Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities from Taking Over Your Life (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series) - Softcover

Carlson, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786883375 ISBN 13: 9780786883370

Publisher: Hyperion, 1998

Synopsis

In his number one national bestseller, "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff, " Richard Carlson, Ph.D., showed listeners how not to let the small things in life drive them crazy. "In Don't Worry, Make Money, " also a number one bestseller, he discussed ways to have a more abundant and joyful life, all while refusing to let financial concerns overcome us.

Now, in "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff with Your Family, " we hear how not to let small annoyances in our home lives get us down. From defusing kids who are whining or fighting, to working out issues with a spouse, to reducing the hassles over household chores, Richard Carlson tells us ways to make our relationships at home, the place where it counts most, more peaceful and loving.

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Review

"While it's easy to allow little things to take over our lives, there are things we can do to make life around the house less stressful", writes Richard Carlson in Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chores from Taking Over Your Life. In this collection of 98 brief essays, Carlson (author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...And It's All Small Stuff) meditates on small, but meaningful ways to avoid being overwhelmed by life, particularly family life. From Number 8: Make Peace with Bickering, to Number 14: Encourage Boredom in Your Children, to Number 72: Stop Exaggerating Your Workload, Carlson's messages serve as reminders for truisms most readers already know but have lost sight of in the bustle of daily life. Carlson's "ways" may be simple, but simplicity is not stupid--his book offers vital injections of wisdom. --Ericka Lutz

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Praise for Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
"Over a decade of positive psychology research seems to validate what we learned twenty years ago from Don't Sweat the Small Stuff. . . . These wonderful books help break down and simplify how to achieve that happiness."--Shawn Achor, bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage

"After almost two decades since the original release of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Richard Carlson's insights on the meaning of life continue to be timeless. The book teaches us to focus on the 'now' and find balance by living through contentment."--Deepak Chopra

"Don't Sweat the Small Stuff has the power to change our individual and collective lives. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Richard Carlson and his beloved wife Kristine for their wisdom and compassion in bringing transformational practices and perspectives to millions of readers."--Shauna Shapiro, author of The Art and Science of Mindfulness

"Richard Carlson caused a revolution in all our thinking with his Don't Sweat the Small Stuff books. He was like a Zen master in disguise, taking almost an aw-shucks attitude toward shifting the culture."--Marianne Williamson, New York Times bestselling author of A Return to Love

Edition details

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0786883375
• ISBN 13: 9780786883370
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272