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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Gretchen Rubin (on happiness)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.668.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

Gretchen Rubin (Life in Five Senses, The Happiness Project) is an author and podcaster. Gretchen joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what led her to the happiness space, how important relationships to other people are, and the individualistic nature of happiness. Gretchen and Dax talk about the ways physical activities make your emotions respond, how your sense of smell forces you to stay present, and her prescription for creativity through sight. Gretchen explains how slow time can move when you are doing something novel, what obliger-rebellion is, and why she is so intrigued by people who develop routines in their lives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

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0:06.4

Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry app or on Apple Podcasts.

0:10.0

Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.

0:13.2

Welcome, welcome to armchair expert experts on expert.

0:17.6

I'm Dan Parker Randall and I'm joined by Gretchen Mulrooney.

0:21.2

Oh my God!

0:23.4

You really pulled those out of your ass.

0:25.3

They felt right coming out.

0:27.4

They surprised me.

0:29.0

Yeah, I liked that.

0:30.3

I mean, part of it was influenced by our guests.

0:32.4

Of course. Gretchen Rubin. Yeah. I mean part of it was influenced by our guests.

0:33.0

Gretchen Rubin.

0:34.8

She's a best-selling author, a podcaster, and a speaker,

0:38.0

and she has a flurry of different great books.

0:41.1

Outer Order, Inner Calm, The Four Tendencies, better than before.

0:45.0

Happier at home, The Happiness Project.

0:48.0

By now it would occur to you that she specializes in happiness.

0:52.0

She does. She's fascinated with what makes people happy.

0:54.3

She studied every kind of angle of it.

0:56.4

And she has a new book out right now called Life in Five Censes, how exploring the senses got me out of my head and into the world.

1:06.9

She also has a podcast called Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and I just enjoyed the

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