Fostering Kindness & Gratitude
Learn how to foster the skills that lead to real happiness, and keep your kids from thinking life is just about getting what they want. Registration is now open!
Live Group Coaching allows you to interact directly with me, getting expert advice about the specific issues you’re facing in your family.
- Do you feel like you are losing the battle against the advertisers and marketers that are targeting your children?
- Are you frustrated that your kids’ “thank yous” sound forced, and feel disingenuous?
- Do you worry that your kids act more entitled than grateful?
Group coaching provides practical solutions that you can put into action right away!
Can kids LEARN to be kind and grateful, and what are the benefits?
Watch this interview with me, “Change Your Kids’ Attitude with Gratitude,” to hear more about it:
Now’s your chance to talk to me about all this!
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“Christine Carter coaches families on how to create systems that promote family happiness. And you know what? She changed my life. Because she took questions that are difficult and complicated for me and she was able to find good answers quickly.”
– Penelope Trunk, blogger, bestselling author & mother of two, Madison, Wisconsin.
November Theme: Fostering Kindness & Gratitude in “Generation Me”
Instead of trying to limit your kids’ exposure to the modern world, teach them happiness skills that will make them stronger and more capable in dealing with today’s pressures.
4 weeks of online coaching (Nov. 1st to Nov. 30th)
4 private video classes — watch on your own, whenever you want!
3 Live video coaching calls on November 13th, 20th, & 27th
Tuesdays 5:30pm PT/7:30pm CT/8:30pm ET.
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You’ve got me thinking of all the things I do each day out of habit and that really connected me to the material; seems plausible and doable. I’m wondering if, in building a routine, would it be wise to try adding two consecutive new behaviors? I have sporadically been meditating and exercising.
I joined up to the free class and then didn’t get to the sessions in time! So now I am a full member gym resolution is to eat to be clean and lean. I am 40. I had my gall bladder out late last year and now I have high blood pressure. I have two young children and I am twenty kilos overweight. Wow. That’s a lot to say out loud. I need to change the way I look after myself and the foundation of it all is what I eat. In watching the second session tonight I see the need to have fast and easy options for myself during the week. That’s my new routine for the anchor of being hungry or preparing a meal. So my job now is to create a five day meal plan that is clean and lean and fast and easy!
Great! Welcome!
By the time I listened to Christine and finished my worksheet for Day 2, I realized I might need to refine/change my Day 1 resolution. Wait, not might, have to. My resolutionn was write more on my book. As I selected my anchor and routine today (turning on my computer) I had to consider the writing work I’m paid to complete, the business of it and its schedule. The book writing comes after that. So back to Day 1, recraft my resolution and move forward. I did set a great reward though: reward myself with a word count and Flesch reading level score. It’s a very measurable way to see what I’ve accomplished and can congratulate myself on.
This looks good, I think. I like the reward, if that feels rewarding to you (and I can see how it would).
As I went back through Days 1 and 2, what I ended up doing is trying to schedule my day. That exercise led me to the realization that my resolution should really be: Get up at 7 am. The corollary is schedule my day. What a great set of exercises, the trick is to drill down isn’t it!
Christine, Is there an easy trick for me to re-format your worksheets so that they fit within the margins when I print them out?
That’s strange – they should all fit. Check your printer settings — sometimes PDFs are set to scale…If a solution doesn’t come to you, please email Marielle, and she’ll help you with a solution: assistant@christinecarter.flywheelsites.com. Thanks for asking — I’m sure others also are having the same problem.
Hi – My resolution is to develop a daily meditation practice. You mention this as part of your routine in the Day 2 class. I’m wondering if you have some recommendations for audio meditations/relaxations that you could share? I think downloading some of these onto my mp3 will really help to get me started. I enjoy audiobooks when I walk/exercise, so I think this would be similar. I’ve tried some (from the library) but haven’t found many yet that I really enjoy. Thank you!
It really is like choosing music: highly subjective. I like Deepak Chopra’s guided meditations, but you can download a bunch of different types of meditations for free from UCLA’s MARC center. Try a bunch of different styles and see what works for you: https://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22
Day 2, 9 days later. Well, I’m slower than most people at most things, so I’ve finally gotten to day 2. Christine, do you have any advice about my concern that “decluttering” is a project and “putting things away” is a habit? How can I approach this in terms of habit-forming vs. straightening up the house?
I agree — decluttering can be seen as a one-time project. Putting things away is a habit. HOWEVER, I have a habit that I love: While I’m waiting for coffee to brew in the morning, I always clean up something in the kitchen. Often this means decluttering a drawer or reorganizing a shelf. It’s a habit that led to a totally decluttered kitchen (eventually), and that lends itself daily to keeping things put away in the kitchen.
Thank you! I love this. I always forget about building from where I already am.