self-involved to terrifying? In this national bestseller, Joe Navarro, a leading FBI profiler, unlocks the secrets to the personality disorders that put us all at risk. “I should have known.” “How could we have missed the warning signs?” ”I always thought there was something off about him.” When we wake up to new tragedies in the news every day—shootings, rampages, acts of domestic terrorism—we often blame ourselves for missing the mania lurking inside unsuspecting individuals. But how could we have known that the charismatic leader had the characteristics of a tyrant? And how can ordinary people identify threats from those who are poised to devastate their lives on a daily basis—the crazy coworkers, out-of-control family members, or relentless neighbors? In Dangerous Personalities, former FBI profiler Joe Navarro has the answers. He shows us how to identify the four most common "dangerous personalities"—the Narcissist, the Predator, the Paranoid, and the Unstable Personality— and how to analyze the potential threat level. Along the way, he provides essential tips and tricks to protect ourselves both immediately and in the long-term, as well as how to heal the trauma of being exposed to the destructive egos in our world.

Book Toxic Relationships

    Book Details:
  • Author : Luke Gregory
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-03-03
  • ISBN : 9781544099767
  • Pages : 50 pages

Download or read book Toxic Relationships written by Luke Gregory and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around you are very toxic people who will try to keep you down and hurt you. These ,,wall" people should be avoided right away---Do you think you can cope with toxic people? Change the way you think and manage stressful situations with difficult people: How to deal with self centered people, control freaks, disruptive, clingy, needy people, complainers, jealous, procrastinators, etc. Introduction: Welcome to the Real World. What exactly do you mean by "Toxic"'. Kill ''em with kindness. Ignore toxic people and cheer them up. How to: Proact Instead of React, Set Consequences, Have Good Personal Boundaries, Confront Behaviour Safely, Get Away. Learn how to say no and give them other options. How to: Pick Your Battles, Put Humour Into It, Separate The Person From The Issue, Put The Spotlight On Them. Do not fall for their tricks and when you spot one, run. So much, much more information in this book. Who this book is for: People who have problems communicating with difficult people in their lives Those who have gone through a difficult moment and were blocked at a time Those who want to learn how to manage a difficult situation with toxic people Those who want to learn more about the cause and effect of toxic people. You''re about to discover how to deal with difficult people in your life. While the rest of this book will be covering specific situations and ways to deal with difficult people, there is one critical thing that must be included first, and that is your responsibility in any situation. Relationships with toxic people can be detrimental to your well-being, and you have to be proactive in ensuring that you know what to do if you ever were to meet one. The purpose of this book is to do more than just identify one of two types of difficult persons you can meet in the workplace. It also reveals the characteristics of these kinds of people along with providing you with valuable tips on what you can do to manage these unforeseen relationships.Life is one of the most precious gifts that we will ever come to own. How you choose to live it is entirely up to you; however, there is nothing wrong with getting a little bit of advice from time to time on what you can do to make the journey a tad bit easier. That is where this book comes in. I am here to help you to manage something that everyone will deal with at some point in their life: difficult people. Before I can go any further, we have a few things that we have to get out of the way first. There are a lot of ways to define a difficult person for the simple fact that there are so many different types of difficult people out there. For simplicity''s sake, we will begin by starting with a working definition that works for all of them. A difficult person is someone who has the potential to impact both you and your livelihood negatively. In other words, it''s a person that is utterly bad for you. The reason that a difficult person is so dangerous is that often they are not readily recognized as being very toxic. You could go days, months, or even years with associating with these type of toxic people and never even know how much damage that they are causing in your life. Luckily, this is where this book will be most helpful. To protect yourself from a toxic person, you have to be able to know one when you see one. There are always signs. It''s just a point of being able to identify them. Pull up a chair, because I''m quite sure that some of these descriptions will hit home for you.I''m sure my book will guide you through your life and your path.

Book Jerks at Work

Download or read book Jerks at Work written by Tessa West and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and hilarious guide to getting difficult people off your back, for anyone pulling their hair out over an irritating colleague who's not technically breaking any rules From open floor plans and Zoom calls to Slack channels, the workplace has changed a lot over the years. But there’s one thing that never changes: you’ll always encounter jerks. Jerks at Work is the definitive guide to dealing with—and ultimately breaking free from—the overbearing bosses, irritating coworkers, and all-around difficult people who make work and life miserable. Social psychologist Tessa West has spent years leveraging science to help people solve interpersonal conflicts in the workplace. What she discovered is that most of our go-to tactics don’t work because they fail to address the specific motivations that drive bad behavior. In this book, she takes you on a rollicking deep dive of the seven jerks you’re most likely to encounter at the office, drawing on decades of original research to expose their inner workings and weak points—and ultimately deliver an effective game plan for stopping each type before they take you down with them. Jerks at Work is packed with everyday examples and clever strategies, such as how to: • Stop a Bulldozer from gaining influence by making sure they're not the first to speak up in meetings • Report a Kiss Up/Kick Downer to a manager who idolizes them without looking like the bad guy • Protect your high-achieving team from Free Riders without stifling collaboration • Use a Gaslighter’s tactics to beat them at their own game For anyone who’s said “I can’t stand that jerk!” more times than they’d like to admit, Jerks at Work is the ultimate playbook you wish you didn’t need but will always turn to.

Book Difficult People

    Book Details:
  • Author : Luke Gregory
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-06-22
  • ISBN : 9781534845640
  • Pages : 62 pages

Download or read book Difficult People written by Luke Gregory and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Difficult People : Strategies of Dealing with Difficult Personalities and Relationships You''re about to discover how to deal with toxic people in your life. While the rest of this book will be covering specific situations and ways to deal with difficult people, there is one very important thing that must be covered first and that is your responsibility in any situation. The first thing I want to cover is how often are you meeting up with difficult people. If it is happening to you all the time then there is something very important that you are going to want to consider and I hope that I don''t offend you, but it is the truth. If it is happening all the time then maybe you are a major part of the problem. Yes, I did say that. My goal is to help you, not give you something that will just tickle your ears and make you feel good. If you find that you are in conflict all the time then as you read this book look at yourself and see if you recognize yourself in any the toxic people that will be described. If you find one that you see yourself in then you have taken the first step to healing and becoming an easier to get along with person. Many times people are difficult to get along with because of hurts, pains, abuse and other things that happened in tough childhood. They become difficult to get along with as a way of protecting themselves from being hurt more. They also don''t really like themselves, so they hurt others as a way of making themselves feel better. The only problem is that it doesn''t work and in the end they become more and more hurt and more and more difficult to get along with. Now if this isn''t you then be thankful because you are in a pretty good place emotionally and you are truly just dealing with difficult people on their end. My goal is to help you, not give you something that will just tickle your ears and make you feel good. If you find that you are in conflict all the time then as you read this book look at yourself and see if you recognize yourself in any the people that will be described. If you find one that you see yourself in then you have taken the first step to healing and becoming an easier to get along with that difficult person. Many times people are difficult to get along with because of hurts, pains, abuse and other things that happened in childhood. They become difficult to get along with as a way of protecting themselves from being hurt more. They also don''t really like themselves, so they hurt others as a way of making themselves feel better. Reading this book will change the the way you think and manage stressful situations with difficult people: How to deal with self centered people, control freaks, disruptive, clingy, needy people, complainers, jealous, procrastinators, etc. Coping Strategies For Dealing With Difficult People. How to Keep Your Cool. How to Don''t React Quickly. How to Be Proactive. How to: Proact Instead of React, Set Consequences, Have Good Personal Boundaries, Confront Behaviour Safely, Get Away. Don''t Help People At Your Own Expense. How to: Pick Your Battles, Put Humour Into It, Separate The Person From The Issue, Put The Spotlight On Them Don''t Take It Personally and Have Compassion and Patience. So much, much more information in this book. Who this book is for: People who have problems communicating with difficult people in their lives Those who have gone through a difficult moment and were blocked at a time Those who want to learn how to manage a difficult situation Those who want to learn more about the cause and effect of difficult people. I''m sure my book will guide you through your life

Book Coping with Toxic Managers  Subordinates   and Other Difficult People

Download or read book Coping with Toxic Managers Subordinates and Other Difficult People written by Roy H. Lubit and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author shows how to use emotional intelligence tactics to survive when dealing with toxic managers and other impossible people in the workplace.

Book The Highly Sensitive Person s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People

Download or read book The Highly Sensitive Person s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People written by Shahida Arabi and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reclaim your power from narcissists, manipulators, and other toxic people. If you’re a highly sensitive person, or identify as an “empath,” you may feel easily overwhelmed by the world around you, suffer from “people-pleasing,” experience extreme anxiety or stress in times of conflict, or even take on the emotions of others. Due to your naturally giving nature, you may also be a target for narcissists and self-centered individuals who seek to exploit others for their own gain. So, how can you protect yourself? In The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide to Dealing with Toxic People, you’ll learn evidence-based skills grounded in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to help you recognize and shut down the common manipulation tactics used by toxic people, such as gaslighting, stonewalling, projection, covert put-downs, and love bombing. You’ll also discover targeted tips to protect yourself from the five main types of toxic people: Garden-variety boundary-steppers Crazymakers and attention-seekers Emotional vampires Narcissists Sociopaths and psychopaths Finally, you’ll learn how to heal from toxic or narcissistic abuse, and find strategies for establishing healthy boundaries and a strong sense of self. If you’re an HSP who is ready to take a stand against the toxic people in your life, this book has everything you need to survive and thrive.

Book Toxic People

    Book Details:
  • Author : LIllian Glass
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-10-01
  • ISBN : 9781929873449
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Toxic People written by LIllian Glass and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Free yourself from toxic relationships

Download or read book Free yourself from toxic relationships written by Cristina Rebiere and published by Rebiere. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To live with fear in your stomach, no longer having confidence in yourself, having lost the joy of living, often feeling sadness and misunderstanding … is it really Living? To love with the anxiety of not being up to the demands of the Other and sometimes receive only a few crumbs of “happiness” … is it really Loving? You know that something is wrong, without being able to define it. Like a poison. The memory of the person you were before fades away and you inexorably lose your bearings, your joy of living. Your memories, your contacts, your convictions are diluted little by little for the sole benefit of this person who is (maybe from a long time) in your life and claims to appreciate, to “love” you without really proving it for real … Isn’t it? The periods of euphoria and happiness in his/her company are becoming scarcer, replaced by doubt, distress, despondency. What is happening to you is not normal, right? This is not how a healthy and lasting love relationship should unfold. You know it well, deep inside yourself … But you continue to doubt this reality, to hope for a change … which is slow in coming … You no longer have the strength to react. You think you “deserve” somehow what is happening to you … You want it … The deep guilt you feel is too strong to objectively analyze the situation and make a life-saving decision. Then, you stagnate in your unhappiness, as a victim of a kind of paralysis which affects your soul and body. Where can all of this continuous pain come from? From a toxic relationship. Have you heard of “narcissistic perverts”? Maybe are you a victim of one of them? You are certainly a prisoner of a manipulator who has taken possession of your life, your memory, your projects and has kept you away from the people you care about. Now, he or she monopolizes all your attention, your love, your vital energy and take pleasure in your torments, your mistakes, your induced weakness. You must accept this terrible situation: you have fallen into an almost unstoppable trap. This is not your fault. Slowly, surely, patiently, she or he has abused you, questioned your beliefs, your values, deliberately sowing growing confusion in your mind. Your compassion, your sensitivity and your natural kindness have been his/her gateway, the confusion sown in you his/her weapon of predilection. He or she knows everything about you, but what do you know about this Other person you trust and still… love? This little handbook explains your situation, what narcissistic perversion is, how to identify and protect yourself from a narcissistic pervert. It offers clear steps to get you out of this toxic relationship, to break free from this awful trap where you risk losing your mental and physical health, maybe even more. You will also find, within, concrete ways to rebuild yourself. You will succeed in getting out of this toxic relationship! To love and live again. Truly. Make the right decision now!

Book TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS

Download or read book TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS written by Amanda Hope and published by ANMA LAB LIMITED. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you get out of a toxic relationship? How can you be free of its painful, traumatic shadow? When is enough going to be enough? Moving on, much less breaking free from a toxic relationship, can be challenging and complicated. However, there’s going to be some point in time that you need to realize if you are in a toxic relationship, get out of it, move on, and heal. People usually seek health professionals’ help to deal with painful and traumatic relationships. Still, there are other ways to do so, such as finding excellent books to read on the subject, just like TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS. This book is about fixing the broken within you and finding yourself again, even after an emotionally abusive relationship. The author fully covers all there is to know about toxic relationships. From domineering partners, jealous ones, cheating ones, insecure, abusive, too difficult ones, alcoholic and narcissistic ones, and more, knowing these types is vital. Identifying these types of people and understanding your role in this toxic relationship is the first step is to differentiate a bad connection from a good one. Reading through tackles subjects on: ✅ Understanding why people choose the same dilemma time and again ✅ Toxic partner types one must avoid at all times ✅ Phases of grief as well as toxicity ✅ Relationship detox as a necessity ✅ Ending a toxic relationship in many ways ✅ Communication and its importance ✅ Improve communication skills in 10 ways ✅ Emotional intelligence to fight toxic relationships ✅ Identifying fears and overcoming them ✅ Ways to improve your relationship ✅ Settling conflicts the healthy way ✅ How to set limits and boundaries Aside from those mentioned above, this book also features techniques for better managing love, family, and friendship. Read it today so you can start healing, developing a new version of yourself – more positive and confident! What are you waiting for? Grab your copy now and start your Healing Journey!

Book I Wish I Knew This Earlier  Lessons on Love

Download or read book I Wish I Knew This Earlier Lessons on Love written by Toni Tone and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** We’ve all been on promising dates that left us feeling worse in the long run, suffered from breakups we might have mishandled, or stayed in relationships which should have worked but didn’t. So what are we missing?

Book Toxic Life

    Book Details:
  • Author : Luke Gregory
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-03-30
  • ISBN : 9781545048016
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book Toxic Life written by Luke Gregory and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today you made another step towards you and your Christian soul. I embrace you with much warmth and admiration that you are here and that you had the curiosity! What does Christian faith mean to be you?! To live. To suffer. To love. To be disappointed. To be happy. To laugh. To cry. To feel. To have faith. To feel and have faith with all your heart in what you belive and think, to do what you feel. This Christian healing book delves into the negative and down-right devastating events that occur in our lives that break our faithfulness hearts and trample our spirits, but it won't be human-made wisdom pellets being handed out here.This is a christian journey to find God in the midst of our sorrow. We will take a walk in the shoes of Job, a man who suffered devastating losses simultaneously, but never once stopped giving God praise and glory. We will look at why sometimes we just don't understand God in the midst of our tribulations but how to trust Him anyway. We will explore what the Bible says about how to deal with emotions, recognizing the toxic people in our lives and how to show them the exit sign, finding freedom by letting go of past hurt and disappointment, and discovering how to grow through and from your pain.I have been through my share of disappointments and devastations, but I wouldn't have come out on the other side without a faithful Father to see me through. He has shown me His promises that continually prove His love and divine will, and He has shown me how to find my purpose in pain. He wants you to find His promises and His purpose for your life, too.When standing on the other end of the most difficult times in our lives, you can be sure that God will use those experiences as teachable moments somewhere down the road. The lessons that each of us learns might not be the same, but God will often give insight on how a particular circumstance in our past is helping to shape our future and how it might help shape someone else's as well. There is great power in testimony, so if we are able to share the testimony of how God transformed our lives despite walking through dark and challenging times, it could inspire or give hope to someone else who is still in the thick of their own hardship. Even though my own personal losses and tragedies were a time when my faith suffered the most, I can look back now to see that God's faithfulness never wavered. I'm sure my book will guide you through your spiritual life and your christian path.

Book Raising Happiness

Download or read book Raising Happiness written by Christine Carter, Ph.D. and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we wish most for our children? Next to being healthy, we want them to be happy, of course! Fortunately, a wide array of scientific studies show that happiness is a learned behavior, a muscle we can help our children build and maintain. Drawing on what psychology, sociology, and neuroscience have proven about confidence, gratefulness, and optimism, and using her own chaotic and often hilarious real-world adventures as a mom to demonstrate do’s and don’ts in action, Christine Carter, Ph.D, executive director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, boils the process down to 10 simple happiness-inducing steps. With great wit, wisdom, and compassion, Carter covers the day-to-day pressure points of parenting—how best to discipline, get kids to school and activities on time, and get dinner on the table—as well as the more elusive issues of helping children build healthy friendships and develop emotional intelligence. In these 10 key steps, she helps you interact confidently and consistently with your kids to foster the skills, habits, and mindsets that will set the stage for positive emotions now and into their adolescence and beyond. Inside you will discover • the best way avoid raising a brat—changing bad habits into good ones • tips on how to change your kids’ attitude into gratitude • the trap of trying to be perfect—and how to stay clear of its pitfalls • the right way to praise kids—and why too much of the wrong kind can be just as bad as not enough • the spirit of kindness—how to raise kind, compassionate, and loving children • strategies for inspiring kids to do boring (but necessary) tasks—and become more self-motivated in the process Complete with a series of “try this” tips, secrets, and strategies, Raising Happiness is a one-of-a-kind resource that will help you instill joy in your kids—and, in the process, become more joyful yourself.