Other Episodes

Happiness Break: How to Tune Into Water’s Restorative Power

Indigenous scholar Dr. Yuria Celidwen guides us in a reflection on our interconnection with water,…

Happiness Break: Sketching Serenity With Chris Murchison

A guided drawing meditation to help you break out of stale thought patterns and maybe even enter a…

Happiness Break: A Humming Technique to Calm Your Nerves

Discover Humming Bee Breath (Bhramari Pranayama), a soothing breathing technique that uses gentle…

Happiness Break: A Breathing Technique to Help You Relax (Cyclic Sighing)

Dr. David Spiegel guides you through cyclic sighing, a breathwork practice that helps reduce stress…

Happiness Break: The Healing Power of Your Own Touch, with Kristin Neff

Dr. Kristin Neff guides us in a self-compassionate touch exercise, and shares the many…

Happiness Break: A Note to Self on Forgiveness, with Alex Elle (Encore)

Letting go of our regrets can motivate us to improve and help us grow. Alex Elle, a poet and…

Happiness Break: A Meditation on Becoming a Gift to Life

Our happiness is interconnected with the well-being of others, both people and the natural world.…

Take a Break With Our Loving-Kindness Meditation (Happiness Break)

Loving-kindness meditation, or “metta,” has its roots in Buddhist traditions that date back…

Happiness Break: Pause to Look at the Sky, With Dacher (Encore)

Take a moment to appreciate the beauty and vastness of the sky. Dacher Keltner guides us through a…

Happiness Break: Experience Nature Wherever You Are, with Dacher (Encore)

Just a few moments of tuning into nature can make you feel more inspired, connected, and less…

Happiness Break: How to Ground Yourself in Nature, With Yuria Celidwen (Encore)

Connect to yourself and the land you stand on in under 10 minutes with this grounding practice led…

Happiness Break: How to Relax Your Body Through A Standing Meditation, With Sherry Zhang

Last week on our show, we discussed the scientifically proven health benefits of the ancient Chinese…

Happiness Break: A Meditation On How to Be Your Best Self, With Justin Michael Williams

Here's a favorite of ours: visualize your best possible self and tap into your inherent enough-ness…

Happiness Break: A Meditation on Cultivating Awe Through Colors

Experiencing awe can help us slow down and connect to the world around us. So how can we harness the…

Happiness Break: A Meditation on Pilina: Our Deep Interconnectedness, With Jo Qina’au

Pilina is an indigenous Hawaiian word, or concept, that describes our deep interconnectedness.…

Happiness Break: A Walking Meditation With Dan Harris of 10% Happier

Trouble sitting still? Learn to practice meditating by simply walking in this practice guided by 10%…

Happiness Break: A Meditation to Move Through Anger, With Eve Ekman

Accepting difficult feelings like anger or irritation can help us keep our cool, feel better…

Happiness Break: Tap into the Joy That Surrounds You, With Anushka Fernandopulle

Beyond just feeling good, studies show experiencing other people's joy makes us more compassionate…

Happiness Break: Where Did You Come From? Guided Writing With Lyla June

Indigenous artist Lyla June leads a 5-minute freewriting exercise about our personal journeys.…

Happiness Break: A Meditation on Playfulness, With Dacher Keltner

We all have a playful side, and research shows acting on it can help us when we need to move through…

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