Little Happier: A Jammed Zipper Teaches an Important Happiness Lesson I learned a very useful lesson from a very ordinary situation.
If I’m complaining about a problem and asking other people to help me solve it, I should ask myself: Have I, myself, actually taken the time and energy to focus on the problem, to try to solve it? Get...
5 Juni 20233min
Ep. 432: Happier Podcast Book Club: Surprise! We Talk About How “Life in Five Senses” Makes Us Happier
Happier Podcast Book Club: We have a conversation about “Life in Five Senses”—abandoned titles, most surprising lessons, material that was cut out, the origin of the “What’s Your Neglected Sense?” qui...
31 Maj 202339min
Little Happier: An Important Lesson from a Famous Illusionist and a Fake Gorilla
The famous “Monkey Business Illusion” video and the memoir of magician Darren Brown point to a similar conclusion: When we pay too much attention to something small, we may miss something big. Get in ...
29 Maj 20233min
More Happier: A Great Icebreaker Question, a Startling Realization About Where We Live, and How to Know When Work Is an Escape
We talk about a fun, thought-provoking question to pose when we’re trying to make conversation, we discuss an astonishing fact about where we each live, and share a useful framework to decide whether ...
27 Maj 202323min
Ep. 431: Design Your Summer, an Easy Hack to Have More Fun with Food, and a Talk on the Joy of Dressing
As we do each year, we consider how we plan to design our summer. We also discuss a hack from a food-scientist listener about an easy way to have more fun with the sense of taste, and we talk to Sarah...
24 Maj 202334min
Little Happier: Which of the Five Senses Do People Most Often Neglect? The Answer Is Surprising.
Tens of thousands of people have now taken the “What’s Your Neglected Sense?” quiz. The results are unexpected. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTub...
22 Maj 20235min
Ep. 430: Very Special Episode: Hacks, Hacks, and More Hacks for Making Entertaining Easier and More Fun
For this Very Special Episode, we discuss dozens of hacks for entertaining, suggested by listeners and ourselves. We have suggestions and tips for making tasks easier, lowering the bar, doing preparat...
17 Maj 202333min
Little Happier: Two Staircases in the Metropolitan Museum Illustrate a Profound Truth
During my daily visits to the Metropolitan Museum, I noticed something about staircases that underscored a truth I already knew: the same experience can be drastically changed by design, and even a su...
15 Maj 20234min
