Can You Be Kind Without Becoming Boring And/Or Weak? | A Question From "Mean Aunt Kate"

This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey, hey, today we've got a short, targeted episode that tackles one very common question. Here's the question. If, as the Buddhists recommend, if you endeavor to train your mind for increased kindness, will that make you soft, edgeless, humorless, or even weak or a doormat?

As many of you know, we're in the middle of doing a lot of experimentation with our Friday episodes. We're trying tons of stuff, we're doing guided meditations, behind-the-scenes interviews with my producers, celebrity interviews, and little snippets. from the Q<unk>A sessions that I do with our subscribers over at danharris.com. And that is what we're going to try today. We're going to give you a taste of one of these so-called renegade Sangha sessions that I've been doing over on Substack.

In these sessions, I I usually start by guiding a meditation and then I take a bunch of questions. So in this brief episode, you're going to hear one of the best, funniest, and most relatable questions I have received in these sessions to date. Just a couple of notes before we dive in here. You're going to hear me mention the questioner, Kate. You'll also hear me mention another listener who made a comment.

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