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This is the 10% half year podcast Dan Harris. Happy Friday gang, it's bonus meditation

time. Today we're going to talk about an ingenious way to handle your inner critic. As is often

the case with me, this is an idea that I completely dismiss at the beginning because yeah,

that's the way I'm wired for sometimes not so useful skepticism. However, it's a technique

that I have nonetheless come to embrace varying forms with a high degree of success. I would

go so far as to say it's really changed my life. So just dismiss my dismissiveness and

please accept my eventual acceptance of this technique. And it comes from the great Sharon

Salisberg, a towering figure in the meditation world. Salisberg is a prominent teacher and

New York Times bestselling author. She's played a crucial role in bringing mindfulness and

also loving kindness practice to the west. She co-founded the Insight Meditation Society alongside

Jack Cornfield and Joseph Goldstein and is the author of nine books, including loving

kindness, real happiness and real love. She lives in both New York City and Massachusetts and

teaches all over the world. Okay, over now to Sharon. Hi, this is Sharon Salisberg. This is a

practice inspired by part one of my book, Real Love. When students ask me how to handle their

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