Domestic Diversions

CNN/Parenting.com highlight 8 ways to focus on the positive and become a happier mom.

Robert Barnett writes (excerpt):
“Happiness is more than just that smiley feeling,” says Karen Reivich, Ph.D., a research associate in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. “It’s also feeling a connection to something larger than yourself. When people are in service to something bigger, they describe their lives as filled with meaning. It’s not the smiley face, but when it’s all over, you realize you’d do it again.”