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podcast2014–present

10% Happier

Disciplines:
philosophy & ideas

Summary

A sceptic's guide to meditation and mindfulness—interviews with meditation teachers, psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers, grounded in honest self-questioning.

Core Contribution

Made secular mindfulness accessible to people who distrust New Age language; demonstrated that rigorous scepticism and contemplative practice are compatible.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • secular meditation
  • mindfulness scepticism
  • contemplative neuroscience
  • accessible Buddhism
  • stress and performance

Historical Influences

Jon Kabat-Zinn's MBSR Sam Harris's Waking Up Joseph Goldstein's Insight Meditation The science of contemplative neuroscience

Intellectual Lineage

No conceptual lineage found.

Allied Works

10% Happier Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics10% Happier app

Contemporaries & Peers

Waking Up Calm appHeadspaceThe Tim Ferriss Show

Minds Influenced

Secular mindfulness podcast genreMeditative self-help spaceCorporate wellness narratives

Intellectual Posterity

One of the most downloaded meditation podcasts; accompanying app has millions of users; helped mainstream mindfulness in corporate and journalistic culture.

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