Working With a Brain That Doesn't Behave | Jeff Warren

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like your mind is constantly bouncing around? You're not alone. In this episode, DJ Cashmere sits down with meditation teacher Jeff Warren, who has spent decades exploring consciousness, neurodivergence, and the practical side of meditation. Jeff shares his own experience with ADHD, bipolarity, and the ups and downs of life, offering tools and insights that listeners can use immediately.

What you'll learn in this episode:

How to create a "home base" in meditation—an anchor to return to when your mind or emotions are scattered.
Practical ways to use meditation to regulate emotions and respond skillfully in stressful situations.
How to cultivate creativity and focus, even if your brain works differently from others.
The difference between accepting the present moment and passively giving in to circumstances.
Tips for parents and neurodivergent listeners on integrating mindfulness into daily life.

Jeff also shares his journey from journalist to meditation teacher, and how a serious head injury changed his relationship to his own mind. Whether you're new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, this episode is full of practical insights for staying grounded, centered, and creative in a chaotic world.

About Jeff Warren:
Jeff Warren is a meditation teacher, author, and consciousness researcher who has written extensively on the science and practice of mindfulness. Known for his humor, curiosity, and practical approach, Jeff guides listeners to discover their own "home base" and explore the mind as a creative medium.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the 10% happier podcast.
0:07.7	I'm Dan Harris.
0:19.1	If you've ever tried to meditate and thought, you know what, my brain is too messy, too
0:24.8	distracted for this. Well, then today's episode is for you. Our guest is my great friend, Jeff Warren.
0:31.1	He's an amazing meditation teacher. We wrote a book together called Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics.
0:36.2	He's also one of the funniest and most refreshingly honest people in the meditation space.
0:40.8	Jeff is our teacher of the month over on Dan Harris.com for the month of December.
0:45.3	That means he'll be crafting custom guided meditations to go with each of our full-length
0:50.4	Monday-W-W-Snesday episodes.
0:52.2	Plus, he'll be hosting some live sessions over on Zoom.
0:56.0	We do those live sessions every Tuesday at 4 p.m. Eastern. Jeff has lived through some wild stuff,
1:01.1	including a life-changing accident and later some very difficult diagnoses of ADHD and also bipolar.
1:07.2	But instead of running from his own mind, he has spent decades learning how to work with it.
1:13.1	I have watched him do a lot of this work up close. That's very impressive. So what you're
1:17.9	about to hear is a conversation between Jeff and the executive producer of this show, DJ Kashmir.
1:23.2	In it, you'll hear Jeff talk a little bit about his history, but also he serves up some very
1:27.0	practical strategies for meditating when your mind won't shut up, for staying grounded, when you're in the midst of big emotions, for finding what he calls a home base, which is a simple body-based way to come back to calm no matter what's happening. So a lot of good stuff in here. Okay, we'll get started with Jeff Warren in conversation with DJ Kashmir after this.
1:47.4	If you're a business owner, here's something you need to know.
1:51.1	Your business identity is everything that shows what your business is about, from what customers see to what they don't see, like operating agreements, meeting minutes, compliance paperwork, and stuff like that.
2:02.9	I have learned about this stuff as a small business owner myself.
2:07.8	It's often the unglamorous stuff, but it is non-negotiable.
2:11.6	You need your business identity to be tight.
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