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It's the 10% Happier podcast.

I'm Dan Harris.

Hello, my fellow suffering beings.

How are we doing?

I love my job.

I really do.

And my job is probably my greatest source of stress. I suspect I'm not alone in this,

at least in the latter part, about how work is stressful. Whether you love or hate your job,

work really can bring up some of our deepest and darkest issues. Today I'm going to talk to somebody with some pretty unique qualifications. She's both an executive coach and a highly

trained Dharma teacher. She has some incredibly helpful thoughts on how to weave mindfulness into your

day without requiring some big formal meditation session, although those are good too. She argues,

and I really agree with her on this, that this strategy can make you less hurried and more productive.

We also talk about our often futile search for security through work, how mindfulness is not

about replacing unpleasant experiences with pleasant experiences, but instead it's about

learning to be okay with the unpleasant. And we talk about her strategies for managing something

deeply unpleasant

for many of us workplace conflict. My guest is Nolita Tsengiwe. She's a Dharma teacher and board

member at Dharma Gehri Retreat Center, which is located in South Africa. She's also a graduate

of the Insight Meditation Society teacher training. This is part two of a series we're doing this week

about professional success and work-life balance. If you missed Monday's episode on the science of burnout,

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