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Something You Should Know about Happiness

Redefining Our Quality Of Life

June 24, 2010

 

Interview with John Robbins, author of the book The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less

 

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Mike Carruthers:
The change in our economy has made it necessary for many of us to reexamine our quality of life and our standard of living.

 

John Robbins:
Standard of living is measured in material terms, it’s about how much stuff you have, it’s about what you acquire – it’s measured monetarily. 
John Robbins

Changing How We Live

 May 10, 2010

 

Interview with Richard Florida, author of the book The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Although the economy seems to be recovering it has taken a toll and changed how people live.

 

Richard Florida:
And I think what we’re doing right now, in the reset, people all over our country are resetting the way they live and reinventing new ways of living and working – and that’s what’s going to pull us up.

 
Richard Florida

Richard Florida, author of the book The Great Reset…

Is Your Life A Struggle?

 

April 15, 2010

 

Interview with Michael Neill, author of the book Supercoach: 10 Secrets to Transform Anyone's Life

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Life can seem like a struggle much of the time but maybe it’s how we look at it.

 

Michael Neill:
Most people look at life and they think that if they can just get things to line up a certain way on the outside they’ll get to experience the feelings that they want to have on the inside.
 
Michael Neill

How Parents Affect Kids' Happiness

March 11, 2010

 

Interview with Christine Carter, M.D., author of the book Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Parents have a lot to do with whether or not their children are happy.

 

Christine Carter, M.D.:
Often parents think they have one cheerful kid and one grumpy kid and that’s kind of the way it is. But actually we have a lot of great science now that shows that there are factors that parents can teach their kids that will lead to happiness in childhood and beyond.

 
Dr. Christine Carter

Do You Really Know What Love Is?

January 29, 2010

 

Interview with Greg Baer, author of the book Real Love in Marriage: The Truth About Finding Genuine Happiness Now and Forever

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Have you ever experienced real love? Probably not, according to this guy…

 

Greg Baer M.D.:
Almost nobody, and I mean like less than 1% of the people on the planet, understand what love is - that's the problem.
 
Greg Baer

Dr. Greg Baer, author of the book Real Love in Marriage ...

 

Positive Change At Any Age

January 13, 2010

 

Interview with Susan Krauss Whitbourne, author of the book The Search for Fulfillment 

 

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Mike Carruthers:
If you’re an adult you’ve heard all the cliches that, "Youth is wasted on the young,"  that, "Your best years are behind you..." – well it turns out to be completely untrue.

 

Susan Krauss Whitbourne:
Development continues throughout adulthood. People don’t just not change after you turn 18.
Susan Whitbourne

Why Do We Get So Upset Over Little Things?

January 15, 2009

Interview with Deborah Tannen, author of The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Today more than ever we live in an argument culture.

 

Deborah Tannen:
It's the tendency to approach everything in an adversarial frame of mind - the way to show you're really thinking is to criticize and attack.
Deborah Tannen

 

Instantly Improve Any Relationship

October 13, 2009

Interview with Cloe Madanes, author of the book Relationship Breakthrough: How to Create Outstanding Relationships in Every Area of Your Life

 

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Mike Carruthers:
In any relationship we all have the need for security and certainty.

 

Cloe Madanes:
One of the paradoxes of human life is that as soon as you have certainty you have the need for uncertainty, variety - you want some surprises.
Cloe Madanes

 

What Do You Do With Anger?

September 22, 2009
Interview with John Lee, author of The Anger Solution: The Proven Method for Achieving Calm and Developing Healthy, Long-Lasting Relationships

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Are you good at dealing with anger? It sort of depends on your definition of anger.

 

John Lee:
Because people use the words anger and rage interchangeably as if they meant the same thing.
 
John Lee

Importance of Acquaintances

September 7, 2009

Interview with Melinda Blau author of Consequential Strangers: The Power of People Who Don't Seem to Matter. . . But Really Do

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Sure you have friends but you also have other important people in your life – just not AS important. They are "consequential strangers."

 

Let me give you an example; you have a mechanic and you don’t think much about him until your car breaks down but having that mechanic is a very, very important part of your life.


Melinda Blau

 

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