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A Buddhist Approach to Patience | Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Episode 351
These are not hospitable times for the mental skill of patience. Instant gratification has never been more thoroughly scaled. You can order food, tax…
4 years, 9 months ago
How to Be Courageous | Stacy McClendon
Episode 350
Many of us know that meditation can confer benefits such as self-awareness, calm, and compassion, but what about courage? My guest today says, yes. M…
4 years, 9 months ago
Meditation is Not Just a Solo Endeavor | Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Episode 349
There's a meditation pitfall that's pretty easy to fall into. In fact, I've fallen into it many times. It's this idea, which we can hold consciously …
4 years, 9 months ago
How to Focus | Shaila Catherine
Episode 348
Living as we do in an era that has been called the info blitzkrieg, staying focused can be extremely difficult for many of us. This can be true when …
4 years, 10 months ago
What You Can Learn About Your Relationships from a Former Neo-Nazi | Shannon Foley Martinez
Episode 347
We've got a provocative but deeply practical episode today. All of us have people in our lives — whether it be our personal lives, our professional l…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Gospel of Adequacy | Miguel Sancho & Felicia Morton
Episode 346
Often on the show, we bring on incredibly accomplished meditation practitioners or influential researchers who have deep things to teach us, based on…
4 years, 10 months ago
How to Change Your Habits | Katy Milkman
Episode 345
To state the blazingly obvious, creating healthy habits can be infernally difficult. But why? And what are the best strategies for getting around thi…
4 years, 10 months ago
How to Handle Anger, Uncertainty, and Self-Loathing | Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Episode 344
When somebody wrongs you, what is the wise way to handle your anger? Is forgiveness possible? What about friendliness? My guest today has a lot of th…
4 years, 10 months ago
What Everyone Who Meditates Should Know | Chenxing Han and Duncan Ryūken Williams
Episode 343
If you meditate (or do yoga, for that matter), you may have been taught by a Westerner, but you owe a gigantic debt of gratitude to the giants and ge…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Science of Building Better Relationships | Marissa King
Episode 342
The idea of networking can be fraught. For some people, it might, at times, seem either icky or pathetic to deliberately try to make friends, either …
4 years, 10 months ago