10% Happier with Dan Harris · 2026-09-30 · 73 min · 12,366 words

Annoying Partners, Aging Parents, Impossible Coworkers: Buddhist Advice for Conflict, Communication, and "Patience with Teeth" | devon and nico hase

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Hello, everybody, welcome to the Ten Percent Happier Podcast. I'm your host, Dan Harris. In my opinion, having been alive on this planet for several decades now, one of the ultimate life skills. is the ability to handle conflict. Interpersonal affairs. Or messy.

Often. And conflict is inevitable. And if you can handle it smoothly. you are much more likely to have healthy relationships. And as we know, healthy relationships are the key according to uh vast scientific literature.

the key to a happy life. So I was very interested when I heard that a pair of Buddhist teachers who happened to be married to one another had written a book How to manage conflict. The teachers in question are Devin and Nico Haza. And they have a book called This Messy Gorgeous Love, a Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnerships. And this is not just

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