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How To Keep Your Sh*t Together No Matter What | Kamala Masters Sep 26, 2025

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Because even doing the dishes can be an opportunity to wake up.

We're bringing you some of our favorite gems from the archives, as chosen by our staff. This week, we're hearing from dharma teacher Kamala Masters as chosen by our executive producer DJ Cashmere. Kamala reflects on the practice of equanimity, and how to be mindful even in the "hell realm" of raising young children.

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How To Be Okay No Matter What | Kamala Masters

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Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Get ready for another Meditation Party at Omega Institute! This in-person workshop brings together Dan with his friends and meditation teachers, Sebene Selassie, Jeff Warren, and for the first time, Ofosu Jones-Quartey. The event runs October 24th-26th. Sign up and learn more at eomega.org/workshops/meditation-party-2025.

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Brené Brown On: How To Succeed Without Being a Bullying, Bullshitting, Power-Hungry Jerk Face Sep 24, 2025

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A toolkit for navigating your fears, finding your "core," and having sovereignty over your nervous system.

Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She is the author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers and the host of two award-winning podcasts.

In this episode we talk about:

The inspiration behind her new book (it involves a fateful game of pickleball)
The importance of building a strong "core" rather than operating from a place of dysfunction or fear
How to achieve sovereignty over your nervous system
Brené's "above the line" / "below the line" practice
How language acts as an indicator light for our emotions
The role of our values and how to operationalize them
Why we shit talk other people
How to build your capacity for paradoxical thinking
And more

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How To Live Well—Even Amidst Failure, Uncertainty, Loss, and Physical Pain | Kieran Setiya Sep 22, 2025

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Practical ways to lead a good life.

Kieran Setiya is the Peter de Florez Professor of Philosophy at MIT, where he works on ethics and related questions about human agency and human knowledge. He is the author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide and Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. He also maintains a Substack newsletter, Under the Net.

In this episode we talk about:

How Kieran became interested in practical philosophy (and philosophy more generally)
A brief history of philosophy
The connection between philosophy and self-help
Whether Buddhism is a philosophy?
The upside of missing out (as opposed to FOMO)
Kieran's mild beef with the Stoics
techniques for dealing with grief and loss
Why living well is not the same as feeling happy
The connection between Plato, Aristotle and contemporary influencers today
How to deal with physical adversity
Navigating failure
Kieran's case for meditation
Operationalizing the cliché of "enjoying the process" rather than the outcome
How to deal with the injustices of the world

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On Sunday, September 21st from 1-5pm ET, join Dan and Leslie Booker at the New York Insight Meditation Center in NYC as they lead a workshop titled, "Heavily Meditated – The Dharma of Depression + Anxiety." This event is both in-person and online. Sign up here!

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How To Make Time for the Things You Actually Care About | Vinny Ferraro Sep 21, 2025

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Our Teacher of the Month answers a common question: how do I find the time to meditate? Vinny turns this question on its head, and his answer might surprise you.

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Matthew McConaughey On: His Morning Routine; When To Take Risks; How To Bounce Back From Fuckups; And the Dangers of Cynicism Sep 19, 2025

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A guide to navigating "the rodeo of life".

Academy Award–winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matthew McConaughey is a husband and a father, an eternal optimist, a hopeful skeptic, and a man of faith who believes that we should all start sellin' Sunday morning like a Saturday night. His latest book is Poems and Prayers.

In this episode we talk about:

What Matthew's prayer practice looks like
How to figure out what your beliefs are
His relationship with doubt and humility
How to reframe your relationship with failure, risk, and embarrassment
Morning rituals and how to prepare for the day
Sins, cynicism, and what to do when things get hard
Matthew's take on the world
Misconceptions of 'good' and 'evil'
The difference between 'hope' and 'belief'
Why "belief is punk rock"
And more

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How To Handle Turbulence and Transitions | Phillip Moffitt Sep 17, 2025

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A Buddhist recipe for reclaiming your sanity.

Phillip Moffitt is a Buddhist meditation teacher and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. He has written several books and is also the founder and president of Life Balance Institute.

In this episode we talk about:

A Buddhist recipe for navigating life's ups and downs
Mindfulness tools for happier and smarter transitions
We dive into the the Noble eightfold path
Managing transitions with maximal happiness and resilience

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What Should You Do With Your Life? | Suzy Welch Sep 15, 2025

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Are you living by default or by design? A provocative question from an NYU business professor.

Suzy Welch is an award-winning NYU Stern School of Business professor, acclaimed management researcher, and New York Times best-selling author, most recently with "Becoming You: A Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career."

In this episode we talk about:

The distinction between purpose and happiness
What values actually are––and why it's so hard for people to name their own
15 of the most significant core values
The importance of knowing how other people experience your personality
Tools for envisioning your desired future
Why knowing your passion is not enough
And much more

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How To Cut Yourself Some Slack | Meditation with Vinny Ferraro Sep 14, 2025

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Guess what: you don't have to fix yourself.

All this month, we're sharing custom guided meditations from our teacher of the month, Vinny Ferraro, exclusively available at DanHarris.com. Like any good drug dealer, the first taste is free – so today, we're giving you a sample of what you can expect for the rest of the month.

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You Can't Hate Yourself Into Becoming a Better Person | Vinny Ferraro

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What To Do When Your Life Blows up | Emma Heming Willis Sep 12, 2025

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When life gets turbulent, is self-care self-indulgent?

Emma Heming Willis is a mother, step-mother, wife, and an advocate. After her husband, Bruce Willis, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, she became a passionate voice for care partners and families navigating neurodegenerative disease. Her new book is called The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path.

In this episode we talk about:

The moment Bruce was diagnosed
The importance of self-care and community support for caregivers
Actionable advice on making time for oneself
How to ask for and accept help when you need it
Why learning to care for other people is a skill we should all develop (and how it might actually enhance your life)
Tools for dealing with life's most difficult emotions
How to reframe painful experiences
And much more

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How To Rewire Your Inner Dialogue and Re-Regulate Your Nervous System | Elizabeth Gilbert Sep 10, 2025

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A raw conversation about addiction, love, death, grief, recovery, and more.

Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nonfiction and fiction books such as Big Magic and Eat Pray Love. Her new memoir is All The Way To The River: Love, Loss, and Liberation.

In this episode we talk about:

Ways that Elizabeth fostered dependency in her life
What Elizabeth means when she says "make other people into my home"
The modalities and practices Elizabeth uses to ground in her daily life
The definition of healthy relationships – and how to have them
Self-compassion

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