Ep. 452: Tackle Hard Social Situations, Do Questioners Ever Rebel, and Is Your Birthday Important?

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

We suggest several practical solutions to common, but challenging, social situations. We also address a listener’s question, “Do Questioners ever experience Questioner-rebellion?” and discuss the know-yourself-better question of “Is your birthday important to you?” 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/452 Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest New York Times bestselling 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 availablewherever books are sold. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. 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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0:00.5	This show is sponsored by Better Help.
0:03.8	Do you ever feel like your brain is getting in its own way?
0:07.0	Like, you know what you should do?
0:08.7	What's good for you, but you just can't do it?
0:12.0	I experienced this early in my career
0:14.4	when I was on a TV show in the room,
0:17.3	but I just could not speak.
0:19.1	I knew I should speak, but I couldn't.
0:21.6	And the thing that helped me was going to a therapist
0:25.1	who helped me figure out what was holding me back.
0:27.8	And I, you know, never look back since, Grudge.
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