10% Happier with Dan Harris

Upgrade your relationship to your wallet.

Lewis Howes is the host of the School of Greatness podcast. He has written several bestselling books. His newest is called Make Money Easy: Your Path to Peace, Freedom, and Financial Abundance.

In this episode we talk about:

• Overcoming setbacks
• The evolution of podcasting
• Developing a personal mission to help you persist through challenges
• Habits and mindset shifts to make money easier
• Figuring out your money story and money style…and how this can lead to a money strategy
• How to continually evolve your relationship to money
• How to handle money in romantic relationships
• The art of clearing unnecessary things off your plate so you can grow
• The value of generosity

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• Lewis Howes, Former Pro-Athlete on Removing 'Mask of Masculinity'
• What Is Holding You Back From Greatness? | Lewis Howes

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How journaling can transform negative emotions into meaning and agency.

Suleika Jaouad is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling memoir, Between Two Kingdoms, which has been translated into over twenty languages, and her highly anticipated new book, The Book of Alchemy, forthcoming in April 2025. She writes the popular weekly newsletter, the Isolation Journals.

In this episode we talk about:

• Suleika's new book, The Book of Alchemy
• On working with fear and vulnerability
• Journaling prompts from The Book of Alchemy
• Why Journaling is a team sport

Related Episodes:

• The Science Of Journaling: How Writing Reduces Overthinking, Rumination, And Anxiety | Dr. James Pennebaker (Co-Interviewed By Dr. Bianca Harris)
• Life, Interrupted | Suleika Jaouad

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Dan's best attempts to answer some listener questions from our Substack community. These questions came from our live Renegade Sangha session on April 8, and all of these sessions are open to paid subscribers. Check out how to join the party at DanHarris.com.

Anxiety has long been a massive societal issue that spiked during the pandemic, and many of us are still feeling it in 2025.

In this episode, renowned Buddhist monk Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche talks in detail about how he personally works with anxiety and panic and the practices he draws upon when dealing with these states.

Mingyur began doing long retreats in his teens and now teaches all over the world. He's written the books The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness and In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying. He also oversees the Tergar Meditation Community, a global network of Buddhist meditation centers.

This episode was originally published in July 2022.

In this episode we talk about:

• Working with strong emotions using sound and the breath

• Deconstructing your reality to make it workable

• Understanding what awareness is in a Buddhist sense

• How to make meditation free-range and available to you all times

• The simple but also tricky advice of, "stop doing and just be"

• When to take a step back or even take a break from meditation

• What Mingyur Rinpoche says is the true purpose of the practice.

This interview was recorded in person at the TED conference in April of 2022, where both Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Dan Harris spoke.

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Dr. Robert Waldinger talks about his new book The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, which explores lessons from the longest scientific study of happiness.

Dr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and co-founder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. He is also a Zen master and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. His TED Talk is one of the most viewed of all time, with over 43 million views. He's the co-author, along with Dr. Marc Schulz, of The Good Life.

In this episode we talk about:

• What the Harvard Study of Adult Development is and how it got started

• How much of our happiness is really under our control

• Why you can't you be happy all the time

• The concept of "social fitness"

• Why you should "never worry alone"

• How having best friends at work can make you more productive

• And why, in his words, it's never too late to be happy

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You don't have to focus too maniacally on your breath; your body is part of the process, too. Our good buddy Joseph Goldstein shows you how to balance.

Joseph Goldstein is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, both in Barre, Massachusetts. He is the author of many books including, most recently, Dreamscapes of the Mind.

This meditation is part of a new series on the Eightfold Path. The rest of the series is available on Waking Up, a top-notch meditation app with amazing teachers and a ton of courses for all levels. If you subscribe via this link: wakingup.com/tenpercent, you'll get a 30-day free trial—and you'll be supporting the 10% Happier team, too. Full and partial scholarships are available.

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Plus more surprising information on this fundamental human drive.

Will Storr is a multi award-winning writer and Sunday Times bestselling author. His latest book is A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of storytelling to lead, motivate and persuade.

Waking Up, a top-notch meditation app with amazing teachers and a ton of courses for all levels. If you subscribe via this link: wakingup.com/tenpercent, you'll get a 30-day free trial—and you'll be supporting the 10% Happier team, too. Full and partial scholarships are available.

In this episode we talk about:

• The key elements of a properly deployed story
• The different ways to measure status
• The three main ways humans compete for status
• The benefits of altruism as a source of status
• The balance between self interest and altruism
• How mindfulness factors into the status drive
• Managing our relationships with social media

Related Episodes:

• Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari

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How to boost your psychological immune system, the stoic way.

William "Bill" Irvine is the emeritus professor of philosophy at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He is the author of eight books that have been translated into more than twenty languages, including Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy and Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient.

Bill is one of many great teachers featured on Waking Up, a top-notch meditation app with amazing teachers and a ton of courses for all levels. If you subscribe via this link: wakingup.com/tenpercent, you'll get a 30-day free trial—and you'll be supporting the 10% Happier team, too. Full and partial scholarships are available.

In this episode we talk about:

• How Bill was first introduced to Stoicism (the story involves a midlife crisis and a banjo.)
• The comparison between Stoicism and Buddhism
• Psychological strategies for attaining equanimity
• The practice of negative visualization
• Stoic approaches to handling anger and insults
• How to reframe setbacks as tests
• Stoicism VS emotional suppression
• Tools for navigating the challenges of our digital age
• What Stoics say about pursuing fame and status
• And why death is the "ultimate exam"

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• Links to Bill's Waking Up content
• Links to Bill's books

From punk rock to broadcast journalism. A veteran journalist shares her story.

Alisyn Camerota is an award-winning journalist and author. She recently wrote the memoir, Combat Love: A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home.

In this episode we talk about:

• Our mutual dislike of covering breaking news
• How her turbulent teenage years helped her prepare for life's chaos
• What "home" actually means
• How her childhood informed her own parenting style
• The delicate balance between giving your children too little or too much freedom
• What it means for a journalist to center themself in a story
• Surviving the news
• Coping with anxiety and media consumption
• And much more

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• Alisyn Camerota on Substack
• Sanity Podcast

Cross-training for your mind.

Diane Musho Hamilton is an author, award-winning mediator, and teacher of Zen. She is the author of three books on conflict resolution, relationships, and communication. Her latest book is Waking Up and Growing Up: Spiritual Cross-training for an Evolving World, co-authored with Gabriel Wilson.

Diane is one of many great teachers featured on Waking Up, a top-notch meditation app with amazing teachers and a ton of courses for all levels. If you subscribe via this link: wakingup.com/tenpercent, you'll get a 30-day free trial—and you'll be supporting the 10% Happier team, too. Full and partial scholarships are available.

In this episode we talk about:

• What Diane means by spiritual cross training and waking up
• Cultivating emotional maturity
• Foundations of Zen practice
• Integrating shadow and psyche
• The key aspects of living with purpose
• The value of intention setting
• Ethical action and community

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• Dan's panic attack on live TV