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Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman and today's episode I have a visit

from Dr. Michelle Borba. We talked with her about empathy a while back and now we are talking

about thrivers. Dr. Borba says we're raising a generation of strivers, not thrivers. So she wrote a book

walking through seven teachable strengths that kids need in order to experience a resilient

response to the world. And they are so great because they're actionable items. We're going to go

through all of them today, self-confidence, empathy, self-control, integrity, curiosity,

perseverance, and optimism. And we're going to go through things that you can do, small things.

These are not big asks. Many of them are already existing interactions that you're having and

just being aware of some new language you might want to use or thinking about things in a different

kind of way. And given all that kids have been through this year, thinking about raising

thrivers is top of mind. We want our kids to be able to handle setbacks and keep going.

So if you enjoy this episode, don't hesitate to subscribe, rate, and I love when I see a review.

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have any questions, keep sending them to me on my Instagram at Raising Good Humans podcast so that I

can answer them either on social media or on the podcast. And I hope you enjoy this conversation.

The whole approach to thrivers to me was take the push out of parenting. So it's going to help you

if you instill those character strengths. Not only will your children thrive more, but your relationship

as well, you'll enjoy it more. And you're going to get the product you really want. And that is,

yeah, a successful kid, but a kid who can live life without you. And that's the real goal of parenting.

And it's just such a hard thing to say. It's even hard to hear, right?

But you broke this book down into seven essential character strengths of thrivers,

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