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Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris Wondery
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4.6 • 10.1K 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.
New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free. Listen 1-week early and to all episodes ad-free with Wondery+ or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.
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Use This When Stressed | Bonus Meditation with Jeff Warren
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This four-part breathing technique calms the nervous system, relaxes the body, and is an effective antidote to obsessive over-thinking.
About Jeff Warren:
Jeff is an incredibly gifted meditation teacher. He's trained in multiple traditions, including with renowned teacher Shinzen Young. Jeff is the co-author of NY Times Bestseller "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics," and the founder of the Consciousness Explorers Club, a meditation adventure group in Toronto. He has a knack for surfacing the exact meditation that will help everyone he meets. "I have a meditation for that" is regularly heard from Jeff, so we've dubbed him the "Meditation MacGyver."
For more information about Dan and Jeff's upcoming retreat (with Sebene Selassie) at the Omega Institute: https://www.eomega.org/workshops/meditation-party
To find this meditation in the Ten Percent Happier app, you can search for “Breath Stressbuster,” or click here: https://10percenthappier.app.link/content?meditation=a93acc59-93ca-4002-9977-7ab1217fa1a3
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Tripping Out with a Legend: Jon Kabat-Zinn on Pain vs. Suffering, Rethinking Your Anxiety, and the Buddha's Teaching in a Single Sentence
This episode comes out for free on April 5th, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
A beautifully weird conversation with the creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded its world-renown Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic in 1979, and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM), in 1995. He is the author of many books including Full Catastrophe Living and Wherever You Go, There You Are.
His latest book, Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief, illustrates a range of evidence-based mindfulness meditation practices for those suffering with the challenges of chronic pain.
In this episode we talk about:
- The origins of MBSR and its relation to pain relief
- Pain vs. Suffering
- The accessibility of awareness
- The limitation of mindfulness meditation as a self-improvement practice
- The quote, “open your mouth and you’re wrong”
- Jon Kabat-Zinn’s definition of of healing
Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jon-kabat-zinn-580
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How to Meditate in Hell | Jarvis Jay Masters
This episode comes out for free on April 3, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
Today we have a truly incredible episode about how to meditate in hell. You’re going to meet a man named Jarvis Jay Masters, who I interviewed from his cell on death row at San Quentin prison in California. Any of us who meditate do our best to apply it to life’s ups and downs — but this person has been applying it in some truly extreme circumstances.
Jarvis has now spent more than three decades on death row, including more than two decades in solitary confinement. Shortly after Jarvis’s death sentence, he became interested in Buddhism, and started developing a rigorous practice under the tutelage of a Tibetan lama, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. Jarvis has now written and published two books about his life, Finding Freedom and That Bird Has My Wings. Both feature forewords by the renowned meditation teacher Pema Chödrön, who has been on this show, and his second book was endorsed by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and also by Oprah Winfrey, who selected the book for her famous book club last year.
Jarvis’s current appeal sits before a federal judge as we speak. A decision on his future could be reached any day.
Heads up there are frank discussions of suicide and domestic violence in this conversation.
In this episode we talk about:
- His childhood
- His road to prison
- How he unlearned traditional (and harmful) aspects of masculinity
- How he began to write, and the impact that had on him and his standing in the prison
- How he meditates in a noisy prison
- The details of his meditation practice
- His off-the-cushion practice of ‘engaged Buddhism’ with his fellow inmates
- How he prepares for the possibility of release–and for the possibility of execution
- How he defines freedom
Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jarvis-jay-masters-579
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From The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway | The Future of Work
As a wrap up to our Work Life series, we want to share a preview of another podcast we love: Prof G hosted by Scott Galloway.
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The Buddhist Way of Dealing with Stuff You Don’t Like| Bonus Meditation with Joseph Goldstein
Accepting the unpleasant: easier said than done. Joseph demonstrates how to overcome reactivity and build the skill of acceptance.
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From The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway | The Future of Work
As a wrap up to our Work Life series, we want to share a preview of another podcast we love: Prof G hosted by Scott Galloway. His interview, "Scott Galloway on: the Impact of Work on Mental Health, the Role of Luck in Success, and How Much is Enough," kicked off this latest series. Scott's show combines business insight and analysis with life and career advice, and we're big fans.
In this episode of Prof G, Scott shares his view on the "Future of Work"— from recruiting, to mentorship, to building teams. He touches on the role nepotism plays in the future of recruiting, to securing a job post-college, and team organization in the workplace.
You can hear more episodes of the Prof G podcast here: http://bit.ly/416AjRx
Customer Reviews
We were born knowing how to swim
Don’t miss the Jon Kabat-Zinn episode. An awesome amount of information and knowledge is freely shared during this hour. I will probably listen again to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I am at least ten percent happier after listening to this episode:)
Ten percent happier is my favorite podcast
Great insights, solid interviews, love the topics and range. Well worth the time. Dan really works actively on his interviewing and has become a fabulous podcast host. They have a great team; inspiring programming.
Great podcast!!
Dan brings journalistic inquiry and rigor pleasantly to the topic of meditation and mindfulness. I have been listening for over two years. Really outstanding and engaging material — whether you are a beginner or more advanced in the practice of awareness.