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Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris Wondery
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5.0 • 40 Ratings
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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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How To Escape Your Brain's Default Mode Network | Zindel Segal and Norman Farb
This episode comes out for free on June 5th, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
Using your senses to reduce overthinking, turn down the voice in your head, and get out of what these scientists call "the house of habit."
Dr. Zindel Segal is Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorders at the University of Toronto Scarborough and a cofounder of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Professor Norman Farb, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, where he directs the Regulatory and Affective Dynamics laboratory.
In this episode we talk about:
- How the brain’s default mode network is essential to our survival but also can keep us stuck in rumination and overthinking
- Segal and Farb’s simple practice of “sense foraging” and why they say it can help break patterns and thoughts that aren’t serving us
- The differences and the similarities between sense foraging and mindfulness
Related Episodes:
Depression and Anxiety: Your Old Enemies, Your Best Friends | Zindel Segal
Gretchen Rubin on: How To Use Your Five Senses To Reduce Anxiety, Increase Creativity, and Improve Your Relationships
Why You Can’t Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari
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This Neurobiologist Wants You To Ask One Question To Reframe Anxiety, Depression, And Trauma | Dr. Bruce Perry (Co-Interviewed by Dan's Wife, Bianca!)
This episode comes out for free on Monday, June 3rd, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
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The radical shift in perspective that can come when we change our question from “what’s wrong with you” to “what happened to you?”
Dr. Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. is the Principal of the Neurosequential Network and a Professor (Adjunct) at the School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.
Over the last thirty years, Dr. Perry has been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences holding a variety of academic positions. His work on the impact of abuse, neglect and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice, programs and policy across the world. Dr. Perry is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children and Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered. Dr. Perry's most recent book, What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (2021), co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, has been translated into 26 languages and has been on the New York Times Bestseller list for over 100 weeks after becoming #1 on the list in April of 2021.
Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/drbruceperry
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Rethinking Success | Mia Birdsong
This episode comes out for free on Wednesday, May 22nd, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
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Radical advice on rethinking success, individualism, and the American dream.
Mia Birdsong is a pathfinder, culture change visionary, and futurist. She is the founding Executive Director of Next River, a think tank and culture change lab for interconnected freedom. In her book How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community, Mia maps swaths of community life and points us toward the promise of our collective vitality.
In this episode we talk about:
- How to build community
- What it looks like in her own life
- Mutuality vs reciprocity
- How to work with resentment and rejection
- The etymological connection between friendship and freedom
- The transformative power of asking for help
- And why she thinks the idea of bootstrapping—or going it alone—is a kind of self-hatred
Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/mia-birdsong
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What Happened When A Skeptical Reporter Decided To Investigate The Afterlife | Sebastian Junger
The surprisingly common experience of near death experiences and what science still can't explain about them.
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For When You Have Trouble Getting Out Of Bed | Bonus Meditation with Alexis Santos
Explore the preciousness of a new day with greater joy and ease while giving plenty of space to feel grumpy about it all.
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The Science Of Speaking Up For Yourself | Elaine Lin Hering (Co-Hosted By Dan's Wife, Bianca!)
How to find your voice when you need to be heard, learn when it's smart to choose silence, and communicate better with the people who matter most.
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