Happiness is an Inside Job

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2014

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Do you want to be happy? Guess what, you've got the tools to do it! Happiness can be cultivated regardless of your childhood or genes - you just need to make it a daily priority! Shawn Achor is a Harvard Professor who teaches a class on how to be happy - research shows it comes from the INSIDE and has little to do with the external experiences. It's not about waiting to be happy until you find success, it's about being happy and then achieving success due to your happiness. Happiness comes from striving for something that has value, not the attainment. Genes and environment can play a role in your everyday feelings, so you need to strengthen your happy muscles, you have the power! Here are a few specific steps you can take right now to make yourself more happy. Pick a few and practice for 21 days - see if it makes a difference: Spend two minutes each day expressing gratitude either verbally or written. Write about one meaningful thing that happened to you in the last 24 hours and provide as much detail as possible. Exercise Take two minutes a day and breath mindfully If you do this, it will not only will you feel good, you will create a ripple effect of happiness all around you! Other Resources: Click here to find Cathy's books The Self-Aware Parent 1 & 2, click here to find her blog, and click here to find her Chicago Parent column. Todd has a few spots opening for his Men's Group. Email me @ [email protected] Tree of Life Chiropractic Care have some interesting workshops planned. An outline can be found here. If you shop Amazon by going through our website first (there is an amazon link on the bottom right hand of our home page), a portion of your sale will help fund our Be U program. Thanks for supporting us! Check out our new website & be sure to sign up to get all new podcast sent direct to your inbox @ ZPR. We would love to hear any comments from the show by sending us an email @ [email protected] You can be sure to hear more by liking our Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting How important is a good smile? Just ask our new partner John J Kelly DDS. They are located on the northwest side of Chicago and will meet all of your family's dental needs. Painting or remodeling? Don't forget about our parnter Avid Co.

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0:00.0	All righty, here we go. My name's Todd Adams.
0:08.5	Mrs. Kathy Adams.
0:09.5	Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio. This is episode number 177. So if this is the first time you've heard us, welcome. If. Welcome. 177 episodes. What is Zen Parenting
0:25.5	Radio, you may ask? Zen Parenting Radio is a discussion between a spiritual and emotional mom,
0:30.1	that's you, and a logical, practical dad, that's me. We have three daughters, ages 6, 9, 11,
0:35.3	and our goal is to give you the resources to become a better parent, but more importantly, to become a better you. And always remember
0:41.4	that the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding. So we're
0:47.4	going to talk about happy. Happy. Don't worry. Be happy. That would have been a fun song to pull up, too.
0:53.1	Here's a little song I wrote.
0:55.3	You might want to sing it note for note. So don't worry. That's your tea. Be happy.
1:04.4	So why are we talking about being happy? Because sweetie loves...
1:08.3	He's in the building!
1:12.4	Sweetie loves Oprah Winfrey.
1:14.0	Well, I love Super Soul Sunday, and I, you know, we've been talking about it a lot lately because Chafali was on, but this has nothing to do with that.
1:22.6	He's in the building!
1:24.7	It's the guy who was on yesterday.
1:26.8	What's his name?
1:27.6	His name is Sean Acre, and he was new to me.
1:30.9	I didn't know him.
1:32.0	And where does he work?
1:33.4	He works at Harvard.
1:34.5	And what I love, well, and now I think he does more than work at Harvard.
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