National Trauma–Now What? | Jon Kabat-Zinn Special Edition

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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I don't know about you, but I felt a lot of anger, fear, and sadness while watching those horrifying images from the United States Capitol on Wednesday. So how do we handle this with some degree of equanimity? That's what we're going to talk about today. It's Friday, which is when we usually post bonus meditations or talks, but given the collective trauma we are living through -- both in the US and around the world -- we wanted to post a special episode. I'll be honest... as a journalist and as a meditation evangelist, I can't sit here and guarantee that everything's going to be alright. I suspect it will be, but -- really -- I don't know. What I do know, though, is that meditation -- taking care of your own mind -- will help you navigate this moment more skillfully. And if enough of us do this, it might impact the course of events. You know who agrees with me? Jon Kabat-Zinn. He's a towering figure in the world of meditation and mental health. He created Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, a way of teaching meditation that brought the practice into the secular mainstream and resulted in an explosion of scientific research demonstrating the benefits of the practice. He's written such books as Wherever You Go, There You Are and Full Catastrophe Living. And he's a Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. How to join the New Year's Challenge: Join the New Year's Challenge by downloading the Ten Percent Happier app : https://10percenthappier.app.link/install. You should be prompted to join the Challenge after registering your account. If you've already downloaded the app, just open it up or visit this link to join: https://10percenthappier.app.link/NewYearsChallenge21 Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jon-kabat-zinn-313

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1:18.3	From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.
1:26.5	Hey guys, I don't know about you, but I felt a lot of anger and fear and sadness while
1:35.5	watching those horrifying images from the United States Capitol on Wednesday. So if you're
1:41.7	with me on that, how do we handle this situation with some degree of equanimity? That's what
1:48.7	we're going to talk about today. It's Friday as you know, which is when we usually post
1:53.0	bonus meditations or talks, but given the national trauma through which we are currently living
1:59.2	both in the US and around the world, we wanted to post a special episode. I'll be honest
2:06.9	as a journalist and as a meditation evangelist, I cannot sit here and guarantee you that everything's
2:13.2	going to be fine. I suspect it will, but really, I do not know. What I do know is that meditation
2:21.7	taking care of your own mind will help you navigate this moment more skillfully. And
2:27.7	if enough of us do this, it might actually impact the course of events in a positive way.
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