S11 EP20 How to Be Happy and Still Be You with Special Guest Gretchen Rubin

What is happiness to you? And does knowing what itis mean you
have control over it? These questions are quite personal and not
so easily answered. We want to thank today’s guest, Gretchen
Rubin, for sharing her wisdom on the elusive topic of happiness.
Gretchen is an extremely distinguished author, speaker, and
founder of The Happiness Project. So she knows a thing or two
about happiness! Oh, and she hosts a wildly successful podcast
with her sister too. We love that!


In today’s episode, we dive head first into happiness with
Gretchen. Want to know how to be as happy as you can be, given
who YOU are? If you feel like being unhappy is your default
setting or if you have ever asked yourself, “Was I born this
way?” this episode is for you. Do you want to know what your
natural tendency is, and why you act the way you do? Knowing who
you are will help you get a better understanding of your own
happiness. Want to know how to survive change and loneliness?
Don’t we all? Tune in to hear Gretchen’s invaluable tips. We’ll
start you off with this one: you don’t need to change. There’s
nothing wrong with you! xoxo


Gretchen’s links:


Happier with Gretchen RubinPodcast


Website


Newsletter


Quizzes


(00:00:00) Welcome Gretchen Rubin to the podcast.


(00:05:00) Gretchen’s beginnings and journey from law student to
happiness expert.


(00:09:27) What IS happiness anyways? Can we define it?


(00:14:50) Can you control our own happiness? What if bad stuff
happens?


(00:19:23) Gretchen bestsellers: “Better Than Before” and “The
Four Tendencies” 


(00:27:10) Why you shouldn’t fight your fundamental natural
tendency.


(00:36:09) Why we need to know ourselves for better communication
and how not to judge others but see them.


(00:41:34) Change is hard. Her transition from empty nest to open
door.


(00:50:48) Is being unhappy a default human setting?


(00:58:48) Do we need hobbies to be happy?


(00:00:00) Where to find and hear more from Gretchen Rubin.



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