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Live Happy Now

How to Raise Positive and Gritty Teens with Molly Dahl and Caren Feldman

Live Happy Now

Live Happy LLC

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:mental Health

4.7522 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It’s not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will help make them successful human beings. This week learn how to raise positive and gritty teens with Dr. Caren Feldman and Molly Dahl. About Molly Dahl Molly Dahl is author of Youth Positive, Exploring the Unique Genius of Every 21st Century Adolescent and The YOUTH Positive Teacher’s Guide. She conducts teacher trainings and workshops, and presents YOUTH Positive and Positive Education at conferences around the country. She holds a Certificate in Positive Psychology from The Wholebeing Institute. About Caren Feldman Dr. Caren Baruch-Feldman is a clinical psychologist and a certified school psychologist. Providing in-services, interactive workshops, and now writing her first book, titled, The Grit Guide for Teens are the highlight of Dr. Feldman’s professional life.

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0:00.0

It's not what you do for your children, but what you've taught them to do for themselves on this episode of Live Happy Now.

0:06.8

The ancient Greeks defined happiness as the joy you feel moving towards your potential.

0:13.6

To think about positive psychology, it's a science, and it's actually younger than the Internet, believe it or not.

0:28.6

The reality is that social connection is in the research, the greatest predictor we have of long-term happiness. You have some factors in your control.

0:31.6

They can promote the health and resilience and growth of your absolutely most important asset, which is your brain.

0:40.7

And so it all comes down to understanding ourselves.

0:44.5

There's a way for all of us to succeed, but it might take different things.

0:48.6

We're all looking for the same thing, and that's a way to bring a little bit more joy to our day.

0:52.3

Join us as we look at the many different paths that lead us to that happy place.

0:54.0

This is Live Happy Now.

0:59.1

Hello and greetings and welcome to another edition of the Live Happy Now podcast. I'm your host,

1:03.1

J.R. Houston, wherever you're tuning in from, however you may be tuning in, we're just glad that you are making us a part of your day. We are also encouraged that more of you are making Live

1:08.0

Happy magazine a part of your day. You can get the latest edition wherever fine magazines are sold, preferably at Barnes & Noble. It's easy. It's right there. You can find it. You can also get the digital edition. You can go to the Apple Store or the Google Play Store, and that'll have all kinds of special features involved as well. It's like the director's cut of the magazine. Pretty cool stuff. Well, this week, we have

1:29.2

got two guests, a rare double header right here on the Live Happy Now podcast. We've got Molly

1:35.3

doll and Dr. Karen Feldman. First up, we had a conversation with Molly Doll, author of

1:40.4

Youth Positive, exploring the unique genius of every 21st century adolescent and the

1:44.9

youth positive teachers guide.

1:46.7

And she conducts teacher trainings and workshops and presents youth positive and positive

1:51.6

education at conferences around the country.

1:54.4

She also holds a certificate in positive psychology from the Whole Being Institute.

2:00.0

Well, Molly, thank you so much for taking time out of your schedule to be here with us on the Live Happy Now podcast.

2:06.4

And I got to ask because so many people are seeing teens these days and, well, kids these days aren't how I used to be.

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