In this episode, Liz and Sarah share the (surprisingly strong!) listener reactions to the IgG food test that led to Sarah going gluten-free. Then they invite Happier’s Gretchen Rubin (also known as Liz’s big sister) to help them solve the age-old writer problem: How do I get myself to write? Gretchen breaks down her trademark Four Tendencies and explains how understanding your tendency can help you achieve your goals. Liz and Sarah debate the merits of plastic surgery and Liz reveals a secret that even her husband doesn’t know. They also share a life-saving Hollywood Hack — have an emergency kit! — and reveal their latest celebrity sightings.
*Note: This episode has an explicit rating.
Links and resources we mention:
- Gretchen Rubin’s site: http://gretchenrubin.com/
- Follow Gretchen on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
- Red Cross Emergency Kits
- The Four Tendencies Quiz
- Ethan Embry IMDb
- Baron Vaughn IMDb
- Amazon Duffle
- List of Emergency Supplies
- Grace and Frankie
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For emergency kits and go bags – don’t forget to think of your pets and of needed medicines. And, if you have a distributed family: establish a communication plan.
Yes! So important!
Hi! I’m loving your Podcast–I’m also a huge fan of Liz and Gretchen’s Happier podcast too. I love Happier in Hollywood because it gives me a glimpse into the Hollywood lifestyle, and also I’m a writer so I love all the writing tips…. except I don’t really like the accountability tip for Obligers. I’m a self-identified Obliger myself, and I just don’t think it works to have someone hound after you to write, even if you pay money. Gretchen’s epiphany moment of Obliger tendencies goes like this: when a woman was on the track team, she ran every day, but she couldn’t get herself to run by herself. Do you see the difference between running with someone and having an accountability coach keeping tabs on you? Also, Sarah mentioned that her “accountability coach” can’t be someone close to you because they’ll let you off the hook. I think the solution is not to have someone keep tabs on you and ask you AFTER the fact if you wrote or not. What works is getting an accountability partner or a writing group that writes WITH you. As Obligers, we won’t show up at a coffee shop, or even at our writing desk for ourselves. Or at least I won’t anyway. If I ask a friend or my writing teacher to keep tabs on me, it still doesn’t work–I feel guilty for not doing it, but I still don’t do. But what works is doing the work with someone. If you can’t find someone to write with you, at least check in with them. Say, “okay Stacey, I have an appointment with myself at 11am at this cafe. When I get there, I’ll text you. If I don’t text you, you have permission to ask me about it.” This way, if I do get to the cafe, I get to a little boost from my friend. If I don’t make it, it’s immediate and I can change it right then. I really, really feel like it’s about timing. If you review your week with someone and think, I didn’t do it, there’s nothing to be done. You have to be caught at the moment when you can actually get the writing done! Okay, enough procrastinating for me… must get back to writing….
Good points– and kind of sums up perfectly why being writing partner works for us!
Catching up on the podcast–having Gretchen on talking about writing finally convinced me that I really am a Rebel. I’ve taken the quiz and always disagreed with it–I thought I was an Upholder, because I feel self-motivated to meet personal deadlines and also respond well to deadlines from editors, etc. (And I think I had the idea that a Rebel was someone who was disagreeable or did exciting things that I think of as rebellious–I’m really quite boring!) But as soon as she was describing someone who hates doing the fussy formatting and going to meeting and wants to turn things in so that they can have more opportunities to be creative, I thought, I AM a Rebel! I meet deadlines because I think of myself as someone who meets deadlines, and wants to get more work. Thanks so much–now I’ll be better about harnessing my true tendency! Love the podcast!