#1 New York Times Bestseller

"An enormously smart, clear-eyed, brave-hearted, and quite personal look at the benefits of meditation." —Elizabeth Gilbert

Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable.

After having a nationally televised panic attack, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had propelled him through the ranks of a hypercompetitive business, but had also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out.

Finally, Harris stumbled upon an effective way to rein in that voice, something he always assumed to be either impossible or useless: meditation, a tool that research suggests can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain. 10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.

This paperback edition is revised with new material. 

Dan Harris is host of the 10% Happier Podcast, and was the co-anchor of Nightline and the weekend editions of Good Morning America. He was also a regular reporter for 20/20, World News with Diane Sawyer, and the weekday editions of Good Morning America. Before joining ABC News, he worked for local news outlets in Boston and Maine. He lives with his wife Bianca, in New York City.

“With startling, provocative, and often very funny candor, Dan Harris tells the story of why he urgently needed to tame the strident voice in his head, and how he did it. His argument for the power of mindfulness—which he bases both on cutting-edge science and his own hard-won experience—will convince even the most skeptical reader of meditation’s potential.” — Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project

“The science supporting the health benefits of meditation continues to grow as does the number of Americans who count themselves as practitioners but, it took reading 10% Happier to make me actually want to give it a try. Dan Harris takes the mystical mantle off of meditation and shows how easy it can be to incorporate into your life. His book is also a wonderfully candid coming-of-age look at a developing anchorman. Painfully candid, outrageously funny, and definitely enlightening, Harris’s book left me feeling much more than 10% happier.” — Richard E. Besser, M.D., Chief Health and Medical Editor, ABC News

“An enormously smart, clear-eyed, brave-hearted, and quite personal look at the benefits of meditation that offers new insights as to how this ancient practice can help modern lives while avoiding the pitfall of cliché. This is a book that will help people, simply put. I know a lot of very powerful, very stressed-out, type-A personalities who will be getting this book from me as a gift this year.” — Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

“10% Happier is a spiritual adventure from a master storyteller. Mindfulness can make you happier. Read this to find out how.” — George Stephanopoulos

“Harris’s journey of discovery brought back lessons for all of us about our lives, too.” — Diane Sawyer

This brilliant, humble, funny story shows how one man found a way to navigate the non-stop stresses and demands of modern life and back to humanity by finally learning to sit around doing nothing. — Colin Beavan, author of No Impact Man

“In 10% Happier, Dan Harris describes in fascinating detail the stresses of working as a news correspondent and the relief he has found through the practice of meditation. This is an extremely brave, funny, and insightful book. Every ambitious person should read it.” — Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith

A compellingly honest, delightfully interesting, and at times heart-warming story of one highly intelligent man’s life-changing journey towards a deeper understanding of what makes us our very best selves. As Dan’s meditation practice deepens, I look forward to him being at least 11% happier, or more. — Chade-Meng Tan, author of Search Inside Yourself

Part-science, part-memoir, and part self-help, Harris outlines specific ways he learned to, well, chill the f#%k out. — GQ

“A self-help guide even skeptics will embrace . . . Harris crushes stereotypes about meditation and recounts how it slashed his stress and quieted his anxious mind.” — Parade

Revealing . . . I’d recommend this to anyone. — USA Today, Pop Candy

Harris never loses his sense of humor as he affably spotlights one man’s quest for internal serenity while concurrently navigating the slings and arrows of a hard-won career in the contemporary media spotlight. Friendly, practical advocacy for the power of mindfulness and enlightenment. — Kirkus Reviews

“Lively . . . part reporting, part personal experience . . . By letting us hear the voice in his head - before and after he starts meditating—Harris makes a convincing case that if he can do it, we can, too.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch

Nightline co-anchor Dan Harris is an unlikely ambassador for mindfulness, but his new book . . . might be just the thing that gets people to unplug and recognize that all this multitasking is making us miserable and unhealthy. — xoJane

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