Happier with Gretchen Rubin

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Little Happier: A Great Happiness-Boosting Example from Charles Darwin Aug 19, 2024

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Charles Darwin’s “Sand Walk” at Down House is a good example of how we can shape our surroundings and our schedule to help ourselves create habits that contribute to a happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative life.

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More Happier: "Walk" Therapy, Comfort vs. Adventure, and the Joy of Outside Aug 17, 2024

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We continue to reflect on the insights and hacks we learned from our hiking trip in England—how and why this adventure helped to make us happier, healthier, and more creative.

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Ep. 495: A Happier Labor Day, Celtic Tree System, and a Hack for Enjoying the Gym Aug 14, 2024

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We talk about why and how it’s useful to use the annual Labor Day Holiday as a catalyst to reflect on our work--both paid and unpaid. We also share a fun know-yourself-better tool, and make a suggestion about finding the right gym. Plus we reveal a fact that will make listeners very happy (and relieved).

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Little Happier: Don’t Tear Down a Fence Until You Know Why It Was Put Up Aug 12, 2024

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On a demanding backpacking trip, I saw an illustration of the principle sometimes call “Chesterton’s Fence”: Don’t take down a fence unless you know why it was put there in the first place. If you don’t know why a fence was placed there, you won’t understand the consequences of taking it down.

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More Happier: Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey on “The Office” and BFFs (Revisited) Aug 10, 2024

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We’re bringing you our Happier Podcast Book Club conversation with actors Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. We discuss their book “The Office BFFs,” their experiences during the making of the iconic TV comedy “The Office,” being best friends, making it in Hollywood, hosting the “Office Ladies” podcast, and more.

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Ep. 494: Shape Our Space to Shape Behavior, Preserving Memories of the Dead, and Empty Nest Aug 07, 2024

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We discuss ways that we can shape our space to shape our behavior. We also share many suggestions from listeners for creative ways to use the five senses to preserve memories of loved ones who have died, to give a thoughtful gift, and even to make errands more fun. Plus, questions about the “empty nest” stage of life.

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Little Happier: A Story about Dogs and Love Aug 05, 2024

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A moving story about a champion dog reminds me to strive, in my own life, to show the same kind of pure and boundless love that dogs show.

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More Happier: A Halfway Day Check-in with Jonathan Van Ness Aug 03, 2024

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For this episode of More Happier, for your weekend listening, we’re bringing you Gretchen’s recent conversation on Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness. Gretchen spoke with Jonathan earlier this year about New Year’s resolutions; now they are sitting down together again to discuss how things are going halfway through the year. Gretchen finds out how Jonathan has been relating to social media, and Jonathan learns how Gretchen is managing to get better sleep. Plus they talk about Gretchen's observations from the Habits for Happiness Quiz.

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Kelly Corrigan Wonders Aug 02, 2024

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Krista Tippett, informed by decades of inquiry through her super-project, On Being, sits with Kelly to consider what’s in flux, what needs will never abate and what we might rediscover in new forms. In this moment when everything is broken open, when institutions are received with less reverence and more skepticism, where should we point our minds and hearts? What practices serve us best? This is a conversation to share with every thinking friend in your life and use as fodder for your own search for a spiritual home.

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Ep. 493: Insights, Hacks, and Adventures from Our Hiking Trip in England Jul 31, 2024

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Ep. 493: We talk about the hiking trip we took in Northumberland and the Lake District in partnership with Wilderness England. We share hacks we learned (sometimes the hard way), insights, and funny stories.

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