Sebene Selassie & Jeff Warren On: How Friendship Helps Your Meditation; Vulnerability vs Oversharing; And Advice for People Pleasers

Sebene Selassie & Jeff Warren On: How Friendship Helps Your Meditation; Vulnerability vs Oversharing; And Advice for People Pleasers

An often overlooked secret to improving your meditation practice.

Sebene Selassie, an author and meditation teacher. She writes the popular newsletter remind me to love and her first book is called, You Belong.

Jeff Warren is also an author and meditation teacher. He writes the popular Substack newsletter Home Base and is the coauthor, along with me, of a book called Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics. And he is the co-host of the mind/bod adventure pod.

Register for Meditation Party at the Omega Institute, Oct 24–26, 2025.

In this episode we talk about:

  • The perks of meditating with friends
  • The importance of friendship in chaotic times
  • How to have difficult conversations
  • Authenticity vs wanton oversharing
  • Working with the thorny stuff that can come up in relationships
  • Advice for people pleasers
  • Building meaningful relationships in the age of social media

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