Welcome to episode 177 of Live Happy Now.

This is Paula Phelps, and today it's all about kids and happiness.

To kick off this episode, we're talking with Lee Waters, the current president of the

International Positive Psychology Association, and author of The Strength Switch,

How the new science of strength-Based Parenting can help your child

and your teen to flourish. Lee sat down with Live Happy CEO Deborah Heise to talk about the online

course she's developed based on that book to help parents easily apply these parenting

principles. Thanks for joining us, Lee. Hey, it's my pleasure to be here. I guess the obvious question is,

what's the strength switch? That's a good place to start, Deborah. But before I start there,

I just want to say, I like your accent, too. I appreciate that. Midwestern all the way.

That's great. I can definitely tell yours is Midwestern, but any U.S. accent, it's really funny because

I'm actually in the West now on a bit of a book tour and I'm currently in Philadelphia,

but wherever I travel, people are like, oh, you know, I love your accent because it's the

Aussie accent.

But then I'm exactly the same.

I'm like, wow, I love the U.S. accent. Well, it's the Aussie accent, but then I'm exactly the same. I'm like, wow, I love the US accent.

Well, it's good to now.

Yeah, exactly.

So, yeah, let's dive into the strength switch.

It's really, you know, a strength-based approach in parenting, in the workplace,

in your own self-development, in any relationship you have.

It's just a, it's an approach where you choose

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