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. Hey gang all this week we've been talking

about hope here on the show not as a bromide or as an empty slogan that you might knit

onto throw pillows or render as a hashtag but instead as a practical trainable skill.

So today we've got a guided meditation designed to help you develop the confidence that you

can deal with pretty much anything that is thrown your way and what is that confidence

if not a form of hope. Our teacher, Dojoer Matthew Hepburn has been a meditation teacher

for more than a decade. He's also one of the more popular teachers on the 10% happier

app and he has taught in prisons, schools and corporate events and continues to offer

intensive silent retreats across North America. So here we go now with Matthew.

Hey it's Matthew. Sometimes the stresses of the day pile up so high in your mind you

start to lose hope there's any alternative but to fight your way through it. But when

you can remember that you're actually a part of something much bigger it's easier to find

the confidence to weather difficult storms instead of getting swept up and painful self-centered

thinking. Take a few moments to get settled in and intentionally relax. You can gently

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