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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2472" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://lifehacker.com/can-happiness-courses-really-make-you-happier-1844606252" target="_blank"><strong>Can Happiness Courses Really Make You Happier? - Life Hacker</strong></a></p><p></p><p>When Krysta signed up for the UC Berkeley course <a href="https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/event/the_science_of_happiness" target="_blank">The Science of Happiness</a>, she didn’t know what to expect. The closest thing she’d done before was a personal development boot camp that had a bit of positive psychology thrown in. But after grappling with a fundamental disagreement in her marriage, she says the course was influential in her decision to get a divorce. </p><p></p><p>“There were two points that helped,” she recalls. “One about predictors of divorce, and another point about the happiness of couples with kids and without. Both groups have the same overall happiness, but couples without children had fewer ups and downs.</p><p></p><p>“The crux of our issue was that I changed my mind about wanting children due to health concerns,” she says. “I used to be able to talk to him about anything that was bothering me. But this was such a conflict of interest that I could not lean on him for support.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2472, member: 1"] [URL='https://lifehacker.com/can-happiness-courses-really-make-you-happier-1844606252'][B]Can Happiness Courses Really Make You Happier? - Life Hacker[/B][/URL] When Krysta signed up for the UC Berkeley course [URL='https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/event/the_science_of_happiness']The Science of Happiness[/URL], she didn’t know what to expect. The closest thing she’d done before was a personal development boot camp that had a bit of positive psychology thrown in. But after grappling with a fundamental disagreement in her marriage, she says the course was influential in her decision to get a divorce. “There were two points that helped,” she recalls. “One about predictors of divorce, and another point about the happiness of couples with kids and without. Both groups have the same overall happiness, but couples without children had fewer ups and downs. “The crux of our issue was that I changed my mind about wanting children due to health concerns,” she says. “I used to be able to talk to him about anything that was bothering me. But this was such a conflict of interest that I could not lean on him for support.” [/QUOTE]
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