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. --- One's a legend, the other's a phenom. Together, they offer practical wisdom for maintaining your daily meditation practice, handling conflict, connecting with community, and understanding the limits of the mind. Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. He is the author of 16 books which have sold 2 million copies, and the co-founder of Cloud Sangha. Diego Perez is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who is widely known on Instagram and various social media networks through his pen name, Yung Pueblo. Online he has an audience of over 3 million people. Diego's books are Inward, Clarity & Connection, Lighter, and The Way Forward. In this episode we talk about: How and why to maintain a daily meditation practice The importance of community The limits of the thinking mind How to handle conflict How to love without being attached Related Episodes: Jack Kornfield talking about forgiveness and uncertainty on the pod Yung Pueblo's past appearance on the pod Dan Clurman and Mudita Nisker on effective communication 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 Further resources: Diego's latest book: The Way Forward  Diego's Newsletter Diego's Instagram Wisdom Ventures  A note on Cloud Sangha: Jack Kornfield is a co-founder of Cloud Sangha, where you can turn your challenges into compost for growth and change. Come use your real-life experiences to rehearse living mindfully so you can be the best version of yourself, more often. Join us online to navigate the ups and downs of life together, and find inner freedom along the way. Use the code "TENPERCENTHAPPIER" to receive 30% off. Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jack-kornfield-and-yung-pueblo

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- A counterintuitive way to become more clear, creative, and persistent, via a writer who calls himself a "human guinea pig." A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, podcaster, and human guinea pig. His new podcast "The Puzzler" is produced by iHeart and is in the Top 20 Apple Podcasts. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. Among his books are "The Year of Living Biblically" and "The Know-It-All." He has told several Moth stories, has given several TED talks that have amassed over 10 million views. His latest book is "The Puzzler," which Booklist called "ridiculously entertaining," and The New York Times called "a romp, both fun and funny."  In this episode we talk about: The "puzzle mindset" and how it can change the way you approach your problems  Creating a puzzle that will take billions of years to solve How puzzles can help us during dark times The dark side of the puzzling world How his gratitude project made him better at talking to himself  Learning to appreciate everyday objects and people he sees all the time How pretending to be a good person helped him actually learn to be one – most of the time 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/aj-jacobs-688 Additional Resources: Download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Buddhist strategies for navigating tumult— and even becoming a node of sanity amidst it all. Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication internationally and has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1997. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University and is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma. Born and raised in New Jersey, he is the author of several books, including the best-seller Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication as well as his newest book, Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love. In this episode we talk about: 26 qualities for both navigating and positively impacting a chaotic world What inspired the title of his newest book  Why the cultivation of attention and aspiration can be transformative tools How mindfulness isn't just about feeling good Why joy can help us to persevere through challenges  And How to reframe the concept of devotion so that it can apply to your everyday life Related Episodes: Oren Jay Sofer, Practicing Mindful Communication  Why Buddhism Is Inherently Hopeful (Despite All the Talk of Suffering)  Rethinking Your Relationship to 'Stuff' | The Minimalists + Oren Jay Sofer 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/oren-jay-sofer-new-heart