293: A Star, Utterly Unguarded | Brett Eldredge

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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We’ve backed away from celebrity interviews on the show of late, because we got a lot of feedback from listeners saying they had trouble relating to some of our more famous interviewees. I am confident that is not going to be the case with today’s guest. Brett Eldredge may be a big country star -- with six #1 hits -- but he is no dilettante when it comes to tackling mental health challenges. You are about to listen to someone who is truly digging in and doing the work. By way of background, I have never personally been a country fan, but I first met Brett when he came on this show a few years ago to talk about his on-stage panic attacks and general anxiety, and after that we struck up a friendship. I have been so impressed by the rigor with which he has committed to his mental wellbeing. In this interview he really goes there -- speaking in utterly unguarded ways about how ambition and perfectionism have fueled his anxiety (as well as some of his romantic challenges); describing a special kind of therapy designed to address his panic attacks. Best of all, he told me enthusiastically that meditation and loosening up in general has greatly impacted his creativity, as evidenced by his new album Sunday Drive. Enjoy. Where to find Brett Eldredge online: Website: https://www.bretteldredge.com/ Social Media: • Twitter: https://twitter.com/bretteldredge • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bretteldredge • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bretteldredge/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BrettEldredge Other Resources Mentioned: • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport: https://bookshop.org/books/digital-minimalism-choosing-a-focused-life-in-a-noisy-world/9780525536512 • Ten Percent Happier episode with Cal Newport on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-minimalism-cal-newport/id1087147821?i=1000468718411 • Ten Percent Happier episode with Cal Newport on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tfnjUGrszzqwR713hBGU2?si=OWWuDnizRrOmKvJPwQ2Xjg • Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?: Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life's Difficulties by Ajahn Brahm: https://bookshop.org/books/who-ordered-this-truckload-of-dung-inspiring-stories-for-welcoming-life-s-difficulties/9780861712786 Additional Resources: • Ten Percent Happier Live: https://tenpercent.com/live • Coronavirus Sanity Guide: https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide • Free App access for Frontline Workers: https://tenpercent.com/care Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/brett-eldredge-293 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy Ross here and on my podcast, how I built this, I talked to the founders
0:03.6	behind some of the world's biggest companies and together we discuss all of the skills
0:08.8	they learned along the way, like confronting big challenges head on and how to lead through
0:14.2	uncertainty. So check out how I built this on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:23.2	From ABC, this is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris.
0:30.4	We've backed away from celebrity interviews on this show of late because we got a lot of feedback
0:35.5	from listeners saying they were having trouble relating to some of our more famous interviewees.
0:40.4	I am confident that this is not going to be the case with today's guest.
0:44.8	Brett Eldridge may be a big country star, six number one hits, but he is no dilatant when it comes
0:50.5	to tackling mental health challenges. You're about to listen to somebody who's truly digging in
0:54.7	and doing the work. By way of background, I had never personally been a big country fan.
1:00.1	But I met Brett when he came on the show a few years ago to talk about his onstage panic attacks
1:04.5	and general anxiety. After that, we struck up a friendship and I also really started to like his
1:08.8	music. I've been so impressed by the rigor with which he has attacked his mental well-being.
1:15.6	In this interview, he really goes there, speaking in utterly unguarded ways about how ambition
1:21.9	and perfectionism have fueled his anxiety as well as some of his romantic challenges,
1:26.6	describing a special kind of therapy designed to address his panic attacks and holding forth
1:30.7	on the impact that meditation and just loosening up in general have had on his creativity as evidence
1:37.6	by his new album, which is called Sunday Drive. Before we get to Brett Quick Reminder,
1:42.5	our free election sanity meditation challenge starts inside the 10% happier app next week on Tuesday
1:47.6	October 27th. Download the 10% happier app today and join us for the challenge. We're really excited
1:53.5	about this thing. We really put a lot of work into it and by we, I mean pretty much everybody else,
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