116: Choose the Bigger Life (with Gretchen Rubin)
Vibrant Happy Women
Jen Riday
4.8 • 671 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2018
⏱️ 48 minutes
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About this Episode:
Happiness guru Gretchen Rubin shares insightful tips about living your biggest life! Learn how the apply the Four Tendencies to make your family life happier, how to allow your own values and nature to lead your journey of happiness, and how failure can be the best thing that can happen to you.
What You'll Learn in this Episode:
- Why staying true to your own nature, your own values, and your own interests is a critical piece to your happiness puzzle.
- The reason understanding the Four Tendencies can help you dissolve the confusion of why your spouse and kids act "that way" and help make your relationships at home much more peaceful.
- How applying the motto, "Choose the Bigger Life" has made Gretchen's life more fulfilling.
- The nickname Gretchen's sister Elizabeth gave her.
- And much more!
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, episode number 116. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm talking with Gretchen Rubin today, all about choosing the bigger life. |
| 0:10.7 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:12.2 | Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, stories of vibrant women living happy lives. |
| 0:18.7 | And now your host, Jen Ryday. |
| 0:25.7 | Hey there, welcome back to Vibrant Happy Women. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Dr. Jen Ritey, and I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:31.6 | Last week, I chatted with Ali Kassaza all about decluttering and intentional simplicity. |
| 0:39.9 | I don't know about you, but I'm ready to be on that minimalist train, and I'm taking action to make that happen. If you didn't get to listen to |
| 0:45.2 | that episode, you can listen at genbridea.com forward slash 115. And today, I am so excited to bring |
| 0:52.9 | you Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project, |
| 0:56.3 | Better Than Before, and The Four Tendencies. I've talked a lot on the podcast about the four |
| 1:01.3 | tendencies and how much it has helped me with my interactions with my kids. My family seems to be |
| 1:07.3 | a combination of questioners and rebels, and you need to interact with people like that |
| 1:12.2 | in a slightly different way. I can't wait for you to hear this interview with Gretchen and learn |
| 1:16.6 | more about how the four tendencies can help your family as well. But first, I have some big, |
| 1:23.9 | amazing news that makes me so happy. No, I'm not having a baby. I'm done with that. But I'm so excited |
| 1:30.8 | to announce that the Vibrant Happy Women Club is open for enrollment. Take a listen. |
| 1:37.9 | Before, I felt like a crappy mom, a crappy wife, and I just kind of wasn't my own little funk. I have people every day |
| 1:46.5 | coming up with, why are you so much happier? You are so happy, something's going on. Yeah, Jen Ritey happened. |
| 1:52.6 | Hey there, I'm Dr. Jen Ridey, and I'm the host of the Vibrant Happy Women podcast. You have something |
| 1:58.6 | important to do. You're not just here to sacrifice everything |
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