Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg26 Feb 2024

Ep. 234 – Dan Harris

For episode 234, Sharon speaks with author and podcast host, Dan Harris.

Dan is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling memoir, 10% Happier, about a fidgety, skeptical news anchor who finds meditation. He’s also the host of the Ten Percent Happier podcast and the co-founder of the Ten Percent Happier meditation app. For 21 years, he worked at ABC News, where he anchored such shows as Nightline and the weekend editions of Good Morning America.

In this episode, Dan and Sharon discuss:

The new edition of Ten Percent Happier
What has changed in the meditation space in the last decade
The line between cynicism to skepticism
The climate of despair and nihilism
Working with the inner critic
Dan’s drug-fueled panic attack on-air
Big life changes are not often a straight shot
Dan’s path finding meditation
The Jew-Bu movement towards Asia
The connection of Dan’s father and Joseph Goldstein’s family
Dan meeting Mark Epstein
The first time Sharon saw Birkenstocks
Dan’s first meditation retreat
How lovingkindness has affected Dan
“The Way of the Worrier” list from Ten Percent Happier
Dan’s son teaching lovingkindness meditation

Dan closes the conversation with a guided lovingkindness meditation. You can learn more about Dan’s work and get a copy of Ten Percent Happier, the newly reissued book on his website.

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