Beyond 10% Happier: Dan Harris On Meditation As A Superpower, Transforming Anxiety, & Finding Peace In Uncertain Times

Clearing your mind is impossible unless you're enlightened or you're dead. We live in a universe that is characterized by non-negotiable and ceaseless change. And if you can relieve your stress through meditation, and there are plenty of other modalities for doing so, go for it. We're experiencing a wild moment in which the world feels increasingly chaotic, irreparably divided, and for many downright antagonistic.

How we respond or react to all of this, that's a choice, the healthy version of which requires both discipline and skill. And yet most of us are just trying to survive it, doing so without a core set of essential inner tools to manage our minds, to not only maintain our sanity, but to actually thrive amidst the turbulence. Here to elaborate on these tools is Dan Harris, a former war correspondent and anchor for ABC News, where he hosted Nightline and the weekend edition of Good Morning America and reported from conflict zones like Afghanistan and Iraq. Many of us

labor under this delusion that we are somehow uniquely dysfunctional because we're having trouble starting a meditation habit or any other habit. But actually just to know that it's hard for everybody is really useful. Get familiar with how wild the mind is so that it doesn't own you as much. After a panic attack on live television, Dan discovered the transformative power of meditation.

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