How To Start A Meditation Practice And Create Healthy Habits

Jun 11, 2021

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BJ Fogg

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Dan Harris

Dan Harris, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and author of bestsellers, shares his journey into meditation and emphasizes starting with just one minute a day. BJ Fogg, a Stanford behavior scientist, discusses his 'Tiny Habits' method, advocating for small, manageable changes in creating lasting habits. They explore the power of mindfulness and the significance of celebrating small victories in habit formation. Both highlight that real change comes not from sheer willpower, but from effective habit design and understanding our motivations.

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ANECDOTE

Dan Harris's Journey to Meditation

Dan Harris, initially resistant to covering faith and spirituality, found it transformative.
Reading Eckhart Tolle's work and recognizing his "inner narrator" led him to explore meditation.

ADVICE

Starting a Meditation Practice

Start with just 5-10 minutes of daily meditation.
Even one minute counts, especially for beginners struggling with time constraints.

INSIGHT

Meditation as a Focus Exercise

Meditation is a "bicep curl for your brain," strengthening focus by noticing and redirecting distractions.
This process of noticing and redirecting changes the brain's attention regulation areas.

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Meditation is now commonly accepted for its range of benefits, yet many of us still struggle with making it a regular practice in our daily lives. And this doesn’t just happen with meditation. Whether it be adopting healthier eating habits, spending more time in nature, or improving our sleep hygiene, the understanding that these things are good for us is rarely enough to change our behavior. The good news is having trouble changing habits is not about a lack of willpower or discipline.

In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman talks with Dan Harris about his own journey into meditation and how just one minute a day may be enough to get you on the path towards all of meditation’s benefits. He also speaks with BJ Fogg about using the science of behavior to create new and lasting habits.

Dan Harris is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the co-anchor of ABC's Nightline and the weekend edition of Good Morning America. He is the author of two New York Times best-sellers, 10% Happier and Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Book.

Dr. BJ Fogg is a behavior scientist with deep experience in innovation and teaching. For the past 20 years at Stanford University, he has directed a research lab and he also teaches his models and methods in graduate seminars. BJ has personally coached over 40,000 people in forming new habits, using his breakthrough method called “Tiny Habits.” His New York Times bestselling book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything, was published in early 2020 and is contracted to be published in over 25 languages.

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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dan Harris, “Is One Minute Of Meditation Enough?” here:https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/DanHarris

Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with BJ Fogg, “How To Make Behavior Change Stick” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/BJFogg