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Christine Carter, Ph.D., is a sociologist and author of The New Adolescence, The Sweet Spot and Raising Happiness. A sought-after keynote speaker and senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, she draws on scientific research to help people lead their most courageous, joyful, meaningful, and productive lives.
- About Christine Carter
Christine Carter, Ph.D., is an author, speaker, and coach...
- Raising Happiness
Christine Carter offers thoughtful approaches to raising...
- About Christine Carter
Christine Carter, Ph.D., is a sociologist and a leader at BetterUp who designs coaching experiences for transformation. She is also the author of three books on happiness, productivity, and parenting, and a frequent media guest and speaker.
Learn how to raise happier kids and happier parents with 10 simple steps based on science and real-life examples. Christine Carter is a parent coach, sociologist, and happiness expert who shares her insights and tips in this best-selling book.
- We Don’T Actually Fool Anyone
- We Find It Harder to Focus
- You’Ll Become More Stressed and Anxious
Say you are at work, and you’re doing your best to put on a happy face even though your home life is feeling shaky. You may not want to reveal to your work friends that you and your significant other had a major fight over the weekend, but if you pretend that you are okay—and you’re not—you’ll probably make the people around you feel worse, too. Wh...
Pretending takes a huge conscious effort—it’s an act of self-control that drains your brain of its power to focus and do deep work. That’s because performing or pretending to be or feel something you’re not requires tremendous willpower. 1. More on Honesty Rich Hanson encourages you to speak from the heart. Are you living true to your values? Disco...
Let’s just call it like it is: Pretending to be or feel something that you don’t—even if it is a small thing, and even if it is relatively meaningless, and even if it is meant to protect someone else—is a lie. And lying, even if we do it a lot, or are good at it, is very stressful to our brains and our bodies. The polygraph test depends on this: “L...
Christine Carter, Ph.D., is an author, speaker, and coach. Her books include The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction (2020), The Sweet Spot:...
Best-selling Author of "The Sweet Spot" and "Raising Happiness" | Sociologist | Happiness Expert | Mom Dr. Carter has been quoted and featured in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA...
Christine Carter, Ph.D., is the author of The Sweet Spot: How to Achieve More by Doing Less (2017) and Raising Happiness (2011). She is a sociologist and Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater...
