10% Happier with Dan Harris Overwhelmed? Over-Scheduled? Burnt Out? Here's the Antidote. | Diana Hill
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Nov 10, 2025 
Diana Hill, a clinical psychologist and expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), shares her insights on tackling overwhelm and burnout. She introduces the concept of 'Wise Effort,' focusing energy on core values. Diana explains how to diffuse unhelpful thoughts and identifies common energy depleters in life. With practical exercises, she guides listeners to discover their 'genius energy' and emphasizes radical acceptance as a tool for action. Through engaging conversation, she highlights the importance of gratitude and valuing impermanence.
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Effort That Regenerates Versus Drains
- Wise effort means using energy in ways that align with your values and regenerate you.
- Diana Hill contrasts effort that drains with effort that gives back and sustains you.
Everyday Tasks Can Hold Meaning
- Diana shared a sangha check-in where members listed mundane and heavy things they were dreading.
- She used these examples to show how relationship to experience alters dread versus gratitude.
Retreat Wake‑Up Moment
- Dan described turning his phone back on after a retreat and realizing he didn't want most of his commitments.
- That wake-up spurred him to serially divest professional responsibilities.
