Episode Details

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

• 06:06 - What Tsoknyi Rinpoche learned from his extraordinary father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.
• 21:26 - Why it helps not to suppress, judge, or resist your emotions, but to be aware of them.
• 24:09 - How to “handshake” painful emotional patterns that Rinpoche calls “beautiful monsters.”
• 26:34 - What science shows about the power of acknowledging & accepting our feelings.
• 36:31 - What to do when these difficult emotions feel too intense & traumatic to handle.
• 45:03 - How to settle your mind & reduce stress with a simple belly-breathing technique.
• 48:41 - How to practice “calm abiding” by focusing with gentle awareness on your breath.
• 50:37 - How to ease up with the help of Rinpoche’s subversive mantra: “Who cares? So what?”
• 57:42 - How to meditate with open awareness, watching thoughts & emotions arise & pass.
• 1:04:36 - How our minds catastrophize & how to prevent this emotional tailspin.
• 1:06:41 - What science shows about how meditation improves our focus, calmness, & productivity.
• 1:07:45 - How to deal with the worry that we’re not productive enough & are always falling short.
• 1:10:17 - How to nurture an easy-going, light-hearted sense of “happiness without reason.”
• 1:11:11 - How compassion, love, & care emerge when we’re free from our emotional baggage.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

• Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
• “Why We Meditate,” a new book co-authored by Daniel Goleman & Tsoknyi Rinpoche. 
• Daniel Goleman’s books “Emotional Intelligence,” “Altered Traits,” & “Focus.”
• Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s “Fully Being” online meditation course.
• Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s books “Open Heart, Open Mind” & “

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