Little Happier: Sometimes, When We Understand Someone’s Perspective, Our Anger Fades

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Sometimes, understanding someone else’s point of view allows our anger to fade. When writer Julie Lythcott-Haims understood that her mother’s definition of a “visit” differed from her definition of a “visit,” her resentment faded and her empathy grew. 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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0:28.3	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:31.9	In episode 321 of The Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast,
0:35.8	Elizabeth and I interviewed writer and educator Julie Lyscott-Hames
0:39.7	about her new book, Your Turn, How to Be an Adult.
0:44.0	I read that book several weeks ago and it includes a story that I keep returning to in my mind
0:49.5	and thinking about.
0:51.3	That's because the story that Julie Lyscott-Hames relates is a terrific example of the fact
0:57.0	that even when we're experiencing a lot of anger, resentment or frustration toward another person,
1:04.0	sometimes when we're able to see things from that person's perspective,
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