10% Happier with Dan Harris · 2026-01-18 · 15 min · 1,277 words

How To Handle Exhaustion, Disconnection, and Physical Pain | Meditation with Bart van Melik

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This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello, everybody. Today we've got a short guided meditation from my friend Bart Van Melek. who is our teacher of the month for January over on the uh 10% app, our meditation app.

Fair warning, nothing dramatic is going to happen here. You're not aiming for bliss or insight or an upgrade of your personality. The practice we're going to do today is simple. It's about just noticing the body as it is, finding one small place that feels Okay.

Not great. Just okay. And then we're going to see what happens when you can relate to that experience with just a little bit of kindness. So there's no fixing, no forcing, no pressure here. This is a low-key meditation.

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