Ep. 247: Use the Solomon Paradox When Dealing with a Difficult Situation, and Would You Like to be a Twin?

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Why you should think about the “Solomon Paradox” when you’re dealing with a difficult situation, how to respond to a Rebel who refuses to wear a seat belt, a hack for staying in touch with distant friends and family—and would you like to be a twin? Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/247 Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. Get tickets for our last live podcast events of 2019 in Atlanta, Charlotte and Brooklyn here: https://gretchenrubin.com/events Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, and Happier in Hollywood. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! 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 where we take happiness from the abstract to the
0:05.7	concrete.
0:06.8	This week we'll talk about why we might use the Solomon paradox when dealing with the
0:10.6	tricky situation and how to respond to a rebel husband who refuses to wear his seatbelt.
0:28.8	I'm Gretchen Reuben, a writer whose studies happiness, good habits, and human nature.
0:32.6	I'm a New York City and with me is my sister Elizabeth Kraft who always wears her seatbelt.
0:37.4	That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles.
0:42.4	And the S. Cretch, I am a rule follow-up.
0:45.1	That belt.
0:46.1	That's right.
0:47.1	Gretch, we want to mention to everybody that we've got our last shows of 2019 coming up.
0:53.5	We're going to be in Atlanta on November 14th, Charlotte on November 15th and we're going
0:58.6	to be in Brooklyn on November 16th.
1:01.2	So come see Happier Hour and bring your friends.
1:06.0	It's super fun.
1:07.0	Yeah, you can get all the information at GretchenReuben.com slash events.
1:11.6	And speaking of what you can get on the website, yes, we now have merchandise.
1:16.6	We are so excited.
1:17.6	Elizabeth, we've been talking about this for years.
1:19.8	Real official merchandise go to GretchenReuben.com slash merch.
1:23.9	That's M-E-R-C-H.
1:24.9	I'm short from merchandise and we have t-shirts, tote bags, mugs.
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