20 episodes

Most of us have gotten at least a little emotional at some point recently. It’s natural. But why do we have emotions and how much should we pay attention to them on any given day? Can we learn to skillfully choose which emotions to listen to and which ones to just let move on by?
In More Than A Feeling, the latest podcast from Ten Percent Happier, host Saleem Reshamwala goes on a real life quest to find the answers to these questions. He’ll experiment with neuroscientists, dive into stories with historians and philosophers, and document how musicians, therapists, hairdressers and airplane pilots work with emotions. 
Saleem sifts through the human condition to find stories and insights that will help us define our most fundamental relationships: our relationship to our own emotions, and to each other’s.

More Than A Feeling Wondery

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 111 Ratings

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Most of us have gotten at least a little emotional at some point recently. It’s natural. But why do we have emotions and how much should we pay attention to them on any given day? Can we learn to skillfully choose which emotions to listen to and which ones to just let move on by?
In More Than A Feeling, the latest podcast from Ten Percent Happier, host Saleem Reshamwala goes on a real life quest to find the answers to these questions. He’ll experiment with neuroscientists, dive into stories with historians and philosophers, and document how musicians, therapists, hairdressers and airplane pilots work with emotions. 
Saleem sifts through the human condition to find stories and insights that will help us define our most fundamental relationships: our relationship to our own emotions, and to each other’s.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

    Welcome to the Dread Project

    Welcome to the Dread Project

    Inspired by an intriguing listener email, Season 2 kicks off with an investigation into feelings of dread. It turns out it’s a dread-pocalypse out there, and we could all use some joyful relief.

    • 33 min
    Day 1: Rewrite Your Dread

    Day 1: Rewrite Your Dread

    Dread can feel so heavy, most of the time we don’t even want to talk about it. But what if we tried to express our dread in a different way?

    • 17 min
    Day 2: Dread Without Words

    Day 2: Dread Without Words

    Yesterday we journaled about our dread. Today we’re going to see what happens when we express the overwhelming feeling of dread without words.

    • 14 min
    Day 3: Death, But Fun!

    Day 3: Death, But Fun!

    Today we get some surprisingly joyful insights about coping with the dread of death – whether we’re concerned about our own mortality or losing those we love.

    • 22 min
    Day 4: Schedule Your Dread

    Day 4: Schedule Your Dread

    If we’re not careful, we can spend an entire day stuck in an endless loop of dread. But what if we tried carving out some “worry time?”

    • 14 min
    Day 5: An Antidote to Eco-Dread

    Day 5: An Antidote to Eco-Dread

    One of the most overwhelming things listeners feel dread about is the climate crisis. Eco-therapy is a way to build resilience by tuning in instead of shutting down.

    • 22 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
111 Ratings

111 Ratings

mscartist ,

Love, Love, Love!

Helps me to realize and understand all these crazy emotions! Guess what?? I am human!

ZACB ,

Superficial and fine

Nice introduction to the world of emotions. Pretty superficial content compared to other psychological or philosophical podcasts. It’s lite and shallow like 10% Happier. Sanitized, safe, vanilla podcast perfect for the shallow crowd who fancies themselves on a journey. Perfect for those with limited capacity to understand complex topics around dread, depression, anxiety, trauma, etc.

56CatJCam ,

Genuinely Perfect!

This podcast meets all the criteria for being real, honest, difficult and true. Thank you for this!

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