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A (potentially challenging) Buddhist recipe handling anxious times.Tara Brach, a legendary meditation teacher, psychologist, and frequent flier on this show. She is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and has been active in bringing meditation into schools, prisons and underserved populations. She has also written several books including Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion and Trusting the Gold. In this episode we talk about:A Buddhist tradition known as the Bodhisattva teachings… which are quite radical… and which Tara thinks can vastly improve your life… and the health of democracy. We also talk about: why some people might think this stuff is too soft4 practices to develop compassion A mindfulness technique known as RAINHow mindfulness can help you see what is beneath your angerLetting distress be a portal—and the amazing phrase, “action absorbs anxiety”How to get active when you have limited timeAnd how to counteract the tendency to numb outTara also recorded a guided meditation based on this conversation, which you can find on www.DanHarris.com.Related Episodes:The Dalai Lama’s Guide To HappinessVitamin E: How To Cultivate Equanimity Amidst Political Chaos | Election Sanity Series | Roshi Joan HalifaxA Counterintuitive Source of Hope | Sebene SelassieBest of the Archives: Making it RAIN | Tara BrachCan You Handle This? | Tara BrachHow to Stop the War Against Yourself | Tara BrachSign up for Dan’s weekly newsletter hereFollow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTokTen Percent Happier online bookstoreSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelOur favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular EpisodesFull Shownotes: https://happierapp.com/podcast/tph/tarabrach-833See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The connection between your psychology and your health, and how to work with it.Ellen J. Langer is the author of eleven books, including the international bestsellerMindfulness, which has been translated into fifteen languages, and Counterclockwise:Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility. Most recently, she is the author of TheMindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health.Langer is the recipient of, among other numerous awards and honors, a GuggenheimFellowship, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the PublicInterest from the American Psychological Association, the Award for DistinguishedContributions of Basic Science to the Application of Psychology from the AmericanAssociation of Applied and Preventive Psychology, and the Adult Development andAging Distinguished Research Achievement Award from the American PsychologicalAssociation.She is the author of more than 200 research articles and her trailblazing experiments insocial psychology have earned her inclusion in The New York Times Magazine’s “Yearin Ideas” issue. A member of the psychology department at Harvard University and apainter, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.In this episode we talk about:The power of placebosWhy she isn’t a fan of positive thinking as it is talked about in new age circlesHer version of mindfulness, which is quite different from the version we usually talk about here on the show, which comes out of BuddhismPsychological treatments for chronic illness Smart strategies for reframing aging. Why the world would be boring if you knew it allWhat she means by her concept of a “mindful utopia”And her favorite one liners Related Episodes:The Science Of Manifestation: Can This Stanford Neuroscientist Convince A Skeptical Dan To Give It A Shot? | Dr. James R. DotyHow to Get the Wisdom of Old Age Now | Dilip Jeste Tripping Out with a Legend: Jon Kabat-Zinn on Pain vs. Suffering, Rethinking Your Anxiety, and the Buddha's Teaching in a Single SentenceSign up for Dan’s weekly newsletter hereFollow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTokTen Percent Happier online bookstoreSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelOur favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular EpisodesFull Shownotes: https://happierapp.com/podcast/tph/ellen-langer-832See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Start focused on what's truly important. When you pause to remember the big picture, your day can move forward grounded in integrity & wisdom.About Alexis Santos:Alexis has practiced and taught Insight Meditation in both the East and West since 2001. He has been a long-time student of Sayadaw U Tejaniya (a well respected meditation teacher in Burma whose teachings have attracted a global audience), and his teaching emphasizes knowing the mind through a natural and relaxed continuity -- a style of practice that's particularly useful during our crazy lives. Alexis has completed the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training, teaches retreats across the globe, and currently lives in Portland, Maine.To find this meditation in the Happier app, you can search for “Wake Up With Perspective.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.