A Meditation for Overthinking and Perfectionism | Jeff Warren

This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello, everybody. I have said this before, and I will say it again, and I'm sure I'll say it many more times in the future. But uh here's the deal.

One of the hardest parts of being alive is that we desperately crave certainty about our health, about our loved ones, about the state of the world, on and on. We want certainty, but reality does not cooperate. So today we've got a guided meditation that comes from my dear friend and frequent collaborator, Jeff Warren, on something called don't know mind. This is a classic Zen move. Instead of grasping after answers, you practice

loosening your death grip on needing to know anything at all. This may sound esoteric or lofty, but it's in fact wildly practical. If you struggle with overthinking, perfectionism, worry, or the constant background hum of what if, this is a meditation for you. I should say before we dive in that this and many other meditations can be found over on my new app. which is called 10% with Dan Harris.

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