Dan Harris on The Power of Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics

Dan is the co-anchor of ABC News Nightline as well as the co-anchor of the weekend edition of Good Morning America. He is the author of the NYT bestseller 10% HAPPIER and his newest book is 10% HAPPIER: MEDITATION FOR FIDGETY SKEPTICS
This is a wide ranging conversation on the power of meditation to live and be a little bit happier, tailored to the skeptics and those who mistakenly believe they can't or don't need to meditate.
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[@Gkuljian]

I got a lot out of just the first five minutes before you even started. Forgetting the equipment was mandatory. This is so perfect- I used to say meditation was for idiots. After all, what do you think sleep is for? I still don't meditate, but I'm inching closer. And I was never going to be a vegan. But year after year as I got sicker and sicker, i finally began looking for anything. And now I only eat plants.

[@eXolusiatious]

veganism is the way to go!

[@johnbiluke8406]

Go check out "Sleep is Non-Negotiable" It'll change your mind!

[@loribreese-darling8636]

Awesome podcast, worth every minute! Thank you!!

[@daniellelevy6556]

Brilliant conversation. Thank you kindly!

[@happyhealthwise3649]

Again, I found so much depth and valuable information that I am not only motivated to share this “Rich” content but carry the iPad and speaker from the shower to the smoothie to the drive with Bluetooth in the car during my entire day! Real health is indeed complex...mind, body and spirit ! HappyHealthwise...Thank You RR.

[@paullemay3218]

Thank you both for sharing this podcast. 😎🇨🇦

[@DonnaDenim]

I can’t wait to listen on the treadmill tomorrow morning! Thanks!

[@thanhtruongkervyn7632]

Such à GREAT interview!!!! From both host and guest speakers. THANK YOU!!

[@Raven.13]

Gotta listen to this on Podcast during my evening walk 🙌 Love your work! A+ Rich 😝

[@Constantinului]

thank you for this one, brothers !

[@xflyingtiger]

Okay! I've watched the whole podcast now. It's really good. Watch it. I'm getting the app and book.

[@HananBenNafa]

Really enjoyed this, thank you guys! 🙏

[@stevebonella1]

Gotta love Dan Harris

[@RuthAstbury]

Hello, your podcasts are helping me massively to transition to plant-based living. Thank you

[@DBASSDAN]

This was brilliant. Thank you Rich and Dan ✌🌱👣

[@betteschanafelt5745]

I’m a big fan. Thank you both for who you are. Genuinely good people

[@williamtherambling3334]

Perfect headline ty

[@PlantifulHealth]

This was a GREAT episode!!! Love you both, thank you.

[@rossmoore1155]

rich has such good flow to his podcasts....he doesn't just say things to stop silence.....he's got good messages and adds to the flow of the conversation

[@eleanorbertuch135]

Excellent conversation

[@keerthilanka9039]

this is an amazing episode

[@EatMoveRest]

Definitely share more videos like this!

[@samantha-kemp-therapy]

once again. fantastic

[@robertlopez6728]

Great episode!

[@jessejamesjohnston]

Really interesting point how "(blank) is my meditation". It CAN be mindful meditation with intention but isn't just blindly a meditation session. I was always a little unclear of the distinction. 👍🏃

[@mikesveganlife4359]

About 3 months ago completed a Meditation in the Workplace program at work. I've stuck with it because of so many benefits. I recently was in a car accident and while I wasn't exactly zen in the first 30 minutes or so after the accident I did find it easier to calm down and shift my perspective to something less stressful. Of course my wife is not happy because when she had an accident I was much more vocal with her than I was with myself at this point in my life. I tried to tell her I was still VERY...VERY disappointed in myself being in an accident, mindfulness just taught me I can better control my reaction now. She doesn't buy it.

[@lindaw7502]

Dan Harris is charismatic and authentic. The couple suffer the cancer (of his wife), but Dan showed optimism here

[@goslowyogawithlindapremana8162]

Thank you for the interview. So disappointing though when people insist on separating meditation from yoga. It IS yoga. It is one of the 8 limbs of classical yoga.. not studio western yoga. Patanjali’s 8 limbs… Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyhara, Dharana, Dhyana (state of meditation), Samadhi. I think it does matter to acknowledge the source of these precious practices, why should the references be undermined or treated as funny or trivial?

[@papichefitup]

2 hours a day Meditation goals

[@remedium-podcast]

This is Amazing 🖐🔋🛡

[@brookie_cuqui]

Where do gerbils run wild? I catch these thoughts most right before I go to sleep. Being easy on yourself is a practice.

[@PC-df1zu]

One wonders if meditation is being used by the military, how would that practice intersect with concepts like "right livelihood"? More mindful soldiering?

[@mikemasail823]

I cycle (Road) I never ride in a group because I tend to meditate whilst I am on the bike. It often happens that I will a cover large distances, without even realising it. Feels great.

[@andypaul999]

Mike Masail I just like riding my bike, concentrating on not crashing. I guess im different...

[@mikemasail823]

Andy, been riding for 47 years, love it. I dont even think of crashing.

[@DBASSDAN]

I know the feeling you have and it's great, although I really don't believe it's meditation?! In reality, cycling is cycling and meditation is meditation. I mean I've heard people say "exercise is my meditation" but they have different names so it would be inaccurate to say "meditation is my exercise. I think there is a natural relationship between the two and they can both be a support for each other.

[@analiisarubin1147]

Banana Man. æåæåæåæåæåæåæåæå - only doing this jibberish so I can read the rest of the comment

[@analiisarubin1147]

Didn’t work however... Nonetheless, great show and careful on the bikes people!!!

[@lettygarcia6634]

María Montessori did the silent ritual with children ages 3 to 6 as a practice to reconnect to the world around you. Unfortunately many teachers do not take this in consideration nor do the know the impact it can have in children living in a hectic work of today, and there for are suffering on anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorders at a younger and younger age. And if not treated mindfully , the child will turn into an addict and self harming because they do not have the ability to feel.

[@OttoCruz787]

Does this mean that we are closer to a podcast with Sam Harris? =D It'd be awesome to hear you have a conversation on Determinism.

[@palmer5555]

Great discussion. Lovely guy. But I didn’t like when he said the word “heart” is not allowed to be used in his meditation app ever. ???? There is a school of thought that says if you focus your meditation on your heart, it can open you up in ways you are not prepared for, so maybe that’s why? But I got the feeling it was more about dumbing it down and teaching to the masses. Hopefully I’m wrong. I’ve been studying & practicing Shamata for 4 months now and it’s been the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. The Loving Kindness meditation is a gem too. 🙏🏼💜🧘🏼‍♀️

[@soffer]

1:33:48 naming your ego naming your anger naming your pride

[@xflyingtiger]

For anyone watching this, hang with it until 1/3 of the way through. Don't get me wrong, this video is interesting and entertaining right out of the gate. But, for me it really started to hit home at about the 1/3 mark. I am not done watching yet.

[@chrisjowaisas95]

Dude, aren't you hot in that jacket? Haha. Love you man.

[@markfuller]

Why do people wear headsets when they sit across from each other?

[@lindastevenson6642]

Hi love to meditation but need to fine someone to fine my happyerinside

[@lewicypher1912]

Marginally but meaningfully less of an idiot....my new goal for life .

[@cholakicha]

01:10:00

[@joshnehls7597]

So

[@MsMkk29]

Wait! Rich, Dan literally said he wants to be part of the "popular, happier, healthier thing"! How hard was it for you not to go into how a plant based lifestyle would accomplish that for him?!!

[@arjanpetersen]

MsMkk29 Well... there are more ways to achieve that. Plant based/ vegan is not the only option

[@igmathews69]

I want that 90 minutes if my life back. It’s simply a book advert.

[@jewbanqora5159]

G u2😂😂😂

[@basereality8485]

Steve Jobs? is that you?

[@Antek10100]

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