Ep 87: Great Expectations with Gretchen Rubin
Forever35
Doree Shafrir & Elise Hu
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
This week, Doree adds showering to her to-do list and tries to get better at saying no, and Kate books her first mammogram and explores plant-based recipes. Then they welcome writer and podcaster Gretchen Rubin, who discusses The Four Tendencies, pursuing happiness, making time to read, and how she handles stress. Plus, Kate and Doree examine their own tendencies (Obliger and Questioner!) and how they manifest in their lives.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:11.0 | Well, hello, and welcome to Forever 35, a podcast about the things we do to take care of ourselves. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Kate Spencer, and I am Dory Schifreier, and we are not experts. |
| 0:20.5 | But we are two friends who like to talk a lot about serums. |
| 0:24.0 | I have a small self-care victory that I would love to share right off the bat with you today, Dory. |
| 0:29.0 | I can't wait to hear it. |
| 0:30.3 | I booked my first mammogram. |
| 0:33.2 | Ah, congratulations! |
| 0:35.7 | Thank you. It only took me six months to do it. |
| 0:39.9 | Oh, Kate, I didn't do it for a year. |
| 0:43.9 | It's very, I'm not, I don't, it's not a great move on my part, or anyone's part to get the mammogram referral and the knuckle. |
| 0:51.3 | Oh, totally. |
| 0:52.6 | But there is a very guilty about it. |
| 0:54.2 | I did too, and I, a friend, I had posted in a Facebook group about this, and a friend said, |
| 1:00.4 | does anyone want to be mammogram accountability partners? |
| 1:03.2 | Ooh! |
| 1:04.2 | So three of us are on a text, so we all committed. |
| 1:06.3 | Matt? |
| 1:07.3 | Is that with, yeah, mammogram account? |
| 1:08.7 | Yeah, maps. We're maps. |
| 1:09.9 | Yeah, you're maps. |
| 1:10.9 | Thank you. |
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