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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 541: Try These Parenting Hacks from Listeners, Manage Your Own Worry & an Easy Packing Hack

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

We share a treasure trove of creative, easy parenting hacks from our listeners, as well as a happiness hack about creating a "prep station" bin to stay organized for trips and special events. In our "Know Yourself Better" segment, we explore how the desire to manage our own worry can lead us to burden or try to control others. Plus, we share some ideas related to reading.

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0:00.0

Let's talk about the Defender 110. It is a vehicle built for the modern explorer. Grutch, I have a friend who's

0:08.2

extremely adventurous and she loves her Defender 110. It's a vehicle that looks tough because it is

0:15.4

tough. The Defender boasts an exterior design for optimum durability. It has a raised hood and sculpted grill that give the Defender 110 a modern edge.

0:25.6

Yeah, there's 3D surround cameras with clear sight ground view that let you see underneath the vehicle and anticipate obstacles in rough terrain.

0:33.6

Clear sight rear view offers an unobstructed rearview even when you can't see through the

0:38.8

back window. Driver aid technologies make driving and parking simpler. Intuitive driver displays are

0:45.4

customizable to your journey. Design your Defender 110 at Land Rover USA.com. Visit Land Rover usA.com to learn more about the Defender 110.

0:58.9

Explore the Defender 110 at Land RoverUSA.com.

1:06.0

Lemonada.

1:10.5

I'm gonna do. Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to make our lives happier.

1:20.1

This week we'll explore many super helpful parenting hacks from listeners and a know-yourself

1:25.5

better question related to worry.

1:28.1

I'm Gretchen Rubin, writer studies, happiness, good habits, secrets of adulthood, human nature.

1:33.8

I'm in my little hot home office here in New York City.

1:37.2

And joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister Elizabeth Kraft.

1:40.8

And Elizabeth, our parents are going to be with me for the 4th of July.

1:43.7

I cannot wait. That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer our parents are going to be with me for the 4th of July. I cannot wait.

1:44.8

That's me, Elizabeth Croft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A. And Gretch, I am very sorry to be

1:50.2

missing out on your 4th of July fun with mom and dad. Yes, I have decided to turn 4th of July into

1:56.3

like a big family holiday. It's part of my new empty nest, evolving traditions. And it's also, you know,

2:02.1

the Fourth of July is just such a great reminder that with everything going on, it's really good to

2:06.8

take time to reflect on the highest ideals of our country. Absolutely. It also happens to be our

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