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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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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We talk about how making daily visits to the Metropolitan Museum have had unintended...
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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...
31:50
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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We talk about why we might take over a task that someone else particularly dislikes. We also...
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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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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...
03:49
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...
02:03
We talk about the silver lining of having a child away at summer camp. We also discuss how a...
24:23
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...
34:25
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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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
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The Reduction Method – Episode #593
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Cambios. A crecer...
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4 Years 316 days - Joe Cocker
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