It's the 10% happier podcast. I'm talking about the news but also the

nature of our own little worlds often, our own interpersonal dramas and then of

course there's the tumultuous nature of our own inner landscapes, all of the

intracranial chaos, both reacting to and feeding the chaos around us.

Today we're going to talk to a renowned Buddhist teacher

about how to be less anxious and more useful

in the face of the various dumpster fires

raging in the world both externally and internally.

Orange-J-Saufer has been practicing meditation since 1997.

He's also developed a fascinating sub-specialty in mindful communication skills that I've

personally found to be extremely powerful. He's got a new book called Your Heart

was made for this which lays out 26 qualities many of them inspired by Buddhism for both navigating and positively impacting

a chaotic world from managing how you interact with media to the role of expectations to the simple power of

mindfulness. We also talk about aspiration as a powerful tool, how joy even though it

may sound a little sacrant can help you persevere and this is interesting how to reframe the concept of

devotion which might not go down easy for some of you so that it can apply to your everyday life.

Time for BSP, blatant self-promotion.

I want to remind you, I just started a new newsletter.

This is kind of an experiment and admittedly I'm many years late to the newsletter game

but I would love if you would sign up. We've put a link in the show notes.

Also over on the 10% happier app, a reminder that we've got more than 500 guided meditations and

courses from some of the best teachers in the world if you want to navigate the holiday season with a little bit more sanity.

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