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10% Happier with Dan Harris

Gretchen Rubin, Outer Order, Inner Calm

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.612.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2019

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Gretchen Rubin describes herself as a writer who relentlessly explores human nature to understand how we can make our lives better. Through her bestselling books and her award-winning podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin, she shares strategies that help people understand themselves and create a happier life. In this week's episode she sits down with Dan to discuss the connection between happiness and decluttering, which is also the topic of her latest book, "Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness." Rubin provides insight on what clutter is doing to our minds, and how cleaning up can improve our outlook. The Plug Zone Website: https://gretchenrubin.com/ Social: @gretchenrubin 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

Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape

0:09.8

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among

0:17.2

others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

0:23.9

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.

0:29.8

It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

0:36.0

So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.7

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0:45.1

to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.

0:56.5

The Panic is a new comedy podcast from Wondery that leans into our most absurd anxieties and

1:02.6

defuses them with humor and actual advice. Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondery app or

1:08.8

wherever you get your podcasts.

1:17.6

From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

1:24.4

I have followed from a distance the decluttering trend. We've hit it in a few little ways on

1:32.8

this show throughout the years. But I never really thought I would dedicate a whole episode

1:37.2

to the issue of decluttering because I thought maybe it wasn't fully germane. But then

1:41.1

I found out that my friend and somebody I really admire, Gretchen Rubin, who's a writer

1:47.1

on all things, happiness and human nature and a very smart and very serious person.

1:52.3

I found out that she had written a whole book about decluttering. It's called Outer Order

1:58.8

Inner Com. I thought, okay, maybe we ought to take this more seriously. I brought her

2:04.2

in to talk about it. I walked away really convinced that there's something here that there

2:11.2

is a connection between your environment and your mental well-being and that there are

2:18.8

actionable steps you can take that don't require major life surgery in order to bring

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