More Happier: What Can the Real Housewives Teach Us About Hope? Plus the New Hollywood Trend

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

We discuss the Real Housewives and their lessons in time, hope, and perseverance. Plus we explore a new trend sweeping the world of Hollywood, and a hack for spring cleaning. Resources & links related to this episode: Join My Color Pilgrimage on Substack Check out the Declutter Scavenger Hunt I created with Clutterbug Mating by Norman Rush (Amazon, Bookshop) Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, we're here for more happier, a podcast where we get happier.
0:16.3	It is the weekend.
0:17.8	We are kicking back.
0:19.2	It's a looser vibe.
0:20.6	Hey, Elizabeth. Hi, Grudge. Today we'll talk about what the real house We are kicking back. It's a looser vibe. Hey, Elizabeth. Hi, Gretch. Today we'll talk about
0:23.5	what the real housewives can show us about the nature of life and we'll explore a trend that is
0:29.9	hitting Hollywood. But first, something making us happier. Elizabeth, what's making you happier?
0:34.9	Well, Gretz, it is spring break season. Jack is on spring break, and that is
0:39.2	making me happier. It's just so nice to have a break in sort of the grind of getting up, making
0:46.7	breakfast, getting out the door, driving to school. Jack's school is a lot of traffic away from us.
0:54.0	It's only four miles, but there is a lot of traffic, and it's just a fight every day to get there.
0:59.9	So I'm just enjoying that break.
1:02.8	Right.
1:03.1	Oh, yeah.
1:03.7	That's just a lovely feeling.
1:05.8	Yeah, school break.
1:06.9	Love it.
1:07.3	How about you?
1:08.0	What's making you more happier?
1:09.5	Okay, so this is something that I want to stop
1:11.8	taking for granted, which is the first cup of coffee in the morning. So I drink tons of coffee. I drink
1:17.8	throughout the day, but there is something special about the first cup of coffee. And often I feel like
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