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Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris

1,800 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 11.1K ratings

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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Episodes

The Science of Generosity: Why It Makes You Happier and How To Do It Effectively (It Doesn’t Need To Involve Money) | Chris Anderson

February 26, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MB

How to cultivate a generosity mindset— and make a good thing less boring. Chris Anderson is the curator of TED. He is the author of New York Times bestseller TED Talks and has overseen the introduction of, among others, the TEDx program, the TED-Ed initiative, and the Audacious Project, a bold new philanthropic model to inspire change at scale. His newest book, Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading, is out now.  In this episode we talk about: How to create a ge...

How Dan Meditates | Bonus Meditation

February 23, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Dan Harris takes you inside the way he practices on a daily basis, live from the Omega Institute. Dan did this live, in front of a large audience at a recent Meditation Party retreat at the Omega Institute. You’ll hear Dan talk for a little while about why he practices this way. Then he’ll do a lengthy, guided meditation. After that, you’ll hear him debrief with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren, two great meditation teachers, with whom he co-led the aforementioned meditation party r...

How to Stay Calm No Matter What’s Happening | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren

February 21, 2024 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB

A master class in equanimity. It’s the latest installment of our Meditation Party series. Live from Omega. Sebene Selassie describes herself as a “writer, teacher, and immigrant-weirdo.” She teaches meditation on the Ten Percent Happier app and is the author of a great book called You Belong. She’s based in Brooklyn.  Jeff Warren is also a writer and a meditation teacher. He and Dan co-wrote the book, Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics. He also hosts the Consciousness Explorers podca...

Science-Based Tools for When You’re Stressed, Obsessed, or Overthinking | Dr. Jenny Taitz

February 19, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Simple tools you can knit into your life both for when you’re actively freaking out, and for preventing future trips down the anxiety toilet.  Dr. Jenny Taitz is a clinical psychologist and an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Taitz completed her fellowship in psychology at Yale University School of Medicine and achieved board certifications in both cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Her new book...

How Not to Take Your Partner for Granted | Bonus Meditation with Oren Jay Sofer

February 18, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.85 MB

Begin today by bringing to mind the people who have meant the most to you. It’s a simple way to start the day feeling great. About Oren Jay Sofer: He has practiced meditation since 1997, beginning his studies in Bodh Gaya, India and is a long-time student of Joseph Goldstein, Michele McDonald, and Ajahn Sucitto, and is a graduate of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training program. Oren teaches retreats across the country and works as Senior Program Developer at Mindful Schools, teach...

An Antidote to Autopilot | John R. Miles

February 16, 2024 09:00 - 9 minutes - 8.58 MB

Three tools for living a “passion-struck” life. John R Miles is a former naval officer and corporate titan who has made it his business to study what it means to find passion and purpose in your life. He is the host of the Passion Struck Podcast and the author of the new book Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles to Unlock Your Purpose and Ignite Your Most Intentional Life. In this episode we talk about: A visualization technique for setting your priorities Why “autopilot” ...

How Not to Ruin Your Relationships | Drs. John & Julie Gottman

February 14, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MB

What 40 years of research tells us about how to cultivate good relationships in our lives. World-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, Dr. John Gottman has conducted over 40 years of breakthrough research with thousands of couples. He is the co-founder of The Gottman Institute and Affective Software Inc. as well as author of over 200 published academic articles and author or co-author of more than 40 books, including The New York Times bestseller The Se...

Fight Right: The Science of Healthy Conflict | Drs. John and Julie Gottman

February 12, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Conflict doesn’t have to suck. These iconic relationship researchers tell us how.  Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection is the name of a new book by esteemed guests Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Gottman. They are the co-Founders of The Gottman Institute and have completed over 40 years of research with more than 3,000 couples. John is the researcher; Julie the clinician. They have written several books together, including Eight Dates and The Love Pres...

A Deep Breathing Exercise for Stress | Bonus Meditation with Jeff Warren

February 09, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.88 MB

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 surf...

The Science of Breathing | James Nestor

February 07, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

You may be breathing wrong. Here’s how to fix it.  At times, self-improvement can seem like a never-ending hallway filled with limitless shame and insufficiency. So when something as simple as the breath falls into this category, it seems only natural to meet that news with some resistance. Our guest today, James Nestor, argues that many of us, of all things, are breathing incorrectly but that by fixing our breathing, it can help with both physical and psychological ailments. Nest...

Dan Savage On: How to Handle Disappointment in Your Relationships, How to Get Better at Sex, and Why a 'Couple' is an Illusion

February 05, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MB

Dan Savage has been writing the popular sex-advice column Savage Love for over thirty years. He also hosts the Savage Lovecast and is the author of numerous books. In 2010 Dan and his husband founded the It Gets Better Project, which was designed to give hope to LGBTQ kids. It was seen all over the world–and won an Emmy.  In this episode we talk about: How to handle disappointment and jealousy How to get better at sex Why so many couples lose their spark and what to do about it ...

A Meditation for Busy People | Bonus Meditation with Jay Michaelson

February 04, 2024 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.91 MB

You don’t have to slow down and sit to be mindful. You can be busy and get things done while still growing your mindfulness muscles. About Jay Michaelson: Dr. Jay Michaelson is the author of ten books, including his newest, The Secret That Is Not a Secret. In his “other career,” Jay is a columnist for The Daily Beast, and was a professional LGBTQ activist for ten years. Jay is an ordained rabbi and has taught meditation in secular, Buddhist, and Jewish context for eighteen years. ...

From The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs | Dan Harris

February 02, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

We’re dropping a fun little treat in your feed today: it’s an episode of The Puzzler, a new podcast from writer A.J. Jacobs, who was my guest on Ten Percent Happier at the beginning of December. His new book, also called The Puzzler, is all about his exploration of the world of puzzles – everything from word games to jigsaw puzzles to Sudoku and beyond – and how what he calls “the puzzle mindset” can really improve your life. So then he asked me to be his guest on The Puzzler, a da...

The Science of Quitting: How, When, and Why to Do It | Julia Keller

January 31, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Sometimes perseverance is overrated. An argument for strategic quitting. Julia Keller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature from The Ohio State University and has taught at Princeton University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Notre Dame, and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She was the chief book critic at The Chicago Tribune for many years before quitting the world of daily journalism to ...

The Science of Rescuing Your Attention Span | Gloria Mark

January 29, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

Our ability to focus is not lost, it’s just changing. Here’s what we can adapt. Here’s a horrifying fact: the average attention span has now declined to just 47 seconds on any particular screen. 47 seconds! How did this happen? How can we get anything done this way? Today we’re going to meet the scientist who’s done this research, find out what’s driving this, and what we can do about it. And the good news is we really can do things about this. We're experiencing a fundamental sh...

High-Fiving Your Anxiety Demon | Bonus Meditation with Leslie Booker

January 26, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MB

Gently opening to the full sensations of anxiety and even making friends with it can actually create more calm and peace in your body. About Leslie Booker: After training as a yoga teacher in 2007, Booker was drawn to Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Mindful Yoga and Meditation training which she completed in 2012. She is a co-founder of the Yoga Service Council at Omega Institute and the Meditation Working Group of Occupy Wall Street. In 2020 she was invited to be a Sojourner Trut...

The Science of Failing Well | Amy Edmondson

January 24, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

A Harvard Business School professor discusses how to get good at “intelligent failure.” Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Her latest book is called the Right Kind of Wrong. Her research examines psychological safety and teaming within and between organizations. In this episode we talk about: The problems of shame, perfectionism, and social media How not to get caught up in analysis paralysis  The importance o...

The Science of Optimal Performance—at Work and Beyond | Daniel Goleman

January 22, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

How to boost productivity, empathy, and focus, while reducing burnout. From the godfather of Emotional Intelligence.  If you have any degree of ambition, one of the things you probably think about is how to perform at your best, or somewhere close, every day. How to keep your energy up. How to get into flow. How to stay focused and productive. How to play well with others. Daniel Goleman— his friends call him Danny—-has been thinking and writing about optimal performance for decad...

How to Be Cool With Whatever Is Happening | Bonus Meditation with Cara Lai

January 21, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.96 MB

Start your day by tuning in and learning how to feel more connected to all the little details of your life. It turns out, they matter. About Cara Lai: Cara Lai spent most of her life trying to figure out how to be happy, or at least avoid total misery, which landed her on a meditation cushion for the majority of her adulthood. In the past, Cara has worked as an artist, wilderness guide, social worker and psychotherapist, but at this point she’s given up on being an adult in exchan...

Glennon Doyle is Rethinking Her Relationship to Social Media, Hustle Culture, Intuition, Her Body, and Her Parents

January 19, 2024 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB

The author/podcaster talks about her nonnegotiables at a delicate time in her life. Glennon Doyle is an author, activist, and the founder of Together Rising. She hosts the We Can Do Hard Things podcast and wrote the #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed, a Reese’s Book Club selection, which has sold nearly three million copies.  Photo Credit: Alexandra Hedison In this episode we talk about: The concept of embodiment Undoing harmful deep conditioning around hustle and diet cultur...

How to Stop Obsessing Over Your Body and Eat Sanely in a Toxic Culture | Virginia Sole-Smith

January 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB

Plus, provocative and practical ideas about actually enjoying exercise, the real relationship between weight and health, the problem with weight loss, the morality of food, feeding your kids, and who "the real bad guy" is. Virginia Sole-Smith is the bestselling author of Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture and The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America. She also writes the Burnt Toast newsletter, hosts the Burnt Toast Podcast, and frequently contr...

The Science of Why You Eat When You're Not Hungry–And How to Stop | Judson Brewer

January 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MB

Dr. Jud breaks down how habits work and how to change them. Plus, insights on stress, boredom, mindfulness, pleasure, satisfaction, and contentment. Judson Brewer M.D., Ph.D., is an internationally renowned addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist and a bestselling author. He is a professor in the School of Public Health and Medical School at Brown University. His new book is called The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We’re Not Hungry and How to Stop. In this episode we talk about:...

How to Stop Kicking Your Own Ass | Bonus Meditation with Dawn Mauricio

January 14, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MB

You are complex and contain multitudes. Try this refreshing take on loving-kindness and offer love to all the different parts of yourself. About Dawn Mauricio: Dawn Mauricio discovered the practices of Buddhist meditation in 2005, and from then on, did what any well-intentioned perfectionist would do — plunge in head first! Since then, she's graduated from several teaching programs, including Spirit Rock's four-year Teacher Training. Her teaching style is playful, dynamic, and hea...

How to Keep Going When Things Get Hard | Bryan Stevenson

January 12, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Have you already bailed on your resolutions? Where are you on your other life goals? This episode is a master class on sticking with it, no matter what. Bryan Stevenson is a public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, based in Montgomery, Alabama—an organization that has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, as...

Pema Chödrön, Renowned Buddhist Nun, On Her One Non-Negotiable Happiness Strategy

January 10, 2024 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

Chödrön also talks about how to deal with difficult people, set boundaries, and keep a sense of humor in the face of our human foibles and failings. Pema Chödrön was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in New York City. In her mid-thirties, Ani Pema met and studied with Lama Chime Rinpoche, becoming a novice nun in 1974 in London. She received ordination from His Holiness the Sixteenth Karampa during that time. Pema first met her root guru, the teacher with whom she had the most profound ...

How to Start (Restart, or Upgrade) Your Meditation Practice: A Master Class | Jon Kabat-Zinn

January 08, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB

Kabat-Zinn on the nitty gritty practicalities of starting a practice, being fully present with no agenda, and letting go of “the story of me.” Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Back in the 1970s, he came up with something called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR, which is a secular way of teaching Buddhist meditation. He’s written many books, including Full Catastrophe Living; Wherever You Go, There Y...

When You Don’t Feel Like Meditating | Bonus Meditation with Matthew Hepburn

January 07, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MB

Is meditation the last thing you want to do right now? This one's for when closing your eyes and watching your breath sounds like torture. About Matthew Hepburn: Matthew is a meditation and dharma teacher with more than a decade of teaching experience and a passion for getting real about what it means to live well. Beyond Ten Percent Happier, Matthew has taught in prisons, schools, corporate events and continues to teach across North America in buddhist centers offering intensive ...

Bill Hader on Anxiety, Imposter Syndrome, and Leaning into Discomfort

January 05, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

The star of SNL and Barry discusses how he channels his anxiety into his work. Plus, an imitation of Joseph Goldstein. Bill Hader has made the transition from being a master of stand-out characters and impressions on eight seasons of Saturday Night Life to becoming a true multi-hyphenate by creating, directing, writing, producing and starring as a burned-out assassin trying to break into Hollywood as an actor in HBO’s award-winning and critically lauded dark comedy, Barry. In this...

Esther Perel on the One Thing That Will Improve the Quality of Your Life

January 03, 2024 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB

The renowned psychotherapist talks about the importance of accountability in generosity in her own life, and the one thing you can do right now, today, to make yourself happier. Esther Perel is a psychotherapist and bestselling author. She has a therapy practice in New York City and serves as an organizational consultant for Fortune 500 companies around the world. Her TED Talks have garnered more than 40 million views and her books, Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, are...

The Science of Making — and Keeping — New Year’s Resolutions | Hal Hershfield

January 01, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

A leading behavioral psychologist reveals practical strategies to help you actually make the changes you want to make this new year (and beyond). Hal Hershfield is a professor of marketing, behavioral decision-making, and psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, and the author of Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today. His research on future selves has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, as well as the Harvard B...

How to Stop Sleepwalking Through Your Life | Bonus Meditation with Pascal Auclair

December 31, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 6.42 MB

Get out of the trance of thinking and explore what it’s like to be more generous with your attention directly, here, now. About Pascal Auclair: Pascal has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997, sitting retreats in Asia and America with revered monastics and lay teachers. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. He is a co-founder of True No...

How to Actually Be Present | Matthew Brensilver

December 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB

Tackling one of the best known contemplative clichés: being in the present moment and “inhabiting the now.” Matthew Brensilver, MSW, PhD, teaches retreats at the Insight Retreat Center, Spirit Rock and other Buddhist centers.He was previously program director for Mindful Schools and for more than a decade, was a core teacher at Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy ...

For the Burned Out, Fried, and Exhausted | Emily & Amelia Nagoski

December 27, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

A slew of evidence-based, ready-to-try-today interventions we can use to “complete the stress cycle.” Emily Nagoski is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life. She has a MS in counseling and a PhD in health behavior, both from Indiana University. She’s also the co-author of Burnout: The Secret To Unlocking The Stress Cycle.    Amelia Nagoski holds a DMA in conducting from the University...

The Science of Training Your Attention | Dr. Amishi Jha

December 25, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB

How to stay focused, fight distraction, and function at your peak. Dr. Amishi Jha is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. She serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010. Dr Jha is the author of the national bestseller, Peak Mind.  In this episode we talk about: What peak mind is Why meta awareness is important to practice and achieve peak mind The suite of mindfulness-b...

How to Practice When You’re Fidgety or Anxious | Bonus Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

December 24, 2023 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.69 MB

Sometimes we feel like we have too much energy to meditate. Make space for all of that energy by listening to sounds as they come and go. About Sharon Salzberg: A towering figure in the meditation world, Sharon Salzberg is a prominent teacher & New York Times best-selling author. She has played a crucial role bringing mindfulness and lovingkindness practices to the West. Sharon co-founded the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) alongside Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield and is th...

5 Ways To Get Over Yourself | Pascal Auclair

December 22, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 64 MB

Understanding the Buddhist concept of “the five aggregates.“ Pascal Auclair has been immersed in the study and practice of Buddhist teachings since 1997. He has participated in retreats in Asia and America with renowned masters from both monastic and secular backgrounds. Pascal completed four years of teacher training with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. Pascal teaches mainly in ...

The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole

December 20, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB

The interview that changed the way Dan relates to food.  Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD,  CEDRD-S is an award-winning registered dietitian, with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, California. She has written ten books including the bestsellers Healthy Homestyle Cooking and Intuitive Eating (co-author). Her newest book is the Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food. In this episode we talk about: How meditation practice and ...

How to Set Boundaries | Nedra Glover Tawwab

December 18, 2023 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MB

A comprehensive strategy for setting and maintaining boundaries—and respecting other people’s boundaries. Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW, is the author of bestsellers Drama Free and Set Boundaries, Find Peace. She is a licensed therapist, and sought-after relationship expert and has practiced relationship therapy for 15 years. Tawwab is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Kaleidoscope Counseling.  In this episode we talk about: The definition of boundaries Leadi...

Beyond the Cliché: What Is Joy, Really? And How Do You Access It? | Bonus Meditation with La Sarmiento

December 17, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MB

Cultivate resilience by choosing to turn towards joy, and transform difficult times into growth opportunities and heartache into gratitude. About La Sarmiento: La Sarmiento is a mentor for the MIndfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) and a teacher with Cloud Sangha. They have taught meditation retreats for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Teens, and Young Adults, and everyone in-between around the United States since 2010 and are a 2012 graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dh...

From Happier with Gretchen Rubin | The Happiness Project: Revisited

December 15, 2023 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

Next year marks the fifteenth anniversary of Gretchen Rubin’s #1 New York Times bestselling book, The Happiness Project. To celebrate, she’s leading a one-time, one-year course called “The Happiness Project: Revisited.” In this bonus excerpt from the course, Gretchen and Elizabeth explore the lessons Gretchen has learned over the years, talk about her plans to do a new happiness project in 2024, and discuss how other people can do their own happiness projects.  You can learn more a...

Sam Harris on: Vipassana vs. Dzogchen, Looking for the Looker, and Psychic Powers

December 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

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...

Ancient Secrets to Modern Happiness | Tamar Gendler

December 11, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MB

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 b...

Can’t Stop Thinking? Try This | Bonus Meditation with Cara Lai

December 10, 2023 08:00 - 8 minutes - 7.46 MB

Not thinking is not the point of mindfulness. We know, shocking! Emotions and thoughts are inextricably linked: know them to know yourself. About Cara Lai: Cara Lai has worked as an artist, wilderness guide, social worker and psychotherapist, but at this point she’s given up on being an adult in exchange for an all-out mindfulness rampage. Her teaching is relatable, authentic, funny and sometimes crass, and is accessible for many people. She teaches teens and adults at Inward Boun...

Kelly Ripa On: The Upside of Anxiety, the Case for Marriage Counseling, and Growing Older in Public

December 08, 2023 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MB

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 va...

Jack Kornfield & Yung Pueblo On: How To Meditate When You’re Freaking Out, the Limits of the Thinking Mind, & Balancing Self-Interest with Compassion

December 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

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. Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. He is the author of 16 books which ...

How to Reframe Your “Problems” as “Puzzles” | A.J. Jacobs

December 04, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MB

A counterintuitive way to become more clear, creative, and persistent, via a writer who calls himself a “human guinea pig.” A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, podcaster, and human guinea pig. His new podcast “The Puzzler” is produced by iHeart and is in the Top 20 Apple Podcasts. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. Among his books are “The Year of Living Biblically” and “The Know-It-All.” He has told several...

A Meditation for When You’re Nursing a Grudge | Bonus Meditation with Oren Jay Sofer

December 01, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 7.04 MB

Make peace with pettiness through good old understanding. About Oren Jay Sofer: Oren Jay Sofer teaches mindfulness, meditation and Nonviolent Communication. He has practiced meditation since 1997, beginning his studies in Bodh Gaya, India and is a long-time student of Joseph Goldstein, Michele McDonald, and Ajahn Sucitto, and is a graduate of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training program. Oren teaches retreats across the country and works as Senior Program Developer at Mindful Scho...

How To Be Less Anxious and More Useful in a Chaotic World | Oren Jay Sofer

November 29, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

Buddhist strategies for navigating tumult— and even becoming a node of sanity amidst it all. Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication internationally and has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1997. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University and is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma. Born and raised in New Jersey, he is the author of several books, including the best-s...

Can Anxiety Be a Gift? | Dr. David Rosmarin

November 27, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

This guest says you can thrive with anxiety. And the trick is learning to get comfortable with discomfort. Dr. David H. Rosmarin is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of Center for Anxiety, which services over 1,000 patients/year in multiple states. His most recent book is Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You. In this episode we talk about: The difference between anxiety and stress How ...

Gratitude for Fidgety Skeptics | Bonus Meditation with Matthew Hepburn

November 26, 2023 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.75 MB

Learn the skill of not taking sh*t for granted. About Matthew Hepburn: Matthew is a meditation and dharma teacher with more than a decade of teaching experience and a passion for getting real about what it means to live well. He emphasizes humor, technique, and authentic kindness as a means to free the mind up from unnecessary struggle and leave a healthier impact on the world. Beyond Ten Percent Happier, Matthew has taught in prisons, schools, corporate events and continues to te...

Guests

Sharon Salzberg
6 Episodes
Gretchen Rubin
4 Episodes
Jon Kabat
3 Episodes
Annaka Harris
2 Episodes
Daniel Goleman
2 Episodes
Esther Perel
2 Episodes
Judson Brewer
2 Episodes
Kristin Neff
2 Episodes
Mark Epstein
2 Episodes
Sam Harris
2 Episodes
Adam Grant
1 Episode
Amy Cuddy
1 Episode
Anderson Cooper
1 Episode
Arianna Huffington
1 Episode
Brené Brown
1 Episode
Cal Newport
1 Episode
Chade-Meng Tan
1 Episode
Danica Patrick
1 Episode
Daniel Pink
1 Episode
Diana Butler Bass
1 Episode
Ezra Klein
1 Episode
Gary Vaynerchuk
1 Episode
Jen Kirkman
1 Episode
Joan Halifax
1 Episode
Johann Hari
1 Episode
Jordan Harbinger
1 Episode
Kelly McGonigal
1 Episode
Kim Scott
1 Episode
Lewis Howes
1 Episode
Manoush Zomorodi
1 Episode
Mary Karr
1 Episode
Matthieu Ricard
1 Episode
Michael Gelb
1 Episode
Michael Gervais
1 Episode
Norman Fischer
1 Episode
Paul Gilmartin
1 Episode
Peter Attia
1 Episode
Reid Hoffman
1 Episode
Robert Thurman
1 Episode
Robert Wright
1 Episode
Sally Kohn
1 Episode
Shawn Achor
1 Episode
Susan Piver
1 Episode
Tim Ferriss
1 Episode

Books

The Princess Bride
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Twitter Mentions

@jhalifax 6 Episodes
@sebeneselassie 6 Episodes
@lamarod1 6 Episodes
@jackkornfield 6 Episodes
@zenchangeangel 6 Episodes
@self_compassion 4 Episodes
@brucefeiler 3 Episodes
@bonniemduran 3 Episodes
@martinebatch 3 Episodes
@baraz415 3 Episodes
@drmarkhyman 3 Episodes
@springwasham 3 Episodes
@mingyurrinpoche 3 Episodes
@bretteldredge 3 Episodes
@anewrealitybook 3 Episodes
@estherperel 3 Episodes
@gtmumford 3 Episodes
@angeladuckw 3 Episodes
@anipemachodron 3 Episodes
@vivek_murthy 3 Episodes