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Live Happy Now

Inspiring Children Through Music with Laurie Berkner

Live Happy Now

Live Happy LLC

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

4.7522 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Laurie Berkner is a best-selling, award-winning children’s recording artists and widely recognized as the uncrowned queen of children’s music. Laurie’s albums have been best-sellers on a chart typically dominated by movie soundtracks and major label compilations. Laurie has written the music and lyrics for two Off-Broadway children's musicals produced by New York City Children’s Theater: Wanda's Monster (2013) and The Amazing Adventures of Harvey and the Princess (2014). What you'll learn in this podcast: What children can teach us about music How music can help children learn and grow How to get rid of self-criticism and let go

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0:00.0

A child who sings is a happy child. We talk with an award-winning children's recording artists

0:05.6

on inspiring children through music on this episode of Live Happy Now. The ancient Greeks defined

0:11.5

happiness as the joy you feel moving towards your potential. To think about positive psychology,

0:18.5

it's a science and it's actually younger than the Internet, believe it or not.

0:24.5

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

0:32.2

You have some factors in your control.

0:35.2

They can promote the health and resilience and growth of your

0:38.0

absolutely most important asset, which is your brain.

0:41.2

And so it all comes down to understanding ourselves.

0:44.1

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

0:48.1

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. This is Live Happy Now. Hello and greetings. Welcome once again to the Live Happy Now podcast. I'm your host, J.R. Houston. Thrill that you are joining us wherever you are in the world and however you may be tuning in, we are just excited that you are making us a part of your day. And more and more of you are making Live Happy magazine a part of your day as well.

1:15.1

You can get the print edition.

1:16.3

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1:21.8

You can also subscribe it to the print edition of the magazine and have it sent directly to your door.

1:26.4

Or you can get the digital

1:27.8

edition. This is my personal favorite, because you can carry it with you wherever you go. It's

1:32.4

available on the Apple store and the Google Play Store, and you can take it on your tablet,

1:37.1

you can take it on your phone, and you can get all kinds of special features that are only

1:41.7

available on the digital edition. We certainly appreciate you

1:45.4

giving the magazine a try. Well, this episode is all about kids and it's all about music,

1:51.1

so we had to bring in Paula Phelps. She is our Live Happy Science Editor, and she accompanied

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