10% Happier with Dan Harris Working With a Brain That Doesn't Behave | Jeff Warren
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Nov 30, 2025 
In this enlightening conversation, Jeff Warren, a meditation teacher and author, shares his unique journey from journalist to consciousness researcher, sparked by a life-altering head injury. He discusses the importance of creating a 'home base' in meditation to help manage a scattered mind, offering practical tools for emotional regulation. Jeff also delves into the struggles of ADHD and bipolarity, emphasizing the power of meditation to enhance creativity and focus. Listeners gain valuable insights into integrating mindfulness into daily life, especially for neurodivergent individuals.
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Life-Changing Head Injury
- Jeff Warren recounts breaking his neck falling from a tree while on high-dose mushrooms and the long recovery that followed.
- The injury changed his consciousness, reigniting ADHD-like symptoms and sparking his deep curiosity about the mind.
From Journalist To Meditation Explorer
- Jeff describes writing a book about the neuroscience of consciousness which pulled him toward meditation communities and conferences.
- That research and exposure to contemplative practitioners led him to meet teachers like Shinzen Young.
Subjective Experience Reclaimed Science
- Conferences shifted science toward valuing first-person subjective experience in consciousness research.
- Buddhist practitioners emerged as central figures offering rigorous descriptions of inner experience.
