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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 286: September Is the Other January, Jay Shetty Explains How to Think Like a Monk, and a Spotlight on Colson Whitehead

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Why we should remember that September is the other January; we have a conversation with podcaster and writer Jay Shetty about how to “think like a monk”; we suggest a surprisingly obvious kitchen hack; and we shine a spotlight on writer Colson Whitehead. 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 Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/286 Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com 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, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. 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

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0:31.2

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast that gives you strategies and solutions for more

0:35.3

happiness.

0:36.8

This week we'll talk about why September is the other January and we'll do an interview

0:41.4

with writer and podcaster Jay Shetty about his new book Think Like A Monk.

0:57.0

I'm Gretchen Reuben, writer whose studies, Happiness, Good Habits, and Human Nature.

1:02.6

I am cosily ensconced in my home office in New York City, surrounded by pillows to try

1:08.1

to improve my sound quality.

1:10.0

And with me is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft, who sounds great.

1:13.6

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

1:17.5

Gretchen, I have to warn you, I'm having some work done on my house.

1:21.3

There could be noise.

1:23.4

There could be noise.

1:24.4

Well, these are the pleasures and perils of recording at home.

1:28.1

Yes.

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