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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.

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Latest Episodes:

Ep. 449: Make a Mindful Investment in Yourself, a Hack for Falling Asleep, and Fun with Pop-Tarts Sep 27, 2023

Show notes

We discuss why making a mindful investment in ourselves is a good way to spend

our time, energy, and money. We also suggest a hack for falling asleep more

easily, and we tackle a listener’s question about a messy adult son who has

moved back home. Plus, we talk about the nostalgia we felt when we shared a

frosted cherry Pop-Tart—fun with the five senses!

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Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest New York Times bestselling book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now availablewherever books are sold.

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Little Happier: What’s the Real Lesson from the Tortoise and the Hare? It’s Not What You Think Sep 25, 2023

Show notes

The familiar fable of “The Tortoise and the Hare” offers many possible lessons, and the most common moral—“Slow and steady wins the race”--actually isn’t the most apt.

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Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available - order here.

Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler.

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Ep. 448: Start Your 100 Day Countdown, Try the Library, and a Deep Dive into Issues for Rebels and School: ADHD & College Sep 20, 2023

Show notes

There are 100 days left until the end of the year, so if something needs to get

done, start the countdown! We also read a listener’s suggestion for another

reason to visit your local library, and we take a deep dive into listeners’ responses

to two listener questions related to Rebels and school: How to help a Rebel child

with ADHD, and how to help a Rebel child succeed when starting college.

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Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/448

Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

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Little Happier: Do You Like the Idea of a “Happiness Project”—or Does It Remind You of Homework? Sep 18, 2023

Show notes

Our attitude toward a habit or an activity can be dramatically changed by the words we use to describe it. I love the idea of a “happiness project,” but to some people, that sounds too much like homework.

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More Happier: A Case of Obliger-Rebellion, Advice About Waking Up a Child, and Do Spoilers Spoil Stories? Sep 16, 2023

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A Case of Obliger-Rebellion, Advice About Waking Up a Child, and Do Spoilers Spoil Stories?

We talk about Elizabeth’s rare episode of Obliger-rebellion (spoiler: it involved a box of chocolates) and about advice for helping children get themselves out of bed in the morning. Speaking of spoilers, we discuss surprising research, and our own views, about whether spoilers spoil stories.

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Ep. 447: Give a Meaningful Compliment, Protect Your Privacy, and What’s the Least-You Thing You Do? Sep 13, 2023

Show notes

We talk about why we should pay someone a meaningful complement, and we

share many wonderful, moving compliments received by listeners. We also

highlight a quick, easy hack that can protect your digital privacy and discuss an

amusing (and also enlightening) know-yourself-better question.

Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

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Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/447

Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

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Little Happier: Opportunity Cost and Abstainers: A New Term Can Help Us See the World in a New Way Sep 11, 2023

Show notes

New terms allow us to understand the world in a deeper way. Opportunity cost, abstainers vs. moderators, finishers vs. openers—sometimes, having the right vocabulary helps us see more clearly.

Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

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Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

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Ep. 446: Re-Think Our Daily Routine, Recognize the Warning Signs of Obliger-Rebellion, and a Back-to-School Demerit Sep 06, 2023

Show notes

We talk about why it’s a good idea to re-examine our personal, work, and family

routines to look for opportunities to improve. We also discuss how Obligers can

recognize when they’re entering the state of Obliger-rebellion, and we answer a

listener question about our reading habits.

Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

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Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/446

Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

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Little Happier: As an Upholder, I Needed an Obliger Friend to Tell Me the Right Thing to Do Sep 04, 2023

Show notes

During the covid period, my daughter Eliza returned to live on campus for her final semester of college. She was told to pack lightly, and as an Upholder, I took that to mean that she should pack very, very lightly. But an Obliger friend had a wiser approach.

Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

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Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

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More Happier: The Anniversary of a Favorite Book, a Lesson in Standing Up, and the Joy of Clearing Clutter Sep 02, 2023

Show notes

We talk about the eleventh anniversary of “Happier at Home,” which is Elizabeth’s favorite book written by Gretchen. We also discuss a lesson in standing up for yourself, and about the energy that comes from getting rid of clutter.

Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

Follow on social media:

@GretchenRubin on YouTube

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@GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram

@GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Threads

Get the podcast show notes by email every week:happiercast.com/shownotes

Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

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