Special Edition: '10% Happier' With Less Election Stress? Dan Harris is Here.
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
You probably know Election Day is this Tuesday – and it's stressing people out. A recent survey found 70% of Americans are feeling election-related anxiety, with even more worried about the country's future.
But what can you do to manage that stress?
Today, we're joined by Dan Harris, former ABC News anchor, who famously experienced a live, on-air panic attack that sent him on a journey into meditation and mindfulness. Dan's here to share practical, actionable steps to help ease election-related anxiety — and offer tips for living a calmer, more balanced life.
Maybe his advice will make you feel 10% Happier (also the name of his popular podcast and best-selling book).
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, November 2nd. |
| 0:02.6 | You probably don't need any reminders, but the election is on Tuesday, and it's stressing people out. |
| 0:07.7 | We already told you about a recent survey that found almost 70% of Americans said they feel election-related stress, |
| 0:13.7 | and nearly 80% are stressed over the future of the country more generally. |
| 0:17.8 | And media coverage of the candidates, campaigns, and supporters often makes things |
| 0:21.4 | worse, with overwhelming, confusing, and sensationalized news flooding people's feeds every day. |
| 0:26.8 | So what can you do about it? Today, I'm talking with Dan Harris. He worked for ABC News before an on-air |
| 0:32.7 | panic attack sent him down a life-changing path toward meditation and mindfulness. He wound up writing a best-selling |
| 0:38.6 | book about meditation called 10% Happier, and now he helps people find more peace and less stress |
| 0:44.5 | through his website, Dan Harris.com, and his substack, which shares tips on how to live a more |
| 0:49.4 | mindful life. Today, we talk about why the election and media landscape can be so stressful, what practical |
| 0:55.5 | steps you can start taking right now to relieve election anxiety, and how to better handle |
| 1:00.1 | people who don't share your political views. |
| 1:04.9 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday when we sit down with a different |
| 1:09.1 | expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our |
| 1:14.8 | regular episodes where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for |
| 1:20.1 | today's special edition Saturday. Dan Harris, thanks so much for joining us here on The Newsworthy. |
| 1:27.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:28.5 | You and I both have kind of a unique perspective on stressed caused by the news cycle. |
| 1:34.0 | We both worked in TV news. |
| 1:35.4 | And I know for me, it wasn't until I got out of TV news to start this show that I really realized the impact of, you know, covering tragedy in person up close every single day. |
| 1:47.0 | And your experience was even more intense than mine. |
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