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That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

Happier: Gretchen Rubin

That's What She Said with Sarah Spain

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Sarah talks with NY Times Best-Selling author Gretchen Rubin about why she decided to research happiness, why rewards are not good for habit changing, the difficulty in manufacturing a lightning bolt habit change, and how your personality affects your ability to change your behavior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:10.9

Welcome to that's what she said conversations with interesting people from the world sports music comedy and more

0:17.1

Talk about their lives careers successes and failures my name is Gretchen Rubin and my dilemma is that from my earliest childhood

0:25.4

I have been a hair twister

0:27.4

I I have a nervous habit I twist my hair and I finally decided that I want to stop twisting my hair

0:34.2

But I love twisting my hair and it's hard to stop

0:38.2

Okay, so knowing that it's causing hair loss should make you want to stop because of vanity alone

0:42.6

And I am learning this as women age their hair thins naturally

0:45.6

So you do not want to expedite that process by trolling your hair

0:49.0

You'll have to be like Brian or lacquer and go for some boxy bald dude who looks like you could beat up a truck

0:53.9

Just suburban neighbor guy who comes over to borrow your weed whacker

0:56.8

So no if for no other reason stop yourself before you're at a restore or Rogaine level loss

1:03.4

It is we've learned previously on this podcast knowing isn't in fact half the battle

1:07.9

So you clearly haven't stopped despite understanding how it might affect the lusciousness of your locks

1:12.4

So that means we need another approach here. Let's get practical

1:15.6

Maybe we'll use one of your tools since you're an upholder a trait will get into later in this pod

1:20.2

You not only care about being accountable to others

1:22.5

But to yourself as well, which means you'll stick to this even if no one is watching or keeping you honest

1:27.9

Pairing is another tool you use so assign another task that you have to do

1:33.0

Instead every time you're tempted to troll your hair say meditate or save the alphabet in your head backwards or wear a thread

1:40.8

Brace it on your wrist and twist that instead

1:44.1

Better yet every time you're tempted to troll your hair google restore and stare at Brian or lacquer's before and after photos until you're scared straight

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