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Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Dan Harris.

Dan is a correspondent for ABC News, an anchor for Nightline, and a co-anchor for the weekend edition of Good Morning America.

A former self-proclaimed skeptic of meditation and mindfulness,

Dan became a believer after he had a panic attack on live national television in 2004.

That panic attack put him on a search and led him to research the benefits of mindfulness and meditation.

Bands the author of the best-selling book, 10% happier,

how I tamed the voice in my head, reduced stress without losing my edge, and found

self-help that really works, a true story.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, I had the privilege to talk to Dan about how

meditation in his view has a PR problem and what might be required to introduce meditation to the uninitiated, especially

to a generation of people who were raised in what he calls the age of irony.

We also talked about how Dan's life has changed

since becoming a meditator,

how work relationships are different,

how he balances his drive for success with equanimity and how he deals

differently with criticism. Finally we talked about happiness and the real

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