How Do I Meditate When There's a War Going On? | Claude AnShin Thomas
How can we meditate when it seems like the world is falling apart? How do we titrate our news consumption? What do we do with our fears about World War III? How can we do anything constructive to help...
14 Mars 202251min
From Evangelical Pastor to Buddhist Nun | Venerable Pannavati
Venerable Pannavati is a former evangelical pastor who has been ordained in three separate Buddhist traditions: Theravada, Chan, and Mahayana. She's the co-founder and co-Abbot of Embracing-Simplicity...
14 Mars 202256min
The Upside of Apocalypse | Lama Rod Owens
We're now entering year three of the pandemic, and even though we're in a very different stage of the game, there are still so many questions: Is it safe or ethical to return to "normal"? How do you d...
11 Mars 20221h
Is It Possible You Are Irrational About COVID? | David Leonhardt
As we enter year three of the pandemic, the psychology of COVID is no less complex or consequential. This episode features one of the most prominent chroniclers of the pandemic, David Leonhardt from t...
7 Mars 202255min
Compassion Is the Ultimate Tool for the Truly Ambitious | Paul Gilbert
Dr. Paul Gilbert OBE is a professor of psychology at the University of Derby, Founder and President of The Compassionate Mind Foundation, the founder of Compassion Focused Therapy, and in 2011 was awa...
2 Mars 202251min
A Serious Case for Humor | Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas
A common denominator among all of the great meditation teachers is a sense of humor. They take the teaching seriously, but they don't take themselves seriously. So perhaps there's a link between human...
2 Mars 20221h 7min
Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System | Deb Dana
We don't think about it this way, but as we move through the day, the various moods we inhabit — excitement, engagement, aggression, fear, dejection — they're all dictated by, or correlated with, our ...
28 Feb 202259min
Climate Change as an Opportunity | Bhikkhu Anālayo
Today's guest makes an extremely convincing case that there are many self-interested reasons to look squarely at the reality of climate change. Bhikkhu Anālayo, who is originally from Germany, is a re...
28 Feb 202255min
