10% Happier with Dan Harris Folgen

Recorded live at the Omega Institute, Dan leads us through a loving-kindness meditation, followed by discussion with retreat co-leaders Jeff Warren and Sebene Selassie. For more information on the next upcoming Meditation Party retreat, including scholarships available for BIPOC participants, visit Omega Institute. 

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Natasha Rothwell created, executive produced, and stars in the highly anticipated series How To Die Alone.   Natasha is best known for her Emmy Nominated performance in HBO’s The White Lotus and is set to reprise her role as Belinda Lindsey in the third season of the series currently in production. She is also known for her critically acclaimed work as a series regular, writer, director, and producer on HBO’s Insecure, for which she has won a Peabody Award and received the 2022 NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy. Having previously written for Saturday Night Live, and after penning screenplays for Netflix, Paramount, and HBO Max— Natasha’s original screenplay Black Comic-Con was selected for the 2021 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Her genre-bending feature, along with several other projects, are in development at her production company, Big Hattie Productions—founded in 2020 to focus on creating, producing, and developing projects that champion marginalized voices in subversive ways. In this episode we talk about: Being alone vs being lonely How she handles her own tendencies toward people-pleasing and burnout Working with doubt, faith and the venerable cliche of “trusting in the universe” Envy (and how it’s a partner to the scarcity mindset) Therapy Meditation Why she loves RomComs — and her issues with them  And we go Behind the scenes in a TV writer’s room — and why it’s even tougher when the character is you  Related Episodes: Kryptonite for the Inner Critic | Kristin Neff Self-Compassion Ain't Always Soft | Kristin Neff  Non-Negotiables Playlist 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://happierapp.com/podcast/tph/natasha-rothwell

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Meditation retreats are the object of much intrigue and even suspicion. So today, we’re going to take you inside a 10-day silent meditation retreat that Dan recently did with his teacher, Joseph Goldstein. You’ll also hear from Senior Producer, Marissa Schneiderman, who was fresh off a retreat of her own, with meditation teachers Alexis Santos and Andrea Fella.  In this episode we talk about: The ups and downs of retreats Some famous Buddhist listicles, including the five hindrances The importance of repetition We’ll hear snippets of Joseph answering Dan’s questions We find out what “cowboy dharma” is What it feels like to wear shit colored glasses How to stop getting caught in a mind trap And lastly, we listen to voicemails and answer audience questions!  Related Episodes: Joseph Goldstein On: How Not To Try Too Hard in Meditation, Why You Shouldn't "Waste Your Suffering," and the Value Of Seeing How Ridiculous You Are #377. A More Relaxed Way to Meditate | Alexis Santos Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation Retreats But Were Afraid To Ask | Spring Washam (And Dan’s Close Friend, Zev Borow) #327 Uprooting Your Delusions | Andrea Fella  How to Take Risks (an Experimental Episode) | Marissa Schneiderman 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://happierapp.com/podcast/tph/retreat-episode-829