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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 249: Happier Podcast Book Club: The Legendary Isaac Mizrahi Talks about Fashion, Family, and Self-Knowledge in “I.M.”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

For the Happier Podcast Book Club, we talk to Isaac Mizrahi about the role of family, fashion, and making his way in the competitive, high-stakes world of New York City in his acclaimed memoir I.M. 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/249 Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. 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

This show is sponsored by Better Help.

0:03.6

It's so easy to get caught up in whatever everyone else needs from you and never take a moment to think about what you need from yourself.

0:12.0

I know when I'm show running, the last thing I'm thinking about usually is me.

0:15.8

I'm thinking about all the things I need to do and people I need to please.

0:19.3

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0:25.2

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0:54.7

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0:59.7

The following podcast contains explicit language.

1:03.7

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to be happier.

1:08.7

And what's one way to be happier?

1:10.7

Reading.

1:12.2

This week we're having our conversation for the Happier Podcast Book Club.

1:16.2

We'll talk about the brilliant memoir I Am with the legendary Isaac Mizrahi.

1:24.7

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits and human nature.

1:36.7

I'm in New York City and with me is my sister Elizabeth Kraft.

1:39.7

Who loves this book as much as I do.

1:41.7

That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA.

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