We talk to the brilliant Suzy Welch about her new book, “Becoming You,” and her Values Bridge quiz which can tells us how we rank fifteen core values—and we explore why knowing our values is such a key element to creating happier lives.

Resources & links related to this episode:
Becoming You by Suzy Welch (Amazon, Bookshop)
"The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver
The Values Bridge quiz 
The Four Tendencies quiz
List of some of my favorite graduation books 


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. 

We talk to the brilliant Suzy Welch about her new book, &ldquo;Becoming You,&rdquo; and her Values Bridge quiz which can tells us how we rank fifteen core values&mdash;and we explore why knowing our values is such a key element to creating happier lives.
Resources &amp; links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li>Becoming You by Suzy Welch (<a href="https://amzn.to/3GKTDP8">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780063418608">Bookshop</a>)</li>
<li>"<a href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/15374240-The-summer-day-by-Mary-J-Oliver">The Summer Day</a>" by Mary Oliver</li>
<li><a href="https://thevaluesbridge.com/">The Values Bridge</a> quiz&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/four-tendencies/">The Four Tendencies quiz</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/uncategorized/gretchen-rubins-recommendations-book-gifts-for-grads/">List of some of my favorite graduation books</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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More Happier: How Do We Know Ourselves and Our Values? A Short Quiz Reveals So Much  

In honor of our “Steel” anniversary, we share some of our favorite suggestions, insights, hacks, and highlights from the previous year.

Resources & links related to this episode:
Listen to my Audible Original Get It Done
Very Special Episode 540 on Whimsy 
Design Your Summer 
Simon Haisell's Footnotes and Tangents newsletter
Understanding Obliger-Rebellion
How to Question a Questioner
Solving Rebel Resistance to Something Desirable
Electric throw blanket
Accountability Hacks
Parenting Hacks
Our Father’s Obituary - Little Happier 
Secrets of Adulthood
Talking to Liz Gilbert about All the Way to the River
College drop-off hacks
The Since You Asked podcast 
Very Special Episode "What secrets your therapist wish they could tell you"
Happier in Hollywood Substack 
Secrets of Adulthood Substack
Elizabeth is reading: The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg (Amazon, Bookshop) 
Gretchen is reading: Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt (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 our &ldquo;Steel&rdquo; anniversary, we share some of our favorite suggestions, insights, hacks, and highlights from the previous year.
Resources &amp; links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://audible.com/getitdone">Listen to my Audible Original Get It Done</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/very-special-episode-treasure-trove-of-easy-ideas-to-add-whimsy-to-daily-life/">Very Special Episode 540 on Whimsy</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/design-your-summer-comfort-vs-adventure-amp-friendship-burnout/">Design Your Summer </a></li>
<li>Simon Haisell's <a href="https://footnotesandtangents.substack.com/">Footnotes and Tangents</a> newsletter</li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/point-to-your-ugliest-thing-use-photos-to-save-memories-understand-obliger-rebellion/">Understanding Obliger-Rebellion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/schedule-a-saturday-synch-up-lessons-about-getting-a-new-dog-how-to-question-a-questioner/">How to Question a Questioner</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-surprising-fun-solving-rebel-resistance-to-something-desirable/">Solving Rebel Resistance to Something Desirable</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/4kPAcoe">Electric throw blanket</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/do-you-ever-think-this-is-not-good-i-could-do-this-better-plus-accountability-hacks/">Accountability Hacks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/try-these-parenting-hacks-from-listeners-manage-your-own-worry-an-easy-packing-hack/">Parenting Hacks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/a-little-happier-after-my-beloved-father-died-my-mother-sister-and-i-wrote-this-obituary/">Our Father&rsquo;s Obituary - Little Happier&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/books/secrets-of-adulthood/">Secrets of Adulthood</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/happier-book-club-liz-gilbert-talks-about-love-addiction-grief-in-all-the-way-to-the-river/">Talking to Liz Gilbert about All the Way to the River</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/question-assumptions-college-drop-off-hacks-rebelling-against-an-unappreciative-family/">College drop-off hacks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thesinceyouaskedpodcast.com/">The Since You Asked podcast&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/very-special-episode-what-secrets-does-your-therapist-wish-they-could-tell-you/">Very Special Episode "What secrets your therapist wish they could tell you"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com/">Happier in Hollywood Substack</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="http://secretsofadulthood.substack.com/">Secrets of Adulthood Substack</a></li>
<li>Elizabeth is reading: The All-Girl Filling Station&rsquo;s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg&nbsp;(<a href="https://amzn.to/478oQWK">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9780812977172">Bookshop</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Gretchen is reading: Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt&nbsp;(<a href="https://amzn.to/4kSKK6e">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15926/9781442428782">Bookshop</a>)</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;

Ep. 575: Our 11th Anniversary! Favorite Moments from the Past Year

I learned something surprising in law school: To a great extent, we can’t be forced to follow the law; we must decide to follow the law.

Resources & links related to this episode:



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. 

I learned something surprising in law school: To a great extent, we can&rsquo;t be forced to follow the law; we must decide to follow the law.
Resources &amp; links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li></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;

A Little Happier: A Very Surprising Truth that I Learned in Law School

For many people, money is a source of anxiety and guilt. In this Roundtable conversation, we explore why the subject of money is so challenging, and also the small, realistic changes that can make money management feel easier.

Resources & links related to this episode:
Mrs. Dow Jones
Reema Khrais


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. 

 

For many people, money is a source of anxiety and guilt. In this Roundtable conversation, we explore why the subject of money is so challenging, and also the small, realistic changes that can make money management feel easier.
Resources &amp; links related to this episode:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.mrsdowjones.com/">Mrs. Dow Jones</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-uncomfortable/id1466681015">Reema Khrais</a></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;
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