10% Happier with Dan Harris Folgen

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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 at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. Each summer, he lectures at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center on the intersections between mindfulness, science and psychotherapy. Matthew is the co-author of two books about meditation during adolescence and continues to be interested in the unfolding dialogue between Buddhism and science. In this episode we talk about: What being present actually means  What to do when Buddhist teachings or meditation instructions feel out of reach What to do when a memory arises in meditation, especially a difficult one  The brain's, at times, exhausting, evolutionarily wired tendency toward constant prediction The benefits of going on meditation retreats Distinguishing between true alarms and false alarms Related Episodes: Why Self-Hatred Makes No Sense | Matthew Brensilver 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/matthew-brensilver-rerun-2023

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- 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 of Connecticut. An assistant professor and coordinator of music at Western New England University, she regularly presents educational sessions discussing the application of communications science and psychological research for audiences of other professional musicians, including "Beyond Burnout Prevention: Embodied Wellness for Conductors." She is the co-author of Burnout: The Secret To Unlocking The Stress Cycle In this episode we talk about: The three characteristics of burnout The difference between addressing stressful circumstances in our lives and dealing with the actual physical experience of stress What they call the "real enemy" How to create a "bubble of love" The evidence-based interventions you can try right away  Related Episodes: Optimizing Your Stress | Modupe Akinola 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/nagoski-2023-rerun

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