The Voice in Your Head Doesn't Have to Ruin Everything | Rachel Martin and Dan Harris
5/1/202652 min
Practical advice for handling anxiety, envy, and that feeling that you're a bad person.
What happens when a deck of cards controls the conversation? On Wild Card, hosted by Rachel Martin, that's the whole idea — and when Dan sat down as a guest, the cards led somewhere genuinely interesting.
In this episode: why Dan keeps going on silent meditation retreats even though loneliness is the hardest part; what finally made him delete Instagram; the "good-ish" concept that unlocked a new relationship with self-criticism; and a deep dive into the Buddhist take on the soul — which turns out to be a lot more useful than it sounds.
Wild Card is produced by NPR.
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[upbeat music] It's the Ten Percent Happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. [upbeat music] Hey, it's the Ten Percent Happier podcast. I'm your host, Dan Harris. Today, we have a conversation about envy, Instagram, defensiveness, and why the Buddhists do not believe you have a soul. This is a conversation between me and my old friend Rachel Martin from NPR. She has her own show called Wildcard, which she refers to as a metaphysical game show. So what you're about to hear is me playing the game with her, and the goal is for you to enjoy our conversation, but also to go check out her show, which again, is called Wildcard. Real quick, before we dive in, I wanna remind you to check out my new-ish meditation app, Ten Percent with Dan Harris. If you sign up, you'll get, uh, guided meditations and courses from many of the greatest living meditation teachers. Uh, you'll also get ad-free versions of this podcast and, uh, weekly live video sessions where we do some meditation and take questions. Join the party. You can get the app at danharris.com. Also, if you wanna meditate with me in person, I've got a few events coming up. On May 17th, I'll be at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, and then coming up on October 16th through 18th,