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Gretchen Rubin
Happiness Expert | 5x New York Times Bestselling Author of 'Secrets of Adulthood' and 'The Happiness Project' | Host of the Award-Winning 'Happier' Podcast
Speaker Gretchen Rubin is one of the world's most trusted voices on happiness, habits, and human nature, with more than 3.5 million books sold in over thirty languages and a podcast that ranks at the top of global charts. Her practical, research-grounded frameworks help senior leaders and HR teams build motivation, lasting habits, and better wellbeing. Audiences leave with strategies they can use the next morning.
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Gretchen Rubin biography
Happiness expert, five-time New York Times bestselling author, podcaster, and happiness speaker Gretchen Rubin has spent more than two decades exploring human nature to understand how individuals and organizations can build happier, healthier, more productive lives. Rubin began her career in law, clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, before turning to writing full-time. That analytical training still shapes the way she translates complex behavioral research into practical frameworks anyone can use.
Her books include the blockbuster bestsellers The Happiness Project, Better Than Before, The Four Tendencies, Happier at Home, Outer Order, Inner Calm, and Life in Five Senses, which together have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide in over thirty languages. Her latest release, Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives, distills hard-won wisdom into aphorisms designed for anyone navigating a major life transition or the everyday dilemmas in between.
A leading voice on happiness, habits, and human nature
Rubin hosts the top-ranking, award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin alongside her sister, Elizabeth Craft, contributes regularly to CBS News, and reaches more than a million readers each week through her newsletter and blog. Her frameworks, including the influential Four Tendencies personality model, are used by individuals, leadership teams, and HR organizations to understand motivation, build durable habits, and improve daily wellbeing.
She has addressed corporate audiences at GE, Google, LinkedIn, Accenture, and Procter & Gamble, as well as university audiences at Yale Law School, Harvard Business School, and Wharton. Her keynote roster also includes SXSW, TEDx, the 92nd Street Y, Behance’s 99u, West Point, and multiple Conferences for Women. More about her work, books, and frameworks can be found on her official website.
As a speaker, Gretchen Rubin gives audiences specific, research-backed strategies they can act on immediately, blending humor, story, and clarity to make happiness practical, habits sustainable, and human nature genuinely useful at work and at home.
Gretchen Rubin Speaking Videos
Gretchen Rubin - Life in Five Senses
Gretchen Rubin Shares 8 Personal Rules of Happiness
Gretchen Rubin Keynote Topics
Drawing on the discoveries from her acclaimed work on the senses, speaker Gretchen Rubin guides audiences through a layered exploration of how sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell shape attention, mood, and connection. The session offers practical, research-backed ways to heighten perception and live with more vitality. Audiences learn how small sensory shifts can change how they work, lead, and relate to the people around them, turning everyday moments into sources of energy, focus, and creativity.
Happiness is not a personality trait. It is a set of habits, choices, and self-knowledge. In this signature talk, Gretchen Rubin shares the frameworks she has developed across two decades of research, including the Four Tendencies model, to help individuals and organizations identify what actually drives them. Audiences leave with a personalized framework for building a happier, more productive, and more creative life at work and at home.
Based on her latest book, this keynote distills hard-won wisdom into aphorisms that cut through the complexity of modern life. Gretchen Rubin uses surprising research and clear stories to help audiences see their own behavior more honestly, and act on what they see. Especially relevant for leaders navigating change, this talk gives audiences a portable mental toolkit for the daily transitions and dilemmas of work and life.
FAQs on Booking Gretchen Rubin
Why Gretchen Rubin?
Gretchen Rubin is one of the most trusted voices in the world on happiness, habits, and human nature. With more than 3.5 million books sold in over thirty languages, a top-ranking podcast, and frameworks like the Four Tendencies that are used by individuals, leadership teams, and HR organizations, she gives audiences both intellectual rigor and immediately usable strategies. Her keynotes are warm, witty, and grounded in research, which is why she has been booked by GE, Google, LinkedIn, Accenture, Harvard, and Wharton. Book Gretchen Rubin through Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring a clear-eyed, practical conversation about happiness and habits to your stage.
What is Gretchen Rubin best known for?
Gretchen Rubin is best known as a five-time New York Times bestselling author and one of the most influential thinkers on happiness, habits, and human nature. Her landmark book The Happiness Project became a cultural phenomenon and launched a series of bestsellers including Better Than Before, The Four Tendencies, Outer Order Inner Calm, Life in Five Senses, and her latest, Secrets of Adulthood. She also hosts the award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin and writes a long-running newsletter that reaches more than a million readers each week.
What is the Four Tendencies framework?
The Four Tendencies is a personality framework developed by Gretchen Rubin that explains how people respond to expectations. It identifies four types, Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels, based on how individuals handle outer expectations (from a boss, family member, or society) and inner expectations (their own goals and resolutions). The framework is widely used by leaders, coaches, and HR teams to improve motivation, build durable habits, and reduce conflict in teams and relationships by understanding what actually moves each person to act.
Which audiences benefit most from a Gretchen Rubin keynote?
Gretchen Rubin's keynotes resonate strongly with senior leadership teams, HR and people-experience organizations, wellbeing and culture programs, customer events, and university audiences. Her work is especially valuable for organizations facing change, growth, or burnout because she gives leaders practical frameworks for habits, motivation, and human nature that translate directly into how teams perform and how cultures feel. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring Gretchen Rubin to your next leadership offsite, all-hands, or flagship customer event.
How to book Gretchen Rubin as a keynote speaker?
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How much is Gretchen Rubin speaking fee?
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Can I book Gretchen Rubin for a virtual keynote?
Yes, Gretchen Rubin is available for virtual keynotes and webinars. To book Gretchen Rubin for a virtual event, please complete the contact form or send us an email to inquire about the special fees for virtual engagements.
