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Happier with Gretchen RubinMore Happier: Talking Secrets of Adulthood with Shannon WattsIn a recent Secrets of Adulthood Substack Live conversation, I talked to the terrific Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action (the nation’s largest grassroots group fighting gun violence. We discuss insights from her latest book and how we've arrived at several of our own Secrets of Adulthood, including why it’s important to ask yourself whether your life goals are your own or someone else's, the cost of indecision, and when to double-back or double-down. Resources & links related to this episode: Subscribe to Secrets of Adulthood on Substack Playing with Fire by Shannon Watts on Sub...2025-07-0524 min
Firestarters with Shannon WattsShannon Watts and Gretchen Rubin on the secrets of adulthoodWatch the replay of my conversation with Gretchen Rubin, author of “Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives,” for her inaugural Substack Live! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shannonwatts.substack.com/subscribe2025-05-3021 min
Come Full Circle with Shannon!Diving into Habits with Coach ShannonSend us a textWelcome back to Come Full Circle with Shannon! In this episode, we’re diving deep into the power of habits and how they shape our health, energy, and happiness. Whether you’re managing diabetes or just striving for a better life, building intentional habits can help you achieve your goals with more ease and joy.Here’s what you’ll learn:The science behind habits and how they’re formed.How small, consistent actions create big transformations over time.Practical tools and tips to design habits that stick, inspired by bestsellin...2025-01-1019 min
Keep What You EarnBuilding a Marketing Plan You'll Actually Stick To with Lauren TildenLauren Tilden joins me to talk all things marketing strategy and addresses your psychology towards marketing. Personally, I think this episode can be immensely helpful to those of you who not only aren't sure where to start with marketing but also have a hard time being consistent. Lauren shares a number of tips to help streamline your marketing processes but also hold yourself accountable to your marketing strategy, which in turn will drive business growth. Lauren is a marketing coach on a mission to help small business owners have better marketing so they can make a...2023-06-2250 minKeep What You EarnBuilding a Marketing Plan You'll Actually Stick To with Lauren TildenLauren Tilden joins me to talk all things marketing strategy and addresses your psychology towards marketing. Personally, I think this episode can be immensely helpful to those of you who not only aren't sure where to start with marketing but also have a hard time being consistent. Lauren shares a number of tips to help streamline your marketing processes but also hold yourself accountable to your marketing strategy, which in turn will drive business growth. Lauren is a marketing coach on a mission to help small business owners have better marketing so they can make a...2023-06-2250 min
Elevated Frequency: The Green Door Life PodcastTGDL 010 - Self-Care in RelationshipsIn our tenth episode we talk about selfcare outside of a relationship and how it might change inside a relationship.
Intro Description:
How we care for ourselves when we are single.
How to set boundaries in your self care routines.
Surrounding yourself in people that will grow with you.
Links
4 Tendencies book https://www.amazon.com/The-Four-Tendencies-audiobook/dp/B071L426J6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OD4J577HL288&keywords=4+tendencies+gretchen+rubin&qid=1671040995&sprefix=4+ten%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1
4 Tendencies Quiz https://gretchenrubin.com/quiz/the-four-tendencies-quiz/
Timestamps / Bullet Point Summary:
0-1:45 In...2022-12-0839 min
Language & Travel Hacking#87 John Fotheringham on “Anywhere Immersion”Language Mastery creator and author, John Fotheringham, joins Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to discuss “anywhere immersion”, learning difficult languages, and finding the fun in language learning.John has a wealth of experience learning Japanese and Mandarin, which he shares with us in this episode. If you’re interested in learning either of these, or any other “difficult” language, this is the episode for you.Featured ResourcesMaster JapaneseMaster ChineseMentioned in this EpisodeMaster JapaneseMaster ChineseGretchen Rubin’s Four TendenciesTotal Physical ResponseIs Japanese Hard to Learn?5 Steps to Learn Japanese Anywhere in the World...2022-02-2155 min
The Perfect BiteAsian Fusion From VeggiEAT and Cost-Effective Party PlanningIn this third bite, join co-hosts Crystal Price and Shannon Hiller from Clark County Credit Union as they step outside their comfort zones to taste-test VeggiEAT, discuss creating a budget for your party, and mental health tricks to get out of your comfort zone. You’ll learn party supplies that are great bang for the buck, insights from Gretchen Rubin, and how to use the resources in your circle. Learn more at CCCULV.org and check out the financial resources at CUinsight.com To view the full show notes, click here: Episode 32022-01-1218 minThe Perfect BiteAsian Fusion From VeggiEAT and Cost-Effective Party PlanningIn this third bite, join co-hosts Crystal Price and Shannon Hiller from Clark County Credit Union as they step outside their comfort zones to taste-test VeggiEAT, discuss creating a budget for your party, and mental health tricks to get out of your comfort zone. You’ll learn party supplies that are great bang for the buck, insights from Gretchen Rubin, and how to use the resources in your circle. Learn more at CCCULV.org and check out the financial resources at CUinsight.com To view the full show notes, click here: Episode 32022-01-1218 min
RealLife English: Learn and Speak Confident, Natural EnglishBB 7: She speaks 15 languages! How did she do it | Shannon KennedyShannon Kennedy, from eurolinguiste.com, is an American entrepreneur, content creator, language learner and musician based in California. She's a language expert and writer on various language learning platforms, such as Fluent in 3 Months and Drops, where she shares tips and challenges to help learners apply the concepts of minimalism to maximize their efficiency. Shannon is also a professional jazz musician and started studying European languages, such as Spanish, Italian and German while taking her Master's Degree in Musicology. I just am absolutely blown away by Shannon's ability to study 5+ languages simultaneously on top of working, running...2021-07-191h 11
Language & Travel Hacking#18 Kerstin Cable on Slow LearningKerstin Cable from the Fluent Language Blog shares her experience learning English to full fluency as a native German speaker, her method for acquiring new vocabulary and her long-term, slow approach to learning new languages.Featured ResourcesYour Solid Vocab MemoryGerman UncoveredMentioned in this EpisodeThe Fluent ShowThe Four Tendencies by Gretchen RubinGerman UncoveredDuolingoFluentlanguage.co.ukKerstin’s InstagramKerstin’s Youtube channelKerstin’s Twitter accountEpisode OverviewSome of the topics brought up during the interview are:How the bigness of our world inspired Kerstin to learn languagesLearning Englis...2020-10-0552 min
For RealBurnout, Bravery, Happiness and MeaningThis week Alice and Kim talk about beauty pageants, Girl Scouts, '90s nostalgia through essays, and books for Mental Health Month.
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New Books
Troop 6000 by Nikita Stewart
Miss World 1970 by...2020-05-2644 min
Getting to Good EnoughEpisode 40: A/V Club - PodcastsThis week we're debuting the A/V Club, in which Janine and Shannon will periodically talk about things we enjoy watching and/or listening to. This first A/V Club is a discussion of the podcasts we listen to. But first we kick it off with an unrelated anecdote about accidentally eating dog food.
Discussion topics include these podcasts:
• Stand Out (from the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals)
• Generations Cafe (genealogy podcast from Amy Johnson Crow)
• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
• Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
• Happier with Gretchen Rubin (it inspired this podcast!)
• How I Built This
• The Tim Ferris...2019-02-2841 min
Getting to Good EnoughEpisode 40: A/V Club - PodcastsThis week we're debuting the A/V Club, in which Janine and Shannon will periodically talk about things we enjoy watching and/or listening to. This first A/V Club is a discussion of the podcasts we listen to. But first we kick it off with an unrelated anecdote about accidentally eating dog food.
Discussion topics include these podcasts:
• Stand Out (from the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals)
• Generations Cafe (genealogy podcast from Amy Johnson Crow)
• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
• Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
• Happier with Gretchen Rubin (it inspired this podcast!)
• How I Built This
• The Tim Ferris...2019-02-2841 min
The Erik Cabral ShowEP15: Following your compass, help w/ nutrition, stress, & the key to family w/ Shannon RittenhouseShannon Rittenhouse of TruNorth Nutrition discusses her passion for working with professionals on their nutrition and health goals as well as stress management. She puts it best when describing the foundation of TruNorth Nutrition as, “Giving you the guidance of the Northstar to work towards.” She also dives deep into her feelings of failure and the need to prove to herself that set backs aren’t failure when other forces are at play.
The oldest of 4 siblings, Shannon was exposed to business and entrepreneurship at an early age from her father. He instilled a work ethic and drive that became part o...2018-12-091h 18
The Connected Yoga Teacher PodcastGrow Your Yoga Student Base [Part 2] with Shannon Crow050: Grow Your Yoga Base [Part 2] with Shannon Crow Welcome to episode 50! We are so happy that we’ve been able to keep growing and connecting with so many yoga teachers to discuss a wide variety of topics relevant to the yoga teacher career path. The Connected Yoga Teacher podcast and Facebook group has been brought to life by all of your support for one another, your humour and spirited discussions. Thank you for all for your participation and feedback as it has provided much i...2018-02-0550 min
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style173: The Benefits of Having a Mission Statement & How to Create Your Own~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #173 ~Subscribe to The Simple Sophisticate: iTunes | Stitcher | iHeartRadio “To be a teacher. And to be known for inspiring my students to be more than they thought they could be.” —Oprah Winfrey's mission statement The first time I sat down to write my personal mission statement after reading Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, it took some time. I was in my early twenties, and while I had what I thought was a very clear vision, when I had to put it on paper, concretely define my values, I realized this wasn't something I h...2017-09-0421 min
SoulFeed with Shannon AlgeoGretchen Rubin: Build a Happier Life, Break Habits + Increase Self-KnowledgeGretchen Rubin is a New York Times best-selling author of The Happiness Project, Better Than Before, and Happier At Home. In this podcast, Gretchen shares her ongoing research on what makes us HAPPIER in our lives. Her HIT podcast HAPPIER (the #1 Self-Help podcast on iTunes) shares personal, fun, & insightful tools and tips to live a happier life. Stay tuned for the The Four Tendencies... How do you respond to expectations? ... are you an Upholder? a Questioner? an Obliger? a Rebel? Text the word 'GRETCHEN' to 33444 to take Gretchen's quiz to find out your tendency. We...2015-10-0549 min