Little Happier: During the Covid Lockdown, a Mother Found the Right Thing to Say

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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When her daughter was feeling dejected about all the things she was missing during the Covid lockdown, a friend was able to find the right words to comfort her. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; podcast@gretchenrubin.com Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors Want to be happier in 2022? Order Gretchen Rubin’s book The Happiness Project to see how she approached the question, “How can I be happier?” and start a Happiness Project of your own. 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.2	the farmersdog.com slash LifeStages23.
0:30.6	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:34.6	We all know the feeling of wanting to respond to someone's sorrow, anger or frustration
0:39.3	with words that can help them feel understood and comforted.
0:43.4	I love finding examples of when people knew the right thing to say.
0:47.4	And I heard an example recently from a friend about a conversation she'd had a few years
0:52.5	ago.
0:53.8	Her daughter was in college where she majored in history and she'd always loved history
0:57.6	even as a child.
0:59.3	So this daughter was in college and COVID hits and she's sent home.
1:04.5	She's doing her classes remotely.
1:06.6	She's feeling isolated.
1:08.4	She's sad because of all the college experiences that she's missing.
1:12.7	My friend, her mother, was trying to give words of comfort.
1:16.0	But it's hard, right?
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