How Being Wired Differently Can Be an Advantage | Jeff Warren

This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello there. How we doing? Today, we're gonna talk about how to meditate with the brain you actually have as opposed to the one you wish you had. You're gonna be hearing from the great meditation teacher and great friend of mine, Jeff Warren, who is hilariously and also admirably open about his ADHD and bipolar diagnoses. I do wanna make one thing clear from the jump here. This is not just a conversation for people who have official labels or diagnoses. As Jeff points out, there may not even be such a thing as a neurotypical brain. Every one of us has quirks, sensitivities, and idiosyncrasies that shape how we show up when we meditate. As you're about to hear, Jeff is relentlessly practical. He's gonna break down how to figure out what works for you, whether that's deep breathing practice, open awareness, movement, journaling, just taking a bath, whatever. He talks about why paying attention to your own wiring is not self indulgent. It's actually a foundation for clarity, regulation, and frankly, being less of a menace to everybody around you. Just a few items of business before we dive in here. First, we will not be holding our weekly live this Tuesday, December 30. I will be back with you live, though, three times during our New Year's Challenge. So I'll be doing the regular, live session on Tuesday the sixth at 4PM Eastern. We do our live sessions every Tuesday at four. But that week, when we'll also be doing our meditation challenge, I'll also be doing live sessions at four Eastern on the eighth and also on the eleventh. Speaking of the meditation challenge and also speaking of our live video meditation and Q and A sessions, you can get both the challenge and our live sessions and of course, this podcast without the ads on our new app, which is called Ten Percent with Dan Harris. You can sign up at danharris.com. There's a free thirty day trial if you wanna try before you buy. Alright. After the break, Jeff Warren in conversation with the executive producer of this show, DJ Cashmere. The holiday season is upon us. Many of us are traveling. My family's not traveling, actually. We're gonna be chilling during the holidays, which I'm excited about. We've got some trips coming up early in 2026. One of the things I love when I'm traveling is staying in a really comfortable home. We do this a lot, especially when we're traveling with other families. Get a home on Airbnb. We all stay together, and it really boosts that sense of togetherness. One of the biggest problems in the world right now is isolation driven often by technology, the sense of loneliness that makes us really unhappy. And so doing it with other families, with other people can be a great way to cut through that. It makes a vacation even more meaningful because …