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  • Secrets of Adulthood

    Reflections and stories on happiness, human nature, and self-knowledge from New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin.

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    Author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators, and journalist at The New Yorker Magazine (and previously at the New York Times.) Also, for one terrifying day in 1999, a bike messenger in San Francisco.

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    7x NYT bestselling author. Host of the “Happier with Gretchen Rubin” and "Since You Asked" podcasts. Exploring ways we can take happiness from the transcendent to the concrete.

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    Liz Moody is the best-selling author of 100 Ways to Change Your Life and the host of the hit Liz Moody podcast, where she speaks to the world's leading experts and top public figures about science-backed tips for living your best life.

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