{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ddfa7be-69b9-413c-9c51-4965d3fb699a/ff3df04e-656d-44bd-a73b-3958f44bc762?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Gretchen Rubin | From the Vault","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e770906c05e2cf2f40943/611e77ff3a54930012a5c8ad.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Gretchen Rubin is a bestselling author and podcaster whose area of expertise is happiness and she joins me on the podcast to unpick how to navigate a path towards happiness.</p><p>This episode was recorded in December 2017 and I had time with Gretchen to discuss her book The Four Tendencies, which gives insight into four personality types based on how we react to internal and external expectations.</p><p>Not only is it an interesting way to understand oneself, it also offers valuable insight into how other people process the world.</p><p>In this conversation, @gretchenrubin and I discuss:</p><ul><li>Why she’s a ‘happiness bully’ but how that has helped her find her own happiness and help others find theirs.</li><li>How we can better our personality by interrogating how we react to inner and outer expectations, as explored in her book The Four Tendencies.</li><li>How to know if your tendency is one of a questioner, obliger, rebel or upholder.</li><li>Why, when our basic needs are met, we can then explore what happiness means to us.</li><li>How times of stress, change and anxiety can affect our happiness.</li><li>Why 50% of our happiness is genetic (and what the other 50% is made of).</li><li>How meeting Oprah impacted her and her work.</li></ul><p>To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583855258373361/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Emma Guns Show Forum</em></a>.</p><p>To follow me on social media &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https://twitter.com/emmaguns\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> | <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/emmaguns/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>.</p>","author_name":"Emma Gunavardhana"}