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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen’s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully.  Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/  

Autor: Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

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407 hr 33 min

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Ep. 438: Act Like a Teenager, Pick Up Your Food in Person, and “Ask Us Anything” About Writing
12 Jul, 2023

We talk about how we can boost our happiness by acting like teenagers (the good aspects of being a teenager). We also share a suggestion from a listener about how to cut down on using meal-delivery apps, and we answer …

Duración: 32 min
Little Happier: Journalist Connie Chung Influenced a Generation—Without Realizing It
10 Jul, 2023

In the New York Times, Connie Wang wrote about why so many families had named their daughters “Connie”: In the journalist Connie Chung, they saw the qualities and opportunities they wanted for their own children.Get in touch: [email protected] on social …

Duración: 2 min
More Happier: More Strength and Stamina, a New Metaphor for “Empty Nest,” and an Easy Way to Keep a Journal
08 Jul, 2023

We talk about why and how we’re redoubling our efforts to work on our strength and stamina. We also try to figure out a better metaphor for the “empty nest,” and talk about a fun, easy way to keep a …

Duración: 19 min
Ep. 437: To Make a Good Connection, Talk More; Learn the Lesson of the Enron Corpus; and a Collection of Positive Trends
05 Jul, 2023

We talk about the fact that despite the widespread “reticence bias,” research suggests that we appear more likeable and interesting to a stranger when we talk more than half the time. We also discuss why it’s so important never to …

Duración: 28 min
Ep. 437: To Make a Good Connection, Talk More; Learn the Lesson of the Enron Corpus; and a Collection of Positive Trends
05 Jul, 2023

We talk about the fact that despite the widespread “reticence bias,” research suggests that we appear more likeable and interesting to a stranger when we talk more than half the time. We also discuss why it’s so important never to …

Duración: 31 min
Little Happier: The IKEA Effect, or How We Value Things According to What They Cost Us
03 Jul, 2023

As IKEA, instant cake mixes, and meal-kit delivery services demonstrate, we often value things according to how much they cost us—whether that’s in time, money, energy, or imagination.Get in touch: [email protected] on social media:@GretchenRubin on YouTube@GretchenRubin on TikTok@GretchenRubin on InstagramGet …

Duración: 3 min
Ep. 436: We Use Halfway Day to Report on How We’re Doing on Our Aims for 2023: the “Happier Trifecta”
28 Jun, 2023

We use Halfway Day as a catalyst to reflect on how we’re doing with our aims for2023. Each year, we choose a one-word theme, make a list of “23 in 2023” thingswe want to accomplish, and give ourselves an annual …

Duración: 35 min
Little Happier: It Might Be Boring to Read About the “Land of Happy,” But It’s Probably a Nice Place to Live
26 Jun, 2023

People sometimes assume that happiness is boring—but as philosopher Simone Weil points out, while that may be true in literature, it’s not true in real life. Get in touch: [email protected] on social media:@GretchenRubin on YouTube@GretchenRubin on TikTok@GretchenRubin on InstagramGet the …

Duración: 3 min
More Happier: Two Pleasures of Summer, Breaking in My Feet (Not My Shoes), and Benefits of Going “On Pause”
24 Jun, 2023

We each explain a reason why summer is making us happier, why it’s important to break in our feet as well as our shoes, and why going “on pause” might be better than “stopping.” We also discuss the new “Five-Senses …

Duración: 20 min
Ep. 435: Start a New Habit on Vacation, Cultivate Everyday Luxuries, and Memorize Street Names
21 Jun, 2023

We discuss why it’s helpful to start a new habit while on vacation, and why takinga few minutes to memorize key street names can make life easier for years tocome. We also talk about why cultivating everyday luxuries can help …

Duración: 25 min