Podcast Episodes

Ep. 234: Try the SLANT Approach to Listen Better and How to Deal with a Sweetheart’s Unenthusiastic Support

Episode 234

Try the SLANT approach to help yourself listen and learn more effectively, an easy way to do a happiness-boosting good deed, and how to deal with a sweetheart who responds very unenthusiastically to …

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Little Happier: What Friendships Tend to Stick? An Observation from Game of Thrones

In an interview, Game of Thrones’s John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) makes an important observation about relationships: hard times make strong friends.

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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Ep. 233: Get Rid of Your Wart (Literal and Metaphorical) and Connect Better with Friends

Episode 233

Get rid of your wart, an internet-related hack (is it just me?), and a question to help you figure out how to connect better with other people.

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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Little Happier: Churchill’s Life Proves that We Can’t Know What’s Good or Bad Luck

Winston Churchill reflects on his eventful life, and how impossible it was for him to discern what was good luck and what was bad luck.

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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Ep. 232: Remember to Consider the Company that Someone Keeps

Episode 232

When entering into a relationship, consider a person’s existing relationships, how to deal with podcast overload, and like Gloria Vanderbilt, do you have a “rage to live?”

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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Little Happier: Winston Churchill and “Game of Thrones” Illustrate the Same Observation About Power

Winston Churchill and Games of Thrones’s Lady Olenna illustrate the same point: when confronting a powerful and lawless foe, imagination matters.

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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Ep. 231: Choose Your TV Theme Song

Episode 231

Choose your TV theme song; listeners give many suggestions about dealing with getting laid off; why you should wear a new item immediately; and Elizabeth discusses the happiness of humidity.

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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Little Happier: “If He’ll Do It For You, He’ll Do It to You”: My Daughter and Father Hit on the Same Truth

My daughter and my father hit on the same truth about dealing with people who play favorites: “If they’ll do it for you, they’ll do it to you.”

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Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Ep. 230: Happier Podcast Book Club: Lisa Brennan-Jobs Reflects on Growing Up as Steve Jobs’s Daughter in “Small Fry”

Episode 230

For our second Happier Podcast Book Club, we talk to Lisa Brennan-Jobs about the role of family, love, and identity in her acclaimed memoir Small Fry.

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Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

Little Happier: How the Gift of a Dollhouse Illustrates the Philosophy of Bertrand Russell

In giving the gift of a dollhouse, these loving grandparents illustrate a point argued by philosopher Bertrand Russsell: “To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happine…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago