Little Happier: Do You Feel Like a Real Grown-Up? I Don’t.
On a trip to a department store, I told my husband, “We’ll buy the nice towels when we’re really grown up”—but we are grown up. I remind myself: This is my real life.Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; podc...
13 Des 20211min
Ep. 355: Talk to Yourself by Name. Make a “To Don’t” List. How to Resist Over-Buying.
We talk about why it’s helpful to talk to yourself in the third person, a listener suggests the hack of making a “To Don’t” list, and we do a deep dive into listeners’ suggestions for resisting over-b...
8 Des 202129min
Little Happier: I Appreciate Anything That Helps Me to Pay Attention
A visit to an art gallery reminds me that it’s our listening that makes a conversation important; it's our vision that makes a masterpiece; it's our love that makes a face stand out from the crowd.Get...
6 Des 20214min
Ep. 354: Consider the Vital 9 to Plan Your Aims for 2022. Boost Your Foot Comfort Level. With Magic, How Would You Change?
To begin to plan our aims for 2022, we discuss the “Vital 9,” the areas in which most people’s aims fall. We also consider a few know-yourself-better questions to help us imagine what we’d like to ach...
1 Des 202132min
Little Happier: Why a Taxi-Driver and I Saw Two Different Streets
As we looked at children playing in the street, the taxi driver and I saw two different scenes.Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; podcast@gretchenrubin.comGet in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubinGet the p...
29 Nov 20211min
Ep. 353: Happier Gift Guide: Great Gifts to Help People Get Happier. Plus a Gratitude Hack
We discuss suggestions from listeners about suggestions for gifts that will help recipients to be happier, healthier, and more productive. We also talk about a listener’s suggestion about a way to inc...
24 Nov 202127min
Little Happier: Now You’ll Be Working All the Time
When a friend quit her job to work as an artist, someone told her, “Now you’ll be working all the time.”Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; podcast@gretchenrubin.comGet in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin...
22 Nov 20212min
Ep. 352: Try the “Happier” App! To Help You Become Happier, Healthier, More Productive, and More Creative
Announcing the new “Happier” app! Convenient, appealing, and intuitive, it offers many tools and strategies to help users to get happier. We also talk to Larry Smith about why writing a six-word memoi...
17 Nov 202130min
