Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

How to Build Happier Habits into Your Daily Life

  • 42 minutes 12 seconds
    More Happier: Bonus: I Read “The Snow Queen” to You, Pt. 2

    As a holiday gift to listeners, I’m reading aloud “The Snow Queen,” one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most famous fairy tales. Last week was Part One; this week is Part Two.

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    21 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 37 minutes 5 seconds
    Ep. 513: Revealed: Our Annual Challenge for 2025! Plus We Review 2024’s #Write24in24 Challenge

    As part of “Design Your Year,” each year we announce an annual challenge based on the year—a habit that will help us and listeners to be come happier. We review our experience with last year’s “Write 24 in ‘24” challenge and reveal the challenge for 2025. Plus we discuss some of the tools and strategies we’ll use to help ourselves stick to this excellent challenge.

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    18 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 4 minutes 2 seconds
    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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    16 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 40 minutes 3 seconds
    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.

    Get in touch: [email protected]

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

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    14 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 40 minutes 15 seconds
    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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    11 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 4 minutes 9 seconds
    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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    9 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 31 minutes 52 seconds
    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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    7 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 41 minutes 48 seconds
    Ep. 511: Choose a One-Word Theme: We Review Our 2024 Themes and Reveal Our 2025 Themes

    Choosing a one-word theme is one of the most fun and thought-provoking exercises within the “Design Your Year” set. Here, we review our themes for 2024 and reveal the themes we’ve chosen for 2025. We also share a hack for choosing a powerful theme, and include many of the themes chosen by listeners.

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    Habits for Happiness course 

    Elizabeth is rereading: The Winner by Teddy Wayne (AmazonBookshop

    Gretchen is reading: North Woods by Daniel Mason (AmazonBookshop)

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    4 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 6 minutes 33 seconds
    Little Happier: What Do Humans Possess that Artificial Intelligence Doesn’t Possess?

    My reflections about artificial intelligence reminded me of the climactic scene in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, a masterpiece of children’s literature. That scene illuminates a profound truth about the human power of being loved, and also of offering love.

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    2 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 35 minutes 37 seconds
    More Happier: How to be Perfect with TV Producer Mike Schur

    We revisit a conversation with TV writer and producer Mike Schur, who has created some of our favorite TV shows ever including "The Office," "Parks and Recreation," and "The Good Place." We also talk about Derby Names and how to spread birthday cheer through the whole year.

    Resources and links related to this episode:

    Don't Break the Chain Habit Tracker

    "5 Things Making Me Happier" newsletter

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    30 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 32 minutes 21 seconds
    Ep. 510: Very Special Episode: Dozens of Travel Hacks! So Many Good Ideas

    We share dozens of excellent hacks from listeners about how to make traveling more convenient and less stressful—plus we include some of our own travel-hack discoveries.

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    Black Friday Sale 

    Life in Five Senses

    Elizabeth is rereading: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (AmazonBookshop

    Gretchen is reading: The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (AmazonBookshop)

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    27 November 2024, 8:00 am
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