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Hayden, you beautiful human! Thank you. I wasn’t entirely stumped as a newbie to Substack, but wasn’t feeling entirely savvy either. This was incredibly helpful! Cheers.

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I've gotta be honest: I was surprised and disappointed to see that Substack was chosen as the new home for the Dan Harris community. The platform's leadership has been reluctant to remove/demonetize Nazi content. It's why I have been hesitant to become a full member: although I want to support the work that Dan does, I don't want any of my money going to Substack.

Has this been a conversation with the team? If so, why did you decide to stick with Substack despite many notable publications (Platformer, Garbage Day, Sasha Frere Jones) jumping ship?

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Thank you for your kind information. I’m the target audience needing this :-) 71 and not tech savvy.

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Thanks Hayden, really helpful and comprehensive. If it's possible sometime I'd love a short tutorial with more focus on the chat and the threading you mentioned, maybe just a couple of examples so I'm clearer on what's going on there. I'd like to see how you reply to someone's comment, how you find a reply to one of your comments or questions, and how to retreat when you're done!

Thanks so much.

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Eek THANK YOU SO MUCH. Beautifully done! I'm all in, but I was so lost. Appreciate your time

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Thanks for this! I still have trouble navigating to the original thread within a thread, if that makes sense. I can’t seem to be able to read the question that was posted only the latest answer.

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Yeah so the problem here is that no one (including the team) has really been utilizing the thread within thread option in the chat, so its kind of a never ending cascade of comments and questions. Hopefully going forward it'll be a little cleaner now that Dan and the team know about using the thread within a thread feature.

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Thank you so much. I kinda figured it out but was confused about a few things and you cleared it up.

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Hayden, I've tried posting, but it doesn't stay in the thread--it goes away? I do NOT understand how to access Dan's new app? I'm so confused. I subscribed to 10% happier from its beginning, but now I don't know how to find 10% in ONE place--is it substack, is it wonderly, is it Dan Harris.com? I could really use some help. I had so many saved favorite meditations on 10% Happier. Everything was in ONE PLACE in the app, and now I'm so lost and confused. Can you (or anyone reading this) please help me navigate the new 10%? Thank you.

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Hi Tobi, so Danharris.com (the substack) has a selection of meditations as well as all of the latest (and archived) publicly available podcast and a lot of new content from Dan like AMA’s, videos, and his thoughts on the latest 10% episodes. If you’re looking for the whole library of meditations and podcast episodes all in one place, that can be found at the Happier app (which Dan is no longer a part of). Danharris.com can be accessed through both the browser and the Substack app

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So grateful for your response. So if I want to access Dan's new 10% Happier, there is not an app just for that. I go to Danharris.com through my browser. The only app is substack (which I'm not familiar with using). Is that correct? Thank you for your clarification. I know Dan is no longer part of Happier app. I'm trying to follow him in his new app/venture and finding it difficult. Thanks again.

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Thanks for responding! That’s helpful to know 😊

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Christina - I totally know what you mean! If you click on the comment that has been responded to (in blue), it will actually scroll up to the original comment so you can read it in full. It took me a little while to figure this out too.

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When I clicked on the comment, it scrolled all the way to the top of the thread and I still could not find the original question. I must be missing it somehow😕

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I’ve been with you since the beginning with Ten Percent. I love what you have done to bring meditation to so many who may never have been introduced to it without you. I am trying to get away from the computer as much as possible. I have a great physical social life and I just loved the simplicity of checking in to Ten Percent for a new meditation or a video with one of the great meditation teachers that helped you start with the program. This past year I have become disappointed with very few new meditations. But still I just listened to the older ones over and over. I am not excited about using Substack. I will stay connected for a month or two to give it a try. I will keep listening to the Ten Percent podcast because your interviews are great. I wish you the best and am sorry you are having panic attacks again. It sure seems stress related. May the force be with you.

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This was super helpful. Thank you, Hayden. It is so cool to be part of this community of DanHarris-minded individuals. ❤️

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I think it’s just fine. Love it the way it is.

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My biggest issue with Substack is that I need to turn off my VPN and Ad Blocker to use it. A compromise I’m not willing to make. I should have checked this before signing up for the whole year.

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Thank you! Super helpful. A similar video related to the Substack app would be awesome!

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Thanks for being so responsive and helping us out with the tutorial. I started to get the hang but your tutorial made me feel more comfortable knowing where things are.

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What is the easiest way to get to the meditations on the phone? Thanks

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If you log into Dan’s site on your phone and navigate to “Manage subscription” from the top right hand corner 3 bars dropdown menu, you’ll find “Manage subscription”. In there you’ll see “private podcast feeds” which can help you set up the meditations as a separate feed in your podcast app.

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Thank you! You and Hayden are awesome!

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John, this only worked at desktop not in my phone. Thanks

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If you’re trying to get the RSS feed link up to a podcast app using your phone, log into Substack through the browser on your phone.

https://substack.com

https://substack.com/settings

https://www.danharris.com/account

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So I cant listen to Dan's meditations here or on Spotify?

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Looks like Spotify won’t input podcast subscriptions using RSS feeds. It’s possible with Apple, OverCast, DownCast and other podcast apps listed on that page.

With Substack it is possible by searching Dan’s posts (search for “meditation” as described by Hayden on the short video). There’s no way to collate them into a playlist on Substack from what I can tell. Saving that post does keep it in your inbox but it disappears from your inbox once you “Archive” it.

I’ve settled on using OverCast as I’ve had that for years and it’s very good for organizing podcast feeds, creating playlists etc.

Just a disclaimer…. I’m not part of Dan’s support team. Just trying to give some helpful tips. Hopefully succeeding.

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So generous of you, Dan and Hayden 🙏 -Thank you

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That was very helpful. Question: how do you get to the podcasts easily from the Substack app?

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The app lacks the "sections" that are available on desktop so the easiest way is to either look up an episode in the search bar if you want a specific one from a while back or just scroll down through the posts. The podcast is posted chronologically from our RSS feed so as you scroll down in the posts, they will be in the order of newest to oldest.

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Hi Judy - just to add to what Hayden said - for the time being, the podcast is most easily accessible from Spotify, Apple, etc. and not synced with Substack in that way - just one of those things we know isn't ideal! But once Dan sends out his email about it, you can always find it linked in the podcast section. Understandable this is confusing!

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My question, exactly.

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Thank you. I’m not able to find the meditations on the phone app in the same way as on the desktop app. Is there a way to find them on a tab on the phone app also?

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