Happier with Gretchen Rubin

By Gretchen Rubin / The Onward ProjectHealth & Fitness Education Self-Improvement

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October 05Little Happier: A New Moral for An Old Fable
I've always loved Aesop's fables, but I've come to think the accepted morals don't always fit the stories.

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6 min
October 03More Happier: Embrace a Party Theme, Plus a Lesson About How to Fight Right
Turn party-planning stress into fun with a theme, and why one person downplaying can lead the other to overreact.

Episode highlights:
Something Making Us Happier: Embrace a party theme. [00:40]

I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: Gretchen’s Perfume Party [10:42]

I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You: Gretchen’s insight on a comment that Elizabeth’s son, Jack, made about communication [19:41]
Mentioned in this episode:
Move 26 in '26 bingo card in The Happier app
PLOT TWIST by Harlan Coben (⁠Amazon⁠, ⁠Bookshop⁠)
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30 min
September 30Ep. 606: What We Learned from “Do-Spend September,” Plus What’s Safe in the Microwave & Try a Day Pass
Here’s what we learned from our own Do-Spend September, and how to get a luxury-resort experience for a fraction of the cost. Plus: really, what can go in a microwave?

Episode highlights:
Try This at Home— Reflect on Do-Spend September [03:10]

Happiness Hack— Buy a hotel-pool day pass for a luxury "staycation" at a fraction of the cost of a room [11:24]

Happiness Stumbling Block: Settling confusion on what can and can't go in the microwave [14:07]

Demerits & Gold Stars: Elizabeth's demerit: not talking to friends on the phone enough; Gretchen's gold star: a surprise hoodie [21:33]
Mentioned in this episode:
Mercer Culinary bread knife

Real Simple/Whirlpool guide to what you can microwave

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe (Amazon, Bookshop)

Virginia Woolf by Mary Ann Caws (Amazon)

Gretchen's free 7-Day Email Challenge, Boost Your Energy Through Movement

PLOT TWIST by Harlan Coben
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Website: gretchenrubin.com

Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft

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33 min
September 28Little Happier: Dolly Parton Always Knew Just What to Say
Remembering the gracious words Dolly Parton used to decline a statue in her honor—and how that moment captured her humility, her love for Tennessee, and her commitment to doing good.

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5 min
September 26More Happier: Helping Rebel Kids with School—and Other Rebel Questions Answered
We revisit some of our most useful Four Tendencies conversations about Rebels, including listener advice for navigating school and ADHD, what actually motivates Rebels, and practical habit strategies shared by Rebels themselves.

Mentioned in This Episode:
The Four Tendencies in Action Workbook

The Four Tendencies Quiz

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Email: [email protected]

Website: gretchenrubin.com

Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft

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40 min
September 23Ep. 605: Why You Should Leave the House, Plus Why Sometimes You Don’t Need to Have an Opinion
We discuss why we should make an effort to leave the house. Plus, a stumbling block related to “having a take,” and a simple hack for reconnecting with people.
Episode highlights:
Try This At Home—Why leaving the house, even briefly, has a big effect on happiness [06:42]

Happiness Hack: a tip for reconnecting with people you haven't talked to in a while [15:30]

Happiness Stumbling Block— We don't have to have an opinion on everything [21:00]

Demerits and Gold Stars: Gretchen’s Demerit: Leaving her shoe in a cab—Gold Star to the cab company! Elizabeth’s Gold Star: Dinner at the Garland Hotel [23:56]

Mentioned in this episode:
Plot Twist: Life, Craft, and the Messy First Draft by Harlan Coben — upcoming book club pick

Kate Bowler's "Everything Happens" newsletter

Free 7-Day Email Challenge: Boost Your Energy Through Movement

Blacktail by Scott Hawkins (Amazon, Bookshop)

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Email: [email protected]

Website: gretchenrubin.com

Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft

Learn more about Gretchen's Four Tendencies personality framework and take the free quiz.

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35 min
September 21Little Happier: Some of My Favorite Rules, Paradoxes, Laws, and Razors
Whether through science, personal observation, or humor, short statements of these human “laws” help us understand that world we live in.

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9 min
September 19More Happier: A Lesson from the Real Housewives, Plus a Tool for Dealing with Shared Work
What reality TV can teach us about miscommunication, plus a simple tool for dealing with shared work based on your tendency.

Episode highlights:
Something Making Us Happier: Elizabeth's first-ever September getaway to Nantucket, and Gretchen's trusty sweatshirt [00:33]

I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A grammar rule Gretchen’s been pondering [08:33]

Spotlight on a Tool: 13 strategies for handling shared work based on the Four Tendencies [17:09]

A Lesson from Reality TV— How often are conflicts a simple miscommunication? [18:15]
Mentioned in this Episode:
13 strategies for splitting chores by Tendency

Take the free Four Tendencies quiz

Audition by Katie Kitamura (Amazon, Bookshop)

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Website: gretchenrubin.com

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31 min
September 16Ep. 604: Clear Clutter With a Courtroom Hack, Plus How to Decline a Request for Accountability
Clear clutter fast with a courtroom-inspired trick, and we discuss how Upholders might set boundaries for unwanted accountability partners.

Episode highlights:
Try This at Home: A hack for decluttering by issuing an “order to show cause" [04:34]

Idea for Do-Spend September— A listener’s Do-Spend September upgrade turns into a housewide "Upgrade Week" [01:57]

Four Tendencies Tip: How Upholders might set boundaries with Obligers looking for accountability partners [12:11]

Happiness Hack: A clever way to repurpose empty Altoid tins [09:54]

Fun with the Five Senses: The nostalgia and whimsy of Jello [20:35]

Demerits & Gold Stars: Elizabeth’s Demerit: fallen off on dog-walking duties; Gretchen’s Gold Star: reviewed many books and podcasts [24:26]
Mentioned in this episode:
Altoid Tin Organizer Insert

Take the free Four Tendencies quiz

Rest Jump-Start Challenge on the Happier app

Dakota Born by Debbie Macomber (Amazon, Bookshop)

Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor (Amazon, Bookshop)
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Email: [email protected]

Website: gretchenrubin.com

Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft

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36 min
September 14Little Happier: A Lesson from the World Cup: Danger and Temptation Don’t Always Appear When We Expect
As the World Cup illustrated, in the happy moments of scoring a goal or celebrating, we may find it hard to stay focused on our aims.

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Website: gretchenrubin.com

Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft

Take Gretchen's free Four Tendencies quiz
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4 min

About Happier with Gretchen Rubin

From the publisher's feed

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.