10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast

A roadmap for a more balanced life.

Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, author, and psychology lecturer. In her work she shares the ways that psychological and medical research can help us in our everyday lives, whether through radio, TV, podcasts, public events or books.

This episode is part of our ongoing Get Fit Sanely series.

In this episode we talk about:

• How to define rest
• The health risks of fatigue
• Why your rest is more effective if you dont feel guilty about it
• Why watching TV is so restful (in moderation)
• Why taking breaks shouldnt be considered a reward
• How to create your own personal prescription for rest
• Why a "resting state" for the brain is actually quite active
• The restful act of daydreaming (when it doesnt lead to ruminating)
• Heat therapies for reduced cortisol levels
• Why some forms of movement and exercise can be restful
• The #1 most restful activity based on her research
• And practical advice for incorporating more rest into your busy life
  

Paid subscribers of DanHarris.com will have exclusive access to a set of all-new guided meditations, led by friend of the showCara Lai, customized to accompany each episode of the Get Fit Sanely series. We're super excited to offer a way to help you put the ideas from the episodes into practice. Learn all about it here.

Related Episodes:

• Get Fit Sanely: the podcast playlist
• Neuroaesthetics: How Art Can Improve and Extend Your Life | Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen

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Additional Resources:

• The Art of Rest
• The Keys to Kindness
• Healthcheck
• All in the Mind

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Simple and realistic strategies from an ultra-endurance athlete.

Rich Roll is a vegan ultra-endurance athlete and full-time wellness & plant-based nutrition advocate, podcast host, public speaker, and inspiration to people worldwide as a transformative example of courageous and healthy living.

This episode is part of our ongoing Get Fit Sanely Series.

In this episode we talk about:

• How to harness the power of momentum
• The importance of intrinsic motivation
• What being in shape actually means
• Practical tips for people who arent ultra-endurance athletes
• Why so many people hate vegans and why you should eat more plants anyway
• Unhealthy obsessions with being healthy and the dangers of orthorexia
• Addiction, recovery, and healing childhood wounds
• What Richs exercise regime looks like now
• Psychedelics and non-duality
• And much more

Paid subscribers of DanHarris.com will have exclusive access to a set of all-new guided meditations, led by friend of the showCara Lai, customized to accompany each episode of the Get Fit Sanely series. We're super excited to offer a way to help you put the ideas from the episodes into practice. Learn all about it here.

Related Episodes:

• The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole
• Get Fit Sanely: the podcast playlist

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Additional Resources:

• The Rich Roll Podcast
• Voicing Change Media
• Links to Richs books

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We asked listeners to tell us about some of their favorite episodes from our Get Fit Sanely series, and we’ll be bringing you some excerpts of those episodes on Fridays this month. Today, we’re hearing from listener Cynthia who had a vivid takeaway from our episode on exercise and the brain with neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. 

Paid subscribers of DanHarris.com will have exclusive access to a set of all-new guided meditations, led by friend of the show Cara Lai, customized to accompany each episode of the Get Fit Sanely series. We're super excited to offer a way to help you put the ideas from the episodes into practice. Learn all about it here.

Related Episodes:

• The Neuroscience of Exercise | Wendy Suzuki
• How To Take Care of Your Body Without Losing Your Mind
• Get Fit Sanely: the podcast playlist
  
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Including: “exercise snacking,” prioritizing play, and overcoming “revenge bedtime procrastination.”

Marielle Segarra is a reporter and the host of NPR's Life Kit, the award-winning podcast and radio show that shares trustworthy, nonjudgmental tips that help listeners navigate their lives.

In this episode we talk about:

•  How and why Marielle got interested in this stuff 
• Exercise and sleep tips that Marielle has incorporated into her own life. 
• Something called, “revenge bedtime procrastination” – and how to work with it
• Some key learnings from Marielle’s experience with cancer
• The link between fitness and play—and why play is so important for human flourishing
• How to assess how much play you’re getting and tips for getting more of it
• The very subtle but important question of letting go of outcomes—in other words, not pursuing all of this stuff with so much of an agenda— and actually enjoying the process 

Paid subscribers of DanHarris.com will have exclusive access to a set of all-new guided meditations, led by friend of the show Cara Lai, customized to accompany each episode of the Get Fit Sanely series. We're super excited to offer a way to help you put the ideas from the episodes into practice. Learn all about it here.

Related Episodes:

• How to Change Your Habits | Katy Milkman
• LifeKit’s A behavioral scientist's advice for changing your life 
• How To Take Care of Your Body Without Losing Your Mind
• Get Fit Sanely: the podcast playlist

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Beyond the clich: listening to your body.

Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD is a former physician and internationally known mindfulness and Insight (Vipassana) meditation teacher. She is the author of Outsmart Your Pain and the coauthor of A Clinicians Guide to Teaching Mindfulness. She is also a senior teacher at InsightLA in Los Angeles. And in her spare time, she runs ultramarathons.

In this episode we talk about:

• How to develop and hone interoception
• How to do practices like a body scan and how helpful it can be for all aspects of life
• How to shift how we relate to our body
• The four foundations of mindfulness one of the crucial discourses of the Buddha
• What a healthy relationship to the body looks like
• Translating monastic practices to our modern day lives
• How to reduce stress and suffering in the body
• Indifference vs equanimity / serenity
• Helpful questions to ask yourself in cultivating a new relationship with your body
• The four sources of reluctance or resistance to exercise
• Discipline vs self-compassion
• Unpacking the dysfunction among people who overexercise
• What we can learn from injury
  

Paid subscribers of DanHarris.com will have exclusive access to a set of all-new guided meditations, led by friend of the show Cara Lai, customized to accompany each episode of the Get Fit Sanely series. We're super excited to offer a way to help you put the ideas from the episodes into practice. Learn all about it here.

Related Episodes:

• How To Outsmart Your Pain | Christiane Wolf

• How To Take Care of Your Body Without Losing Your Mind

• Get Fit Sanely: the podcast playlist

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