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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Friendships: Handling Change, Conflict and Finding New Friends

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.714.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Dr Laurie was invited by her pal Gretchen Rubin to appear on a special edition of the More Happier podcast to examine friendship. 

The two old friends were joined in their discussion by a new friend, Reshma Saujani (founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First and host of the podcast My So-Called Midlife). 

The trio talked about how our friendships change over time, how to handle conflict, and how to make new friends in adulthood. 

Listen to Gretchen's show Happier with Gretchen Rubin and More Happier - and Reshma's My So-Called Midlife - wherever you get your podcast

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0:00.0

Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.

0:09.1

Every time I hear about my dad is, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.

0:13.7

I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.

0:18.5

At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.

0:21.0

Listen to new episodes of Bone Valley Season 2, starting April 9th on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.2

Pushkin.

0:43.0

Music Pushkin Hey, Happiness Lab listeners.

0:44.7

Today, you're in for a treat because my friend, best-selling author and happiness expert Gretchen Rubin,

0:48.8

just had me join her for a special episode of her podcast,

0:52.3

Happier with Gretchen Rubin.

0:53.5

In this episode, Gretchen and I took part

0:55.8

in her first ever friendship roundtable.

0:58.7

And we were joined by the amazing Rushma Saujani,

1:01.9

founder of Girls Who Code and host of the

1:04.2

My So-called Midlife podcast.

1:07.6

Gretchen Rushman and I talked about our friendships,

1:10.1

how they've changed over time, how we try to handle conflict, and how we've made friends in adulthood.

1:16.3

I enjoyed our conversation a lot, and I bet you will too.

1:26.4

Because friendship is such a huge element to a happier life, it is a great subject for a roundtable

1:32.8

discussion to go deeper.

1:34.8

And three of us are here today to talk about friendship.

1:38.2

I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness, human nature, and friendship.

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