How To Handle Toxic Thoughts | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren

How To Handle Toxic Thoughts | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren

What to do when the voice in your head is an asshole.

Sebene Selassie is an author and meditation teacher. She writes the popular newsletter remind me to love and her first book is called, You Belong.

Jeff Warren is an author and meditation teacher. He writes the popular newsletter Home Base and is the coauthor, along with Dan, of a book called Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics. And he is the co-host of the mind/bod adventure pod.


Aaron Schultz aka DJ DRM has crisscrossed the globe for decades playing his own unique brand of dance music. Aaron is also a longtime meditator and Dharma practitioner in the Dharma Drum lineage of Chan Buddhism, and is a passionate devotee of GuanYin Bodhisattva.

In this episode we talk about:

  • How to relate to sticky stories and emotions
  • How to face unpleasant feelings
  • The 5 hindrances (that's a Buddhist list of the main problems that arise in meditation) and how sneaky they can be
  • The potential pitfalls of a "good sit"
  • The role of right effort in meditation
  • How expectations make us suffer
  • Neurodivergence
  • Working with shame (and how it differs from wise remorse)
  • The connection between dancing and the Dharma (and why Dan is too self-conscious to dance)



Join Dan's online community here

Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel



On Sunday, September 21st from 1-5pm ET, join Dan and Leslie Booker at the New York Insight Meditation Center in NYC as they lead a workshop titled, "Heavily Meditated – The Dharma of Depression + Anxiety." This event is both in-person and online. Sign up here!

Get ready for another Meditation Party at Omega Institute! This in-person workshop brings together Dan with his friends and meditation teachers, Sebene Selassie, Jeff Warren, and for the first time, Ofosu Jones-Quartey. The event runs October 24th-26th. Sign up and learn more at eomega.org/workshops/meditation-party-2025.



To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris

Sponsors:

Liquid IV: Savor the last bits of summer with Liquid I.V. Tear. Pour. Live More. Go to LiquidIV.com and get 20% off your first order with code HAPPIER at checkout.

AT&T: Staying connected matters. That's why AT&T has connectivity you can depend on, or they will proactively make it right. Visit att.com/guarantee for details.

Jaksot(1008)

Can Meditation Improve Politics? Chris Ruane and Jamie Bristow

Can Meditation Improve Politics? Chris Ruane and Jamie Bristow

Chris Ruane has been a member of the British Parliament for more than 20 years. As a meditation and mindfulness practitioner, he wanted to share the benefits of these practices with his colleagues in ...

12 Kesä 20191h 8min

The Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, Annaka Harris

The Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, Annaka Harris

As a child Annaka Harris suffered from migraines. Searching for ways to cope with that pain, she became curious - wondering "what is this pain" and "where is it coming from?" The line of questioning s...

5 Kesä 20191h 14min

Type A Nun, Mindful Parenting, and Natural Awareness, Diana Winston

Type A Nun, Mindful Parenting, and Natural Awareness, Diana Winston

Diana Winston first learned about meditation as a kid, but it wasn't until she traveled to Asia following college that her practice really took off. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation sinc...

29 Touko 20191h 15min

Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport

It's hard to deny our society's increasing dependence on, if not addiction to, email, apps and social media. If we recognize it as a problem, then how do we fix it? Cal Newport is a computer science p...

22 Touko 20191h 27min

Is Enlightenment Possible for Regular People, Daniel M. Ingram

Is Enlightenment Possible for Regular People, Daniel M. Ingram

Daniel M. Ingram sparked controversy in the Buddhist world when he declared himself to be an arahat, the term commonly used for a person who has reached the final stage of enlightenment. In this week'...

15 Touko 20191h 59min

The Importance of Dying Before You Die, Helen Tworkov

The Importance of Dying Before You Die, Helen Tworkov

Helen Tworkov first encountered Buddhism in Nepal during the 1960's and has studied in both the Zen and Tibetan traditions. She has also studied with Mingyur Rinpoche, a well-known Tibetan Buddhist me...

8 Touko 20191h 29min

Brené Brown, Vulnerability: The Key to Courage

Brené Brown, Vulnerability: The Key to Courage

Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She is also the author of five #1 New York Time...

1 Touko 20191h 20min

The Zen Priest with an MBA, Marc Lesser

The Zen Priest with an MBA, Marc Lesser

At just 21 years old Marc Lesser took a year-long leave from his education to explore meditation. His one year leave would turn into 10 when he became the director of the first Zen monastery in the we...

24 Huhti 20191h 29min

Suosittua kategoriassa Terveys ja hyvinvointi

unicast
rss-hanna-tikander
tiedenaiset-podcast
rss-pitaisko-erota
psykopodiaa-podcast
voi-hyvin-meditaatiot-2
puhu-muru
rss-narsisti
vakeva-elama-viisaampi-mieli-vahvempi-keho
meditaatiot-suomeksi
rss-pt-paahtio
rss-en-saa-unta
junnut-pelissa
rss-vapaudu-voimaasi
rss-kyykkya-ja-kuoharia
katilon-kahvitunti
terapiassa
docemilia
rss-uplevel-by-sonja-hannus
rss-kuumilla-aalloilla