Happier with Gretchen Rubin

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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Little Happier: A Story About a Man Who Couldn’t Resist Tempting Food—Until He Could

I never forgot a story I read about a man and his eating habits, and how it illustrated an...

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Ep. 443: Clear the Decks! We Try Something New to Get Ready for September, the Other New Year

We’re trying something new for this episode: a fun “Clear the Decks” exercise. This time, e’re...

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Little Happier: Have You Ever Walked Along a Desire Path?

As we go through our days, we can look for “desire paths”—the natural paths that emerge as we try...

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Little Happier: You’re a Jerk, and I’m a Responsible Parent

Listening to the “Office Ladies” podcast reminds me of the psychological phenomenon of the...

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More Happier: How to Create Connections (Or, Butter People Up), Great TV, and Fun with the Five Senses

We talk about research into how people successfully flatter others, and how those insights can...

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Ep. 441: Escape Your Taste, an Easy Way to Remember Hard Names, and New Metaphors for “Empty Nest”

We talk about how we can boost our happiness by escaping from our own taste. We also suggest an...

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Little Happier: I’m Going to Take This Thing Home, Because Otherwise Someone Else Might Steal It

Idaho ghost towns have a problem with vandalism, because people think, “I’ll take this home so...

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Ep. 440: Very Special Episode: We Talk About Regret—Our Own Regrets and Listeners’ Regrets

In this Very Special Episode, we explore the subject of regret. We talk about the most common...

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Little Happier: Would You Pay $500,000 for a Steve Jobs Paradox?

An amusing paradox arose in real life: Steve Jobs put his autograph on a letter to tell someone...

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Ep. 439: Suggest the Default Option, Skip a Year of an Activity You Enjoy, and More Everyday Luxuries

We talk about how we can make planning easier by suggesting the default option of time and place...

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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...

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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...

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