Guest Episode: Buddhist Practices for Busyness, Overwhelm, and Burnout

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