Little Happier: Does a Teddy Bear Comfort You, Even Now?

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Author John Green’s reflection on the moment when he realized that he was no longer comforted by his teddy bear is a reminder that although we do outgrow much of the comfort we get from a warm, soft teddy bear, perhaps we don’t wholly outgrow it. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.2	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is A Little Happier.
0:33.3	I'm working on a book about the five senses.
0:35.6	About how our five senses can help us feel the vitality and connection we create.
0:41.0	And as part of that investigation, I've been thinking a lot about the sense of touch
0:45.7	and how we sometimes can reach out with our hands to a texture that can give us comfort and
0:51.4	reassurance. Children have their beloved stuffed animals and blankets, and so do adults.
0:58.4	For instance, my own sister, Elizabeth, the co-host of the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast,
1:03.6	has her blankie. She still sleeps with her blankie today and says that in an emergency,
1:09.9	after her family, she'd grab her blankie. A friend told me, my aunt works in palliative care,
1:17.0	and she told me they recently put in a big order for light, cuddly blankets. They realized it was
1:22.4	really comforting for people to have something soft and warm to hold on to.
1:27.2	Because I've been thinking about the sense of touch, I was very struck by a passage from the
1:31.6	essay, Teddy Bears, in John Green's collection, The Answer Pocene Reviewed. John Green is the
1:38.4	author of novels such as The Fault in Our Stars, and with his brother Hank, host of the YouTube
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