1082 Episodes

10% Happier with Dan Harris

Dan Harris interviews experts on modern science and ancient wisdom, offering self-help insights and practices for improving well-being and finding inner peace.

Episodes

The Evidence for Aliens, the Afterlife, Bigfoot, Sea Monsters, and More | Miguel Sancho

You Can Stop Fixing Yourself: Buddhist Advice on Boundaries, Rituals, and Dropping Your Self-Aggression | Susan Piver

You Can Get Through It: How to Handle the Hardest Things That Will Ever Happen to You | Dr. Lucy Hone

The Science of Journaling: How 15 Minutes of Writing Can Free Up Your Brain, Improve Your Health, and Make You a Better Friend | Dr. James Pennebaker

The Non-BS Science of Manifestation: How Your Imagination Can Help With Pain, Anxiety, Conflict, and Recovery | Cassi Vieten

The Neuroscience of Likability, Social Connection, and Brain Health | Ben Rein

Self-Help Without Other People Is Just Selfish — and Here's the Science to Prove It | Dan Harris

Resetting Your Nervous System When You're Anxious, Hurting, or Just Powering Through | Johanna Franzel

For The Lonely, Suffocated, or Overextended: How To Balance Your Relationships When Others Won't Change | Nedra Glover Tawwab

When You Don't Know What You Actually Want: How To Say No, When To Say Yes, and The One Question That Cuts Through It | Yara Shahidi

How To Read People, Calm Tension, Build Trust, and Ask For What You're Worth | John Richardson

That Feeling of "Always-Behind and Never-Enough"—Here's the Antidote | Ellen Hendriksen

Secrets From the Therapist's Couch: How Boundaries Actually Work, How To Come To Peace With Your Parents, and Why It's Not Too Late To Change | Lori Gottlieb

Joyful Anyway: Surviving the Sh*t Show of Regular Life | Kate Bowler

Why We Crave Gurus: A Skeptic's Reckoning With Belief, Bitcoin, and Burning Man | Vikram Gandhi

Anxiety, Overthinking, and Overwhelm: Buddhist Hacks For Changing Your Mind | Joseph Goldstein

Perfectionism, Burnout, and Self-Doubt: Break the Loop with the Science of Mattering | Gordon Flett

How a Group of Broke 20-Somethings Accidentally Launched the Mindfulness Movement | Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg

How To Communicate Effectively With Difficult People: When to Tell the Truth, When to Push Back, and Why Kindness Isn't the Same as Being Nice | Sharon Salzberg

Your Job Is Hijacking Your Life: How to Set Limits, Decrease Work Stress, and Reclaim Your Evenings | Guy Winch

In an Age of Techno-Pessimism, Here's the Science-Based Case for Optimism | Rob Marciano

How To Regulate Your Nervous System: Anxiety, Relationships, and the Baggage You Didn't Ask For | Dr. Bruce Perry

That Background Hum of Worry in Every Important Conversation — Here's What It Is and How to Quiet It | Claude M. Steele

For the Burned Out, Overcommitted, and Perpetually Drained | Robin Arzón

Muscle Regulates Your Emotions: The Science of Protein, Strength, and Aging Well | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

More Ice Cream, Less Biohacking: An Oncologist's Six Rules for Living Longer | Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel

Want To Live Longer? Here's the Truth About Supplements, Peptides, VO2 Max, GLP-1's, and the Only Real Miracle Drug | Kara Swisher

How To Get Past Your Past | Yung Pueblo

What Attachment Style Are You? How To Know, Why It Matters, and How To Change It If You Need To | Amir Levine

Buddhist Strategies For Reducing Everyday Addictions (To Your Phone, Food, Booze, And More) | Sister Dang Nghiem

Your Mind Gets Stuck In Four Ways — Here's How To Break Free | Pascal Auclair

You Need A Code: Scott Galloway On Men, Risk, Rejection, and Kindness

Billy Eichner On: White-Knuckling Through Life, Hollywood Bulls**t, and the Two Pieces of Advice That Changed Everything

Your Nervous System Is Being Hijacked. Here's How To Get It Back. | Tara Brach

The Science of Eating Well Without Losing Your Mind | Jessica Knurick

Anxiety Narrows Your Brain. Here's How to Widen It Back Out. | Susa Talan

Stop Being Hijacked By Anxiety, Grief, and Anger — A Buddhist Approach | Sebene Selassie & Jeff Warren

How to Click With Anyone, Read Every Room, and Stop Absorbing Other People's Stress | Kate Murphy

Brain Won't Stop? Here's How to Calm Down | Dan Harris

Lust, Addiction, and Ambition: Why Your Desires Are Wired to Disappoint You | Joseph Goldstein

Emotion Regulation: Top 10 Neuroscience-Backed Tools | Ethan Kross & Emma Seppälä

There's an Off-Switch for Stress. Here's How to Build It | Kelly Boys

The Science of Sleep: Why You're up at 3AM — And Why Worrying About It Makes It Worse | Sara Mednick

The Science of Supplements: What Works, What's Hype, and What Could Actually Harm You | Dr. Mahtab Jafari

"What's the Point?" – A Simple Answer to Life's Biggest Question | Lili Taylor

The Easy, Simple Fix for Exhaustion, Foggy Brain, and Back Pain | Manoush Zomorodi

Stressed, Stuck, and Overthinking? Here's the Science of Moving Forward | Ranjay Gulati

The Voice in Your Head Doesn't Have to Ruin Everything | Rachel Martin and Dan Harris

Are You Living a Good Life? | James Patterson and Patrick Leddin

The Science of Regulating Your Nervous System | Dr. Kevin Tracey

Feel Your Feelings, Drop the Story | Sebene Selassie

How To Relax The Need To Control Everything | Rosa Lewis

How To Escape Your Brain's Default Mode Network | Zindel Segal and Norman Farb

Trudging Through Your Own Life? Here's the Stoic Fix | Maria Semple

Top 10 Neuroscience-Backed Tips for a Stronger Brain | Wendy Suzuki and Amishi Jha

The Science of Talking: Boost Your Mood, Sharpen Your Mind, and Protect Against Dementia | Maryellen MacDonald

What To Do When Life Won't Let Up | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren

This Episode Will Calm Your Nervous System | Prentis Hemphill

Gabor Maté: Five Steps To Stop Scrolling, Bingeing, and Self-Medicating — And Reclaim Your Brain

What To Do When Your Mind Won't Quit | Bart van Melik

Modern Life Is Designed to Leave You Empty. Here's the Antidote. | Arthur Brooks

The Neuroscience of Flourishing: Four Practices for Turning Stress and Anxiety Into Clarity and Calm | Richard Davidson and Cortland Dahl

Stop Trying to Become Someone New: Get Past Constant Comparison and Return to What Works For You | Sam Sanders

A Toolkit for a Noisy Mind: How John Green Manages Anxiety, Depression, and Intrusive Thoughts

Handling Difficult People, Healing Breakups, and the Science of Talking to Strangers | Shankar Vedantam

A Practice for Fidgeters, Restless Minds, and Anyone Who Hates Sitting Still | Meditation with Sebene Selassie

Buddhist Monks On: Letting Go of Shame, The Opposite of Depression, and Dealing With Criticism | Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho

The Science of Emotion Regulation: Strategies for When You're Anxious, Angry, or Comparing Yourself To Others | Marc Brackett

Anderson Cooper and Michelle Obama: Navigating Grief, Making Loss Less Lonely, and How to Know the People You Love Before It's Too Late

Five Ways to be Less Distracted | Shaila Catherine

The Neuroscience of Reducing Chronic Pain and Everyday Addictions | Eric Garland

How To Stop Getting Dragged Around By Your Anxieties, Thought Loops, and Insecurities | Sebene Selassie

The Funniest Conversation You'll Ever Hear About Achieving Inner Peace | Pete Holmes

Harvard Business School Professor on Building Trust, Reducing Regret, and the Underrated Power of Oversharing | Leslie John

A Four-Word Buddhist Teaching for Instant Calm and (Just Maybe) Lasting Peace | Bart van Melik

Michael Pollan On: Reducing Rumination, Reclaiming Your Attention From the Machines, and MDMA-Assisted Therapy

How To Handle the Feeling of Never-Enough, Quiet the Comparing Mind, and Reduce Financial Anxiety | Morgan Housel

How To Increase Performance By Working At Your Edge -- Plus A Quick Hack For When Panic or Anxiety Swells

The Best Way To Feel Calm (Is to Not Try To Feel Calm)