Episodios sobre "Family"
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Be a "Perfect Moment-Creator" for Your Family
I’ve been wildly blessed with many mentors in my life, from a brilliant judge who shaped my character through his fine example during my 20s …
Little Happier: It’s a Lot of Work to Make Friendly Gestures, But We All Have to Try.
Whenever I think about the work that it takes to try to be friendly, I remember a funny story from my daughter’s childhood. Get in …
Little Happier: A Question That Seemed to Make No Sense Was in Fact a Declaration of Love
Sometimes, gestures of love don’t look the way we expect. I found it wonderful to think that, many years after this time has passed, the …
Little Happier: Some of My Favorite Proverbs About Parenthood.
I love aphorisms, proverbs, true rules, and Secrets of Adulthood, and I offer some of my favorite proverbs for parenthood.Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; [email protected] in …
What Rich Really Means
There are two types of income: external [money and title] and internal [pride in doing great work and pursuing mastery]. The ordinary chase the first. …
Moving Forward with my sister Sara
Twenty years ago my sister and our family suffered a tragedy that we don’t talk about very often. She wanted to talk about it with …
Little Happier: What Can You Do When You Live in a Crowded, Messy, Noisy House?
In a traditional Yiddish folk tale, a farmer complains about his crowded, noisy house—and his wise rabbi gives him a surprising solution.Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; …
Little Happier: The More We Talk to Someone, the More We Have to Say.
In Karl Ove Knausgaard’s autobiographical novel My Struggle: Book Six, he reflects on the counter-intuitive truth that the more we talk to people, the more …
Little Happier: “I Love You as Much as the Salt in My Soup.”
NOTE: This episode was recorded before the COVID-19 situation took hold. Given the rapidly changing situation, it may be jarring to hear me ignore it—and …
Little Happier: You Can’t Protect Yourself from the Pigeon That’s Flying Overhead.
A funny episode from a long-ago family vacation is a great reminder that we can take all possible precautions, but we can’t protect ourselves from …
Little: You Will Say Good-Bye to Your Child Many Times
I’ve never forgotten the words of the pre-school director who told me, “This is the first of many times that you will say good-by to …
Little: We’ve Had Our Dog Barnaby Always
Here’s the thing about love: it’s easy to see how it stretches into the future, but the funny thing is, it also changes the past. …