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More Happier: ”Walk” Therapy, Comfort vs. Adventure, and the Joy of Outside

Happier with Gretchen Rubin
More Happier: “Walk” Therapy, Comfort vs. Adventure, and the Joy of Outside
byGretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

We continue to reflect on the insights and hacks we learned from our hiking trip in England—how and why this adventure helped to make us happier, healthier, and more creative.

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More Happier: “Walk” Therapy, Comfort vs. Adventure, and the Joy of Outside

Something Making Us (More) Happier

Recently, in partnership with Wilderness England, Elizabeth and I went on a hiking trip in Northumberland and the Lake District.

We were so happy to have the chance to talk again to our terrific guide, Jeremy Martin!

We talk about comfort vs. adventure in travel; why hiking tends to bring out the best in people; how to be a leader who inspires trust; and more.

Jeremy’s Tendency: Jeremy is an Obliger. If you want to take the quiz, it’s here.

Jeremy’s Try This at Home: Pat a dog.

If you want to hear more of our insights and hacks from our hiking trip, listen to episode 493, or listen to our voice memos from along the way in the More Happier episode of July 27, 2024.

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Quotation 

This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England . . .

—Richard II, William Shakespeare

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