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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 535: Create Your “Summer of __,” Some Reading Recommendations & Listeners’ Favorite Words

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We discuss a fun summer challenge of focusing on a specific theme or goal. We also include a few helpful, fun hacks, and we share some of listeners’ favorite words—a delightful collection of language.

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0:00.0

Gretch, May is just such a time of celebrations. And I know for us, when we're going to host a

0:06.8

celebration or take something to a celebration, I always go to Whole Foods Market.

0:12.7

Yes, Whole Foods Market helps you save on everything you need with the quality and ingredient

0:17.9

standards that we expect. One thing we love to do in the summer is grill,

0:22.2

and the house brand of Whole Foods Market, 365 by Whole Foods Market, has all the essential

0:28.7

at daily low prices that you need for the summer. Save on May celebrations with great

0:34.1

everyday prices at Whole Foods Market. Pritch, I think I have figured out the hack to getting my perfect night's sleep, and it starts with

0:42.2

my adjustable pillows from coop sleep goods. I have the Eden adjustable, which keeps me cool, and I absolutely

0:52.1

love it, Gretchen. Literally, when I go to sleep at night and I put my head on that pillow, I think about how much I love this pillow.

1:00.4

Well, after all, we spend a third of our lives in bed, so it really helps to get a pillow that's customized.

1:06.1

Visit coop sleepgoods.com slash happier to get 20% off your first order. That's C-O-O-P sleepgoods.com

1:15.9

slash happier.

1:19.5

Lemonada.

1:24.1

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast where we talk about ideas for making our lives

1:33.7

happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.

1:36.3

This week we'll talk about why we might choose to do a summer of blank, you fill in the blank,

1:43.0

and we'll have a roundup of listeners' favorite words,

1:46.2

which was so delightful. I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits,

1:51.3

secrets of adulthood, human nature. I'm in my little home office in New York City,

1:55.7

and joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister Elizabeth Kraft, who just had a birthday.

2:00.7

Happy birthday again, Elizabeth.

2:02.7

That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A. And thank you, Gretchen. I had a very nice birthday.

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