More Than A Feeling
More Than A Feeling
Ten Percent Happier
Most of us have gotten at least a little emotional at some point recently. It’s natural. But why do we have emotions and how much should we pay attention to them on any given day? Can we learn to skillfully choose which emotions to listen to and which ones to just let move on by?In More Than A Feeling, the latest podcast from Ten Percent Happier, host Saleem Reshamwala goes on a real life quest to find the answers to these questions. He’ll experiment with neuroscientists, dive into stories with historians and philosophers, and document how musicians, therapists, hairdressers and airplane pilots work with emotions. Saleem sifts through the human condition to find stories and insights that will help us define our most fundamental relationships: our relationship to our own emotions, and to each other’s.
Why the Tears?
Some of us are big criers, some of us are not. Today: Two tears experts who have experimented with this idea in the lab and in real life let us in on their insights.
Dec 20, 2022
35 min
Coco’s Story: Ending Cycles of Harm
Today: a story about defusing conflict when emotions run high, from someone who's made it her life's work. We hear from Shneaqua Purvis, better known as Coco, the founder and C.E.O. of Both Sides of the Violence in Brooklyn, New York. After losing her sister to gun violence, Coco devoted her life to community safety. She tells us how she prevents and de-escalates a confrontation, and how anyone can handle, or move past, a conflict without feeling like they're ignoring something important about themselves. Plus, we hear Coco’s own surprising story of forgiveness. Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/mtaf-podcast-episodes/coco
Dec 13, 2022
31 min
How to Hold a Grudge
Today, we talk with Sophie Hannah, author of How to Hold a Grudge, and meditation teacher Matthew Hepburn, for perspective on what triggers our grudges in the first place – and how holding them can actually be good for us.
Dec 6, 2022
41 min
How to Handle Dread
Saleem tells Dan Harris some of his favorite takeaways from investigating Dread, in this crossover episode with Ten Percent Happier.
Nov 22, 2022
57 min
Day 5: An Antidote to Eco-Dread
One of the most overwhelming things listeners feel dread about is the climate crisis. Eco-therapy is a way to build resilience by tuning in instead of shutting down.
Nov 18, 2022
22 min
Day 4: Schedule Your Dread
If we’re not careful, we can spend an entire day stuck in an endless loop of dread. But what if we tried carving out some “worry time?”
Nov 17, 2022
14 min
Day 3: Death, But Fun!
Today we get some surprisingly joyful insights about coping with the dread of death – whether we’re concerned about our own mortality or losing those we love.
Nov 16, 2022
22 min
Day 2: Dread Without Words
Yesterday we journaled about our dread. Today we’re going to see what happens when we express the overwhelming feeling of dread without words.
Nov 15, 2022
14 min
Day 1: Rewrite Your Dread
Dread can feel so heavy, most of the time we don’t even want to talk about it. But what if we tried to express our dread in a different way?
Nov 14, 2022
17 min
Welcome to the Dread Project
Inspired by an intriguing listener email, Season 2 kicks off with an investigation into feelings of dread. It turns out it’s a dread-pocalypse out there, and we could all use some joyful relief.
Nov 7, 2022
33 min
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