Everything Is Energy with Cathy Heller Dan Harris on Becoming 10% Happier & Using Meditation to Welcome All Parts of Yourself
Sep 21, 2020
Dan Harris, ABC News anchor and cofounder of Ten Percent Happier, shares his journey from skeptic to meditator after a public panic attack. He talks about using basic mindfulness as attention training, welcoming all parts of yourself with warmth, and how practice helps with pain, focus, relationships, and career.
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Panic Attack That Sparked A Practice
- Dan Harris had a panic attack on live Good Morning America, which revealed the effects of stress and sporadic drug use on his mental health.
- That crisis led him to quit drugs, start therapy, and eventually explore meditation seriously.
From Skepticism To Practical Spirituality
- Encountering Eckhart Tolle shifted Dan from atheistic dogmatism toward appreciating practices that transcend narrow self-interest.
- That led him to Buddhism's practical tools and to test meditation backed by emerging scientific evidence.
Welcome Your Flaws To Reduce Their Power
- Treat undesirable personality traits as conditioned survival programs rather than fixed defects.
- View them with warmth and curiosity so they lose power and you can choose wiser responses.
