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Jun 2025
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Ep. 537: Create a Family “Familect,” Org...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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We discuss the idea of the  “familect” and why it might be fun to create a  dictionary for our own familect. We also talk about a hack that makes it easier to use a smartphone, and we share dozens of listeners’ thought-provoking  “Secrets of Adulthood.” Resources & links related to this episode: Order your copy of Secrets of Adulthood Join Secrets of Ad ... Show More
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