{"podcast":{"title":"Happier with Gretchen Rubin","slug":"happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423","podcast_index_feed_id":392423,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LEME9795629446","website_url":"http://www.gretchenrubin.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/11090902-34f4-11f1-9856-0fdbaed12bcd/image/1495097cdf12014a8e117d03e8495d1d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Lemonada Media","episode_count":1342,"summary":"Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen’s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:20:14.289296+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423"},"episode":{"title":"More Happier: Do You Expect Too Much? Plus, How to Finish an Important Project","slug":"more-happier-do-you-expect-too-much-plus-how-to-finish-an-important-project","published_at":"2026-03-21T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423/more-happier-do-you-expect-too-much-plus-how-to-finish-an-important-project","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/more-happier-do-you-expect-too-much-plus-how-to-finish-an-important-project","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/491/traffic.megaphone.fm/LEME7090857362.mp3","summary":"We discuss whether we might be expecting too much these days from the workplace, from marriage, from schools, from family. We also talk about the challenge of tackling a big project—and actually getting it done. Resources & links related to this episode: Listen to the Since You Asked podcast here Listen to my new Audible original, Get It Done: How to Complete Your Dream Project Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"We discuss whether we might be expecting too much these days from the workplace, from marriage, from schools, from family. We also talk about the challeng…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1674,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423/episodes/more-happier-do-you-expect-too-much-plus-how-to-finish-an-important-project/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423/more-happier-do-you-expect-too-much-plus-how-to-finish-an-important-project.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}