Dan Harris Books

The perfect book for the spirituality sceptics who really do need meditation in their daily routine. This fifth anniversary edition features a new preface and new guided meditations.

ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play Ultimate Frisbee, and use the word "namaste" without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange and circuitous journey that ultimately led him to become one of meditation's most vocal public proponents. Here's what he's fixated on now: Science suggests that meditation can lower blood pressure, mitigate depression and anxiety, and literally rewire key parts of the brain. Millions of people want to meditate but aren't actually practicing. What's holding them back? Harris and his friend Jeff Warren, a "Meditation MacGyver," embark on a cross-country quest to tackle the myths, misconceptions, and self-deceptions that stop people from meditating. They rent a rock-star tour bus (whose previous occupants were Parliament Funkadelic) and travel across eighteen states, talking to scores of would-be meditators, including parents, military cadets, police officers, and even a few celebrities. They create a taxonomy of the most common issues ("I suck at this," "I don't have the time," etc.) and offer up science-based life hacks to help people overcome them. Amid it all unspools the strange and hilarious story of what happens when a congenitally sarcastic, type-A journalist and a groovy Canadian mystic embark on an epic road trip into America's neurotic underbelly, as well as their own

Focusing on a socio-cultural perspective, the book critiques contemporary creativity studies through posthumanist and new materialist lenses. It advocates for a broader understanding of creativity that transcends the limited views of entrepreneurship and innovation. By presenting various case studies, it emphasizes the importance of personal, planetary, and geopolitical collaboration, positioning these elements as essential to fostering a more sustainable and expansive creativity. This approach serves as a counter to the prevailing notion of innovation as an end in itself.

Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable. After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure, involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had both propelled him through the ranks of a hyper-competitive business and also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out. We all have a voice in our head. It’s what has us losing our temper unnecessarily, checking our email compulsively, eating when we’re not hungry, and fixating on the past and the future at the expense of the present. Most of us would assume we’re stuck with this voice – that there’s nothing we can do to rein it in – but Harris stumbled upon an effective way to do just that. It’s a far cry from the miracle cures peddled by the self-help swamis he met; instead, it’s something he always assumed to be either impossible or useless: meditation. After learning about research that suggests meditation can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain, Harris took a deep dive into the underreported world of CEOs, scientists, and even marines who are now using it for increased calm, focus, and happiness. 10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.

Meditácia nevyžaduje žiadne zvláštne zručnosti, skupinové aktivity či špeciálne oblečenie. Dan Harris, moderátor ABC News, kedysi považoval meditáciu za niečo absurdné, určené len pre ľudí s netradičnými záujmami. Po panickom záchvate v priamom prenose sa však pustil do objavovania meditácie, ktorá mu pomohla zlepšiť sústredenie a zvládať emócie. Jeho manželka si všimla, že sa stal príjemnejším človekom. O svojich skúsenostiach sa otvorene a vtipne podelil v knihe, ktorá sa stala bestsellerom a posunula ho medzi najväčších zástancov meditácie. Veda potvrdzuje, že meditácia znižuje krvný tlak, zmierňuje depresie a prepája dôležité oblasti mozgu. Mnoho ľudí by chcelo meditovať, no bránia im v tom rôzne mýty a mylné predstavy. V Meditácii pre nervóznych skeptikov Harris a učiteľ Jeff Warren cestujú po USA, aby sa vysporiadali s prekážkami, ktoré bránia ľuďom meditovať. Na turné v autobuse, ktorý kedysi patrí rockovej skupine Parliament Funkadelic, sa rozprávajú s rôznymi potenciálnymi meditátormi. Vytvárajú taxonómiu najčastejších prekážok a ponúkajú vedecky podložené tipy na ich prekonanie. Kniha obsahuje praktické meditačné inštrukcie a zábavný príbeh o tom, ako sa sarkastický novinár a kanadský mystik snažia bojovať s neurotizmom dnešnej doby.