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. --- The hidden influence that your surroundings can have on your happiness. And how to tweak things in subtle but powerful ways. Today’s guest is Ingrid Fetell Lee, the author of Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness. She is the former design director at IDEO and the founder of the website The Aesthetics of Joy. She holds a Master’s in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor’s in English and Creative Writing from Princeton University.  This is the second installment in a three part series we’re running called, Mundane Glory about learning not to overlook the little things in your daily life that can be powerful and evidence-based levers for increased happiness.  For tickets to TPH's live event in Boston on September 7: https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/dan-harris/ In this episode we talk about: The physiological and psychological benefits of joy  How to find joy in tangible objects and sensorial experiences What Ingrid means by “faux joy” How joy can intersect with many emotions including sadness and awe How to change your environment, at work and at home, to infuse it with joy A practice she calls, “Joy spotting”  Her list of, “The 50 Ways to Find More Joy Everyday”  The importance of noticing your killjoys  The risks of being visibly joyful  And how even on your worst day, joy can be accessible  Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/ingrid-fetell-lee

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Did you know that just 20 minutes of art a day is as beneficial as exercise and mindfulness? Or that participating in one art experience per month can extend your life by ten years?  Our guests Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen talk about their new book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us. Together they explore the new science of neuroaesthetics, which explains how the arts can measurably change the body, brain, and our behaviors.  This is the first installment in a three part series we’re running called, Mundane Glory about learning not to overlook the little things in your daily life that can be powerful and evidence-based levers for increased happiness.  In this episode we talk about: Their definition of the arts and aesthetic experiences How they see nature as, “the highest form of art” How simple actions like humming in the shower & gardening can be categorized as art experiences How you don’t have to be good at making art to benefit from it The difference between “makers” and “beholders” of art What they mean by art being a part of our evolutionary DNA How engaging in the arts can help strengthen our relationships and connectivity How arts and aesthetic experiences create neuroplasticity in the brain How society’s emphasis on optimizing for productivity has pushed the arts aside The four key attributes that make up a concept called an “aesthetic mindset” The benefits of partaking in a wide array of art experiences The importance of infusing play and non judgment into the art you make How art can be a form of meditation and mindfulness How artistic experiences can extend your life, help treat disease and relieve stress How the arts affect the way we learn The emerging field of neuroarts and neuroaesthetics How food fits into the arts category Simple ways to integrate the arts into our daily lives Technology’s relationship to the arts And the importance of architecture and your physical space as a form of art For tickets to TPH's live event in Boston on September 7: https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/dan-harris/ Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/ivy-ross-susan-magsamen

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Our guests today trained an AI on the world’s most beloved texts, from the Bible to the Koran to the words of Marcus Aurelius, Maya Angelou, and Leonard Cohen. Then, they asked the AI life’s hardest questions. The AI’s answers ranged from strange to surprising to transcendent. Jasmine Wang, a technologist, and Iain S. Thomas, a poet, join us to talk about not only the answers they received from the robot, but also why they are deeply concerned about where AI might be headed. In this episode we talk about: The origins of the book The definitions of some basic AI terminology The biggest takeaways of their conversation with AI—some of the answers they got back were fascinating and beautiful The perils and promise of AI (we spend a lot of time here) The ways in which AI may force us to rethink fundamental aspects of our own nature   And what we all can do to increase the odds that our AI future is more positive than not For tickets to TPH's live event in Boston on September 7: https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/dan-harris/ Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/jasmine-wang-and-iain-s-thomas