21: How Do I Hit the Reset Button for 2021?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Raising Tweens & Teens

Dr. Lisa Damour/Reena Ninan

Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting, Mental Health

4.7 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Lisa and Reena kick off the new year with a look at positive psychology. What is it and how exactly does it work? How do you stay positive when things aren’t rosy? Reena asks about the psychology of manifesting. Does it really work? They also look at sadness and happiness. Lisa shares why the two emotions don't cancel each other out but, instead, often live side by side. In other words, the presence of negative does not mean the absence of positive. Lisa explains that what psychologists call "pleasure scheduling" can help boost mood and also covers the critical importance of our personal running narratives - or "self-talk." For Children Everywhere - Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the nation’s top non-governmental founder of mental health research grants to scientists. Www.BBRFoundation.org Additional resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by Www.GoodTroubleProductions.com Be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @AskLisaPodcast @LDamour @ReenaNinan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting, now in the midst of a pandemic.
0:12.2	Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.
0:19.7	And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.
0:23.7	Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves. Most of the time, I'll be getting
0:28.5	answers to your parenting questions. So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.
0:36.4	Episode 21, how do I hit the reset button for 2021?
0:45.2	It's the New Year!
0:47.3	Happy New Year,ina.
0:48.6	I could not be more excited to see a new year.
0:51.3	I know.
0:51.9	Right, have we ever been more thrilled to turn the calendar over?
0:56.1	Never. Never. Never. In the history of creation. I know. I know. What a year. This was last year. My goodness.
1:03.7	It's like, I don't even want to talk about it. I'm so excited about vaccines. I'm so excited. I'm going to
1:08.2	probably take a vacation at some point this year, later, later in the year. I cannot wait. I think everyone just wants a fresh start.
1:15.5	Fresh start. Begin again. Renew. Start over. And apparently our listeners do too. We got this letter and it says, Dear Lisa, I want to get into the right mindset for the new year. I want to shake off all the negativity,
1:33.0	both for myself and for my kids from last year. But it's just so hard. I try to stay positive.
1:38.6	How do I get to a better state mentally when I know the start of this year won't be easy?
1:45.8	I can't pretend anymore. Any advice for hitting the reset button? What should I make a priority for good mental health?
1:50.9	I love this question. It's a great one. It's a perfect one to get us going into the year.
1:55.1	So what do you think matters? It's like fresh slate. Let's pretend fresh slate starting over anew. How do you do this to hit the reset button? So there is a whole area of my field called positive psychology. And there is
2:05.4	so much we can draw from that at this particular moment. So one of the things that happened in the
2:14.8	history of psychology is that the first hundred years, like basically from
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