10% Happier with Dan Harris Folgen

Have you ever noticed that no matter how much shit you buy, it never really does it for you? There's always that next purchase.  I'm no anti-capitalist, but I don't think it hurts to acknowledge the lie—or if you want to be generous, misunderstanding—at the core of the enterprise: that somehow acquisition will lead to lasting satisfaction.  This insight about the limits of materialism is what animates my friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, who together, are known as the Minimalists. Several years ago, they released a documentary on Netflix. It focuses on how to declutter your stuff and life and how that can lead to decluttering your mind and reduced anxiety.  They actually interviewed me for it—even though I am not really a minimalist—and to this day it is the interview that generated perhaps the most attention of any I have ever done. For years, people stopped me on the street about that one.  Anyway, Joshua and Ryan are now bringing their documentary – aptly entitled "Minimalism" – to YouTube, for free and without commercials. In honor of that, we are reposting an interview I did with them back in 2021.   We hope you enjoy this bonus rebroadcast, and don't forget to check out the Minimalists podcast, Youtube, website…they're everywhere. Oh, and just to say that when we originally posted this interview, we paired it with a supplemental conversation with the great meditation teacher Oren Sofer, so if you want to hear the original, you can check that out here.

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- If you want to opt out of diet culture, then what should you actually eat?  Today's guest is endeavoring to answer this question. Rachel Hartley is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and the author of a book called Gentle Nutrition: A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Eating.  In this episode we talk about: The basics of intuitive eating Her thoughts on whether or not we should weigh ourselves Whether or not adopting intuitive eating means living with your face in a cookie jar forever How her work has influenced her own body image The eight guidelines of gentle nutrition Her provocative contention that "the healthiest choice isn't always the most nutritious choice" Her take on some of the critiques of intuitive eating Her thoughts on trendy new weight loss drugs like Ozempic 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/rachael-hartley-615

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Most of us have an intuitive sense that there's a pretty serious link between what we eat and how we feel. Today's guest is here to explain the science behind that relationship. Dr. Uma Naidoo is a pioneer in the field of nutritional psychiatry and an expert on both the gut-brain connection and the food-mood connection. She is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, a professional chef, and a nutrition specialist. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. And she is the author of a book called This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More. In this episode we talk about: What the gut-brain connection is, how it works, and why it's so important Her contention that "we are in control of how we feel emotionally through the food choices we make every single day" How to leverage nutritional psychiatry to help you handle: ---Anxiety ---Depression ---Sleep disorders ---Dementia ---PTSD ---ADHD ---OCD Her thoughts on taking in all of this information without developing orthorexia (an unhealthy obsession with healthy food) Her thoughts on intuitive eating How to understand vitamins vs. supplements (and her advice on taking supplements) Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/uma-naidoo-614