864 episodios
Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris Wondery
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- Salud y forma física
Dan Harris is a fidgety, skeptical journalist who had a panic attack on live national television, which led him to try something he otherwise never would have considered: meditation. He went on to write the bestselling book, 10% Happier. On this show, Dan talks with eminent meditation teachers, top scientists, and even the odd celebrity. Guests include everyone from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Brené Brown to Karamo from Queer Eye. On some episodes, Dan ventures into the deep end of the pool, covering subjects such as enlightenment and psychedelics. On other episodes, it’s science-based techniques for issues such as anxiety, productivity, and relationships. Dan's approach is seemingly modest, but secretly radical: happiness is a skill you can train, just like working your bicep in the gym. Your progress may be incremental at first, but like any good investment, it compounds over time.
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Sam Harris on: Vipassana vs. Dzogchen, Looking for the Looker, and Psychic Powers
This episode comes out for free on Dec 13th, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
Frequent guest Sam Harris discusses life after quitting Twitter and the metaphysics of meditation along with special co-host and brother Matt Harris.
Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and author of five New York Times best sellers. His work covers a wide range of topics—neuroscience, moral philosophy, religion, meditation practice, political polarization, rationality—but generally focuses on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. His books include The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, and Waking Up. Sam hosts the popular Making Sense podcast and is the creator of the Waking Up app, which offers a modern approach to living a more examined life, through both in-depth mindfulness training and secular wisdom. Sam has practiced meditation for over 30 years and has studied with many Tibetan, Indian, Burmese, and Western meditation teachers, both in the United States and abroad. He holds a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
In this episode we talk about:
- The psychological benefits of quitting Twitter
- Vipassana meditation vs. Dzogchen
- The practice of looking for the looker
- Sam’s views on the metaphysics of meditation and psychic powers
Full Shownotes:https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/sam-harris-2023
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Ancient Secrets to Modern Happiness | Tamar Gendler
This episode comes out for free on December 11th, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
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What the ancient Greek philosophers discovered about how to do life better.
Tamar Gendler is dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale University. Her Open Yale course “Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature” has hundreds of thousands of views. An updated version of this course will be available on the Coursera website this spring.
In this episode we talk about:
- The tension between our animal nature and our spiritual/intellectual nature
- How to define concepts such as “virtue”, “morality” and “the soul”
- Whether living a moral life actually makes you happy
- The similarities and differences between ancient Greek philosophy & Buddhism
- And how Tamar has applied all of this to her own life
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- How (and Why) to Hug Your Inner Dragons | Richard Schwartz
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Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/tamar-gendler
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Kelly Ripa On: The Upside of Anxiety, the Case for Marriage Counseling, and Growing Older in Public
The longtime TV host and actor talks about working onscreen with her husband, her fear of public speaking, and what she does instead of sitting meditation.
Kelly Ripa is one of the most powerful voices in media with a career at ABC spanning over 30 years. She's the author of the NY Times Bestseller, Long-Winded Short Stories and the host of her new podcast "Let's Talk Off-Camera" on Stitcher Podcasts.
In this episode we talk about:
- What it’s like to work with her husband
- The value of marriage counseling, even when you’re not on the cusp of divorce
- Her resistance to meditation, and what she does instead
- The upsides of anxiety
- Her surprising fear of public speaking
- Menopause and the whole idea of “growing old gracefully,” whatever that means -
Jack Kornfield & Yung Pueblo On: How To Meditate When You’re Freaking Out, the Limits of the Thinking Mind, & Balancing Self-Interest with Compassion
One's a legend, the other's a phenom. Together, they offer practical wisdom for maintaining your daily meditation practice, handling conflict, connecting with community, and understanding the limits of the mind.
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How to Reframe Your “Problems” as “Puzzles” | A.J. Jacobs
The writer who calls himself a “human guinea pig” shares a counterintuitive way to become more clear, creative, and persistent.
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A Meditation for When You’re Nursing a Grudge | Bonus Meditation with Oren Jay Sofer
Make peace with pettiness through good old understanding.