Meditate with Dawn Mauricio
July's Teacher of the Month
How to Hit “Pause” on Overwhelm | A Meditation with Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with Brother Chân Pháp Hữu, the abbot of Plum Village’s Upper Hamlet and the co-host of the Plum Village podcast The Way Out Is In. He also recently co-authored a book called Being with Busyness: Zen Ways to Transform Overwhelm and Burnout
Undisturbed | A Meditation with Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with New York Times columnist and host of The Ezra Klein Show, Ezra Klein. The episode is all about how to keep your shit together in these uncertain times and maintain digital hygiene in a world dominated by technology.
Release Your Tension | A Meditation With Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with Stanford neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, compassion researcher, inventor, entrepreneur, author and philanthropist Dr. James R. Doty. In this episode, Doty offers a science-based take on manifestation—not as magical thinking, but as a practical method for embedding intentions into your subconscious to change yo…
Stay With Your Breath | A Meditation With Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Amir Raz. Drawing on his background in both stage magic and neuroscience, Raz explores why our brains evolved to be so suggestible, how that trait can be a cognitive asset—not a weakness—and how it influences everything from pain and healing to hypnosis, learning, and belief.
Cultivate Gratitude | A Meditation With Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with Beth Upton, a former Buddhist nun. She shares how practicing kusala (a Pali word for “wholesome”) qualities—like mindfulness, generosity, and steadiness—can loosen the grip of suffering and support greater freedom.
An Antidote for Nihilism | A Meditation with Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with Father Gregory Boyle, Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. He makes the case that our biggest problems aren’t political—they’re emotional. And that the antidote to today’s rage and reactivity isn’t more argument, bu…
A Meditation for Procrastination | A Meditation with Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with the journalist Olga Khazan, who set out to change her own personality—using science. She shares what worked as she tried research-backed strategies to become more outgoing, organized, and less anxious. Dan and Olga talk about practical tools like chatting with strangers, joining social groups, and using ment…
Step Out of Overthinking | A Meditation with Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with Bruce Hood, where we explore why connection—not self-fixation—is the real engine of happiness.
Give Yourself a Moment | A Meditation with Dawn Mauricio
First, check out the 10% Happier episode with Ayya Anandabodhi, a Buddhist nun, where we explore how to stay grounded in chaotic times—without numbing out or getting swept away.
So grateful to find these bundled together in one place on the 10% happier substack. Cheers.