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This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey, hey, today we are going to talk about some counterintuitive and maybe controversial Buddhist strategies for navigating

anxious times.

We are recording and posting this in the midst of a U.S. presidential election, but I want to stress

that the ideas here are evergreen and

universal no matter when or where you are listening to this. My guest is Tara Brock,

the legendary meditation teacher, psychologist, and frequent flyer on this show. She's the founder of the Insleeves. mandatory meditation

meditation,

in schools,

and has been active in teaching meditation in schools, prisons, and underserved populations.

She's also written several books including radical acceptance, radical compassion, and trusting the gold.

In this conversation we talk about a Buddhist tradition known as the Bodicepha teachings which are quite radical and which Tara

thinks can vastly improve both your life and the health of democracy. We also

talk about why some people might think this stuff is too soft,

for practices to develop compassion, a mindfulness technique known as rain,

how mindfulness can help you see what is beneath your anger, letting distress be a portal and the

amazing phrase action absorbs anxiety, how to get active when you have limited time, and how to counteract the very natural

tendency to numb out.

Just to say, before we dive in here, that Tara also recorded a guided meditation based on this conversation.

We'll post that on Dan Harris.com.

Tara Brock right after this.

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