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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#319: How to Do Nothing | J...

01.27.2021

For an audience of meditators (or aspiring meditators), the idea of doing nothing shouldn’t be foreign. But, speaking from personal experience, it is very possible, especially for Type A people, to approach meditation with an agenda. In which case, sitting ...

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01.27.2021 #319: How to Do Nothing \| Jenny Odell For an audience of meditators (or aspiring meditators), the idea of doing nothing shouldn’t be foreign. But, speaking from personal experience, it is very possible, especially for Type A people, to approach meditation with an agenda. In which case, sitting ...
01.25.2021 #318: A New Way to Think About Your Time \| Ashley Whillans For many of us, in this pandemic, our relationship to time has become particularly fraught. You may be noticing that, with no limits on your work time, you are going into overdrive and feeling more crazed than ever. Or you ...
01.22.2021 Everything You Wanted to Know About Self-Love But Were Afraid to Ask \| Bonus Q&A with Jeff Warren and Susan Piver Today, expert meditation teachers Jeff Warren and Susan Piver return to respond directly to the questions that you, our listeners, have been submitting to us about self-compassion. It’s a tricky concept, so it’s no surprise that you’ve sent in more ...
01.20.2021 #317: Non-Preachy Ethics \| Jozen Tamori Gibson We’re diving in on another Buddhist list today. One of the many things I like about the Buddha is that, as far as I can tell, he pretty much always aims his messages, even the hard-to-swallow ones, at the pleasure ...
01.18.2021 #316: How to Call People In (Instead of Calling Them Out) \| Loretta Ross On this Martin Luther King day, it’s tempting to fear that America, and the world, may never have been further away from the kind of inclusive society that Dr. King called for so eloquently. So today, we are, I hope, ...
01.15.2021 How to Work with "The Comparing Mind" \| Bonus Meditation with Jeff Warren Nothing compares to now. Let Jeff help you find freedom and ease from constant comparing by embracing this very moment. Take a few minutes to help us out by answering a survey about your experience with this podcast! The team ...
01.13.2021 #315: A Big Dose of Perspective \| Jack Kornfield This is exactly what I needed right now: a huge, helpful dose of perspective in the midst of the political crisis gripping America -- a crisis which, of course, has ripple effects for the whole world. Jack Kornfield trained as ...
01.11.2021 #314: A Wise and Counterintuitive Way to Meditate in a Crisis \| Lama Rod Owens If you’re either seething or scared — or both — in the aftermath of the attack on the US Capitol, this one’s for you. In times of national and international strife, we’ve made it a habit of turning to Lama ...
01.08.2021 #313: National Trauma–Now What? \| Jon Kabat-Zinn Special Edition I don't know about you, but I felt a lot of anger, fear, and sadness while watching those horrifying images from the United States Capitol on Wednesday. So how do we handle this with some degree of equanimity? That's what ...
01.06.2021 #312: You're Doing Resolutions Wrong. Here’s How to Fix It. \| Dr. Laurie Santos New Year’s Series Episode 4. Today we’re going to dive into the science behind why so many of us get New Year's resolutions so wrong -- and how we can do better. My guest is Dr. Laurie Santos. As you ...
01.01.2021 #311: Karamo: How To Actually Do Self-Love New Year’s Series Episode 3. We talk with Karamo about how to practice self-love--and why doing so is the opposite of selfish. Karamo was the first out gay Black man on reality TV when he appeared on MTV’s The Real ...
12.30.2020 #310: The Scientific Case for Self-Compassion \| Chris Germer New Year’s Series Episode 2. We talk with Chris Germer about the scientifically-proven benefits of self-compassion; how to practice self-compassion in your life; the disutility of shame; and the connection between self-compassion and compassion for others. Oh, and we also ...
12.28.2020 #309: The Ultimate New Year's Resolution \| Susan Piver and Jeff Warren New Year’s Series Episode 1. We talk with expert meditation teachers Susan Piver and Jeff Warren about a radical approach to the new year: self-compassion. Susan and Jeff help introduce the New Year’s Meditation Challenge launching in the Ten Percent ...
12.25.2020 A Shortcut to Gratitude \| Bonus Meditation with Jay Michaelson Feel the sweet happiness of gratitude for those who have helped you over the years, the kind benefactors in your life. Excited about our upcoming New Year's Challenge? Download the Ten Percent Happier app today to get ready: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install About ...
12.23.2020 The Anti-Diet \| Evelyn Tribole I, like many people, have the potential to get pretty dysregulated around food and body image. A lot of men don’t talk about this stuff, but there is plenty of evidence that this is a unisex issue. Especially during the ...
12.21.2020 Vulnerability: The Key to Courage \| Brené Brown Vulnerability is not something I ever personally considered to be a valuable skill to cultivate. That is, until I met today’s guest, Brené Brown-- who helped me understand that being vulnerable is not about weakness, nor is it about sloppy ...
12.18.2020 A Counterintuitive Remedy for Stress \| Bonus Meditation with Sebene Selassie Being kind to ourselves in hard times bolsters our resilience, so we can learn from setbacks rather than getting stuck in rumination. About Sebene: Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and raised in Washington, D.C, Seb has been drawn to explore ...
12.16.2020 Kryptonite for the Inner Critic \| Kristin Neff I don’t know about you, but there have been many times during this wrenching year where I have made my pain even worse by adding on layers and layers of self-criticism. There’s a notion that is deeply ingrained in our ...
12.14.2020 #308: Manure for Enlightenment \| Fleet Maull The notion of transmuting the difficult stuff in your life into something positive has become a cliche. Turning lemon into lemonades, making your mess your message, etcetera. But, as I have said many times on this show, there is a ...
12.11.2020 A Great Way to Get Out of Your Head \| Bonus Meditation with Joseph Goldstein Caring about others' well being actually enhances our own. Practice and see how this beautiful quality begins to transform your experience. About Joseph Goldstein: Joseph is one of the most respected meditation teachers in the world -- a key architect ...
12.09.2020 #307: The Science of Emotional Intelligence \| Daniel Goleman How much would your relationships improve if you could up your emotional intelligence game? That phrase -- emotional intelligence -- entered the lexicon 25 years ago, when my friend Daniel Goleman wrote a book by the same name. And so ...
12.07.2020 #306: A Meditator in the Arena \| Sam Harris Sam Harris (no relation to me, by the way -- although I wouldn’t mind it) has had a formative impact on my contemplative development. He was one of the first “normal” (at least that’s how I computed it, back when ...
12.04.2020 What is Happiness? \| Bonus Meditation with Jay Michaelson What is happiness? Investigate how happiness is created, what it’s really like, and learn to access the simple happiness of right now. About Jay Michaelson: Dr. Jay Michaelson is the Editor of Wisdom Content at Ten Percent Happier and the ...
12.02.2020 #305: Secrets from the Happiness Lab \| Laurie Santos 2020 has already sucked extremely hard, but we may now be entering even more difficult months ahead, as winter sets in. So we asked Professor Laurie Santos to come on. She is overflowing with science-based strategies for navigating this difficult ...
11.30.2020 #304: What You Can Learn from the Buddha’s Wife and Aunt \| Pamela Weiss The women around the Buddha dropped a ton of useful wisdom, but I suspect you haven’t heard much about that. Why? Why have these women been largely written out of history? And what do these hidden figures have to teach ...
11.27.2020 Generosity \| Bonus Talk with Norman Fischer Is it possible--or even wise--to stay generous and open right now, given the perennial stresses of the holiday season and the unique stresses of 2020? In today’s bonus talk, Norman Fischer helps us answer that question. He will talk you ...
11.25.2020 #303: Depression and Anxiety: Your Old Enemies, Your Best Friends\| Zindel Segal Winter is coming. Not to get all Game of Thrones on you, but... while there are some optimistic signs on the horizon in the form of vaccines, it looks like we could be heading into some dark months of rising ...
11.23.2020 #302: The Words of the Buddha \| Bhikkhu Bodhi When I first got interested in meditation, all the talk of the Buddha that I encountered in the various books I was reading and lectures I was attending seemed like more of a bug than a feature. I was looking ...
11.20.2020 Flipping the Stress Switch \| Bonus Meditation with Jeff Warren Release the grip of stress by playing with perspective, zooming in and waaay out, and feeling into the wild weather patterns of life. We hope you enjoyed this meditation. If you're thinking, "You know, I could've kept going for another ...
11.18.2020 #301: A Holiday Survival Guide for Difficult Conversations \| Bill Doherty What to do if you find yourself marooned at your Thanksgiving meal, facing a voluble uncle who is spewing political ideas you find abominable? Our guest today is overstuffed (see what I did there?) with practical ideas. I first met ...
11.16.2020 #300: Six Words to Get You Through a Bad Day \| Bonnie Duran It feels like the right time to drop a deep Dharma episode. And this one has a twist. Bonnie Duran is a professor in the Schools of Social Work and Public Health at the University of Washington, where she also ...
11.13.2020 Antidote to Overwhelm \| Bonus Meditation with Oren Jay Sofer Take the edge off out-of-control overwhelm and gain some agency in how you respond when everything feels like it’s crashing down. About Oren Sofer: Oren Jay Sofer teaches mindfulness, meditation and Nonviolent Communication. He has practiced meditation since 1997, beginning ...
11.11.2020 #299: Relationship Advice from a “Mega Monk” \| Haemin Sunim My guest today does a fantastic job of speaking in a not-at-all-annoying way about the inarguably important yet potentially very cheesy concept of self-love. Haemin Sunim is a Korean “mega monk” who has developed a massive online following and has ...
11.09.2020 #298: How (and Why) to Hack Your Empathy \| Jamil Zaki Kindness and empathy are loaded propositions right now. When you hear those words, you might think: Eh, those are soft skills that won’t help me get ahead. Or: If I’m too nice, I will get trampled. Or: I need my ...
11.06.2020 Post-Election Uncertainty \| Bonus Meditation with Oren Jay Sofer During this wild moment of uncertainty, join Oren to ease your anticipation anxiety and soothe the troubling tumult of the unknown. We hope you enjoyed this meditation. If you're thinking, "You know, I could've kept going for another five or ...
11.04.2020 #297: Dealing with Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Anger \| Special Post-Election Edition \| Lama Rod Owens In the wee hours of election night, we consult Lama Rod Owens on uncertainty, anxiety, rage, and self-care. Join Dan and Rev. angel Kyodo williams today, Wednesday, November 4 at 3 PM for a live conversation (and guided meditation) on ...
11.02.2020 #296: How to Use Social Media without Losing Your Mind \| Randy Fernando Given that social media has been blamed for rising levels of anxiety, depression, loneliness, and political polarization, is it possible to use this technology wisely? That’s the question we dive into today with Randy Fernando, who is featured in a ...
10.30.2020 An Acronym To Keep You Sane \| Bonus Meditation with Roshi Joan Halifax Use Roshi Joan’s GRACE tool to not just engage with difficult people in your life, but genuinely know your personal integrity along the way. We hope you enjoyed this meditation. If you're thinking, "You know, I could've kept going for ...
10.28.2020 #295: How To Be Grateful When Everything Sucks \| DaRa Williams In the face of the seemingly unremitting horrors of 2020, is it possible -- or wise -- to generate gratitude? My guest today argues: yes. DaRa Williams is a longtime practitioner and teacher of meditation. She is one of the ...
10.26.2020 #294: Vitamin E: How To Cultivate Equanimity Amidst Political Chaos \| Election Sanity Series \| Roshi Joan Halifax #294: Vitamin E: How To Cultivate Equanimity Amidst Political Chaos \| Election Sanity Series \| Roshi Joan Halifax It’s part four in our Election Sanity series. Throughout October, we have been trying to help you stay engaged in current events ...
10.23.2020 Earth, Wind, and Fire (Not the Band) \| Bonus Meditation with Tuere Sala Find resilience and self-regulate by connecting with physical sensations that evoke the universal elements of fire, earth, & wind. Quick reminder: our Free Election Sanity Meditation Challenge starts in the Ten Percent Happier app in a few days. We're really ...
10.21.2020 #293: A Star, Utterly Unguarded \| Brett Eldredge We’ve backed away from celebrity interviews on the show of late, because we got a lot of feedback from listeners saying they had trouble relating to some of our more famous interviewees. I am confident that is not going to ...
10.19.2020 #292: The Opposite of Schadenfreude \| Election Sanity Series \| Tuere Sala There’s an old expression: “Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little bit.” I love that saying, because it speaks to how hard it can be to take pleasure in other people’s happiness. That said, while it may be ...
10.16.2020 Increasing your Attention Awareness \| Bonus Meditation with Rev. angel Kyodo Williams In this potent meditation on one point, hone your capacity to direct your attention where you want without shutting out the rest of the world. Good News everyone, our Free Election Sanity meditation challenge starts in the Ten Percent Happier ...
10.14.2020 #291: Three Mindfulness Strategies from Joseph Goldstein There will be no talk of election or pandemic on this episode. This is a straight-up, meat-and-potatoes meditation talk from the one and only Joseph Goldstein. In this chat, we explore three profoundly useful mindfulness strategies, including: mindfulness of thinking, ...
10.12.2020 #290: The Immense Power of Giving a Crap \| Election Sanity Series \| Rev. angel Kyodo williams Do you remember that band, The Shins? They had a popular song that appeared on the soundtrack for that Zach Braff movie Garden State. Anyway, they also had a song called “Caring is Creepy.” I always thought that was kinda ...
10.09.2020 Reset Your Nervous System \| Bonus Meditation with JoAnna Hardy If you enjoyed this meditation, sign up for our Election Sanity Series email guide. It will recap all of the podcast episodes each week. It’ll include helpful tidbits such as key terms and concepts; highlights from the immense wisdom our ...
10.07.2020 #289: Fun Is a Trainable Skill (And It Doesn't Involve Your Phone) \| Catherine Price At a time like this, fun may seem frivolous. But our guest today is going to argue — convincingly, in my opinion — that fun is absolutely essential to a well-lived life. She has thought deeply about what actually constitutes ...
10.05.2020 #288: What's Love Got To Do With It? \| Election Sanity Series \| JoAnna Hardy In an election season characterized by misinformation, mistrust, and now a positive covid test from the President-- we’ve been plunged headlong into a black hole of uncertainty. So here at the Ten Percent Happier podcast, we’ve decided to serve up ...
10.02.2020 Fear Itself \| Bonus Meditation with Sharon Salzberg When you’re stuck in fear and other strong emotions, intentionally feeling what’s happening with acceptance can be a game changer. To find this meditation in the Ten Percent Happier app, visit https://10percenthappier.app.link/FeelingFearPod In the Ten Percent Happier app, you'll find ...

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