Podcast Episodes

More Happier: For Travel, Familiarity or Novelty? Plus a Flossing Hack & the Pleasure of Routine

We explore whether it's better to seek out new experiences or enjoy familiar favorites when traveling. Plus, we share a surprising hack about alterna…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Ep. 552: Start Your 100-Day Countdown, Try Substack & the Power of Engaging

Episode 522

There are about 100 days left in the year, and we discuss why starting your 100-day countdown can make you happier. We also explore a hack that will …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Little Happier: A Surprising and Subtle Way to Change Your Habits: Consider Texas

Texas’s extremely successful anti-littering campaign illustrates an important principle about habit change: Sometimes changing our habits requires us…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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More Happier: Returning to Routine? 7 Strategies to Make it Easier [Revisited]

Feeling the end-of-summer slump? In this revisited episode, we share 7 practical strategies that can help you rebuild your routine for fall—especiall…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Ep. 551: Question Assumptions, College Drop-Off Hacks & Rebelling Against an Unappreciative Family

Episode 551

We talk about why it can be very valuable to question our assumptions, and we also share hacks for helping a child moving into a college dorm.  Plus …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Little Happier: Why Is Making Partner in a Law Firm Like Winning a Pie-Eating Contest?

A teaching joke from the legal world captures an important lesson: Sometimes the reward for an achievement is simply a bigger helping of the same cha…

6 months ago

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More Happier: Listen In! Recording from Our Reading Retreat (and Closet Clearing)

During our recent Reading Retreat 2025, we made voice memos to record our sisterly adventure. We talk about our reading, plus we also report on the e…

6 months ago

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Ep. 550: Very Special Episode: Now Is the Time to Tackle That One, Big, Hard Thing

Episode 550

Sometimes, to be happier, we need to confront one enormous, daunting goal that we would really prefer to avoid. We discuss what those kinds of intimi…

6 months ago

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Little Happier: Sometimes, Life Feels Like Art. Recently I Felt Like Reciting Poetry to a Crowd

Sometimes life achieves the formal perfection of art, or a moment can seem so transcendent that only art can allow us to express what we feel.

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6 months, 1 week ago

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More Happier: Get Ready for Fall in Just 30 Minutes [Revisited]

Clear the Decks! We revisit one of our most popular episodes to help you prepare for the return to routine after summer—or anytime you’re gearing up …

6 months, 1 week ago

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