This week, we are delighted to share an episode of the 10% Happier podcast, which is hosted by bestselling author Dan Harris and features world-class insights and practices from experts in modern science and ancient wisdom.

Dan’s guest, for the second time, is Zen Buddhist monk and Way Out Is In co-host Brother Phap Huu, who discusses his burnout and how he recovered - and how you can, too.

The episode was recorded during early summer 2025, and first released on July 2nd 2025.

Together, Dan and Brother Phap Huu discuss:
- Why people are busier and more susceptible to overwhelm than ever before
- Why monastics aren’t immune to burnout
- The way that  busyness is thrust upon us by contemporary lifestyles, but is also a result of us running away from the things we don't want to face
- Practical tools for addressing busyness and burnout
- Why doing nothing is an art
- The importance of perspective - and how contemplating your mortality can provide this
- The practice of total relaxation
- How to maintain healthy boundaries without adopting mental armor
- Ways to say no without annoying people
- How to protect ourselves in toxic environments.

And much more.

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🔔 The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living is a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. 🔔

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The podcast is co-produced by the Plum Village App:
https://plumvillage.app/
And Global Optimism:
https://globaloptimism.com/
With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:
https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/

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🎧 Listen to the podcast on the (completely free) Plum Village App ➛ https://link.plumvillage.app/Tshh and other streaming services.

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Resources:

🎙️ Dan Harris ➛ https://www.danharris.com/
🎙️ Brother Phap Huu ➛ https://plumvillage.org/people/dharma-teachers/br-phap-huu

10% Happier with Dan Harris ➛ https://www.danharris.com/s/10-happier
Being with Busyness: Zen Ways to Transform Overwhelm and Burnout ➛ https://www.parallax.org/product/being-with-busyness/
Calm in the Storm: Zen Ways to Cultivate Stability in an Anxious World ➛ https://www.parallax.org/product/calm-in-the-storm/
Interbeing ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbeing
Brené Brown ➛ https://brenebrown.com/
‘Daily Contemplations on Impermanence & Interbeing’ ➛ https://plumvillage.org/daily-contemplations-on-impermanence-interbeing
‘Recommendation’ (poem) ➛ https://plumvillage.org/articles/recommendation
Thay's Poetry: ‘Please Call Me by My True Names’ (song and poem) ➛ https://plumvillage.org/articles/please-call-me-by-my-true-names-song-poem

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