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Ep. 594: Try Becoming a Fan, Plus Tips for Dealing with Travel Bores
Becoming a fan—of sports or anything—can improve your happiness. We share listener tips for dealing with people who share every boring detail of their latest trip. Episode highlights: Try This at Home: Become a fan— Research shows that fandom reduces loneliness and gives your lif ... Show More
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Little Happier: You Don’t Have to Be Good at Basketball to Be Good at Basketball
A star player for the NBA illustrates an important Secret of Adulthood: We don’t have to be good at something to be good at something. Connect with Us: Email: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Website: gretchenrubin.com Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft Learn more about Gretchen's Fo ... Show More
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Jul 4
Do You Need More Comfort or Adventure? Plus More Tips for Designing Your Summer
We revisit some of our favorite hacks and tips for designing a happier summer, including why you might choose a summer song, how to think about comfort versus adventure, and practical hacks for making summer more memorable, manageable, and fun. Resources & links related to this e ... Show More
30m 37s
Jul 2024
Tips for Being Happier, Healthier, More Productive
<p>Today's podcast episode is an interview I did on the Happier with Gretchen Rubin Podcast with Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft. We discuss balancing ambition, tenacity, humility, and patience. I introduce my new children's book Meet Me In The Middle, that's part ... Show More
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Aug 2025
How To Handle Dilemmas, Drift, Indecision, and Difficult People | Gretchen Rubin
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How to Navigate Health Challenges While Managing Business and Family Life
Welcome to this week’s episode of the Mastin Kipp Podcast!In this episode, you’ll learn about:How to recognize the need for assistance and bringing in help.Understanding the impact of past experiences on current preferences.Embracing self-love and setting boundaries to avoid burn ... Show More
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Living Through Grief, Finding Wonder, and Becoming Whole Again | Suleika Jaouad
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Ep. 79: How to Develop Resilience When Tasked with the Impossible
In this episode, the cohosts share lots of session ideas for sessions you can use right now, plus six lessons in self compassion that can help you, right now. For full show notes, visit www.slphappyhour.com/show-notes/79
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How to Stop Believing the Stories That Hold You Back
We all carry stories about who we are and what we deserve—but not all of them are true. In this episode, Dora reflects on how to spot limiting narratives, understand where they came from, and use mindfulness to rewrite them with compassion so you can step into who you’re becoming ... Show More
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How to Find Real Life in Stories with George Saunders
In This Episode, You'll Learn:
How slowing down the mind and increasing concentration leads to freshness in the creative process
Why we need to pay attention to both our natural and habitual tendencies
Why there is power in moments of uncertainty and how we can one navigate t ... Show More
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The Fictional Stories We Tell Ourselves: Decoding Our Inner Narratives
Unravel the power of our self-made stories and their impact on self-worth. Learn to differentiate fact from fiction and harness different perspectives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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451 - Write Your Inner Monologue (Right Side Out 3 of 6)
THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You struggle to find where the literal voices of others and the metaphorical creative voices of your hero’s end and where you begin If limitations were put on you by others that you have a hard time shaking off You need help finding a starting place to ... Show More
57m 26s
We explore an imaginative, manageable way to write your autobiography, and we
share a suggestion from a listener about using cards to help someone make it
through a tough time. Plus listeners respond to the question from the
veterinarian who didn’t want to lie about her profession, but also didn’t want to
tell the truth.
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<p dir="ltr">An avalanche of practical advice and brief (but powerful) life lessons.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/">Gretchen Rubin</a> is a New York Times bestselling author and happiness expert who explores human nature and habits ... Show More
<p>Take Our <a href="http://goodlifeproject.com/survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podcast Listener Survey</a>!</p><br><p>Unlock life's deepest truths with happiness expert Gretchen Rubin as she shares potent insights from her latest book, <a href="https://amzn.to/ ... Show More
<p>Take Our <a href="http://goodlifeproject.com/survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podcast Listener Survey</a>!</p><br><p>How would you transform life's greatest challenges into inspiring works of art? Suleika Jaouad shares her journey of "creative alchemy," turnin ... Show More
