In honor of No-Spend February, we talk about why it’s a good time to turn in your coins and to use up your gift cards. We also talk about the juggler vs. aerialist distinction, and how the Four Tendencies framework can illuminate an experience of family estrangement. 

Resources & links related to this episode:
Coinstar
Wall Street Journal article by therapist Rachel Glik
Elizabeth is reading: Strangers by Belle Burden (Amazon, Bookshop) 
Gretchen is reading: Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov (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. 

In honor of No-Spend February, we talk about why it&rsquo;s a good time to turn in your coins and to use up your gift cards. We also talk about the juggler vs. aerialist distinction, and how the Four Tendencies framework can illuminate an experience of family estrangement.&nbsp;
Resources &amp; links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.coinstar.com/">Coinstar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/what-i-tell-mothers-who-feel-rejected-by-their-adult-children-25568b8d?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqdatRMsaYtdFEotmlDyG17N5w_W5hpfhnD4kKtxSZ2vDnWT6q_xxnweHMxkZQs%3D&amp;gaa_ts=696f6359&amp;gaa_sig=qaytYkIDPUlt6uhss1jLjS77K6jfdBYg9ZBEjMmLz-FctPq7djj0VDw4RAEXSHrq7c3ne1rmJV6g6GpOhG5m3Q%3D%3D">Wall Street Journal article by therapist Rachel Glik</a></li>
<li>Elizabeth is reading: Strangers by Belle Burden&nbsp;(<a href="https://amzn.to/3NAkbWN">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780593733318">Bookshop</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Gretchen is reading: Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov&nbsp;(<a href="https://amzn.to/3LLGIiU">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780679723417">Bookshop</a>)&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
 Get in touch: <a href="mailto:podcast@gretchenrubin.com">podcast@gretchenrubin.com</a>
Visit<a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/">&nbsp;Gretchen's website</a>&nbsp;to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the&nbsp;Happier&nbsp;app.
Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.&nbsp;

Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen’s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully. 

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Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen&rsquo;s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully.&nbsp;
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