Ep. 344: How to Do a Quick Good Deed that Could Have Big Consequences, a Hack for Cutting Ourselves Some Slack, and an Interview with Anderson Cooper

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We discuss a listener’s suggestion for an important way to help others, we talk about giving ourselves a “mercy week” during particularly busy or stressful times, and we talk to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper about his new book “Vanderbilt.” 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/344 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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0:32.4	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss strategies and tips for how to build
0:36.9	Happier Habits into our daily lives. This week we'll talk about why you might consider
0:42.2	donating to the Be The Match registry and we'll talk to CNN anchor and bestselling author
0:48.1	Anderson Cooper about his new book Vanderbilt, The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty.
1:05.6	I'm Richard Reuben, writer whose studies happiness, good habits, and human nature.
1:09.8	I'm right here, right where I have been for a long time in my home office in New York City
1:16.1	and joining me today for Millay is my sister Elizabeth Crap who has seen Anderson Cooper perform live.
1:23.2	I have. That's me Elizabeth Crap to TV writer and producer, Living in LA. And yeah, Gretchen,
1:29.2	we talk about having CNN on is my default mode. So I have seen a lot of Anderson Cooper
1:37.8	both on television and as you said, I've seen him live. Yes. Before we launch in,
1:43.8	we are so excited to announce our next book club choice. This is the brilliant memoir by someone
1:52.0	we both admire so much. The book is called No Curve for Being Human and Other Truths I Need to Hear
2:00.0	by Kate Boller. Yeah, she's a Duke Divinity school professor and we interviewed her on the
2:07.2	podcast in episode 273, Gretchen, about her amazing book Everything Happens for a Reason and Other
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