Ep 298: Award Yourself with a Sticker, A Memory Hack, and a Conversation with Rachel Hollis About Dealing with Unexpected Challenges

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Inspired by “I Voted” stickers, we discuss why you might award yourself a sticker to mark an important accomplishment, talk about a hack for remembering forgotten details, and talk to bestselling writer Rachel Hollis about her new book, “Didn’t See That Coming.” 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/298 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	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 because it really gives us
0:19.7	insight into ourselves.
0:21.7	Yeah, I've done therapy, Gretchen, and it has helped me so much.
0:25.6	Just know why I'm doing things.
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1:04.6	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to be happier.
1:08.8	This week we'll talk about why you might award yourself a sticker for an important accomplishment.
1:14.0	And we'll talk to Rachel Hollis about her new book, Didn't See That Coming.
1:28.6	I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer whose studies happiness, good habits in human nature.
1:34.7	Once again, no surprise to anyone.
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