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Pantsuit Politics

How Mindfulness Can Change Your Brain and Your News-Related Stress (with Dan Harris)

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

After a brief check-in on the rising wave of Covid-19 cases, we talk to Dan Harris, who you may know from weekend Good Morning America or Ten Percent Happier, the book/app/podcast that teach the value of meditation and mindfulness. Thank you for being a part of our community! We couldn't do what we do without you. To become a tangible supporter of the show, please visit our Patreon page, purchase a copy of our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), or share the word about our work in your own circles. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for daily news briefs, GIF news threads, and our real time reactions to breaking news. To purchase Pantsuit Politics merchandise, check out our TeePublic store and our branded tumblers available in partnership with Stealth Steel Designs. Please visit our website for full show notes and episode resources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If you find yourself wound up feeling dogmatic, really convinced you're right, it could be

0:08.0

in any context.

0:09.0

I just noticed when that happens to me that there's a pain there.

0:12.3

There's a subtle pain of shutting out any other point of view, really trying to convince

0:18.9

myself or work myself up into something when some part of my brain knows what maybe there's

0:23.9

another way to look at this.

0:29.5

This is Sarah and Beth, your listening to Pant Suit Politics, the home of grace filled political

0:34.7

conversations.

0:36.7

Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Pant Suit Politics.

0:57.6

We are happy to be with you here today, even though we acknowledge this incredibly difficult

1:02.2

time.

1:03.2

As we record on Thursday, America has passed 250,000 deaths from COVID-19 and the coronavirus

1:11.2

continues to rage all but completely uncontrolled across the country as we enter Thanksgiving

1:18.9

season and the holiday season.

1:21.9

Also, the end of the pandemic with so many treatments and testing and vaccines right on the horizon,

1:28.5

but we are having to call on deep reserves to get to that finish line and we know that

1:33.6

is an incredibly difficult ask right now.

1:36.4

We want to dispend just a few minutes processing some new restrictions in Kentucky and where

1:41.0

we are with the pandemic before we transition to a conversation with ABC's Dan Harris.

1:46.7

Dan Harris is also the creator of 10% happier.

1:49.7

The creator of a book, creator of a podcast and an app that we both use regularly and so

1:54.6

we're excited to share that conversation with you today as well.

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