Billboard Happiness
Welcome to Billboard Happiness! We're Dr. Jerome Burt and Laura Scholes Baedeker, and we're here to take the best advice on happiness and health from the smartest people and turn that advice into little nuggets of wisdom your kid will listen to and hopefully learn from! Jerome's a clinical psychologist in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee. Laura Scholes is a copywriter and brand consultant in Oakland, California. Jerome and Laura have been best friends since high school, and now that Laura has an 11-year-old daughter, they've come together to give her—and your own kid!—the shortcut to the good life. We're so happy to meet you!Have a topic or question you'd like Jerome & Laura to talk about on Billboard Happiness? Send us an email—or even better: leave us a voicemail so we can use your question on the air! hello@billboardhappiness.com or 510-269-1944
Episodes
34 episodes
Ep. 34: Susie Moore on confidence
Susie Moore is a "confidence" coach who's been on everything from Oprah to the Today Show to CNN. In this episode, we deconstruct one of her lessons from her shockingly helpful book, Let It Be Easy, titled "Confidence is simply a willingn...
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Ep. 33: How to get out of one-word answer loop with your kids
Are you sick of getting one-word answers from your kids? You know: "How was school?!" "Fine." Jerome & Laura share a strategy from renowned therapist Terry Real that gets you out of the loop and get you and your kids really connected and ta...
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Ep. 32: Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke
Jerome & Laura are LOVING this essential book about addiction—to substances, screens, and everything else—and how to reset our brains to handle modern life. Dr. Lembke is a Stanford professor, psychiatrist, and Program Director of the Stanf...
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Ep. 31: The Courage to Be Disliked
The title of the book we're discussing this week is provocative—The Courage to Be Disliked—and that's one reason we picked it. It's intrigued many others, too: it's sold more than 3.5 million copies. Jerome and Laura talk about some of ...
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Ep. 30: The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck
Martha Beck is the OG of life coaches and is one of Oprah's favorite gurus. Her latest book takes on a core belief: Much of what plagues us--people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits--all point to what happens when we are...
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Ep. 29: The 25th Anniversary of Emotional Intelligence
Today we're celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the OG self-help book, Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. Jerome and Laura talk about how Goleman's groundbreaking idea—that EQ (emotional intelligence quotient) is more important than IQ t...
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Ep. 28: A lesson from Bada** Habits
So there are a million books out there about habits: how to develop good ones or get rid of bad ones. Jen Sincero adds her voice to the chorus with this good synthesis—and practical advice—on how to be better at habits. We hone in on one piece ...
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Ep. 27 Teaching your kid to handle criticism
Is there anything in life that is more anxiety-provoking than when someone says they've got some "helpful" criticism for you? Or is that just me? (Laura here, naming and owning her fear!). But here's the thing: criticism is part of life. And if...
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Ep. 26: A lesson from Sanjay Gupta's Keep Sharp
Happy new year! We're kicking things off with a lesson from the new book, Keep Sharp by Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN fame. Dr. Gupta's a neurosurgeon (and the nation's pandemic guru) whose book gives you the tools you need to keep your brain healthy...
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Ep. 25: A lesson from Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic
As we wrap up a phenomenally hard year, we're thrilled to end on a high note by talking about Elizabeth Gilbert's delightful book about creativity: Big Magic. There's so much to love about this book and Elizabeth's fearless advice about h...
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Ep. 24: A lesson for kids from Burnout
It's Thanksgiving Week and we're super grateful to share this great book with you: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by twin sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA. As is the case with every book we dig ...
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Ep. 23: A lesson from "Status Anxiety" by Alain de Botton
Jerome & Laura talk about Alain de Botton's classic 2005 book "Status Anxiety" to figure out how we can talk to our kids about what's really important in life and how to avoid the dreaded "comparison trap" that inevitably makes us ...
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Ep. 22: A lesson from Sebene Selassie's "You Belong"
Jerome & Laura talk about Sebene Selassie's fantastic new book, "You Belong: A Call for Connection." In addition to its essential lesson—the importance of connection—they reflect on a story Sebene tells about her first meditation retreat an...
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Episode 22
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Ep. 21: Teaching Kids to Love Themselves (and save our world)
Jerome & Laura get deep today on probably the most essential of wisdoms you can pass on to your kid: How to love yourself. They discuss this simple (yet profound) advice that comes from Kamal Ravikant in his book "Love Yourself Like Your Li...
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Ep. 20: A lesson from Tara Schuster
Jerome & Laura talk about the fun and surprisingly resonant book, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies by Tara Schuster. Tara's an executive at Comedy Central (Daily Show, Key & Peele) so you'd expect her book to be funny. But it's also jam ...
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Ep. 19: Interview with the Authors of The Self-Driven Child
We've got a special treat today: Billboard Happiness' first interview with a book author! In this case, it's authors (plural) because we got to talk to Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, the co-authors of one of Laura's HALL-OF-FAME parenting...
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Ep. 18: Help your kids get through COVID 19 with Grateful Flow from The Tools
Jerome & Laura recorded this episode on March 29, 2020, as COVID-19 continues to spread rampantly across the country, changing our lives now—and potentially for years to come. To help your kids navigate the worry (often unspoken) of this un...
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Episode 17: A lesson from Mitch Prinstein's book, Popular
This week, Laura & Jerome talk about Mitch Prinstein's book, Popular: Why being liked is the secret to greater success and happiness. This episode hits really close to home for Laura, because as every parent of a middle sch...
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Ep. 16: Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection
This week we bow down to the genius that is Brené Brown, giving you a nugget from her first book, The Gifts of Imperfection. As is the case with every book we dig into, there is a ton of great advice in here that your kids could use, and we're ...
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Ep. 15: A minisode about picking friends
This week, we have a mini-episode that's also a meta-episode. We talk about Tim Ferriss's billboard message he'd want everyone to see—and translate that into kid-speak. Laura's husband Rob makes an appearance—and there's even some bonus advice ...
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Ep. 14: Everything is Figureoutable
This week, Jerome and Laura talk about a new book from Marie Forleo (100% GREATEST OF ALL TIME), Everything is Figureoutable. There are so many good nuggets, we had a hard time picking one (and spoiler alert: we didn't quite pick one). Come hea...
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Episode 13: So many nuggets from Radical Acceptance
This week, Jerome and Laura talk about one of their FAVORITE BOOKS: Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach. Tara's a master teacher: the perfect mix of woo-woo and practical, and this most essential book is her at her best. Come listen!Have a...
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Episode 12: Bumper Sticker Mini-sode
This week, Jerome and Laura do a mini-episode while together in Park City, Utah to talk about some great life advice Laura got from her Lyft driver on the way to the airport. Have a health or happiness topic you’d like us to chat a...
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Episode 11: A nugget from Karen Rinaldi's (It's Great To) Suck at Something
This week, Jerome and Laura talk about the core lesson of Karen Rinaldi's great new-ish book, (It's Great To) Suck at Something. The book is part memoir, part life manual and all fantastic. Laura found this book especially relevant for her fami...
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Episode 10: A nugget from Lori Gottlieb's Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
This week, Jerome and Laura dive into Lori Gottlieb's new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. The book is a gem and you'll learn a lot about what really goes on in therapy, from both the side of a therapist as well as from the side of a the...
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