Ready to begin or deepen your meditation practice? Join Dan Harris and world-class meditation teachers on the 10% with Dan Harris app here: https://app.danharris.com/membership What happens when someone hands Dan Harris a deck of cards and asks him questions he hasn't prepared for? This. Dan sits down with his old NPR colleague Rachel Martin on her podcast Wild Card — what she calls a metaphysical game show — and the cards take the conversation somewhere genuinely interesting. Rachel Martin is the creator and host of Wild Card and a longtime NPR journalist. She and Dan go back to their days covering faith and spirituality together at ABC News. In this conversation, they cover: - Why Dan does 10-day silent meditation retreats every year — and why loneliness, not silence, is the hard part - The story of Barry, the security guard who rode the elevator with Dan every time he came to the studio — and what that has to do with Barbara Fredrickson's research on micro interactions - Why Dan deleted Instagram — and what envy has to do with it - The "good-ish" concept from NYU professor Dolly Chug, and how it unlocked Dan's chronic defensiveness - The story Dan carried for decades about being a bad person — and how he finally put it down - What Buddhism actually says about the soul (spoiler: there isn't one) — and why that turns out to be useful rather than nihilistic - The five daily remembrances the Buddha recommended — and why Vinny Ferraro calls the fifth one "pulling the knife out" - Why Dan finds devotional practice and prostration both repulsive and fascinating - The experience Dan most wants every person to have: the knowledge that the brain is trainable and change is possible This episode is a feed drop from Wild Card with Rachel Martin, a production of NPR. Find Wild Card wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to watch more 10% Happier videos: https://www.youtube.com/tenpercenthappier Follow Dan Harris on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/danharris/ https://www.tiktok.com/@danbharris https://www.facebook.com/DanHarrisABC https://twitter.com/danbharris https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-harris-91ba5716b/ #meditation #mindfulness #Buddhism