How to Embrace Failure & Let Go of Fear with Dan Harris

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Dan Harris, host of the 10% Happier Podcast, best selling author, and former ABC News Anchor sits down with JVN to talk about how we can get comfortable with failure and how to stop letting fear control your life. Dan unpacks how failure became the unlikely catalyst for lasting change. Whether you're battling self-doubt or just trying to bounce back, this conversation offers real tools, raw honesty, and a fresh perspective on how falling down can actually move us forward. Dan Harris is a journalist, best selling author, and host of the 10% Happier Podcast. He served as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, including roles on Nightline and Good Morning America. Full Video Episodes now available on YouTube. You can follow Dan Harris on Instagram @danharris. Not A Phase. Trans Lifeline. Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Jonathan on Instagram @jvn Senior Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Better Babes. Welcome back to Getting Better. I'm Jonathan Van Ness. And honey, today we're
0:06.0	tackling a topic that I am afraid of. This is not a murder podcast, True Crime, Doc. No.
0:11.7	I'm also afraid of getting murder, but what I'm really afraid of is failure and this, like,
0:15.3	idea of failure. To talk about this, we have an absolutely iconic guest whose voice is shivering my timbers to my core.
0:23.1	Not to make him uncomfy, honey, but this voice.
0:25.9	I really do think if there's any, like, people out there who need their, like, audio books voiced over.
0:30.5	This could be a great candidate if you don't want to do it because, whew.
0:34.7	Anyway, we have the former ABC News anchor, New York Times, bestselling author, self-help icon, and host of the 10% Happier podcast, Dan Harris.
0:44.0	And today we're asking, why are we so afraid of failure?
0:47.1	Dan, how are you?
0:48.1	How are you?
0:48.8	It's great to be here, by the way.
0:49.9	Thank you for coming and just giving us your time and giving us your energy.
0:53.2	Thank you.
0:54.2	Hard-hitting journalistic question right off the bat.
0:56.4	Does everyone low-key come on to you about the baritoneness of your voice?
1:01.5	No, you're the first person to do this in a while.
1:05.0	In a while.
1:05.8	In a while.
1:06.2	So it happens.
1:06.9	It does happen something.
1:07.6	Yeah.
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