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Little Happier: Both My Parents Made the Same Observation about Queen Elizabeth II.
I was surprised when both my parents commented on Queen Elizabeth II’s decision to direct the Royal Family to wear mourning clothes (instead of tradi…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 334: Happier Podcast Book Club: Writer and Musician Michelle Zauner Talks about Family, Identity, and Food in Her Memoir “Crying in H Mart”
Episode 334
We talk to Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast about her compelling memoir “Crying in H Mart.”
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5 years, 3 months ago
Little Happier: Sometimes We Lash Out in Anger When In Fact We’re Feeling a Very Different Emotion
A poignant scene from Meredith Hall’s novel Beneficence, where a husband and father speaks with harsh words to deny his regrets, reminds me to show m…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 333: We Review Our One-Word Theme for the Year, Suggest a Hot-Weather Hack, and Discuss the Power of Plants with Michael Pollan
Episode 333
The year 2021 has hit the midway point, so we review our one-word themes to evaluate how we’re doing. We also suggest a hack for dealing with hot sum…
5 years, 3 months ago
Little Happier: Sometimes, When We Understand Someone’s Perspective, Our Anger Fades
Sometimes, understanding someone else’s point of view allows our anger to fade. When writer Julie Lythcott-Haims understood that her mother’s definit…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 332: We Review Our “21 for 2021” Lists to Consider What We’ve Done (or Not) and Discuss a Happiness Hack for Managing Anxiety.
Episode 332
The year is hitting the half-way mark, so we review our “21 for 2021” lists to mark our progress (and lack of progress). We also review a hack for cl…
5 years, 4 months ago
Little Happier: Novelist Amy Tan Didn’t Ask Her Unnamed Goddess for Good Reviews, But for Something Else.
Novelist Amy Tan recounts that as she was writing her second book, she prayed to unnamed goddess that she “be able to write the best book I could, an…
5 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 331: Give Yourself a Prop to Hold, Ways to Maintain Healthy Habits as Ordinary Routines Resume, and Hack for Little Kids and Chores
Episode 331
We talk about why you might give yourself a prop to hold, discuss a friend’s hack for helping little kids to be independent, and explore a listener q…
5 years, 4 months ago
Little Happier: Why Is It So Hard to See and Hear the World from Someone Else’s Perspective?
Despite all good intentions, an accomplished architect built a house with lousy acoustics, even though the owner—the writer Ved Mehta, who was blind-…
5 years, 4 months ago
EP. 330: Very Special Episode: Best Advice for Recent College Graduates, for Career, Finance, Roommates, and a Warning About Drift
Episode 330
Listeners contributed their best advice for people graduating from college, in areas including job search, finances, roommates, and life, and we also…
5 years, 4 months ago