SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives

As author Gretchen Rubin narrates this rich collection of aphorisms, her comfort with the wisdom they embody reflects her successful career writing books about character and personal effectiveness. Rubin has a lovely speaking voice, and you can hear her joy in sharing these pithy statements and the larger truths they illuminate. She collected them from the writings of ancients like Marcus Aurelius and others throughout history. She's organized the ones that moved her into four categories: cultivating oneself, managing relationships, making things happen, and confronting life's dilemmas. Commentary or brief stories follow some of the aphorisms. With the pleasing sound of birds chirping unobtrusively throughout this production, Rubin pauses between aphorisms to allow time for absorbing them, making this gem of an audiobook at once provocative and meditative. T.W. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2025]