Happier with Gretchen Rubin
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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June 24, 2026 • 39 mins
We’re halfway through the year. Gretchen and Liz share how to treat July 2 as a built-in reset to reflect on what's working and what isn't.
Try This at Home: Prepare for Halfway Day — Use “Halfway Day” on July 2 to review your aims for the year [05:48]
Happiness Hack: Name Your Days of the Week — To make work easier, give a name to each day of the week [21:34]
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June 22, 2026 • 3 mins
It may seem counter-intuitive, but it’s true: imagination is often sparked more by constraint than by freedom.
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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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June 20, 2026 • 29 mins
We revisit a special audio episode from the “Habits for Happiness” course about adapting your habits for summer. With Halfway Day approaching on 7/2, it's a useful reminder that a small adjustment can help you get more out of the season and the second half of the year.
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Check out the new Design Your Summer tool in the Happier app
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June 17, 2026 • 39 mins
We discuss how perfectionism is driven not by high standards but by anxiety—and how embracing imperfection is a great way to overcome it. We also share an important reminder about hearing health and why it matters so much for our happiness and wellbeing.
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Cass Aarssen—Clutterbug
Life in Five Senses (Amazon, Bookshop)
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June 15, 2026 • 3 mins
Studies from commuter patterns after the 2014 London Underground Strike illustrate an important point: even when we resist change, it holds the possibility of making our lives better.
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June 13, 2026 • 34 mins
We explore familiar objects that have achieved perfection—from blue jeans to the perfume bottle—and which ones resonate with us most. We also explore whether people are socializing more since Covid, or if it's just to Elizabeth.
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Check out my free newsletter, “5 Things Making Me Happy”
Secrets of Adulthood by Gretchen Rubin (Amazon, Bookshop)
Everybo...
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June 12, 2026 • 34 mins
We're excited to join Libro.fm's Audiobook Walk on June 13, a celebration of getting outside, moving your body, and listening to great books. Learn more: blog.libro.fm/audiobookmonth.
To celebrate, we're sharing the first 26 minutes of Louise Erdrich's "The Mighty Red," a darkly funny novel about love and survival on the American prairie. If you enjoy it, get the full audiobook from Libro.fm—a perfect companion for the &ldqu...
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June 10, 2026 • 37 mins
We tackle a big happiness stumbling block: worry. We share 20 practical strategies for managing worry—from scheduling time to worry, to recognizing when a worry isn't “ripe,” to making a list, and more.
Resources & links related to this episode:
Kevin Henkes’s Wemberly Worried (Amazon, Bookshop)
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June 8, 2026 • 3 mins
A crisis involving the design of the 59-story Citicorp Center illustrates lessons in creativity and the value of constant reevaluation.
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June 6, 2026 • 26 mins
We revisit 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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You can start Designing Your Summer on the Tools page of the Happier app, or download the app here
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We discuss why reflecting on a milestone moment—even a difficult one—can be a meaningful happiness practice. We also add a new suggestion to our "treat yourself like" series, and explore a know-yourself-better question about the patterns we fall into before a big trip or challenge.
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Not sure what to purchase this Father’s Day? Take the Gift-Giving Quiz
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June 1, 2026 • 3 mins
My daughter’s tattoo taught me an important lesson in parenthood: nothing can become between me and my daughters and cast a shadow.
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May 30, 2026 • 34 mins
We explore a surprisingly divisive question: would you eat dinner for breakfast? We also discuss how people learn the unwritten rules of everyday life. Plus, the pleasure of being able to watch, listen, and read as many times as you like.
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Life in Five Senses (Amazon, Bookshop)
Quiz: What's Your Most Neglected Sense?
"Design Your Summer"—download the Happ...
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We discuss how to make the most of your weekday evenings by setting small, intentional plans. We also talk about an everyday activity that feels so familiar that it (wrongly) feels safe.
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Laura Vanderkam, Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance (Amazon, Bookshop)
Before Breakfast and Best of Both Worlds podcasts hosted by Laura Vanderkam
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May 25, 2026 • 3 mins
We should give ourselves healthy treats because when we give more to ourselves, we can ask more from ourselves.
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In this Roundtable Conversation, we discuss caregiving. With actress and podcast host Yvette Nicole Brown, author and podcaster Courtney Martin, and AARP’s senior director of caregiving Rita Choula, we talk about the challenges and satisfactions of caregiving, and how planning can help.
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Yvette Nicole Brown, Squeezed
Courtney Martin, The Wise Unknown
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We share our "Design Your Summer" plans—an annual tradition. We also discuss a common happiness stumbling block–an item that’s too nice for its purpose—as well as a know-yourself-better question related to chores.
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Download the Design Your Summer guide here
Start Designing Your Summer here on the Happier app
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May 18, 2026 • 3 mins
A trainer gave us good advice about our new puppy, Taffy: sometimes, a casual attitude is more calming than the most earnest reassurance.
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May 16, 2026 • 33 mins
We check in on our “Move 26 in ‘26” progress and discuss adding more whimsy to the month of May–plus a clever April Fools prank. We also highlight a helpful tool to get started on spring cleaning.
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Click here if you'd like to join "Move 26 in '26"
Here are easy and fun ways to start decluttering
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May 13, 2026 • 30 mins
We talk about why you should treat yourself like a grandchild (or a toddler, puppy, professor, or factory), and we share a helpful tip if you’re trying to do certain things every day. Plus we discuss a listener’s question about meeting inner and outer expectations as an Upholder.
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