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Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris Wondery
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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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The Upsides And Downsides Of Living A More Examined Life | Matt Harris
This episode comes out for free on March 20th, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
Do you struggle to fit meditation into a busy life? Check out this candid conversation with Dan’s younger brother, Matt.
Matt Harris is partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where he’s developed an expertise in Fintech, or financial technology. He’s also a father of six incredible children. He is 17 months younger than Dan, to the day. And as you will hear, he likes to make fun of his neurotic brother. In fact, he shows up a lot in Dan's first book, 10% Happier, mocking Dan for his budding interest in meditation.
In this episode we talk about:
- Practical tips from Joseph Goldstein
- The books that have been integral to Matt's process
- Tips on starting a practice.
- The biggest issues for meditators
- How not to try too hard
- How awareness of the ego impacts work,
- The upsides and downsides of living a more examined life.
Related Episodes:
Click here to listen to the previous episodes in our tenth anniversary series.
To order the revised tenth anniversary edition of 10% Happier: click here
For tickets to Dan Harris: Celebrating 10 Years of 10% Happier at Symphony Space: click here
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Our favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular Episodes
Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/matt-harris-743
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Joseph Goldstein On: Karma, Rebirth, And Other Planes Of Existence
This episode comes out for free on March 18th, and is available early and ad-free for Wondery+ subscribers.
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We explore the intellectual and practical aspects of these mystical and esoteric concepts.
Joseph Goldstein is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, both in Barre, Massachusetts. He is the author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Insight Meditation and The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation. Joseph has studied and practiced meditation since 1967 under the guidance of eminent teachers from India, Burma, and Tibet and he leads Insight Meditation retreats around the world.
In this episode we talk about:
- Why Joseph has become more comfortable talking about these concepts as he’s gotten older
- Why karma should not be seen as a deterministic principle that rules every aspect of our lives
- The connection between karma and past lives
- What he thinks about the concept of free will and how it relates to karma
- And why skeptics would do well to adopt a mindset characterized by the “willing suspension of disbelief”
Additional Links:
- Joseph’s Dharma Seed Talk: Understanding Karma
- Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master
- Free Will by Sam Harris
- IMS’s Forest Refuge Program
- The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
Related Episodes:
- Click here to listen to the previous episodes in our tenth anniversary series.
- Nirvana | Joseph Goldstein
To order the revised tenth anniversary edition of 10% Happier: click here
For tickets to Dan Harris: Celebrating 10 Years of 10% Happier at Symphony Space: click here
Sign up for Dan’s weekly newsletter here
Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok
Ten Percent Happier online bookstore
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
Our favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular Episodes
Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/joseph-goldstein-742
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Joseph Goldstein On The Difference Between “Relaxed” And “Casual” | Bonus Meditation
Watching things come and go helps weaken obsessive cravings both in meditation and in our lives.
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Dr. Mark Epstein On: How To Transform Your Neuroses Into “Little Shmoos”
A Buddhist psychiatrist (and one of the key players in Dan’s meditation career) talks about the overlap between Freud and the dharma.
Mark Epstein M.D., is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City, is the author of a number of books about the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts without a Thinker, Going to Pieces without Falling Apart, Going on Being, Open to Desire, Psychotherapy without the Self, The Trauma of Everyday Life and Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself. His latest work, The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life, was published in 2022 by Penguin Press. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University. He has been a student of vipassana meditation since 1974.
In this episode we talk about:
The insubstantial nature of thoughts Staying present through anything without clinging or condemning. Turning down the ego and focusing on othersHow you transform your neuroses from monsters to little shmoos. And whether 10% is the right number?
Related Episodes:Click here to listen to the previous episodes in our tenth anniversary series. Sam Harris on: Vipassana vs. Dzogchen, Looking for the Looker, and Psychic Powers
For more information on Dan & Mark's retreat in Arizona: we don't have the link available yet but will update here as soon as we do!
To order the revised tenth anniversary edition of 10% Happier: click here
For tickets to Dan Harris: Celebrating 10 Years of 10% Happier at Symphony Space: click here
Sign up for Dan’s weekly newsletter here
Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok
Ten Percent Happier online bookstore
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
Our favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular Episodes
Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/mark-epstein-10th
Additional Resources:Download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install
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Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation Retreats But Were Afraid To Ask | Spring Washam (And Dan’s Close Friend, Zev Borow)
Am I a bad meditator if I don’t go on a retreat? What do they entail? How do I stay silent for days on end? How do I get into one? What’s the food like?
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How to Stay Cool No Matter What | Bonus Meditation with Matthew Hepburn
Guidance for any time you need to practice staying relaxed and ready for whatever life might throw your way.
Customer Reviews
Thank you
The meditation w Dan Harris moved me out of a grumpy, aggravated mood right into ease and quiet in my mind. Thank you.
It was a challenging day filled with emotions that I kept fighting and then I did the meditation and they all vanished.
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Ordinarily a great show…until Deepak Chopra
When this show hits, it’s really great. But an extremely credulous interview with Deepak Chopra may have turned me off to TPH permanently. Platforming an absolutely atrocious human being like Chopra who has victimized so many people to enrich and aggrandize himself is simply unacceptable. Shame on you, Mr Harris!
Amazing and educational.
This guy has changed my life. I love listening to all of the different guests. I have learned so much about myself and how to do things better.