Guest Episode: Buddhist Practices for Busyness, Overwhelm & 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.

Related Episodes:‘The Buddhist Case for Laziness (And How It Can Make You More Productive) | Brother Chân Pháp Hữu’

‘Your Negative, Ruminating Mind: Here’s Your Way Out | Sister Dang Nghiem‘

‘The Antidote to Mindless Eating with Br. Chan Pháp Lưu’

‘Six Buddhist Strategies for Getting Along Better with Everyone | Sister True Dedication’

‘How to Suffer Well – So You Can Suffer Less | Brother Pháp Dung’

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/

List of resources 

10% Happier with Dan Harrishttps://www.danharris.com/s/10-happier 

Being with Busyness: Zen Ways to Transform Overwhelm and Burnouthttps://www.parallax.org/product/being-with-busyness/  

Calm in the Storm: Zen Ways to Cultivate Stability in an Anxious Worldhttps://www.parallax.org/product/calm-in-the-storm/ 

Interbeinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbeing 

Brené Brownhttps://brenebrown.com/ 

‘Daily Contemplations on Impermanence & Interbeing’https://pl