Ten Percent Happier Ep 659

Sharon returns to the Ten Percent Happier Podcast with Dan Harris to talk about her new book, Finding Your Way. Sharon also offers a bonus meditation: an intro to lovingkindness. On this show, Dan talks with eminent meditation teachers, top scientists, and even the odd celebrity. In this episode Sharon and Dan talk about:

• What Sharon means by “an authentic life”

• Learning to be your own BFF

• How the notion of self-love squares with the Buddhist notion of emptiness

• Why it can be harder to receive love and help than to give it

Guests on the Ten Percent Happier Podcast include everyone from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Brené Brown to Karamo from Queer Eye. Dan’s approach is seemingly modest, but secretly radical: happiness is a skill you can train, just like working your bicep in the gym. Your progress may be incremental at first, but like any good investment, it compounds over time.