Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Ep. 296: Establish Your Personal Policy, a Reading Hack, a Deep Dive into Listeners’ Hidden Delights, and a Demerit That’s Common These Days
Episode 296
We discuss why you might want to establish your personal policy, I share a reading hack, we take a deep dive into listeners’ hidden delights, and Eli…
6 years ago
Little Happier: Building More Roads Won’t Relieve Traffic—Literally and Figuratively.
Despite urban planner Robert Moses’s attempts to relieve congestion on New York City’s road, the traffic just got worse. The lesson of “induced trave…
6 years ago
Ep. 295: Do Something Familiar in a New Way, an Easy Hack to Control Snacking, and a Conversation with Al Roker About Work and Life
Episode 295
We talk about why we should do something familiar in a new way, share a hack from a listener that makes it easier to control impulse snacking, and ha…
6 years ago
Little Happier: On My Wedding Anniversary, It Makes Me Happy to Remember What a Nurse Said.
Jamie is the love of my life! I want to treat him that way, and so often, really, I don’t. But I try. It makes me happy to remember a time when, from…
6 years ago
Ep. 294: Imitate a Spiritual Master, a Hack for Toddlers, and a Conversation with Glennon Doyle About “Untamed.”
Episode 294
We talk about why you might imitate a spiritual master, discuss a listener’s hack for keeping a toddler safe, and talk to bestselling author Glennon …
6 years ago
Little Happier: Why You Should Never Knit Your Boyfriend a Sweater.
A college friend advised me, “Never knit your boyfriend a sweater,” and that’s turned out to be very wise advice.
Join my brand-new Outer Order Inner …
6 years ago
Ep. 293: Anticipate Pandemic Regret, an Easy Household Hack, and a Deep Dive into Getting Kids to Eat Vegetables
Episode 293
We talk about why now is a good time to anticipate the pandemic regret you might feel in the future; we discuss a simple, effective, household hack a…
6 years ago
Little Happier: How Douglas Adams—Author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”—Gave Himself Confidence.
Teachers have enormous influence over our fates and our imaginations. Even a hugely bestselling writer like Douglas Adams took comfort in the words o…
6 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 292: Create a Hidden Delight, a Hack to Encourage Exercising, and a Discussion about Accepting Something as a Gift vs. Paying for It.
Episode 292
We talk about why you might want to create a hidden delight, a listener suggests a hack for using clothes as a way to stick to an exercise habit, and…
6 years, 1 month ago
Little Happier: Sometimes, To Do a Simple Thing We Must Make a Huge Change.
The Oracle of Delphi told the people of Delos that they’d cure their present ills if they doubled the altar—because to double the altar, they must ch…
6 years, 1 month ago