10% Happier with Dan Harris
Episodes
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, 'Potential of Tsewa Is in Everyone'
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, whose most recent book is "Training in Tenderness: Buddhist Teachings on Tsewa, the Radical Openness of Heart That Can Chang...
Thomas McConkie, The Mormon Meditator
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Having been raised in the Mormon faith, Thomas McConkie was feeling a little lost after he had a falling out with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
Elizabeth Cutler, SoulCycle Co-Founder
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After having two kids, Elizabeth Cutler had a friend suggest she try spin classes as a way to lose weight and less than a year later, she and her busi...
Culture Abuse, Finding Peace in Punk Rock
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For a long time, Culture Abuse's 31-year-old frontman David Kelling didn't want to perform in public. As all five members of the San Francisco-based p...
Light Watkins, 'Simplify the Approach'
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"There was more snowstorms than meditators in Alabama when I was growing up," said Light Watkins, who started a career as a working model before switc...
Spring Washam, 'What Was Creating All This Suffering?'
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Spring Washam was on a meditation retreat when she felt herself falling apart, so much so that she picked up "the red phone," screamed out "HELP." Tha...
Scott Edelstein, When Spiritual Leaders 'Stray'
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Spiritual leaders often have great influence over their followers but there are times, author Scott Edelstein says, when some leaders will use their p...
Jeremy Richman, 'There Is Hope in Helping'
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Richman remembers his daughter Avielle as a fun spirit with "this unbelievable smile that she would just give out to anybody," who was as happy...
Alison Wright, World-Traveling Photographer
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Her body badly broken in a horrific bus crash in Laos, Alison Wright was still trying to breathe as she realized that she may not make it out alive. B...
Scott Norton, The Condiments Guy Who Meditates
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Since invading the condiments market with Sir Kensington's, a line of ketchup, mustard and other spreads, company co-founder Scott Norton said meditat...
Diana Butler Bass, 100 Days of Gratitude
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Author and religion scholar Diana Butler Bass has tried on many forms of Christianity, from growing up Methodist to becoming an Evangelical Christian ...
Dr. Stephanie Sarkis, Meditating While Having ADHD
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Sarkis, an author and expert in ADHD, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder and chronic pain, brings a unique perspective to her work ...
Roshi Joan Halifax, 'Turning Towards the Suffering'
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Roshi Joan Halifax came to New York City by way of New Orleans in the '60s with a thirst to engage in social justice, protesting "everything related t...
Sally Kohn, 'We Need to Fix Hate'
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It was around the time she decided to go on her second meditation retreat that Sally Kohn, a gay, Jewish, community organizer turned political comment...
Paul Gilmartin, The Battles in Our Heads, Uncensored
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Paul Gilmartin was the host of TV's "Dinner and a Movie" for 16 years, but smiling and acting happy on-screen often "felt like lifting 500 po...
Thupten Jinpa, The Importance of Compassion - LIVE!
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Harris leads a conversation with Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama's longtime English-language translator and a monk for over 25 years, about the uses...
Catherine Price, Redefining Your Relationship with Your Phone
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It was an "out of body moment," Catherine Price said, when she realized her newborn daughter had been looking up at her but she had been looking down ...
George Haas, Regulating the 'Fear Mind'
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
George Haas has worked as a filmmaker, an artist, a doorman at "every major nightclub in New York City" in the '80s, and now he's a meditation teacher...
Ezra Klein, How We Interact with Politics Matters
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Vox's editor-at-large and journalist Ezra Klein, formerly of The Washington Post, has made a name for himself as a political commentator, finding cont...
Janice Marturano, How to Be a Better Boss
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Janice Marturano was a vice president at General Mills working on the Pillsbury merger deal in 2000 when she lost both her parents, and began a regula...
Daniel Pink, 'When' Can Make a Big Difference
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"All of us in our lives make decisions about when to do things. 'When should I work out? When should I do this kind of work, when should I do that kin...
Andrea Petersen, Untangling from Anxiety
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When author and Wall Street Journal reporter Andrea Petersen was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at age 20, she was relieved to finally have a name...
Lewis Howes, Former Pro-Athlete on Removing 'Mask of Masculinity'
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As a former pro-football player and two sport All-American, world-record holding athlete, Lewis Howes built his life around being the tough, "get back...
Hansa Bergwall, Reminding Us That We Die So That We Live
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The WeCroak app, which sends reminders that you're going to die -- five times a day, is not meant to be morbid, founder Hansa Bergwall said, but to ma...
Lt. Col. Jannell MacAulay, Teaching 'Mental Push-ups' in US Air Force
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jannell MacAulay, a lieutenant colonel and flight instructor in the United States Air Force with over 3,000 flying hours as a combat veteran, sees...
Rhonda Magee, Law Professor Using Mindfulness to Defeat Bias
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"Part of what I have decided for myself - it's a decision - I don't want to be part of the pain, creating more pain in the world, for myself or for ot...
Brad Katsuyama, Wall Street Reformer
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Katsuyama's blood pressure levels were "out of control" and he decided to make a significant change in his life. The Canada native left his job a...
Bob Roth, Meditation Teacher to the Stars
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks and David Letterman are just some of the dozens of celebrities who sought out Bob Roth to learn Transcendental Meditation (TM...
Susan Kaiser Greenland and Annaka Harris, Teaching Mindfulness to Kids
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Kaiser Greenland, an author and former corporate attorney, and Annaka Harris, an author and editor, work together to teach mindfulness meditatio...
Tim Ferriss, Host of 'The Tim Ferriss Show,' Author
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Ferriss, the host of "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast and the author of several best-selling books, including "The 4-Hour Workweek" and "Tribe of Me...
Yael Shy, Helping College Students Fight Stress and FOMO
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Yael Shy, the author of "What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond," says she came to meditation from "a lot of suffering" as a student at New...
Danica Patrick, Racing Superstar
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Danica Patrick is one of the most successful female drivers in racing history, having been the first and only woman to win an IndyCar race. Since beco...
James Altucher, Master of Reinvention
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
James Altucher, an entrepreneur, writer and host of "The James Altucher Show" podcast, is a master of reinvention, so much in fact that the title of o...
Manoush Zomorodi, Host of 'Note to Self' Podcast
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Manoush Zomorodi, the host of WNYC's "Note to Self" podcast, is an advocate for boredom because allowing our minds to wander, she says, can lead to pr...
Your Meditation Questions, Answered!
27 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We close out the year by hearing from you, our loyal listeners! We recently set up a voicemail where listeners left questions for our host Dan Harris ...
Dr. Bianca Harris
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan interviews his wife, Bianca Harris, who is a big part of the storyline in his new book, "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Boo...
Jeff Warren, After the '10% Happier' Road Trip
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation teacher and writer Jeff Warren and our host Dan Harris reflect on their January 2017 road trip, in which they traveled from New York City t...
Dr. David Vago, This Is Your Brain on Meditation
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There has been an explosion of research in recent years on what meditation does to the brain, but as neuroscientist Dave Vago points out, the science ...
Ginger Zee, ABC News Chief Meteorologist (Bonus!)
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On "Good Morning America," Ginger Zee is known as ABC News' bright, always-smiling chief meteorologist, but now she is sharing that, in reality, she h...
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, 'The Lost Art of Good Conversation'
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and Shambhala International, has a new book out called, "The Lost Art of Good Conv...
Guided Meditation: 'A Reflection On the Important Things' by The Minimalists
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With the holidays (and shopping season) upon us, we asked our friends The Minimalists (Ep. #32) for a short meditation to help us focus on what's trul...
Bonnie St. John, Former Olympic Skier, Motivational Speaker
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Author, motivational speaker and former pro-skier Bonnie St. John had her right leg amputated at age 5, but that has never slowed her down. The San Di...
Charles Raison & Vladimir Maletic, Tackling Depression with a Mind-Body Approach
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chuck Raison, a psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, and Vlad Malet...
Andrew Scheffer, The Wharton Monk
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Scheffer's decision to try meditation after his freshman year of college launched him on a journey where he traveled the world, spent over a ye...
Shiza Shahid, Malala Fund Co-Founder
01 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in a post-9/11 Pakistan, Shiza Shahid had what she called an "activist childhood," where she volunteered in prisons, refugee camps and disa...
Leslie Booker, Activism and the Dharma
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Booker was working as a wardrobe stylist, dressing models for a living, and was looking for a way to transition out of the industry and her win...
Adam Levin, X Ambassadors Drummer
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As the X Ambassadors' fame grew, drummer Adam Levin noticed he was always waiting for something to go wrong. With more success, came more anxiety, "an...
Sally Quinn, Walking the Labyrinth
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When author and journalist Sally Quinn needs a moment of peace or clarity, she said, "I walk the labyrinth." A labyrinth walk has long represented a j...
Anderson Cooper, CNN Anchor
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anderson Cooper, a 23-year news veteran, is the anchor of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" and a contributor to CBS News' "60 Minutes." His reporting for a...
Nicholas Hoult & Danny Strong, 'Rebel in the Rye'
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The new biopic about reclusive author J.D. Salinger explores his formative years, from struggling writer, to serving in World War II, to publishing hi...
Tom Bergeron, 'Dancing With the Stars' Host
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On a live show, anything can happen, but Tom Bergeron trusts he can handle it. The host of ABC's hit dancing competition show, "Dancing With the Stars...
Gretchen Rubin, 'The Four Tendencies'
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In her new book, "The Four Tendencies," best-selling author and speaker Gretchen Rubin breaks down what she denotes as four different personality prof...
Daniel Goleman, Dr. Richard Davidson, 'Altered Traits' (Bonus!)
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Goleman and Richie Davidson, both titans in their respective fields and best-selling authors, have co-written a new book out now entitled, "Altere...
Justin von Bujdoss, Buddhist Chaplain at Rikers Island
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Justin von Bujdoss was working as a hospice chaplain in New York City, traveling all over the five boroughs and greater metropolitan area to visit pat...
Jaimal Yogis, A Surfer's Quest for Zen
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Being out on a surfboard, when it's just you and the ocean, is "a meditative space," Jaimal Yogis said, "There's a certain amount of solitude that's j...
Robert Wright, 'Why Buddhism is True' (Bonus!)
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Progress on the meditation path tends to involve moral progress. You tend to become a better person as well as a happier person... I personally think...
LeAnn Rimes, Grammy-Winning Artist
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
LeAnn Rimes has been making a name for herself and her powerful voice since her early teens -- she's the youngest person ever to win a Grammy -- and t...
Ethan Nichtern, 'The Dharma of The Princess Bride'
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"I don't claim that ['The Princess Bride'] is a Buddhist story, but I do think it has some Buddhist elements," Ethan Nichtern said. "It's a deconstruc...
Moby and Google's Bill Duane at Wanderlust Hollywood (Live!)
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the final installment from the "10% Happier" road trip, Dan Harris and meditation teacher Jeff Warren ended their cross-country tour at a Wanderlus...
Anurag Gupta, Attorney 'Hacking' Unconscious Bias
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anurag Gupta, who immigrated to the U.S. from India at age 10, has devoted much of his adult life to helping reduce racial inequality and transform bi...
Rich Roll, Vegan Ultra-Endurance Athlete
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Shortly before his 40th birthday, Rich Roll was walking up a flight of stairs when he suddenly felt like he was about to have a heart attack. That ter...
Lt. Richard Goerling, Mindfulness in Police Work
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when there have been controversial police shootings of unarmed civilians and many officers risking their lives to protect their communities ...
Virginia Heffernan: Writer, 'Trumpcast' Podcast Co-Host
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Virginia Heffernan, who has written for several major publications including as a television and Internet culture columnist for the New York Times, op...
Rep. Tim Ryan, Teaching Congress to Meditate
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In another installment from the "10% Happier" road trip, Dan Harris and meditation teacher Jeff Warren sat down with Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, at the con...
Gary Vaynerchuk, Media Industry Leader
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
VanyerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk got his start as "the wine guy" when he launched one of the first wine e-commerce websites in the U.S. He began making...
Mark Coleman, Meditating in the Great Outdoors
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned mindfulness teacher Mark Coleman, founder of Awake in the Wild and The Mindfulness Institute, has led wilderness meditation retreats from Ala...
James Gimian, Mindful Magazine Publisher
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
James Gimian, who has been in publishing since the '70s, started covering the emerging mindfulness movement for a small magazine years ago when he sai...
Josh Groban, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist, Actor (Bonus!)
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This a special pre-Tony Awards episode of the podcast with multi-platinum recording artist and actor Josh Groban, who is nominated for best lead actor...
Cory Muscara, Mindfulness Teacher, Former Monk
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cory Muscara, 27 years old, admits he first tried meditation because he wanted to impress his college girlfriend -- but it changed his life forever. M...
Sharon Salzberg, 'Real Love'
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"I think people do things motivated by love, certainly more strongly sometimes, and more successfully, than when motivated by hate... I think love is ...
Bellamy Young, TV's "Scandal" Star
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
ALERT: This episode contains "Scandal" spoilers! Bellamy Young, best known for playing Mellie Grant on ABC's hit show, "Scandal," said making meditati...
Willoughby Britton, Jared Lindahl -- Does Meditation Have a Dark Side?
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us get into meditation because we want to be calmer, less stressed and less yanked around by our emotions, but sometimes there are unwanted ef...
Lodro Rinzler, Meditation for the Heartbroken
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Buddhist meditation teacher Lodro Rinzler, who had been meditating for most of his life, found himself dealing with multiple, heartbreaking tribulatio...
Jen Kirkman, Comedian, Author
10 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman was introduced to meditation at a young age and over the years has tried a bunch of different outlets, from 'body scan' ...
Jeffrey Walker, Former JPMorgan Exec, Philanthropist (Bonus!)
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Walker served 25 years as the CEO and cofounder of CCMP Capital, the $12 billion successor to JPMorgan Partners, JPMorgan Chase & Co's global ...
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Kabat-Zinn was on a meditation retreat in the late '70s when he had an idea to marry science with mindfulness and bring the practice into hospital...
Russell Simmons, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Author and Activist
26 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Def Jam music label founder Russell Simmons had his first experience with stillness at a yoga class -- which he admits he took because girls were ther...
David Leite, Food Writer, Memoirist (LIVE!)
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of the "10% Happier" podcast, Dan Harris leads a discussion with David Leite, author of "Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Lov...
Daniel Goleman, Diving into 'Emotional Intelligence' (Bonus Episode!)
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"The human central nervous system and brain is designed the same around the world... and there probably is a lot of spontaneous rediscovery in differe...
Sam Harris, 'Waking Up' Podcast Host, Neuroscientist
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris, who has no relation to our beloved host, is a scientist, a controversial skeptic and the author of several New York Times bestsellers, inc...
Clair Brown, Economist, Author of 'Buddhist Economics'
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Clair Brown, an economics professor at UC-Berkeley and a Tibetan Buddhist, was teaching an introductory course when she asked herself, "How would Budd...
Jewel, Grammy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter, Actress (Bonus!)
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jewel, whose poetic songs about relationships and heartache dominated the airwaves in the '90s, used writing as an outlet to deal with anxiety through...
Jerry Colonna, 'CEO Whisperer' and Reboot.io Founder
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry Colonna was working as a venture capitalist in New York City during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and as he walked by wreckage of the World Trade ...
Colin Beavan, the 'No Impact Man'
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In his famous book and documentary film project, "No Impact Man," Colin Beavan, a senior Dharma teacher in the Zen tradition, chronicled a year of his...
Profs. Holly Richardson & Matt Jarman, Virginia Military Institute
15 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Virginia Military Institute, a military college in Lexington, Virginia, was another stop on the cross-country meditation tour, where our host Dan Harr...
Sylvia Moir, Tempe, Arizona, Police Chief
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
During their cross-county meditation bus tour in January, our host Dan Harris and meditation teacher Jeff Warren stopped in Tempe, Arizona, to talk wi...
Shinzen Young, Meditation Teacher
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Shinzen Young first became fascinated with Asian culture as a Jewish teenager growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s. Now a renowned meditation teache...
Billy Crudup, 'Jackie,' '20th Century Women' Actor (Oscars Bonus Episode!)
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're offering a special pre-Oscars edition of the podcast this week with actor Billy Crudup. Best known for his role as 70s rock star Russell Hammond...
Hannah Hart, Creator of YouTube's 'My Drunk Kitchen'
22 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Hart is best known for her bubbly personality and boozy cooking mishaps on her mega-popular YouTube series, "My Drunk Kitchen," so many fans we...
Dr. Judson Brewer, Using Mindfulness to Beat Addiction
15 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer was researching better treatment options for alcohol and cocaine addiction patients and found, through...
Matthieu Ricard, French Monk and 'World's Happiest Man'
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, who is originally from France, earned the moniker "world's happiest man" after brain scans taken during a neuro...
Mary Karr, Best-Selling Poet and Master Memoirist
01 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Karr has shared many dark pieces of her past in her memoirs, from a painful childhood, to a long struggle with alcoholism and depression, to livi...
Elvis Duran, Morning Radio Show Star
25 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The host of the mega-popular Top 40 radio show, "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show," has never shied away from dishing out "real talk" to his millions ...
Jeff Warren & the '10% Happier' Road Trip! (Bonus Episode!)
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Canada native Jeff Warren was a "chronic over-thinker" who got into meditation sort of by accident while working as a science journalist and now he's ...
George Stephanopoulos, ABC News Chief Anchor
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George Stephanopoulos, the co-anchor of "Good Morning America" and the host of ABC News' Sunday morning political affairs show, "This Week," first sta...
Soren Gordhamer, Being Mindful in Silicon Valley
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Soren Gordhamer is the founder and host of the Wisdom 2.0 conference, which is lauded as one of the largest gatherings of meditators in the world, but...
Vince Horn, Buddhist Geek on Struggling with Nirvana
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vince Horn, the co-founder of Buddhist Geeks, says when he reached nirvana, he found it "disappointing" and "anti-climactic," which set him on a new j...
Josh Radnor, "How I Met Your Mother" Star Back in Theater
28 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Radnor, best known for playing Ted Mosby on TV's "How I Met Your Mother," started practicing meditation over a decade ago after he went through a...
Andrew Olendzki, Teaching Old-School Buddhism
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Olendzki is a Buddhist scholar of the Pali canon, the original, authentic teachings of the Buddha that have been passed down for centuries. He ...
Handling Holiday Stress (Bonus Episode!)
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
From the pressures of buying and receiving gifts to surviving awkward office parties, the holidays can be a stressful time of year. On a special editi...