Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among

others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.

It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

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This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Happy Friday gang time for a bonus

meditation. This week on the show we talked about self preoccupation along with some of

the other things that mess us up when we try to sit down and meditate, also known as

the five hindrances. Definitely give those episodes a listen if you haven't.

Anyway, speaking of hindrances, today's meditation is brought to you by Cara Lai and it's

all about how even though our minds might sometimes feel like wild animals, it's worth taking

note of where our attention is naturally gravitating and kind of listening to or honoring your

interests as a way to focus instead of trying to force yourself to focus on something that

your mind doesn't want to focus on. A little bit of a Cara here. She's a fascinating

person. She's worked as an artist, a wilderness guide, a social worker and a psychotherapist.

She now teaches teens and adults at inward bound mindfulness education, at spirit rock,

and at the Insight Meditation Society, also at UCLA. So she's got a lot going on and

she does a lot of work with us at TPH as well. So here we go now with Cara Lai.

Hey there, it's Cara. Let's all be honest here. Our minds are wild animals that if left

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