Ready to deepen your meditation practice? Join Dan Harris and world-class meditation teachers on the 10% with Dan Harris app here: https://app.danharris.com/membership Pema Chödrön on how to be happy in life, dealing with difficult people, setting boundaries, and keep a sense of humor in the face of our human foibles and failings. In this episode we talk about: - How to deal with difficult people and set boundaries - Having a sense of humor about our own foibles and failings - Keeping a sense of ok-ness in the face of whatever happens - Why coming from a place of love doesn’t preclude us from getting angry or standing up for what we believe in - Keeping a sense of humor when we’re setting intentions or taking a vow so we don’t set ourselves up for failure - The actual language of the Bodhisattva vow and why admitting how vast and impossible it is to achieve can actually be empowering - Why putting others first doesn’t mean leaving yourself out of the equation - How healing yourself can affect your relationships with other people and create a virtuous circle - Taking a “one person at a time” approach to suffering Pema Chödrön was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in New York City. In her mid-thirties, Ani Pema met and studied with Lama Chime Rinpoche, becoming a novice nun in 1974 in London. She received ordination from His Holiness the Sixteenth Karampa during that time. Pema first met her root guru, the teacher with whom she had the most profound connection, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1972, and she studied closely with him until his death in 1987. In 1984, at the behest of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Ani Pema moved from Boulder, Colorado to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to be the director of Gampo Abbey. She currently teaches throughout the United States and Canada and continues her studies and meditative retreat under the guidance of Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Learn more about Ten Percent Happier podcast at http://www.tenpercent.com/podcast. Check out guided meditations alongside practical teachings in the Ten Percent Happier app. Click here [https://10percenthappier.app.link/ins...] to get started. #pemachodron #buddhism #buddhist #danharris #dharma #healthandwellness #Meditation #mentalhealth #mindfulness #mindfulnessteacher #adults #anxiety #buddha #buddhism #fitness #health #interview #meditate #men #mental #help #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #podcast #mentalhealthtips #mindfulnessmeditation #science #selfawareness #selfhelp #selfhealing #tph #tenpercenthappier #tenpercent #panicattack #panicattackrelief #anxietyrelief #anxietytips Subscribe to watch more Ten Percent Happier videos https://www.youtube.com/tenpercenthappier Listen to the Full Podcast https://link.chtbl.com/Y_729H6p FOLLOW DAN HARRIS PODCASTS ON SOCIAL Dan Harris on Twitter https://twitter.com/danbharris Dan Harris on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/danharris/ Dan Harris on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@danbharris Dan Harris on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DanHarrisABC FOLLOW TEN PERCENT HAPPIER ON SOCIAL Ten Percent Happier on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tenpercenthappier/ Ten Percent Happier on Twitter https://twitter.com/10percent Ten Percent Happier on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tenpercent 00:00:00 Introduction to Pema Chodron, Buddhist Nun on Happiness Strategy 00:00:36 The bodhisattva vow 00:11:30 Benefits of meditation apps 00:13:59 The value of breathing 00:16:21 How to deal with people upsetting you 00:17:58 Buddhist teacher called Shanti Deva 00:20:47 Bad feelings Mr. T aka Former President Trump 00:23:24 Buddhist boundaries and door mats