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October Book Club: “How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk”

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One of the most important skills in parenting teens is effectively navigating parent-teen communications. That’s why our October book club pick is “How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. These authors are also parents. There are many iterations of these books because parenting […]

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August Book Club: “Four Thousand Weeks” by Oliver Burkeman

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Time is a precious resource that we all have in limited supply. How we choose to manage and utilize our time can greatly impact the quality and fulfillment of our lives. In this blog post, we delve into Chasing Brighter’s August 2023 book pick: “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals” by Oliver Burkeman. Rather

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APRIL BOOK CLUB: “The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness”

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By Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz This book is based on a study that began in 1938 when Harvard staffers, Robert Waldinger, the Director of adult development, and Schulz, an associate director. The study, which began in 1938, has followed more than 700 men for over 84 years, making it the longest-running scientific study of

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MARCH BOOK CLUB: “The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life”

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We recently had the pleasure of reading “Cafe on the Edge of the World” by John Strelecky. The month of March has been focused on travel and we felt this book was a great compliment to the stories we have heard by the amazing women this month who are fulfilling their life’s purpose through travel.

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FEBRUARY BOOK CLUB: “EIGHT DATES: ESSENTIAL CONVERSATIONS FOR A LIFETIME OF LOVE”

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Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman are world-renowned researchers and clinical psychologists and have revolutionized the study of marriage. For nearly five decades they have conducted research on all facets of relationships, including parenting issues. At the Gottman Institute, they developed an approach that not only supports and repairs troubled marriages and committed relationships,

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