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Christine Carter

Christine Carter

Sociologist & Happiness Expert

An engaging and sought-after speaker, Dr. Carter loves to share her work in person. Combining scientific.

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An engaging and sought-after speaker, Dr. Carter loves to share her work in person. Combining scientific research and practical application, she offers audiences not only a way to cope with modern pressures, but tactics to truly thrive. Christine Carter, Ph.D., is author of The New Adolescence (2020), The Sweet Spot: How to Achieve More by Doing Less (2017) and Raising Happiness (2011). She regularly keynotes at large conferences and fundraisers and is a popular commencement speaker. She is a frequent contributor to executive, general-interest, and parenting programs with other leading scholars and teachers.

Dr. Carter writes a monthly advice column for Greater Good Magazine, where she draws on scientific research to help people lead their most courageous, joyful, meaningful, and productive lives. She is a contributor to US News & World Report, and her advice column is syndicated on the Huffington Post, PsychologyToday.com, and several other websites.

Dr. Carter has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Dr. Oz Show, the TODAY show, the Rachael Ray Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CBS Sunday Morning, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, PBS, as well as NPR and BBC Radio. She has been quoted or featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, as well as Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Parenting, Men’s Health, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, Fitness, Redbook, and dozens of other publications.

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The Sweet Spot: How to Achieve More by Doing Less

The New Adolescence: Raising Happy & Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety & Distraction

How to Be an Anxious & Miserable Manager: Strategies You May Already Be Using

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Videos


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Christine Carter: The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit | TED

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Confessions of a Bad Exerciser | Christine Carter | TEDxMarin

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