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Susie Moore is a "confidence" coach who's been on everything from Oprah to the Today Show to CNN. In this episode, we deconstruct one of her lessons from her shockingly helpful book, Let It Be Easy, titled "Confidence is simply a willingness to feel uncomfortable." Have a question about raising your kid or something you want us to chat about on Billboard Happiness?Send us an email ([email protected]) or send us a voice text and we’ll use it on the podcast! 415-515-0995Links:S...

Are you sick of getting one-word answers from your kids? You know: "How was school?!" "Fine." Jerome & Laura share a strategy from renowned therapist Terry Real that gets you out of the loop and get you and your kids really connected and talking to each other. Come have a listen!Have a question about raising your kid or something you want us to chat about on Billboard Happiness?Send us an email ([email protected]) or send us a voice text and we’ll use it on the podcast! 4...

Jerome & Laura are LOVING this essential book about addiction—to substances, screens, and everything else—and how to reset our brains to handle modern life. Dr. Lembke is a Stanford professor, psychiatrist, and Program Director of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Fellowship. Come have a listen!Have a question about raising your kid or something you want us to chat about on Billboard Happiness?Send us an email ([email protected]) or send us a voice text and we’ll use it on the po...

The title of the book we're discussing this week is provocative—The Courage to Be Disliked—and that's one reason we picked it. It's intrigued many others, too: it's sold more than 3.5 million copies. Jerome and Laura talk about some of the essential pieces of advice in this fascinating book that's based on the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of nineteenth-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung. Come have a listen!Have a question about raising your kid or something you w...

Martha Beck is the OG of life coaches and is one of Oprah's favorite gurus. Her latest book takes on a core belief: Much of what plagues us--people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits--all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole.She uses Dante's classic hero's journey, The Divine Comedy, along with powerful stories from her own life, as the framework to teach us how to find our own way back to integrity. Laura and Jerome find a ...

Today we're celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the OG self-help book, Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. Jerome and Laura talk about how Goleman's groundbreaking idea—that EQ (emotional intelligence quotient) is more important than IQ to a person's success—has changed how we raise our kids and how we can teach kids to be the person other people want to be with versus cracking the whip about getting all As. Have a question about raising your kid or something you want us to chat about o...

So there are a million books out there about habits: how to develop good ones or get rid of bad ones. Jen Sincero adds her voice to the chorus with this good synthesis—and practical advice—on how to be better at habits. We hone in on one piece that Jerome is a master of: habits and identity. And then we talk, of course, about what we can teach our kids about that.Have a question about raising your kid or something you want us to chat about on Billboard Happiness?Send us an email (hello@billbo...

Is there anything in life that is more anxiety-provoking than when someone says they've got some "helpful" criticism for you? Or is that just me? (Laura here, naming and owning her fear!). But here's the thing: criticism is part of life. And if we can help our kids figure out early how to roll with (and learn from) criticism, what a game changer that would be, right? Today we're talking about how exactly to do that, using some advice we heard from Tom Bilyeu, founder of Impact Theory. Come ha...

Happy new year! We're kicking things off with a lesson from the new book, Keep Sharp by Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN fame. Dr. Gupta's a neurosurgeon (and the nation's pandemic guru) whose book gives you the tools you need to keep your brain healthy as you age. We pull out a piece of advice that's REALLY great for kids, too. Come on in and listen!Have a question about raising your kid or something you want us to chat about on Billboard Happiness?Send us an email ([email protected]) or s...

As we wrap up a phenomenally hard year, we're thrilled to end on a high note by talking about Elizabeth Gilbert's delightful book about creativity: Big Magic. There's so much to love about this book and Elizabeth's fearless advice about how to live a creative life. And in this era, it's a good reminder that it's better to create than consume. Have a question about raising your kid or something you want us to chat about on Billboard Happiness?Send us an email (hello@billboardhappin...