Ep. 561: Need Some Fresh Ideas for Gift-Giving? Here Are Many Great Suggestions

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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It can be a real challenge to find new, useful ideas for gifts. We suggest many of our own recommendations, plus we include dozens of ideas from listeners. Resources & links related to this episode: Request bookplates now to get them in time for the holidays! Sign up for The Happiness Project Revisited and get 40% off enrollment Florist Wire Electric Foot Warmer Whiskey of the Month Flaviar Uncommon Goods Pop-Up Escape Room Clear Case for eReader Briogeo Sleek Stick SK-II Facial Masks Surratt Makeup Brushes La Mer Lip Balm Snuffle Mat Flirt Pole with Lure Trigger Point Cane Back and neck massager Heating pad for neck TOMOO 9 wheel muscle roller Tom Cruise Cake Doan's Bakery John Kelly Chocolates Boston Big-Buckle Shearling Birkenstock Portable light-Newmowa Lumify Eye Drops Sea Scooter EcoNour tray for car Gift-Giving Toolkit Elizabeth is reading: Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg (Amazon, Bookshop) Gretchen is reading: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (Amazon, Bookshop) 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	Did you know that infants are ready to learn sign language?
0:03.5	Two-year-olds are ready to learn the basics of science, and three-year-olds are ready to learn coding?
0:08.9	Your child is ready to learn, and at Primrose schools, teachers make the most of this time by creating a joyful, purposeful learning experience unlike any other.
0:19.4	For instance, have you heard of the Primrose Friends? In every
0:23.8	Primrose school classroom, teachers use these 12 lovable puppets to make character development
0:30.2	joyful, meaningful, and memorable. From exploring generosity with Benjamin the Bear to practicing honesty with Peanut the Pony,
0:40.6	every friend plays a special part in helping children learn important values while having
0:46.9	plenty of fun along the way. We can all use some friends like that. You can learn more at primrose schools.com. Now enrolling infants through
0:57.7	children age five. That's primrose schools.com for more information. Elizabeth, you know that this year I am
1:06.8	hosting Thanksgiving for the second time, huge bucket list for me. And one of the things that
1:12.2	makes it easier to prepare for any kind of big gathering, whether it's Thanksgiving or
1:17.1	friendsgiving or any kind of celebration, is knowing that you can go to one place that you know
1:22.3	you're going to get high standards and good prices. And this is why I love going to Whole Foods market. I can look for the
1:29.0	365 brand and I know that I'm going to get everything that I need and want for good price
1:34.8	with the quality that I can count on. Yeah, they have everything from low price quality turkey to
1:40.6	pantry essentials. And Gretchen, I have to add frozen appetizers, which are perfect for
1:47.4	someone like me who is not a great cook. I love to get the Kish trio, their butterfly shrimp,
1:54.3	and breaded calamari. It's all so easy to prepare and so delicious. Enjoy so many ways to save on your Thanksgiving spread
2:04.7	at Whole Foods Market. Lemonada.
2:14.1	Hello and welcome to Happy, a podcast where we talk about how to make our lives happier.
2:23.3	This week we will talk about suggestions for gifts.
2:27.3	We are entering the season of gift giving and we are suggesting gift ideas from us and also from listeners.
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