Brain Won't Stop? Here's How to Calm Down | Dan Harris

This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello, everybody, how are we doing? Today I'm going to take your questions on a whole range of juicy subjects. AI anxiety, specifically what to do when you're really worried that AI is going to take your job.

We talk about coping with an impending MRI when you're claustrophobic, and I'm going to be embarrassingly honest about my own experience with that. We get into a technique from the meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein for breaking out of mental loops that you've been in a thousand times. There's a great question about the need for external approval, which is a former anchorman, I have a lot of feelings about. And we wrap up with something I think is actually very profound, which is why we need to hear the same things over and over before they sink in. So what you're about to hear is a recording of a live session I did with some subscribers to my new-ish meditation app, which is called 10% with Dan Harris.

We do these sessions every Tuesday afternoon. It's a great chance to meditate together, to get your questions answered, and really to experience the power of the carpool lane, which accelerates learning, growth, and happiness. The Buddha knew this, and so do modern psychologists who call it social support. Speaking of my app, very quickly, I just want to tell you we've got something very cool coming up this summer. As you may know, the Buddha came up with a kind of cookbook to help you lead a happy life.

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