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

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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-based attention training practices Why humans developed attention in the first place Using the flashlight and floodlight metaphors to help us understand different types of attention The mental pushup for attention: focus, notice, and redirect The attention benefits for high stress populations who engage in contemplatives practices Multitasking vs. monotasking The real life and death consequences of confirmation bias Part of the reason why we may be experiencing a crisis of attention  Giving our mind the freedom to choose where it goes next Related Episodes: Why You Can’t Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari 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/amishi-jha-rerun-2023

18 Dec 20231h 11min

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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 North America and Europe. He is one of the founding members of True North Insight, where he teaches and acts as a mentor. In this episode we talk about: How the five aggregates got Auclair hooked on Buddhist practice and philosophy The five aggregates as a way to work with difficulty Living with the non-negotiable prospect of dying Paying attention to pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feeling tone Meditation training as a way to understand that experiences are conditional Related Episodes: Seven Buddhist Ingredients for a Happy Mind | Pascal Auclair Dharma Seed 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/pascal-auclair-rerun-2023

15 Dec 20231h 9min

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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 and sign up here—plus, get 30% off through December 31st with code THPR30DEC.

15 Dec 202312min

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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 intuitive eating are similar The difference between mindful eating and intuitive eating Why gentle nutrition is the last principle of intuitive eating How to rethink negative body image Why you can’t tell how healthy a person is by looking at their body Why it’s important not to talk about food in moralistic terms How to make peace with and rethink our relationship with food     Related Episodes: How to Embrace the Anti-Diet | Christy Harrison   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/evelyn-tribole-rerun-2023

13 Dec 20231h 22min

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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 Leading with love when it comes to boundary setting Tawwab’s taxonomy of boundaries How to summon the courage to set and maintain boundaries, even when it's hard How to respect other people's boundaries, even when they aren't clear about what they might be  Related Episodes: How to Handle Family Drama | Nedra Glover Tawwab 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/nedra-glover-tawwab-2023-rerun

11 Dec 202358min

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 value of marriage counseling, even when you’re not on the cusp of divorce Her resistance to meditation, and what she does instead The upsides of anxiety Her surprising fear of public speaking Menopause and the whole idea of “growing old gracefully,” whatever that means Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/kelly-ripa-690 Additional Resources: Download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install

8 Dec 202356min

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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 how we should live. His books include The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, and Waking Up. Sam hosts the popular Making Sense podcast and is the creator of the Waking Up app, which offers a modern approach to living a more examined life, through both in-depth mindfulness training and secular wisdom. Sam has practiced meditation for over 30 years and has studied with many Tibetan, Indian, Burmese, and Western meditation teachers, both in the United States and abroad. He holds a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA. In this episode we talk about: The psychological benefits of quitting Twitter Vipassana meditation vs. Dzogchen The practice of looking for the looker Sam’s views on the metaphysics of meditation and psychic powers Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/sam-harris-2023

6 Dec 20231h 4min

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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 between our animal nature and our spiritual/intellectual nature How to define concepts such as “virtue”, “morality” and “the soul”  Whether living a moral life actually makes you happy  The similarities and differences between ancient Greek philosophy & Buddhism  And how Tamar has applied all of this to her own life Related Episodes: How (and Why) to Hug Your Inner Dragons | Richard Schwartz An Ace Therapist Gives Dan A Run For His Money | Dr. Jacob Ham 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/tamar-gendler

4 Dec 20231h 21min