More Happier: Do you “Get to” or do you “Have to?”

We discuss the happiness of a trip with old friends, a way to reframe the task of taking our pills, and a surprising fact about GLP-1s.

Episode highlights

• Something Making Us Happier—Say “I’ve made this plan, come if you can,” & reframe prescriptions as “I’m lucky to live when my health issues can be fixed,” not “I have to take lots of pills”[00:00]

• I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You: Perfume sales and GLP-1s[00:00]

• Spotlight on a Tool—Find the full collection of Darker Secrets of Adulthood: Uncomfortable Truths for Our Complex Lives on Substack [00:00]

Mentioned in this Episode

• NYT: “Rise of GLP-1s Leaves Food Industry Holding Party-Size Bag” [Insert Link]

• Secrets of Adulthood (Gretchen’s Substack, including the Darker Secrets of Adulthood collection, Oct 21) [Insert Link]

• Secrets of Adulthood book [Insert Link]

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