Happier with Gretchen Rubin
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. Part of the Cadence13 Network.
- Website
- http://www.gretchenrubin.com
- Description
- 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. Part of the Cadence13 Network.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-03-12 13:16
- last episode published
- 2025-03-12 07:00
- publication frequency
- 3.28 days
- Contributors
- Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
- Author
- Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
- Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 1121
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Education Self-Improvement Health & Fitness
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Episodes
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| 2025-03-12 |
Ep. 525: Should I Get a Dog? Plus Using Podcasts to Get Tasks Done & Listener Insights We explore the big question of whether to get a dog, sharing results from our listener poll, research on how pets boost happiness, and hilarious "worst-case scenarios.” We share a hack for getting tasks done more quickly and pleasantly. Plus we feature... |
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| 2025-03-10 |
Little Happier: A Truth About Human Nature, Illustrated by a Change in Basketball Rules Through my "Operation Knicks Knowledge" experiment, I've discovered that basketball rules evolve constantly—and one particular change reveals a profound truth about human nature. We manage what we monitor, and we encourage what we reward. Get in touch:... |
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| 2025-03-08 |
More Happier: Revisiting Everyone’s Favorite Moment: The Gift of the Ped Egg In honor of our tenth anniversary, we revisit a fan-favorite episode: The one where Elizabeth talks about giving a Ped Egg to her mother-in-law. Many listeners cited this segment as one of the all-time funniest discussions on the show. We also discuss ... |
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| 2025-03-05 |
Ep. 524 Use a Messy Closet, a 3-Hour Rule for Difficult People & Renowned Judy Blume on Reading We explore a helpful approach for handling important tasks that can’t be dealt with at present, by stashing them in the metaphorical "messy closet" without guilt. Our happiness hack offers expert advice for managing social situations with difficult peo... |
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| 2025-03-03 |
Little Happier: A Military Pamphlet from WWII Reflects My Dream for the United States During my family’s trip to Normandy, reading the D-Day guide for soldiers gave me the “America feeling.” Its plain words, aimed at soldiers headed to France, captured my dream for America. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's websi... |
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| 2025-03-01 |
More Happier: Survivor Fantasy League, Gold Star for Teachers on the Subway & Reading Renaissance We share what's making us happier: Survivor Fantasy League and teachers herding middle schoolers on the subway. We discuss whether reading is having a cultural moment (we think so) and explore the differences between club soda, sparkling water, and sel... |
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| 2025-02-26 |
Ep. 523: Write Your Secrets of Adulthood, Magazine Happiness & Helping the (Obliger) Helper We explore the powerful practice of distilling your hard-earned observations into concise "Secrets of Adulthood,” such as "Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination" and "The more I write, the more I write." We also talk about the s... |
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| 2025-02-24 |
Little Happier: We All Have Our Luna Park: Places That Capture Our Imagination Forever Three distinct childhood memories—from an art-carnival creator, a food writer, and a horror master—illuminate how the “luna parks” of our childhoods can live in our imaginations for our entire lives. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretc... |
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| 2025-02-22 | For our 10th anniversary, we’re revisiting our very first episode of Happier. We discuss how the “one-minute rule” contributes to outer order and inner calm, the difference between a satisficer and a maximizer, and the one-coin loophole. Plus, for the ... |
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| 2025-02-19 |
Ep. 522: Tenth Anniversary! Best Try-This-At-Home Ideas, Happiness Hacks, and Highlights To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the podcast, we highlight our favorite ideas, hacks, and moments from the last decade. Everything from the “one-minute rule” to “clear the decks” to “give yourself a derby name” to Elizabeth’s famous recommendation... |
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