Ep. 211: Spend Time Individually with Family Members, an Ice Cube Hack, and Obligers’ Relationships to Accountability and Possessions

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’ll talk about why you might try to spend time individually with each member of your family, and we’ll discuss an intriguing hack about using an ice cube to change your thoughts. We also talk about Obligers, and how they need outer accountability for inner expectations. Don't know your Tendency? Take the free quiz here: http://quiz.gretchenrubin.com Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Get tickets for my book tour and Happier podcast live events athttp://gretchenrubin.com/events Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/211 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to be happier, healthier, more productive,
0:06.3	and more creative.
0:07.6	This week we'll talk about why you might try to spend time individually with each member
0:11.5	of your family, and we'll discuss an intriguing hack about using an ice cube to change your
0:17.3	thoughts.
0:30.2	I'm Gretchen Reuben, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, and human nature.
0:34.0	I'm in New York City, and with me is my sister Elizabeth Kraft, and Elizabeth, I am so excited
0:39.3	that the fix is about to hit the airways.
0:42.2	That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer, living in LA, and yes, Gretch, March
0:49.3	is a big month for you and me.
0:52.2	My show's coming out March 18th, 10pm on ABC, and you had a book come out yesterday,
0:59.3	the outer order inner comm hit the shelves.
1:02.5	Yes, Elizabeth, it's so exciting to have this book out in the world at last.
1:06.0	It always feels very kind of surreal when a book actually escapes into the real world.
1:12.2	I'm so excited to hit the road.
1:14.0	My book tour starts now, and I would love to see listeners and readers along the way.
1:19.6	So go to GretchenReuben.com slash events if you want information about where I'm going
1:23.6	and how to buy tickets and all that.
1:25.6	Plus Elizabeth, we have some live podcast events coming up.
1:29.8	Yes, we are taking it on the road.
1:32.2	We are touring.
1:33.2	We will go to New York City, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis.
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