Happier with Gretchen Rubin

By: Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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  • 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.

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Episodes
  • Little Happier: Even NBA Stars Take the Subway: A Perfect New York City Moment
    Jan 13 2025

    When Marathon Day meets NBA Game Day in New York City, a truth about New York City is revealed: No matter how famous or successful you are, and no matter where you’re going, sometimes it’s just faster and easier to take the subway.

    Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

    Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

    Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    2 mins
  • More Happier: Tools for sticking to your New Year's Resolutions [Revisited]
    Jan 11 2025

    Many people use January 1 as a catalyst for habit change. While people say “new year, new you,” it’s really new year, same you! But we can find better tools and in this Very Special Episode, we're revisiting some of the most popular, effective tools. Each of these tools is available in the Happier app, or if you prefer tangible tools, many are also available in physical form.

    Resources and links related to this episode:

    • Better Than Before
    • “Checklist for Habit Change.”
    • One-Sentence Journal
    • Don’t Break the Chain Journal

    Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

    Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

    Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    27 mins
  • Ep. 516: Listeners’ Creative One-Word Themes, Use It or Lose It & Make Everyday Life More Fun
    Jan 8 2025

    We talk about why the familiar advice “use it or lose it” has an additional useful meaning. We also share many imaginative ideas for one-word themes from listeners, as well as some further thoughts on our own one-word themes (“Bounce” and “Door.”) Plus we discuss an easy way to make everyday life more festive.

    Resources and links related to this episode:

    • Habits for Happiness course
    • Design Your Year
    • Elizabeth is reading: Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon by Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez (Amazon, Bookshop)
    • Gretchen is reading: The English Understand Wool by Helen Dewitt (Amazon, Bookshop)

    Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

    Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.

    Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    32 mins

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Happier - perfect for keeping my thoughts happier and I enjoy all the conversation subjects tips hacks and recommendations related to happier some I would otherwise never viewed in this light maybe I’m trying to listen to all back episode yes I’m a completist enjoying the process no secret just real x

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