Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project 1378 - Ep. 604: Clear Clutter With a Courtroom Hack, Plus How to Decline a Request for Accountability

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. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/

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Episodes

Ep. 604: Clear Clutter With a Courtroom Hack, Plus How to Decline a Request for Accountability

Little Happier: A Lesson from the World Cup: Danger and Temptation Don’t Always Appear When We Expect

Move Happier: Getting Unstuck: A Fresh Start for Your Move 26 Habit

More Happier: Four Tendencies Solutions to Real-Life Problems

Ep. 603: Avoid the Sunk-Cost Fallacy, and Why it’s Hard to Plan for Emergencies

Little Happier: After His Death, I Can Still Learn More About My Beloved Father

More Happier: How Do People Know What To Do? Plus Making Friends at the Gym

Ep. 602: Spend Your Money at Home Instead of Away, and Why You Should Delegate

Little Happier: Why the Knicks Play Basketball with the Attitude of “Zero-Zero.”

More Happier: Try These 7 Habit Strategies for a Fresh Start This September

Ep. 601: Try "Do-Spend September," Plus a Five-Senses Hack For a Memorable Vacation

Little Happier: NBA Players on the “Today” Show: When Lighthearted Humor Is Better than Sympathetic Silence

Move Happier: Clear the Decks for September with 26 Quick Tasks (Bonus)

More Happier: What Tattoo Would You Get? Plus How to Give Yourself Permission to Play

Ep. 600: 600 Episodes of Happier! Listeners Share the Ideas that Stuck

Little Happier: Why NBA Star Jalen Brunson Values Persistence over Pyrotechnics

More Happier: Take Better Care of Yourself—Treat Yourself Like a Toddler, Dog, Teenager, and Professor

Ep. 599: Treat Your Home Like a Hotel, Plus a Common Relationship Blindspot

Little Happier: Are You a Clutch Player or a Fast Starter?

More Happier: Have You Ever Felt Anonymous? Plus a Lesson for Upholders

Ep. 598: Spy on Your Own Habits, and Discover Your Empty-Nest Personality

Little Happier: Why People Don't Ride Horses If They Can Take a Bus

More Happier: Introduce Whimsy, Schedule a Personal Playdate, and Embrace Fun Plans

EP. 597: Celebrate "Dogust," Plus a Special Challenge for Upholders With Little Kids

Little Happier: Have You Ever Felt Like the Little Red Hen?

More Happier : Easing Painful Moments with Humor, Plus, Are Coasters Outdated?

Ep. 596: How Do People Learn the Things Everyone Already Knows? Plus a Ladder Warning

Little Happier: The Challenge of the “Help-Rejecting Complainer”

More Happier: Reading Hacks, Book Recommendations, and Finding Your Perfect Summer Read

Ep. 595: Always RSVP, & Why We Should Stop Over-delivering

Little Happier: Why the King Paid Just as Much for Three Books as He Would Have Paid for Nine

Move Happier: Tips for Regular Exercise, How Walking Helps You Think, Plus Can Your Garden Be an Accountability Partner? (Bonus)

More Happier: Design Your Summer & Why a Teammate's Touch Can Change an Outcome

Ep. 594: Try Becoming a Fan, Plus Tips for Dealing with Travel Bores

Little Happier: You Don’t Have to Be Good at Basketball to Be Good at Basketball

Do You Need More Comfort or Adventure? Plus More Tips for Designing Your Summer

Ep. 593: Ditch Your Storage Unit, Plus How to Start a New Tradition

Little Happier: Why Winston Churchill Used Courteous Speech in a Letter About War

More Happier: Get Better at Socializing & Make the Most of “Halfway Day”

Ep. 592: Reflect on “Halfway Day,” Plus How Abstainers Can Moderate

Little Happier: An Important Creativity Lesson from “Green Eggs and Ham”

Halfway Day Check-In—Plus, How to Adjust Your Habits for Summer

Ep. 591: How to Fight Perfectionism—Plus a Simple Happiness Hack That Really Matters

Little Happier: A Valuable Lesson in Happiness from the 2014 London Tube Strike

More Happier: Are People Socializing More? Plus, Things That Have Achieved Perfection

Ep. 590: Very Special Episode! 20 Practical Strategies for Managing Worry

Little Happier: A Skyscraper Crisis Holds a Valuable (and True) Lesson

Travel Hacks for a Happier Summer

Ep. 589: Reflect on a Bittersweet Milestone Moment, Plus a New Addition to Our "Treat Yourself Like" Series

Little Happier: The Hard Lesson I Learned from My Daughter’s Tattoo