More Happier: For Travel, Familiarity or Novelty? Plus a Flossing Hack & the Pleasure of Routine
We explore whether it's better to seek out new experiences or enjoy familiar favorites when traveling. Plus, we share a surprising hack about alternatives to flossing, and how we’re approaching fall r...
20 Sep 202526min
Ep. 552: Start Your 100-Day Countdown, Try Substack & the Power of Engaging
There are about 100 days left in the year, and we discuss why starting your 100-day countdown can make you happier. We also explore a hack that will help you read, learn, and get entertained, and we s...
17 Sep 202535min
Little Happier: A Surprising and Subtle Way to Change Your Habits: Consider Texas
Texas’s extremely successful anti-littering campaign illustrates an important principle about habit change: Sometimes changing our habits requires us first to change our identity. Get in touch: podca...
15 Sep 20254min
More Happier: Returning to Routine? 7 Strategies to Make it Easier [Revisited]
Feeling the end-of-summer slump? In this revisited episode, we share 7 practical strategies that can help you rebuild your routine for fall—especially if you're dragging your feet. September is the ot...
13 Sep 202530min
Ep. 551: Question Assumptions, College Drop-Off Hacks & Rebelling Against an Unappreciative Family
We talk about why it can be very valuable to question our assumptions, and we also share hacks for helping a child moving into a college dorm. Plus we discuss a listener’s feelings of Obliger-rebelli...
10 Sep 202534min
Little Happier: Why Is Making Partner in a Law Firm Like Winning a Pie-Eating Contest?
A teaching joke from the legal world captures an important lesson: Sometimes the reward for an achievement is simply a bigger helping of the same challenge. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com V...
8 Sep 20253min
More Happier: Listen In! Recording from Our Reading Retreat (and Closet Clearing)
During our recent Reading Retreat 2025, we made voice memos to record our sisterly adventure. We talk about our reading, plus we also report on the evening we spent clearing out a very crowded closet....
6 Sep 202538min
Ep. 550: Very Special Episode: Now Is the Time to Tackle That One, Big, Hard Thing
Sometimes, to be happier, we need to confront one enormous, daunting goal that we would really prefer to avoid. We discuss what those kinds of intimidating goals might be, offer suggestions for how to...
3 Sep 202531min
