This is the 10% Happier Podcast.

I'm Dan Harris.

Hello, my fellow suffering beings, how we doing today? We are coming back to one of my favorite

subjects today. It's one of my favorites because it's a perennially thorny subject in my own life.

How to conquer your money neuroses, how to rewire and upgrade your relationship to your wallet.

My guest is a guy who has gone from being broke and living on his sister's couch to one of the most popular wellness podcasters on planet Earth.

And those are not the only obstacles this guy has overcome.

As a child, he dealt with a learning disability, bullying, and sexual abuse.

Lewis Howes is the host of the School of Greatness podcast.

He has written several best-selling books, and he's got a new book called Make Money Easy,

Create Financial Freedom, and Live a Richer Life.

I like this because Lewis is not promising instant riches here.

He's just talking about how to have an

easier relationship to money and success, which is something I'm still working on myself after

53 years. In this conversation, we talk about overcoming setbacks. We have a little digression

about the evolution of podcasting. We talk about how developing a personal mission

can help you persist through challenges, which I've found to be really true in my own life.

We talk about habits and mindset shifts that you can make to make money easier, figuring out

your personal money story, your history with money, and how that can lead to money strategy,

how to continually evolve when it comes to your relationship, to your money, how to handle

money in romantic relationships. Lewis just got married. The art of clearing unnecessary shit

off your plate so you can grow, and this is a little counterintuitive, but I love this,

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