Annoying Partners, Aging Parents, Impossible Coworkers: Buddhist Advice for Conflict, Communication, and "Patience with Teeth" | devon and nico hase
10% Happier with Dan Harris

Annoying Partners, Aging Parents, Impossible Coworkers: Buddhist Advice for Conflict, Communication, and "Patience with Teeth" | devon and nico hase

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 20261 hr 12 min

Which conflict style are you? Plus: avoiding the "trance of nice," walking the high wire, and an uber-hack for getting over irritation. devon + nico hase serve as guiding teachers of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging. They teach at the Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock, and other centers, offer online and in-person retreats, and speak with students in one-on-one sessions. They are the co-authors of How Not to Be a Hot Mess and the new This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership. In this episode we talk about: Why friction i...

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 1 of 10 · 0:00

, % . , .

opinion, having been alive on this planet for several decades now, one of the ultimate

Hear this sentence

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

  • B25:50
  • B211:59
  • C124:30
  • C135:35
  • B240:19
  • B254:36
  • C159:36
  • B268:10

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B2

B2 · Upper-intermediate

Comfortable if you already follow TV news

A1 26%A2 36%B1 21%B2 14%C1 2%
  • 84% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 168 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
  • 245 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

0:00

Hello everybody, welcome to the 10% Happier podcast. I'm your host, Dan Harris. In my opinion, having been alive on this planet for several decades now, one of the ultimate life skills is the ability to handle conflict. Interpersonal affairs are messy often, and conflict is inevitable. And if you can handle it smoothly, you are much more likely to have

0:25

healthy relationships and as we know healthy relationships are the key according to a vast scientific literature, the key to a happy life. So I was very interested when I heard that a pair of Buddhist teachers who happen to be married to one another had written a book, a whole book about how to manage conflict. The teachers in question are Devin and Nico Haza and they have

0:46

a book called This Messy Gorgeous Love, a Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnerships and this is not just, i should be clear not just about how to manage conflict in your romantic relationships but also at work and beyond a little bit of background on nico and devin nico has the husband spent six years living in a monastery before he earned a phd and counseling psychology and then became an insight meditation teacher.

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (71 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy