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10% Happier with Dan Harris

Adam Shankman

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.612.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Acclaimed movie producer and director Adam Shankman is best known for his upbeat, family-friendly movies, including "Hairspray," "A Walk to Remember" and "The Pacifier," but behind the scenes, Shankman says he spent years grappling with substance abuse and self-loathing. Growing up in Hollywood, Shankman, who is openly gay, remembers being "an incredibly happy kid." But when he was three years old, he says, his parents set him up with a doctor who was doing a study on sexual identity. Unbeknownst to his parents at the time, Shankman says he was placed in "conversion therapy." When he was a teen, Shankman turned to alcohol and later drugs to quiet the "ugly voice" in his head. In 2012, Shankman says, he entered a "really dark" place and the following year checked himself into a month-long rehab program -- where he discovered meditation.

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0:00.0

Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape

0:09.8

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among

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others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

0:23.9

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.

0:29.8

It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

0:36.0

So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.7

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0:45.1

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0:56.5

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1:02.6

defuses them with humor and actual advice. Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondery app or

1:08.8

wherever you get your podcasts.

1:17.9

From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

1:24.6

And we're not at least speaking, we kind of have a mix of guests. On the one hand we have

1:29.0

serious meditation teachers and some of them are really fascinating and deeply weird and

1:36.2

that's cool. The other thing we do is we bring in people who are really interesting in doing

1:41.5

fascinating things out in the world who also happen to meditate. And I'm just obsessed

1:46.6

with that connection between success, however you want to define that and what role meditation

1:51.7

can play in that. So our next guest combines these two things beautifully. His name is Adam

1:57.2

Shackman. He is many many things in the entertainment world. He's a director. Here are just a few

2:05.0

of his films. A walk to remember bringing down the house, the pacifier, the remake of Harris

2:09.4

Brain 2007. He's also a choreographer. He was a judge and so you think he can dance on CBS.

2:17.9

And he's an author. He's got a new young adult book out and it's called Girl About Town.

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