PBS series promotes resiliency and happiness.

A happy home with happy kids starts with happy parents. As caregivers, an important goal is to promote emotional well-being in the home. Enhancing relationships, helping our kids learn to cope with challenges, and nurturing optimism and resiliency are important for all families.

So here’s something for all of us striving for happiness for ourselves and our loved ones. This month, PBS launched a television series and multi-media project designed to share the newest, most useful information on emotional well-being to help people in their daily lives.

The three-part series premiered January 4 to 6, 2010, but will be repeated regularly. This Emotional Life explores how to improve social relationships, learn to cope with depression and anxiety, and become more positive, resilient individuals.

Hosted by Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness, this series features expert advice and the most up-to-date scientific information about how we can find support for common emotional issues. Each episode features personal stories from ordinary people, as well as research-based information and support. There are even comments and anecdotes from celebrities and authors like Larry David, Elizabeth Gilbert, Richard Gere and Chevy Chase. For more information, visit This Emotional Life. A list of local and national resources is also available on the website at pbs.org

I saw a preview of the first episode and it looks very promising. Since I had kids I started being more conscious about striving for emotional balance and happiness in the everyday. It’s not just my own happiness that matters now, but a houseful and kids plus husband! Not to mention friends and extended family. With or without kids yet… do check it out anyway as happiness is for everyone.