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. --- 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. --- Jennifer Egan is not only a novelist, she's also written short stories and award-winning magazine journalism. She's one of those writers who can both spin a fascinating yarn and load it up with insights into everything from human nature to the future of technology, all while pulling off bewitching turns of phrase; what the writer Jonathan Franzen has called "micro felicities."  Egan is as funny, fascinating, and open IRL as she is on the page although it's not clear she feels that way given she talks about how much smarter she feels in writing than in speaking! In this episode we talk about: Egan's writing process  The power of writing by hand  The shocking, relentless, ruthless discipline that she imposes on herself to never do the same thing twice as she's writing Curiosity, awe, and panic attacks How she handles feedback Her feelings of insubstantiality  Our cultures fetishization of authenticity The impact of success on her work AI and our possible technological futures Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/jennifer-egan

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Today's episode is a wide-ranging Interview with Zach Braff, one of those rare famous people who's really willing to go there.  You may know Braff from the TV show Scrubs or the movie Garden State but Braff is actually a genuine multi-hyphenate; a true triple threat. He acts, writes and directs his own movies and other people's TV shows including Ted Lasso on Apple TV. Relatively recently he put out a new movie that he both wrote and directed called A Good Person starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman.   In this episode we talked about anxiety, depression, insomnia, addiction, grief, social media usage, and what he means by "learning to love your fate"—a notion that is literally tattooed on his wrist.  This Interview was conducted in person at the TED conference in Vancouver this past April.  Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/zach-braff