Ep. 586: Treat Yourself Like a Grandchild, Plus a Hack for Sticking to Daily Habits

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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We talk about why you should treat yourself like a grandchild (or a toddler, puppy, professor, or factory), and we share a helpful tip if you’re trying to do certain things every day. Plus we discuss a listener’s question about meeting inner and outer expectations as an Upholder. Resources & links related to this episode: My Four Tendencies personality framework Take the "Four Tendencies" quiz Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle Graduation Gift Guide Simon Haisells "slow reads" My book Secrets of Adulthood makes for a great graduation gift Elizabeth: The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day (Amazon, Bookshop) Gretchen: ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:39.1	This week we'll talk about why you should treat yourself like a grandchild and a helpful tip if like me you're trying to do certain things every day.
1:46.6	I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, good habits, and human nature. I'm in my little home office here in New York City,
1:51.5	and joining me today from Los Angeles is my sister, Elizabeth Kraft, and Elizabeth, I love to
1:56.9	treat you like my grandchild. That's me, Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in L.A. and Gretch, I think that means giving me a lot of Pop Tarts and SunKiss because that's what our grandparents did for me. They sure did. Oh my gosh. And it's still such happy memories. Oh, my God. Remember the time when you and I bought Pop-Tarts ourselves like three years ago?
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