A Meditation for When You’re in a Fight With Somebody You Love | Bonus Meditation with Oren Jay Sofer

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Conflict is inevitable in any relationship. By identifying what really matters to us, we can strengthen our most meaningful connections.

About Oren Jay Sofer:

Oren Jay Sofer teaches mindfulness, meditation, and Nonviolent Communication in secular and Buddhist contexts. Oren has practiced meditation in the early Buddhist tradition since 1997, beginning his studies in Bodh Gaya, India with Anagarika Munindra and Godwin Samararatne. He is a long-time student of Joseph Goldstein, Michele McDonald, and Ajahn Sucitto, and a graduate of the IMS - Spirit Rock Vipassana Teacher Training, and current member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council.

Oren is the author of Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication, a practical guidebook for having more effective, satisfying conversations.

To find this meditation in the Ten Percent Happier app, you can search for “When We Fight With People We Love,” or click here: https://10percenthappier.app.link/content?meditation=4de9fcbb-c18d-44c0-bdca-328c38289a9f.

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0:59.1	This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey everybody, happy Friday, time for
1:07.6	a bonus meditation. We all know, of course, how much it sucks to get into a fight with
1:14.1	somebody with whom we're close. Turns out, however, there's a meditation for that.
1:19.4	It comes from the great Oran sofa who also teaches the emotions course over on the 10% happier
1:25.3	app. So go check that out. I should also say Oran is a new dad. Congratulations to Oran's
1:31.6	family. Of course, this means there's now a new person in the world who Oran will love
1:36.7	and probably get into a fight with at some point. So this meditation may have even
1:42.2	deeper meaning for him at some point in the not too distant future. A little background
1:47.2	on Oran. He teaches mindfulness meditation and also nonviolent communication in secular
1:53.3	and Buddhist contexts. He's a long time student of Joseph Goldstein, Michelle McDonald and
1:58.3	Ajahn Sucito and a graduate of the IMS spirit rock, Vipassana teacher training program.
2:05.9	He's also the author of a great book called Say What You Mean, a mindful approach to nonviolent
2:10.8	communication, which is a practical guidebook for having more effective conversations. Here we
2:17.5	go now with Oran, Jay Sofer. Hey, this is Oran. Family and intimate relationships can bring us
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