Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris

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What's Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris about?

Dan Harris is a fidgety, skeptical ABC newsman who had a panic attack live on Good Morning America, which led him to something he always thought was ridiculous: meditation. He wrote the bestselling book, "10% Happier," started an app -- "10% Happier: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics" -- and now, in this podcast, Dan talks with smart people about whether there's anything beyond 10%. Basically, here's what this podcast is obsessed with: Can you be an ambitious person and still strive for enlightenment (whatever that means)? New episodes every Wednesday morning.

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09.18.2019

David Fajgenbaum, a young, promising medical student, could not have imagined he would become a patient in the same hospital he was serving his residency. After being diagnosed with a very rare illness, he came close to death on multiple ...

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09.18.2019 #205: Living on Overtime, David C. Fajgenbaum David Fajgenbaum, a young, promising medical student, could not have imagined he would become a patient in the same hospital he was serving his residency. After being diagnosed with a very rare illness, he came close to death on multiple ...
09.11.2019 #204: Love, Death, Tech and Psychedelics, Jack Kornfield, Meditation O.G. As far as meditation teachers go, they don't come more highly regarded than our guest this week, Jack Kornfield. Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 ...
09.04.2019 #203: Civility Pays, Christine Porath For Christine Porath, meditation was one way of coping with a toxic work environment. Her own experience, paired with watching her father suffer a serious health scare tied to his own harmful workplace atmosphere, led to her interest in researching ...
08.28.2019 #202: Can Meditation Prolong Your Life?, Dr. Peter Attia Peter Attia is the founder of Attia Medical, PC, a medical practice focusing on the applied science of longevity. In other words, his practice aims to increase the length of one's life, while simultaneously improving the quality. He explains how ...
08.24.2019 Bonus Meditation with Sharon Salzberg, Walking Meditation Bonus Meditation with Sharon Salzberg, Walking Meditation
08.21.2019 #201: Doing "The Work," Byron Katie At 43 years old, Byron Katie was unhappily married, suffered from depression and agoraphobia and was addicted to codeine and alcohol. In fact, she felt so much self-hatred, she slept on the floor believing she did not deserve a bed. ...
08.14.2019 #200: Sharon Salzberg, A Meditation Master Stares Down Death World-renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg recently faced a very serious health scare and a true test of her decades of practice. In this very candid conversation Sharon tells us what happened to her, how her mindfulness training took over to ...
08.07.2019 #199: Patrick Dempsey, Meditation: The Secret to His Success Patrick Dempsey is not just a pretty face. Sure he's widely known for playing McDreamy, aka Dr. Derek Shepherd, on ABCs Grey's Anatomy, but that hardly scratches the surface. A meditator since the 1980's, he's used the practice to find ...
07.31.2019 #198: Meditation And Loss, Dean Valoras On March 19th of last year, Dean Valoras' life changed forever. That is the day he lost his teenage daughter Alexandra to suicide. Alexandra was an intelligent, successful, highly-motivated high school student. Externally she appeared happy and excited for the ...
07.24.2019 #197: Escape from Zombieland, Koshin Paley Ellison Human beings are wired for social connection. Sadly, thanks in large part to the internet, mobile phones and social media, we are seeing an increase in social isolation. Zen teacher and psychotherapist Koshin Paley Ellison refers to this diminishing of ...
07.20.2019 Bonus Meditation with Sebene Selassie, "Stress Better"
07.17.2019 #196: Stress Better, Modupe Akinola We all encounter stress, but what we sometimes overlook is that stress can be useful, it is, after all, built into us by evolution. Our guest this week teaches how to distinguish between good and bad stress and how to ...
07.10.2019 #195: Inveterate Fretter, Accidental Buddhist, Sylvia Boorstein If there was such a thing as a mind-ectomy or a mind transplant, our guest this week, Sylvia Boorstein, tells us she would have had it, confiding, "I need a mind that doesn't make up worries about something that didn't ...
07.03.2019 #194: Atomic Habits, James Clear An athlete as a kid, a devastating sports injury would change James Clear's life forever. While a sophomore in high school, a baseball bat struck Clear in the face, resulting in massive head trauma. He would need to relearn very ...
06.26.2019 #193: Enough-ness and the Hungry Ghost, Narayan Liebenson Most kids are not spending their time in solitude exploring the abilities of the mind. In that way, Narayan Liebenson was not like most kids. Fascinated with the mind since a young age, she has led a life studying meditation ...
06.19.2019 #192: The Art of Growing Up, Jerry Colonna Jerry Colonna is the CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm committed to the notion that better humans make better leaders. For nearly 20 years, he has used the knowledge gained as an investor, executive, ...
06.12.2019 #191: Can Meditation Improve Politics? Chris Ruane and Jamie Bristow Chris Ruane has been a member of the British Parliament for more than 20 years. As a meditation and mindfulness practitioner, he wanted to share the benefits of these practices with his colleagues in government. In 2013, he set up ...
06.05.2019 #190: The Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, Annaka Harris As a child Annaka Harris suffered from migraines. Searching for ways to cope with that pain, she became curious - wondering "what is this pain" and "where is it coming from?" The line of questioning shifted her perspective and propelled ...
05.29.2019 Bonus: Ten Percent Happier Talks Just This, Diana Winston Experiencing bliss is easy - so easy you might miss it.
05.29.2019 #189: Type A Nun, Mindful Parenting, and Natural Awareness, Diana Winston Diana Winston first learned about meditation as a kid, but it wasnt until she traveled to Asia following college that her practice really took off. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1989, including a year as a Buddhist nun ...
05.22.2019 #188: Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport Its hard to deny our societys increasing dependence on, if not addiction to, email, apps and social media. If we recognize it as a problem, then how do we fix it? Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown ...
05.15.2019 #187: Is Enlightenment Possible for Regular People, Daniel M. Ingram Daniel M. Ingram sparked controversy in the Buddhist world when he declared himself to be an arahat, the term commonly used for a person who has reached the final stage of enlightenment. In this week's episode, Ingram responds to his ...
05.08.2019 #186: The Importance of Dying Before You Die, Helen Tworkov Helen Tworkov first encountered Buddhism in Nepal during the 1960's and has studied in both the Zen and Tibetan traditions. She has also studied with Mingyur Rinpoche, a well-known Tibetan Buddhist meditation master. Together they have written the book "In ...
05.01.2019 #185: Brené Brown, Vulnerability: The Key to Courage Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She is also the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers. Her TED Talk "The ...
04.24.2019 #184: The Zen Priest with an MBA, Marc Lesser At just 21 years old Marc Lesser took a year-long leave from his education to explore meditation. His one year leave would turn into 10 when he became the director of the first Zen monastery in the western world. Hes ...
04.17.2019 #183: Fighting Depression with Social Connection, Johann Hari Suffering from his own long battle with depression, social scientist and author Johann Hari yearned for a greater understanding of what caused it and what might help combat it. Hari set out on a journey to not only meet the ...
04.10.2019 #182: Imposter Syndrome, Politics and Sensuality, Dr. Jay Michaelson Our guest this week, Jay Michaelson, wears many hats. He is the author of six books and over three hundred articles on religion, sexuality, law, and contemplative practice. He is a columnist for The Daily Beast and is a frequent ...
04.03.2019 #181: Dr. Jennifer Ashton, Life After Suicide With suicide being the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, the likelihood is that nearly every person in this country knows someone who has died by suicide. In just the last couple of weeks, we learned of ...
03.27.2019 #180: Dolly Chugh, How Good People Fight Bias We all have biases, and only by acknowledging them can we make a conscious decision to not act on them. That's one of the teachings of our guest this week, award-winning psychologist Dolly Chugh, who studies the psychology of human ...
03.20.2019 #179: Anuradha Bhagwati, Activism Against Military Sexual Assault Our guest this week, Anuradha Bhagwati, is a writer, activist, yoga and meditation teacher, and Marine Corps veteran. She founded the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN), which brought national attention to sexual violence in the military and helped repeal the ...
03.13.2019 #178: Gretchen Rubin, Outer Order, Inner Calm Gretchen Rubin describes herself as a writer who relentlessly explores human nature to understand how we can make our lives better. Through her bestselling books and her award-winning podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin, she shares strategies that help people understand ...
03.06.2019 #177: Mirabai Bush, Conversations on Loving and Dying This week's guest, Mirabai Bush, has co-written a book with spiritual teacher Ram Dass entitled "Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying. In the book, and in our conversation, Bush explores how death can help us cultivate gratitude, ...
02.27.2019 #176: Arthur C. Brooks, Love Your Enemies Social scientist, author and podcast host Arthur C. Brooks believes America has developed a "culture of contempt." He feels we increasingly view people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect or misguided, but as worthless, which is warping political ...
02.20.2019 #175: Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter, The Mind of the Leader Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter from the Potential Project discuss their mission of enhancing performance for leaders and large organizations through mindfulness. Potential Project believes we can cocreate a more peaceful and kinder world by helping others reach a calmer ...
02.13.2019 #174: Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, The New Right Stuff Having dreamed of space since she was a little girl, Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides wants to use the power of space to shift our perspectives, connect us with each other and our home planet and become the kind of species we ...
02.06.2019 #173: Sam Harris and Dan Harris Live Show Neuroscientist, philosopher, best-selling author and podcast host Sam Harris teams up with Dan this week for a special podcast recorded in front of a live audience. Dan and Sam discuss a variety of topics including what meditation is and what ...
01.30.2019 #172: Mark Epstein, Combining Buddhism and Western Psychotherapy If it were not for this week's guest, Dan Harris may never have found meditation. Mark Epstein, M.D. is a psychiatrist and the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy. Dr. Epstein discovered Buddhism ...
01.23.2019 #171: Frank Ostaseski, What Death Can Teach Us About Living Frank Ostaseski experienced death at a young age, losing his mother as a teenager and his father just a few years later. In his search for healing, he found meditation. With this as his foundation, Ostaseski would go on to ...
01.16.2019 #170: Ellen Hendriksen, Rising Above Social Anxiety You remember that old commercial where the guys says, "I'm not only the Hair Club President, but Im also a client."? That's kind of how Ellen Hendriksen sees herself. She's a clinical psychologist who helps millions calm their anxiety and ...
01.09.2019 #169: Oliver Burkeman, The Power of Negative Thinking Oliver Burkeman writes about social psychology, self-help culture, productivity, and the science of happiness in This Column Will Change Your Life for The Guardian. In his writings, he challenges "The Power of Positive Thinking," and in fact argues for the ...
01.02.2019 #168: Jeff Warren, New Year, New You With the new year upon us, it's the perfect time to help you make those resolutions stick. This week Dan Harris and his "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics" co-author, meditation instructor Jeff Warren, listen to and answer your questions about how ...
12.26.2018 #167: Ben Feder, Making Every Day a Sabbatical Ben Feder was the CEO of a tremendously successful company, but it was coming at great personal cost. Returning home from his worldwide business travels, he greeted his family, only to realize how disconnected he felt from them. For years ...
12.19.2018 #166: Paula Faris, Journey of Faith You may know Paula Faris as the former co-host of ABC's The View or Dan's former co-anchor on ABC's Good Morning America weekend edition. What you don't know is why she decided to leave these TWO dream jobs, and the ...
12.12.2018 #165: Oren Jay Sofer, Practicing Mindful Communication In every conversation we have, from mundane to serious, our personal motivations drive what we say. But most of the time we are not aware of what our personal motivations are and we can end up mindlessly saying something that ...
12.05.2018 #164: Ruth King, Being Mindful of Race For many years it was Ruth King's job to work with large corporations, making them aware of racial bias within their company and helping them rectify it through diversity training and leadership development programs. Over time, for a variety of ...
11.28.2018 #163: Michael Gelb, Applying Genius Thinking Michael Gelb found his calling during a tumultuous time in American history. It was during the polarized 1970s Gelb decided he wanted to look for ways to help people clearly think through and debate real issues. He found meditation to ...
11.21.2018 #162: Amos Lee, Reaching Out Through Music Musician Amos Lee started meditating in college as a way to cope with his mother's breast cancer diagnosis and his own Generalized Anxiety Disorder. For two years, he was going on retreats and meditating two hours a day. Lee knows ...
11.14.2018 #161: Matt Gutman, The Boys in the Cave ABC News Senior National Correspondent Matt Gutman is, unfortunately, no stranger to tragedy, both in his career as a journalist and his personal life. He learned the practice of meditation at just 12 years old, mere months before his father ...
11.07.2018 #160: Jordan Harbinger, Networking and Relationship Development
10.31.2018 #159: Judson Brewer, Unwinding Anxiety We all suffer from anxiety from time to time. For some, the regular recurrence of anxiety may be the function of a bad habit they have formed, according to mindfulness researcher Dr. Judson Brewer. And like many bad habits, he ...

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