We talk about how we can make planning easier by suggesting the default option of time and place...
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We talk about how we can make planning easier by suggesting the default option of time and place...
31:40
Little Happier: Something Brilliant Came Out of My Mouth—Something I Didn’t Know I Knew
Looking at a ‘zine made by some friends decades ago made me realize an important truth—a truth I...
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“Bonus: Commencement Address Given by Gretchen Rubin: Five Essential Paradoxes for a Happy Life”
In this bonus episode, listen to the commencement address I gave at my daughter’s Eleanor’s...
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Ep. 438: Act Like a Teenager, Pick Up Your Food in Person, and “Ask Us Anything” About Writing
We talk about how we can boost our happiness by acting like teenagers (the good aspects of being...
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Little Happier: Journalist Connie Chung Influenced a Generation—Without Realizing It
In the New York Times, Connie Wang wrote about why so many families had named their daughters...
03:24
We talk about why and how we’re redoubling our efforts to work on our strength and stamina. We...
20:49
We talk about the fact that despite the widespread “reticence bias,” research suggests that we...
30:04
Little Happier: The IKEA Effect, or How We Value Things According to What They Cost Us
As IKEA, instant cake mixes, and meal-kit delivery services demonstrate, we often value things...
03:33
We use Halfway Day as a catalyst to reflect on how we’re doing with our aims for 2023. Each...
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People sometimes assume that happiness is boring—but as philosopher Simone Weil points out, while...
03:29
We each explain a reason why summer is making us happier, why it’s important to break in our feet...
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Ep. 435: Start a New Habit on Vacation, Cultivate Everyday Luxuries, and Memorize Street Names
We discuss why it’s helpful to start a new habit while on vacation, and why taking a few minutes...
27:10
Little Happier: Where Is Timbuktu?
A man in Timbuktu laughed when he heard that that people think of the place as being very far...
03:55
We discuss ways to use the “Four Tendencies” personality profiles to communicate more effectively...
34:22
Little Happier: Why Would a Sailor Decide Never to Learn to Swim?
A yachtsman refused to learn to swim, so that if ever found himself in the water, he’d cling to...
03:28
We talk about why having a dishtowel at the right moment brought me an irrational boost in...
18:10
Ep. 433: A Surprising Way to Lift Your Mood, How to Decide Where to Move & Ideas for a Rebel Father
We discuss a counter-intuitive and creative way to boost our spirits, and talk about a terrific...
29:30
If I’m complaining about a problem and asking other people to help me solve it, I should ask...
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Happier Podcast Book Club: We have a conversation about “Life in Five Senses”—abandoned titles,...
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Little Happier: An Important Lesson from a Famous Illusionist and a Fake Gorilla
The famous “Monkey Business Illusion” video and the memoir of magician Darren Brown point to a...
03:40
#230 Speak up and out
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Ep 301 - ASMR For Sleep & Relaxation
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Your time to Shine
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