DeepSummary
This podcast episode starts with a promotion for Nickelodeon's new podcasts targeted towards preschoolers. The host, Dan Harris, then introduces Oren Jay Sofer, a meditation teacher and author, who will guide a meditation focused on making difficult decisions.
Oren begins the meditation by asking the listener to get comfortable and bring awareness to areas of tension in the body. He then instructs the listener to consider a challenging decision they are facing and to identify the deeper needs or goals behind each option. The listener is encouraged to feel into the importance of each option, not just intellectually but emotionally and intuitively.
After exploring the options, Oren guides the listener to tune into their gut feeling about each choice. He suggests that if a decision isn't clear, to give it more time. The meditation ends with Oren wishing the listener well in whatever they decide.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Meditation can be a helpful tool when facing difficult decisions by reducing anxiety and tapping into one's intuitive wisdom.
- When making a decision, it's important to explore the deeper needs and goals behind each option, not just the surface-level pros and cons.
- Tuning into one's gut feelings and emotional resonance with each choice can provide valuable guidance, in addition to intellectual reasoning.
- If a decision isn't clear after exploring the options, it can be beneficial to give it more time and space before deciding.
- The meditation guides the listener through a process of getting grounded, identifying their needs and goals, feeling into the importance of each option, and tuning into their intuitive response.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “If we're aware, life is a series of choices one moment after another.“ by Oren Jay Sofer
- “Meditation can help take the edge off some of the anxiety around making a decision and put us in touch with our own wisdom as a guide.“ by Oren Jay Sofer
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Episode Information
Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
Ten Percent Happier
5/31/24
When you feel anxious about a difficult decision, meditation can help take the edge off and put you in touch with your own wisdom as a guide.
About Oren Jay Sofer:
Oren Jay Sofer teaches mindfulness, meditation and Nonviolent Communication. He has practiced meditation since 1997, beginning his studies in Bodh Gaya, India and is a long-time student of Joseph Goldstein, Michele McDonald, and Ajahn Sucitto, and is a graduate of the IMS/Spirit Rock Teacher Training program. Oren teaches retreats across the country and works as Senior Program Developer at Mindful Schools, teaching and developing curricula for one of the international leaders of mindfulness in education.
To find this meditation in the Ten Percent Happier app, you can search for “Making A Tough Decision.”
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