The Secrets of Adulthood & How to Teach Them to Our Children w/ Gretchen Rubin
Raising Good Humans
Dear Media, Aliza Pressman
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode I sit down with bestselling author Gretchen Rubin to talk about her new book, The Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives. We dive into the power of short, impactful wisdom, how to pass life lessons to our kids without sounding like we’re lecturing, and why accepting ourselves while still expecting more of ourselves is the key to growth. Gretchen shares some of her favorite aphorisms—those quick, thought-provoking truths that can change the way we parent, work, and live.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:09.4 | Welcome to Raising Good Humans. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman, and I'm so excited for today's episode with Gretchen Rubin, |
| 0:18.6 | who is a multiple New York Times bestselling author and has an awesome |
| 0:24.8 | podcast called The Happiness Project. She wrote a new book called The Secrets of Adulthood, |
| 0:32.3 | Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives, which I was particularly drawn to because I have an 18-year-old who's about to |
| 0:40.3 | graduate, and there was so much wisdom packed into these tiny, concise sentences. So I am giving |
| 0:50.7 | it to my daughter and all of her friends upon graduation, but also they're like really |
| 0:56.0 | helpful to get you thinking about very concise ways to pass along helpful tips without being |
| 1:02.4 | the annoying lecturer. So I loved having her. There are lots of the aphorisms coming up in today's |
| 1:10.3 | episode. |
| 1:11.2 | If you enjoy this episode, don't hesitate to write a little review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:18.3 | It helps me so much, anything at all, even if you just say, keep doing what you're doing. |
| 1:23.7 | And I'm going to start doing episodes that are very short that just answer one listener |
| 1:29.2 | questions. So send your questions to my DM on at Raising Good Humans podcast or click on my |
| 1:35.6 | profile and send in an email question and hopefully we'll do an episode with your question. |
| 1:42.4 | As always, you can get my book, |
| 1:47.3 | The Five Principles of Parenting, Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans, |
| 1:49.1 | and sign up for my free Substack, |
| 1:52.5 | Dr.elisapressman.substack.com. |
| 1:57.0 | So I have a daughter going off to college, |
| 1:59.2 | so I'm really excited about this book. |
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