Billboard Happiness

This week, we talk about a nugget learned from Steph Curry and Sonia Ricotti. The grown-up version is: Be a victor, not a victim. The kid-ified (and Jerome-ified) version is: Write your own story, boo. The lesson for kids is no one gets to define you or what you want to do in life. You are the author of your own story. We also do a follow up on last week's nugget, "Being curious is better than being smart."

Podcast references: 

Steph Curry article: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/stephen-curry-underrated

Sonia Ricotti's "Unsinkable": https://www.amazon.com/Unsinkable-Bounce-Back-Quickly-Knocks/dp/1632650029/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550073312&sr=8-1&keywords=sonia+ricotti

The Sheri & Nancy Show: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sheri-nancy-show/id1271868787?mt=2 

This week Jerome and Laura talk about a wisdom nugget for your kids from James Clear's book, Atomic Habits. We also report on Laura's progress on instituting a gratitude practice with her daughter. Also start to ponder the idea of teaching kids about getting out of the "victim" mentality, which we'll explore in a future episode.

Books we discuss or mention:
James Clear, Atomic Habits
Gretchen Rubin, Better than Before
Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit
Marci Shimoff, Happy for No Reason

This week, we give you some great nuggets to use with your kid:

•Dr. Andrew Weil's 4-7-8 breathing method
•Some talk about Sonja Lyubomirsky's book "The How of Happiness"
•Starting a gratitude practice with your kid

And more!!!

Welcome to Billboard Happiness! We're Dr. Jerome Burt and Laura Scholes, and we're here to take the best advice on happiness and health from the smartest people and turn that advice into little nuggets of wisdom your kid will listen to and hopefully learn from! Jerome's a clinical psychologist in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee. Laura Scholes is a copywriter and brand consultant in Oakland, California. Jerome and Laura have been best friends since high school, and now that Laura has an 11-year-old daughter, they've come together to give her—and your own kid!—the shortcut to the good life. We're so happy to meet you!