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What's the Jewish Blues?
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24:17 - 32:24 (08:07)

The Jew blues is a term used to describe a desire for answers to anxiety. The remarkable group of young Jewish people, mostly from New York and some of them from Boston, who went over to India or Asia and learned how to meditate and came back and really became these.

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The Jews' yearning for answers to anxiety, a lack of spirituality in their lives, and the influence of the 60s counterculture contributed to the emergence of modern-day Jews who went to Asia to learn how to meditate and returned to become leaders of the Jewish renewal movement.
24:17 - 26:40 (02:23)
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Jewish spirituality
Summary

The Jews' yearning for answers to anxiety, a lack of spirituality in their lives, and the influence of the 60s counterculture contributed to the emergence of modern-day Jews who went to Asia to learn how to meditate and returned to become leaders of the Jewish renewal movement.

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What's the Jewish Blues?
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#481: Dan Harris on Becoming 10% Happier, Hugging Inner Dragons, Self-Help for Skeptics, Training the Mind, and Much More
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
In this brief excerpt, Tim Ferriss and Dan Harris discuss how being well-educated in a high-pressure work environment can contribute to anxiety and rumination for many people, and how mindfulness can act as a salve for these feelings.
26:40 - 32:24 (05:43)
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Mindfulness
Summary

In this brief excerpt, Tim Ferriss and Dan Harris discuss how being well-educated in a high-pressure work environment can contribute to anxiety and rumination for many people, and how mindfulness can act as a salve for these feelings.

Chapter
What's the Jewish Blues?
Episode
#481: Dan Harris on Becoming 10% Happier, Hugging Inner Dragons, Self-Help for Skeptics, Training the Mind, and Much More
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show