Summary of 10% Happier: by Dan Harris | Includes Analysis

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Summary of  10% Happier by Dan Harris | Includes Analysis

 

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10% Happier chronicles author and television news reporter Dan Harris’ life as he discovers mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist theories for happiness and wellness.

A war reporter

• Language: English
• Publisher: Instaread, Inc
• Release date: May 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781683781158

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OVERVIEW

10% Happier chronicles author and television news reporter Dan Harris’ life as he discovers mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist theories for happiness and wellness.

A war reporter in the trenches for the American Broadcasting Company News (ABC News), Harris began to struggle with depression while at home between assignments. To battle the symptoms of depression, he began using drugs. Harris had a panic attack while on the set of Good Morning America. A year later, Harris began working with a therapist who informed him of the correlation between cocaine use and panic attacks. He stopped using drugs almost immediately. Shortly thereafter someone introduced him to self-help books written by Eckhart Tolle.

Harris went on a journey, both personally and professionally, as a religion beat reporter, discovering the nuances of different religions while studying Buddhism and its tenets on his own time. He met Dr. Mark Epstein, who initially turned him on to Buddhist theories, and began meditating and practicing mindfulness in his daily life. Eventually, he went on a meditation retreat where he first struggled, but eventually had a breakthrough in his mindfulness and meditation practices. He came home and continued to work on those practices. Harris began to struggle at work as his bosses assigned the better stories to other reporters. He learned that this was happening because he