Ep. 441: Escape Your Taste, an Easy Way to Remember Hard Names, and New Metaphors for “Empty Nest”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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We talk about how we can boost our happiness by escaping from our own taste. We also suggest an easy way to make it easier to remember challenging names, and share the many terrific metaphors that listeners suggested as alternatives to the “empty nest.” Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Threads 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/441 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 - order here. 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

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0:00.0	This show is sponsored by Better Help.
0:03.5	Sometimes in life, we're faced with tough choices and the path forward isn't always clear.
0:09.0	I know living in LA, doing what I do, there have been times when I've had no idea how to move forward,
0:16.4	and what helped me immensely was going to therapy and talking it out with someone,
0:22.0	figuring out my own mind so that I knew how to make decisions.
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0:46.0	Visit BetterHelp.com slash Gretchen Rubin today to get 10% off your first month.
0:51.6	That's BetterHelp, H-E-L-P dot com slash Gretchen Rubin.
0:57.2	Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we discuss strategies and tips for leading happier,
1:05.0	healthier, more productive, and more creative lives.
1:08.3	This week we'll talk about why we might try to escape our own taste
1:13.3	and we'll do a deep dive into listener suggestions for metaphors for the emptiness.
1:28.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin, writer whose study is happiness.
1:33.2	Good habits, the five senses, and given nature.
1:36.4	I am in a little cobbled together temporary makeshift studio outside New York City
1:42.8	and joining me today from LA.
1:44.8	It's my sister, Elizabeth Kraft, who is in her home office.
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