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People in the mindfulness meditation world often note that what we’re teaching is not a breathing exercise; the goal is to just feel the breath as it naturally occurs (if you’ve chosen the breath as the thing you want to focus on). However -- and this is something we haven’t spent much time exploring on the show -- there is a ton of evidence to suggest that actual breathing exercises can also have powerful benefits, physiologically and psychologically.

That’s one of the things we’re going to talk about today with Emma Seppälä, who is a Lecturer at the Yale School of Management and Faculty Director of the Yale School of Management’s Women’s Leadership Program. She is also the Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, and the author of a book called The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success. As the title of today’s episode suggests, we’re going to talk about three big takeaways from happiness research. One has to do with breathing exercises. The second has to do with the power of nature to impact your mind. And the third has to do with social connection, something many of us are badly missing in this pandemic. 

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#334: Three Lessons from Happiness Research | Emma Seppälä

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962 - Florence and Dancing Ducks | Land of Tomorrow Ep7

Like a meandering stream we drift off to the marsh behind my childhood home, with lots of sleepy sidebars.

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961 - My Own Personal Spring

Triggers are teachers, they show us where we are still hung up and where we need to work on ourselves. In this episode, I am going to teach you how to extract the lesson from everything that triggers you in your life!

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960 - Desserts Week | Great British Baking Off to Sleep S9/C6 E4

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An apology opens the door to discovery of the handy halls that meander off to dreamland.

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959 - Tic and Tac | Land of Tomorrow Ep 6

When sex wanes in a serious relationship, how long should you wait for it to come back around? Lanyadoo breaks it down.
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Too often, the process of looking at your biases can be presented like eating your vegetables. But one of the most fascinating and rewarding things I have attempted to do in recent years is to take a good, hard look at my own prejudices and conditioning, especially as a white man. I still screw up all the time. However, one thing that I think is often underplayed is that doing this work can be deeply enjoyable–and can also pay profound dividends. 

One of my most important role models here has been John Biewen, host of a podcast called Scene on Radio. The show has had four seasons, but the seasons that have most impacted me are Seasons 2 and 3. Season 2 is called “Seeing White,” in which he explores white people and whiteness. Season 3 is called “Men,” in which he looks at sexism.

I was not surprised to learn that John is a meditator, a practice which, he explains, has helped him as he’s done his work.

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#333: The Self-Interested Case for Examining Your Biases | John Biewen

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Greek Mythology Bedtime Story - The Story of Prometheus

A sleepy story about a very smart puppet, a beanstalk and the moon.

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958 - Self Propelled Marionette

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The secret ingredient to better mental health + how kindness changes your brain, and the power of mirror neurons

There is a powerful scene in a novel called Lincoln In the Bardo, where President Abraham Lincoln has come to the cemetery where his young son, Willie, is soon to be buried. Willie had passed away at the White House where he had gotten sick. Lincoln is so distraught that he goes to the graveyard to get one last glimpse at his boy’s dead body. As the President is leaving, and in the grips of perhaps the worst psychic pain available to any human, he has an insight. His suffering, he realizes, comes from viewing his son as solid, when, in fact, they are both just “energy bursts” or “two passing temporarinesses.” 

There is a reason this insight will be familiar to anyone with a passing familiarity with Buddhism, and that is because the author, George Saunders, is a practicing Buddhist. Lincoln in the Bardo won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for best work of fiction in English. Saunders has written ten other books, including the newly released A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, which is about how to become a better reader and that can tell us about how to live. This was an enormously valuable conversation for me, both as a meditator and as an author (because he has many, deeply useful thoughts about the craft). We talk about many things here, including: the “unified theory of brain,” how writing resembles meditation, his speculations about the afterlife, and a speech he gave on kindness that went viral. 

Another order of business: In response to our ever-changing reality, we’ve done our best to use this podcast to help you figure out how to navigate our world. And as you know, the practice of meditation undergirds nearly all of the practical takeaways you hear us discuss on this podcast. Many of our podcast guests have also contributed to our companion meditation app, which is also called Ten Percent Happier.

Our app helps you understand both how to practice meditation and how meditation can help you navigate our ever-changing world. We hope that you'll subscribe to our app to learn how to care for yourself and others during crises (which are, after all, inevitable). 

To make it easier, we're offering 40% off the price of an annual subscription for our podcast listeners. We don’t do discounts of this size all the time, and of course nothing is permanent—so get this deal before it ends on April 1st by going to https://www.tenpercent.com/march.

And here’s a link to Love & Resilience: The Contemplative Care Summit (March 25 - 29).

And finally, be sure to check out The Science of Happiness podcast, available here and wherever you get your podcasts. 

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/george-saunders-332

#332: The Profound Upside of Self-Diminishment | George Saunders

Anne Ortelee, a nationally (NCGR-PAA Level 3, AMAFA, OPA) and internationally (ISAR) certified astrologer, presents her Cosmic Weekly Weather report. Based on the astrology configurations above our heads, Anne discusses the energy we can expect to experience on Planet Earth during the upcoming week. She offers a brief astrology lesson! You can always book a private consultation with Anne to discuss your personal questions and your chart.

The planets continue to answer to Saturn, inviiting us to commit to our lives. Mars in Gemini makes us do everything twice.  Full moon in Libra.  Sun and Venus in Aries sextile Saturn firming up our plans..  Mercury enters into Aries making our minds sharp and crisp!  Sun and Venus in Aries are getting fierce, fast and direct!  Athena in Pisces offers strategic visions for our dreams.  

Forward into change! A new story of action around expansion and structure.  You've got this!!

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There’s no one-way ticket to health and wellness. The journey looks different for everyone, and not every approach works for every person. Dr. Will Cole specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease. He then customizes a functional medicine approach for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, and a whole laundry list of chronic medical conditions. Tune into this episode to learn more about how functional medicine is changing the game.   || LINKS || drwillcole.com/ || Full Show Notes - darinolien.com/podcast

The Darin Olien Show

#76. Dr. Will Cole on Functional Medicine for Individual Health and Wellness

One of the hardest, and most important, parts of creating great relationships is setting healthy boundaries with other people. Boundaries expert Nedra Glover Tawwab joins the show to explore how we can trust our instincts, work through codependency, and build better boundaries.