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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

More Happier: What It’s Like to Uncover a Family Secret, the Value of Refurbishing Your Office, and Maj-Jongg

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

With author and friend Dani Shapiro as our guest host, we talk about her experience of uncovering an old family secret, as well as the value of writing as a way to gain self-knowledge. Plus the fun of mah-jongg, anniversary parties, and more. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft on Instagram @GretchenRubin on TikTok and YouTube Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available for pre-order. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.  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— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

This show is brought to you by BetterHelp.

0:03.4

One thing we talk about on the podcast all the time is the importance of knowing ourselves.

0:08.7

You think, oh, it's easy to know yourself.

0:10.9

You just hang out with yourself all day long, but it's actually very difficult.

0:14.9

That's one reason that people find therapy to be so helpful because it really gives us

0:19.7

insight into ourselves.

0:21.7

Yeah, I've done therapy, Gretchen, and it has helped me so much.

0:25.6

Just know why I'm doing things.

0:27.7

And if I want to change what I'm doing, I can change it.

0:30.5

I love therapy.

0:32.1

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0:35.4

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0:41.9

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0:45.6

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0:49.2

Discover your potential with BetterHelp.

0:51.5

Visit betterhelp.com slash Gretchen Rubin today to get 10% off your first month.

0:57.6

That's BetterHelpHELP.com slash Gretchen Rubin.

1:17.6

Hello, and we are here for more Happy Year, a podcast where we get more happier.

1:22.6

Hey, Elizabeth.

1:23.6

Hi, Gretchen.

1:24.6

Hi, Elizabeth.

1:25.6

Hi.

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