Happier with Gretchen Rubin

By: Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
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  • 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.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 533: Dust It Off or Let Go, the Power of PT & How to Create Compelling TV Characters

    Ep. 533: Dust It Off or Let Go, the Power of PT & How to Create Compelling TV Characters
    May 7 2025

    We discuss why it’s useful to dust off unused items--and either start using them or give them away. We also share a happiness hack from a listener who explains why it can be very valuable to give physical therapy another chance. Finally, we explore the Secret of Adulthood about cultivating friendship, and we answer a listener's question about how and why fictional characters often embody the Four Tendencies framework.

    Resources & Links Related to this episode:

    • Order your copy of Secrets of Adulthood
    • A Little Happier: Easy Answers or Hard Truths: Whom Do You Trust?
    • Organization Hub
    • Take the quiz for the Four Tendencies personality profile
    • Elizabeth is reading: King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild (Amazon, Bookshop)
    • Gretchen is reading: Pick the Lock by A.S. King (Amazon, Bookshop)


    Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

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

    Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    27 mins
  • Little Happier: When to Listen to Criticism and When to Ignore It

    Little Happier: When to Listen to Criticism and When to Ignore It
    May 5 2025

    Distinguishing helpful from unhelpful criticism is a challenge that every creative person faces. No formula exists for knowing which criticism to heed; we must each develop our own discernment.

    Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

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

    Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    4 mins
  • More Happier: How Regret Can Make You Happier [Revisited]

    More Happier: How Regret Can Make You Happier [Revisited]
    May 3 2025

    We discuss how regret and reflection can help us make better decisions in the future, and increase our happiness. Regret can be a hard thing to talk about. Many people who actually prefer to avoid using the word. By anticipating future regret, we can make better choices in the present, and by reflecting on past regret, we can think about how to do better moving forward.

    Resources & links related to this episode:

    • How Regret Can Make Us Happier


    Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

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

    Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    33 mins

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