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 tha...
Little Happier: When Everything Changes, What Remains? The Mystery of Persistent Identity
From the Ship of Theseus to the Grand Shrine of Ise, from the Tin Woodman to our own constantly renewing bodies, humans have long wrestled with a profound question: When something is replaced piece by piece, is it still the same thing?
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More Happier: Bonus: I Read “The Snow Queen” to You, Pt. 1
As a holiday gift to listeners, I reading aloud “The Snow Queen,” one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most famous fairy tales. This week is Part One; next week is Part Two.
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Ep. 512: We Review Our “24 for ‘24” Lists to See What We Accomplished—or Not
We each review our “24 for 24 lists” and report on what we did, what we didn’t do, and why. We also reflect on which items made us happier, which ones fizzled out, and which ones we’ll repeat next year.
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Tips for making a "25 for '25" list
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One-Sentence Journal
Happier in Hollywood newsletter sign-up
Habits for Happiness quiz: What's the next new habit that will make you happier?
Four Tendencies quiz: Are you an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel?
Gift-Giving quiz: What kind of gift makes you happy?
"5 Things Making Me Happy" newsletters
Ethan Mollick’s newsletter “One Useful Thing"
Hard Fork podcast
Muse Machine
Gretchen is reading: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs (Amazon, Bookshop)
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Little Happier: A Beautiful Image from Nature Can Be a Solace in Hard Times
In Willa Cather’s novel “O Pioneers!” a sister and brother never forget the beautiful afternoon when they saw a wild duck playing in the river.
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More Happier: What Makes a Holiday Movie? Plus Holiday Creep & the Joy of a Long Vacation
We debate how to decide if a movie counts as a “holiday” movie. We also discuss how the holiday season seems to be morphing into one long celebration, with Halloween flowing directly into Christmas. Plus, we share what's making us happier: the anticipation of hosting a holiday gathering and the special joy of having a child home from college for a long visit.
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Bob Dylan, Chronicles: Volume One (Amazon, Bookshop)
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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. Part of the Audacy Network.