Episode 1197: Your Inner Critic Won't Stop Adding Rules. Here's The Fix. | Julian Shapiro-Barnum - 10% Happier with Dan Harris

What kids can teach you about how to handle anger, being uptight, and rejection, according to the creator of Recess Therapy.

Julian Shapiro-Barnum is a comedian, writer, and interviewer known for Recess Therapy, Celebrity Substitute, and Outside Tonight. He's won seven Webby Awards, was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30, and received a Family Entertainment Award from Variety. His first book is How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up.

In this episode we talk about:

The playground question kids ask that adults are too scared to say out loud
Why Julian stopped calling it your "inner child" — and what he calls it instead
The trick for making feelings pass in minutes instead of weeks
How breaking a rule on purpose can loosen something bigger in you
The childhood habit that makes rejection sting so much less
What growing up with five parents taught Julian about talking to anyone
A tiny physical habit that can snowball into real change
Why the most viral moment of his career wasn't about wisdom at all

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