Ep. 570: Very Special Episode: How Do We Deal with the Loss of Our Beloved Father? Advice & Insights
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ ? minutes
Summary
In this episode, we talk about the recent death of our beloved father, Jack Craft—what we’ve experienced, what we’ve learned. We also share many tender, practical suggestions from listeners about how to manage this kind of a profound loss.
Resources & links related to this episode:
- Raymond Carver’s last book, A New Path to the Waterfall (Amazon, Bookshop)
- One last reminder to sign up for The Happiness Project Revisited course
- I Want You to Know: My Portrait of You
- Obituary of John Charles Craft
- Elizabeth is reading: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Gretchen is rereading: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Amazon, Bookshop)
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