Christine Carter's Blog, page 11
April 21, 2019
Am I Really Going to Have to Ask You Again?
I asked my daughter to help me make dinner the other night; soon after that, I got caught on the phone. When I finally emerged from my office 40 minutes later, I found that Fiona had already prepared our whole meal—the table was set, and dinner was waiting. I was beside myself with delight. Few …
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April 17, 2019
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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April 14, 2019
Dear Christine: How Do I Deal with My Son’s Substance Abuse?
Concerned parents confront the fact that their son may be addicted to drugs and alcohol. Dear Christine, We are writing you about our son, who is in his second year of undergraduate study. He has found his niche in the Greek system, and it is something he is passionate about. He loves the people and …
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April 10, 2019
Thursday Thought
“Tiny ruptures in our relationships drive love and connection out of our lives.” Christine Carter from How to Keep Technology from Ruining Your Relationships
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April 8, 2019
3 Ways to Keep Technology from Ruining Your Relationships
In Triumphs of Experience, George Vaillant writes that “there are two pillars of happiness revealed by the seventy-five-year-old Grant Study. One is love. The other is finding a way of coping with life that does not push love away.” We all do things — perhaps daily — that push the people we love away from …
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April 3, 2019
Dear Christine: Should I See a Therapist?
A member of the Sandwich Generation struggles with feeling overwhelmed, sad, and stuck. Dear Christine, My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years ago, just before I got pregnant with my second daughter. I was fortunate to have a stellar short-term therapist available through a pregnancy program at work to help me come to grips …
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March 27, 2019
Swedish Proverb
“Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.” Swedish Proverb
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March 24, 2019
Should You Talk to Strangers?
A half dozen recent studies demonstrate the power that connecting with strangers has to make us happier. Research also suggests that that talking to strangers makes us luckier. In one study, researchers randomly assigned volunteers to talk to the strangers who sat down next to them on the train during their morning commutes. Pretty much …
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March 16, 2019
How to Improve Your Luck. Seriously.
“Lucky people meet their perfect partners, achieve their lifelong ambitions, find fulfilling careers, and live happy and meaningful lives. Their success is not due to their working especially hard, being amazingly talented, or being exceptionally intelligent. Instead, they appear to have an uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time and …
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March 14, 2019
Thursday Thought
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” Maya Angelou
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