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Jan 2024
36m 18s

Gretchen Rubin

ANNIE MACMANUS
About this episode

What small changes can you make to your daily life to cultivate more joy? As we continue Joy Month, we welcome to Changes one of the most influential experts in Happiness globally, Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen is a bestselling author who has written six books on the topic of happiness (all of which have become New York Times Best Sellers), including the widely acclaimed ‘The Happiness Project’. She is host of the hit podcast “Happier with Gretchen”, has been interviewed by Oprah and has walked arm in arm with the Dalai Lama!


In this remarkably practical episode, Annie and Gretchen discuss joy and happiness and how you can get more of both without having to make monumental changes to your life, new year's resolutions and why knowing your tendencies can help with happiness. Don’t miss it!


Take the happiness quizzes discussed by Gretchen here: https://gretchenrubin.com/quiz/

You can buy Gretchen’s books here: https://gretchenrubin.com/books/


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