Ep. 592: Reflect on “Halfway Day,” Plus How Abstainers Can Moderate
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Lemonada Media
4.7 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 1:51.5 | Hello and welcome to have here, a podcast where we talk about strategies and solutions for living happier lives. |
| 1:58.6 | This week, we'll talk about why you should use Halfway Day as a moment to reflect and perhaps adjust your aims. And we will talk about how abstainers can sometimes be moderate if they |
| 2:04.0 | want to. I'm Gretchen Riven, a writer who studies happiness, good habits in human nature. I'm in my |
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