Could you unplug yourself from the "consumption matrix"? If so, would it make you happy?

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Myrna Blyth, founder of MORE magazine, talks with Karen about her new book How to Raise a Good American -- which includes 1,776 tips for kids and parents to do together to help families be more patriotic. Plus, Myrna talks about a White House Fellowship Program.

“People suffer.” That’s the first sentence of psychologist Steven Hayes’ latest book (he’s written 26), Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. His basic premise is: Accept pain and live your life. “My work is about a loving posture: Accept your history, feel your feelings, notice your thoughts, and carry all that forward down a path that you value that’s neither indulgence nor suppression,” Hayes said in a recent interview with Salon.com.