Podcast Episodes

Ep. 224: Design Your Summer (Again)

Episode 224

Design your summer, manage the challenge of making transitions throughout the day, and why “the stewing is worse than the doing.”

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Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

Little Happier: This Book Changed the Way I See the World.

Christopher Alexander’s book “A Pattern Language” changed the way I see the world; sometimes, at least in my case, it’s only through words that I can learn to see more clearly.

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Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

Ep. 223: Step Off a Cliff

Episode 223

Why you should step off a cliff, an interview with writer Ross Gay, and the fun of making the opposite of a to-do list.

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Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

Little Happier: Why Did Dolly Parton Identify More with Barbara Walters than Barbara Walters Identified with Her?

My fascination with Dolly Parton continues, and her answer to Barbara Walters in a 1977 interview is a good example of why we shouldn’t under-estimate people who are different from us.

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Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

Ep. 222: Go Someplace Alone

Episode 222

Why you might choose to go someplace alone, how to have a good conversation with a child, and listener suggests an easy, clever hack for remembering to bring items.

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Published on 6 years, 6 months ago

Little Happier: One of the Greatest Luxuries? The Luxury of Giving a Gift.

In Sydney Taylor’s wonderful children’s book “All-of-a-Kind Family,” the girls’ father saw a way to give them a true luxury: the luxury of giving him a gift.

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Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

Bonus episode: Game of Thrones! Gretchen and Elizabeth Discuss and Speculate Before the Show’s Finale.

Is Arya Stark a Rebel? Will Cersei Lannister manage to keep the Iron Throne? And how about that coffee cup! On this special short bonus episode, Gretchen and Elizabeth discuss, debate, and speculate …

Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

Ep. 221: Do You Yearn for a Re-Set?

Episode 221

Do you yearn for a re-set, how to look better in photographs, and using voice-to-text to make it easier to take notes. And announcing our next Book Club Choice: “Small Fry” by Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

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Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

Little Happier: Julia Child Makes a Profound Observation about Life in the Midst of Flipping a Potato

On her iconic 1960’s TV show, Julia Child drops a profound truth about human nature, in the middle of trying to flip a potato.

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Published on 6 years, 7 months ago

Ep. 220: Why We Should Deal with Something Negative Right Away

Episode 220

Deal with something negative right away, switch to electronic boarding passes if you still use paper, and a Four Tendencies break-down of the “Game of Thrones” characters.

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Published on 6 years, 7 months ago