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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 422: Create an Audio Apothecary, Questioners Don’t Like to Answer Questions—and a Terrific New Quiz!

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We talk about why and how we might create our own “Audio Apothecary” to help us evoke certain moods. We also discuss a handy pronunciation hack, and two Questioners ask how a Questioner can handle the annoyance of being peppered with questions or being told to follow arbitrary rules. Plus a big announcement! The launch of a great new know-yourself-better quiz to identify your “neglected sense.” Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram @GretchenRubin on TikTok and YouTube Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get the resources and all links related to this episode here: http://happiercast.com/422 Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available for pre-order. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.  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— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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 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.

0:27.7

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

0:30.5

I love therapy.

0:32.1

If you're thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try.

0:35.4

It's entirely online designed to be convenient, flexible, and suited to your schedule.

0:41.9

Just fill out a brief questionnaire to get matched with a licensed therapist and switch

0:45.6

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0:49.2

Discover your potential with BetterHelp.

0:51.5

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

0:57.6

That's BetterHelpHELP.com slash Gretchen Rubin.

1:03.1

Okay, Gretchen.

1:04.4

This episode is all about hearing.

1:07.2

Your book about the five senses is coming out soon, and so we're celebrating the five senses.

1:12.5

This week we're celebrating hearing, and so we're playing with some of our sound.

1:17.7

And that'll be throughout the episode.

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