How To Be Less Anxious And Awkward About Money | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren
How To Be Less Anxious And Awkward About Money | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren
10% Happier with Dan Harris
69 minutes
Hosted by Dan Harris

Episode Description

<p>A candid conversation about money: How much is enough? How to find real security?</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.sebeneselassie.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sebene Selassie</a>, an author and meditation teacher. She writes the popular newsletter <a href="https://sebeneselassie.substack.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ancestors to Elements</em></a> and her first book is called, <a href="https://www.sebeneselassie.com/mybook" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>You Belong</em></a>. </p><p><br></p><p>Jeff Warren is also an author and meditation teacher. He writes the popular Substack newsletter Home Base and is the coauthor, along with me, of a book called <a href="https://jeffwarren.org/books/meditation-fidgety-skeptics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics</em></a>. And he is the co-host of the mind/bod adventure pod.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is part of our monthlong <a href="https://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast-playlists/new-years-2025-do-life-better" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Do Life Better</em></a> series. </p><p><strong>We talk about:</strong></p><ul><li>How much is enough </li><li>The illusion of security </li><li>The importance of being able to talk to your friends about this stuff</li><li>The power of identifying your own money story, in other words, finding the point of origination for your own neuroses on the subject</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Related Episodes:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast-playlists/new-years-2025-do-life-better" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Do Life Better</em></a></li><li><a href="https://happierapp.com/podcast/tph/omega-826" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Avoid the Toilet Vortex of Anxiety | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/medparty-omega" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Stay Calm No Matter What’s Happening | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/sebene-selassie-jeff-warren-553" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meditation Party: The “Sh*t Is Fertilizer” Edition | Sebene Selassie & Jeff Warren</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/sebene-selassie-jeff-warren-601" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meditation Party with Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren: Psychedelics, ADHD, Waking Up From Distraction, and Singing Without Being Self-Conscious</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/meditation-party-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meditation Party: Magic, Mystery, Intuition, Tattoos, and Non-Efforting | Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sign up for Dan’s newsletter </strong><a href="http://www.danharris.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p><p><strong>Follow Dan on social: </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3tGigG5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3FOA84J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>TikTok</strong></a></p><p><strong>Ten Percent Happier online </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/46TZglY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>bookstore</strong></a></p><p><strong>Subscribe to our </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3FybRzD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>YouTube Channel</strong></a></p><p><strong>Our favorite playlists on: </strong><a href="https://spoti.fi/3Qa8kMT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Anxiety</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://spoti.fi/3MjtMxF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Sleep</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://spoti.fi/3QvyA5J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Relationships</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://spoti.fi/3QxZASc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Most Popular Episodes</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Full Shownotes: </strong><a href="https://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/phap-luu-889" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/meditation-party-892</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Additional Resources:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.eomega.org/workshops/meditation-party-2025?itm_source_h=search&itm_source_s=search&itm_medium_h=tile&itm_medium_s=tile&itm_campaign_h=searchcr&itm_campaign_s=searchcr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Register for Meditation Party at Omega, October 24 - 26, 2025</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/surviving-and-rebuilding-through-the-loss-of-my-mom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Allison Strickland’s GoFundMe</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>See Priv

Special Guests

  • Jeff Warren
  • Sebene Selassie