The Best of 10% Happier

A New Way To Think About Your Time | Ashley Whillans (2021)

April 6, 2022

A New Way To Think About Your Time | Ashley Whillans (2021)

What if one of the keys to happiness is how intentional you are with your time?

Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System | Deb Dana

February 28, 2022

Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System | Deb Dana

We don’t think about it this way, but as we move through the day, the various moods we inhabit — excitement, engagement, aggression, fear, dejection — they’re all dictated by, or correlated with, our nervous system, or to be specific, our autonomic nervous system. The guest for this episode explains how you can become an active operator of your own nerv…

Brené Brown Says You're Doing Feelings Wrong

December 21, 2022

Brené Brown Says You're Doing Feelings Wrong

Brené Brown has found that most people are only able to identify three emotions: happy, sad and pissed off.

Can You Handle This? | Tara Brach

January 3, 2022

This is the third episode of our Getting Unstuck Series and we’re kicking off the new year with a giant in the meditation world. Tara Brach holds a PhD in clinical psychology and has been practicing and teaching meditation around the world for more than four decades. She is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and the author of …

The Dalai Lama’s Guide to Happiness | Part 1

January 2, 2023

The Dalai Lama’s Guide to Happiness | Part 1

Dan flies to Dharamsala, India to spend two weeks in the orbit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This is the first installment of a five-part audio documentary series, something we’ve never done before now. Over the course of the episodes, we talk to His Holiness about practical strategies for thorny dilemmas, including: how to get along with difficult pe…

For the Burned Out, Fried, and Exhausted | Emily & Amelia Nagoski

January 5, 2022

For the Burned Out, Fried, and Exhausted | Emily & Amelia Nagoski

The final episode of our New Year’s Getting Unstuck Series features Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Our goal with this episode, as it has been with all the episodes throughout the series, is to arm you with new ways of thinking about where you might be stuck in your life and to give you new tools for getting unstuck.

The Good News About Your Inevitable Decline | Arthur Brooks

February 16, 2022

The Good News About Your Inevitable Decline | Arthur Brooks

The unavoidable truth is that our skills change as we get older. We invest so much in our professional success, and then at some point, things change. But there’s good news. While certain abilities and mental capacities erode with age, others get stronger. With some foresight, planning, and good habits, you can make the second half of your life way bett…

How to Fight Languishing (at Work and Everywhere Else) | Adam Grant

November 1, 2021

How to Fight Languishing (at Work and Everywhere Else) | Adam Grant

This episode officially marks the launch of the Work Life Series, a brand-new, five-part series that’s all about how to live better lives at work. In each episode, we’ll be hosting meditation teachers, thought leaders, and top-of-their-field scientists to explore how to better connect with coworkers, boost our on-the-job resilience, and bring mindfulnes…

How Not to Ruin Your Relationships | Drs. John & Julie Gottman

February 7, 2024

How Not to Ruin Your Relationships | Drs. John & Julie Gottman

What 40 years of research tells us about how to cultivate good relationships in our lives.

That Rut You’re In – This One Word Could Pull You Out | Nedra Tawwab

December 27, 2021

That Rut You’re In – This One Word Could Pull You Out | Nedra Tawwab

This is the first episode of our Getting Unstuck Series. This episode, featuring social worker and NYT bestselling author Nedra Tawwab has some incredibly practical advice for various forms of stuckness, and it basically comes down to one word: boundaries. Nedra is a social worker and the New York Times bestselling author of

The Science of Depression | Sona Dimidjian

January 19, 2022

The Science of Depression | Sona Dimidjian

This episode features one of the world’s leading experts in depression and how meditation can help. Dr. Sona Dimidjian is a professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the director of the Renée Crown Wellness Institute at the University of Colorado, Boulder. This episode explores the seasonal impacts on depression, the research on how…

There’s No Part of Your Life You Can’t Make More Awesome | Jeff Warren

February 23, 2022

There’s No Part of Your Life You Can’t Make More Awesome | Jeff Warren

It is very easy to think about your meditation practice as being quarantined to those minutes when you’re dutifully sitting down with your eyes closed. But actually the point is to turn your whole life into a practice. Our guest Jeff Warren has a very broad, capacious understanding of the concept of practice. There’s formal meditation practice, but also…

Why I’m Not a Buddhist | Evan Thompson

February 9, 2022

This episode features Evan Thompson, author of the book Why I Am Not a Buddhist. Evan Thompson is a writer and professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. His work and research focuses on the nature of the mind, the self, and human experience combining cognitive science, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, and cross-cultur…