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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 296: Establish Your Personal Policy, a Reading Hack, a Deep Dive into Listeners’ Hidden Delights, and a Demerit That’s Common These Days

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We discuss why you might want to establish your personal policy, I share a reading hack, we take a deep dive into listeners’ hidden delights, and Elizabeth gives herself a demerit related to the pandemic. Join my brand-new Outer Order Inner Calm 30-Day SMS Challenge! You’ll get daily text messages with an audio message from me that gives you a simple challenge to create more outer order in your home. Learn more: http://gretchenrubin.com/sms 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/296 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

This show is brought to you by BetterHelp.

0:03.4

One thing we talk about on the podcast all the time is the importance of knowing ourselves.

0:08.7

You think, oh, it's easy to know yourself.

0:10.9

You just hang out with yourself all day long, but it's actually very difficult.

0:14.9

That's one reason that people find therapy to be so helpful,

0:18.4

because it really gives us insight into ourselves.

0:21.8

Yeah, I've done therapy, Gretchen, and it has helped me so much.

0:25.5

Just know why I'm doing things.

0:27.6

And if I want to change what I'm doing, I can change it.

0:30.6

I love therapy.

0:32.0

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0:35.2

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0:41.6

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0:45.2

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0:48.7

Discover your potential with BetterHelp.

0:51.4

Visit betterhelp.com slash Gretchen Rubin today to get 10% off your first month.

0:57.6

That's BetterHelp, H-E-L-P dot com slash Gretchen Rubin.

1:03.5

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss cutting-edge science,

1:08.2

the wisdom of the ages, lessons from pop culture, and our own experiences

1:12.3

about how to be happier.

1:13.8

This week we'll talk about why you might establish your personal policy,

1:18.2

and we take a deep dive into listeners hidden to life.

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