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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 546: Embrace Regret, Sticker Hacks for Back-to-School & Is Upholder-Rebellion Real?

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We discuss why embracing regret can help us make our lives happier, by helping point the way to a life that better reflects our values. We also share a listener's hack for using customized stickers to label children's belongings. Plus, we explore whether Upholders can experience Upholder-rebellion. Resources & links related to this episode: Take the survey here  Memento Keepsake Journal with free companion guide The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink (Amazon, Bookshop) World Regret Survey Making Neighborhood  Take the Four Tendencies quiz Take the Five Senses quiz Elizabeth is reading: Wild West Village by Lola Kirke (Amazon, Bookshop)  Gretchen is reading: The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits (Amazon) Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Jen is a New York Times bestselling author whose life's work is helping women show up for their lives with honesty, joy, and courage.

0:17.3

She believes that women living in freedom are the answer to what

0:21.2

ails the world and I agree. I recently joined them to talk about secrets of adulthood and how

0:26.9

to live a happier, simpler life. If you're into real talk, good laughs and a little soul fuel,

0:33.4

for the love is a must. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.

0:40.9

Lemonada.

0:50.4

Hello and welcome to Happy are a podcast where we talk about the cutting edge science, wisdom of the ages, lessons from pop culture, our own experiences about how to be happier.

1:01.0

This week we'll talk about why we might embrace regret and we share a hat from a listener that can make daily life much easier.

1:09.9

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness,

1:12.2

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

1:18.3

I'm back from the road. And joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister, Elizabeth Craft.

1:23.2

And Elizabeth, last night, I was just thinking again of how much fun I had, clearing your closet

1:27.3

with you.

1:28.2

That's me, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A. And Gretchen, I have to tell you,

1:33.5

listeners want a picture of the after of my closet, but it's not quite there yet. We got all the stuff out,

1:40.3

but we didn't have time to get to the neatening part, so I have to do that. Yeah, the staging of it.

1:46.2

Yes. Yes, we were very focused on the actual meat and potatoes and we didn't get around until

1:50.5

the presentation part. Exactly. So only we'd had another day. But first, we have a few updates.

1:55.8

Yes, so we are heading into the back to school zone, and we are looking for hacks, resources,

2:04.1

lessons learn the hard way for any age child or for yourself.

2:08.4

Because parents are going back to school too.

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