You can’t experience joy when you’re in pain. One year ago we released the audiobook of The Winning Family: Where No One Has to Lose, and had a wonderful interview with Educator, Entrepreneur, Mentor, and Coach Dr. Deborah “Dee” Livingston, author of Everlasting Joy, and host of House of Joy on the Clubhouse app. She chose to focus on Chapter One, starting at the beginning and busting the secret wide open.
With an Ed.D. in Education Administration and Leadership and a Certification in Community and Child Development from Yale, and a Volunteers In Special Education (VISE), Deborah—who is also the Chief Happiness Officer of Joyful Enterprise LLC—Deborah is a longtime fan of The Winning Family and is thrilled about its reboot!
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The Winning Family: Where No One Has to Lose by Dr. Louise Hart & Kristen Caven
Chapter 1: The Idea of Winning
In this chapter, Kristen introduces herself as the book’s narrator and shares its backstory, including:
The secret behind the title and what inspired Louise to write The Winning Family: Building Self-Esteem in Your Children and Yourself (1987)
The story of living in two different families after divorce,
What we mean by the word, “winning,”
How this book has grown and changed for a new generation
What Positive Parenting is, ACEs and PACEs
How Louise “flunked retirement” three times to “save the world” through healing childhood
Why we don’t love the term “behavior.”
Quotable Quotes from The Winning Family
by Dr. Louise Hart & Kristen Caven
“No one wins until everyone wins.” —Bruce Springsteen
“A winning family is not defined by externals—although success may be a side effect.”
“In a family where love can truly be experienced without limits, parents use common warm practices that make everyone feel like they belong.”
“Turn your pain into power.”
“I wore matching socks today.”
“This book is better than years of therapy.”
“Improve family life by better understanding the dynamics of love, parenthood, and commitment.”
“Positive parenting is based on the foundational concept that nurturing positive emotion makes us more capable and happy.”
“In trauma, we lose. In resilience, we win.”
“Winning finds strength, accomplishment, and goodness wherever it occurs.”
“Imagine a family in which everyone has a voice, gets their needs met, and feels like mistakes lead to learning and success.”
“Living in a democracy requires self-esteem instead of selfishness, control, and greed.”
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