When the News Feels Like Too Much, Try This | Sharon Salzberg
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Hey, it's the Ten Percent Happier Podcast. I'm your host, Dan Harris. We are, as of uh this episode posting four days away from the midterm elections. here in the United States. And uh I don't know about you, but I'm a little bit anxious. And so today we're gonna answer a burning question that I know a lot of you have because you tell me about it. How do you stay engaged with the news without letting it wreck you? Is that even possible? My guest today, the legendary meditation teacher Sharon Salzburg, says yes, it is and she has
an enormous amount of practical information to share on this tip. She's gonna talk about everything from feeling your anger without being consumed by it. How to investigate what is beneath that anger. Why the civil rights movement is a surprisingly useful model here.
And how to handle the guilt. That many of us feel how to deal with this sense that maybe we're not doing enough. Before we get started with Sharon, I do want to point out that coming up next week on Tuesday election day and then on Wednesday the day after election day I'll be doing free live guided meditation sessions at four PM Eastern on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
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