Easy, Evidence-Based Hacks for Fitness | Marielle Segarra

This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey gang, how are we doing? Uh this is a conversation between two journalists who cover, and I'm never quite sure what to call this, uh, health and wellness, mental fitness, doing life better. Whatever.

Anyway, my guest and I both cover this stuff for a living, and today we're going to lift the curtain on the easy and evidence-based strategies that work for us in our own lives. Marielle Sagata is reporter and host of NPR's Life Kit, the award-winning podcast and radio show. That is a dispensary of carefully vetted non-judgmental tips to help you navigate life. In this conversation, we talk about how and why Marielle got interested in this stuff, exercise and sleep tips that Marielle has incorporated into her own life, something called revenge bedtime procrastination, an expression I love and resonate with, sadly. And we'll also talk about how to work with it, some key learnings from Marielle's experience with cancer.

the link between fitness and play, and why play is actually very important for human flourishing, how to assess how much play you're getting and some tips for getting more of it, and the very subtle but important question of letting go of outcomes. In other words, not pursuing all of this stuff with so much of an agenda and actually Enjoying the process, which is uh easier said than done for many of us. Just to say before we dive in here, this episode is part of our month-long Get Fit Sanely series where we cover all aspects of physical health and wellness through the lens of mindfulness and self-compassion. Our little tagline is take care of your body without losing your mind.

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