Gretchen Rubin will teach us how to adult
Your invitation to join our live event with the bestselling author, this Monday 12th May
Hello everybody 👋
How do you tackle a difficult decision? Or fight temptation? Or calm your nervous system?
What tools do you use to understand yourself better? Or change yourself when you want something to change?
If you have answers to these questions, that is wonderful news. And those answers have probably come from time and experience.
Because these are things that we can only really understand as we journey through life, making mistakes and learning as we go. Possibly with the help of a Shelf Help workshop or two.
I think this is what we call adulthood.
Recognise that, like sleeping with a big dog in a small bed, things that are uncomfortable can also be comforting.
Gretchen Rubin
And if you don’t have answers to those intro questions - or if you do but tend to forget that you have them/are an actual adult in the heat of the moment - I want to invite you to come and meet an EXPERT in the art of adulting; New York Times bestseller (x 7!!!) and all-round self-help hero, Gretchen Rubin.
🖥️ Gretchen will be joining us online LIVE on Monday to celebrate the launch of her new book, Secrets of Adulthood, a collection of insights on life distilled into delightful aphorisms* that can support us to live with greater satisfaction, clarity and happiness.
If you like self-help, I know you love Gretchen.
And if you like Shelf Help, I know that you know that getting to hang out with her is a HUGE deal. And I’d love you to join us. (Paid Subscribers get access to all of our online author events and book clubs, joining details to follow in Monday’s Book Club email).
See you on screen?
Toni
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*Aphorism = an ancient literary discipline that demands a writer convey a large truth in a few words.**
** I also did not know this 😆
ABOUT GRETCHEN:
Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s known for her ability to convey complex ideas—from science to literature to stories from her own life—with levity and clarity.
She’s the author of many bestselling books, such as The Happiness Project, Better Than Before, The Four Tendencies, and Life in Five Senses which have sold millions of copies in more than thirty languages. Her most recent book is Secrets of Adulthood.
She’s also host of the popular podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and founder of award-winning Happier app, which helps people track their happiness-boosting habits.
🧠 ALSO HAPPENING NEXT WEEK:
Guys, next week it’s Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK (12-19th May) and this year the theme is COMMUNITY, and so we’ll supporting with a series of Substack LIVES with some of my favourite community leaders here on the platform. All lives start at 1pm and the line-up includes:
MON 12th: Tanya Lynch
TUES 13th: Selina Barker
WEDS 14th: Jo Hutton
THURS 15th: Salima Saxton, Women Are Mad with Jen&Salima
