A Surprisingly Effective Way to Deal With Your Inner Critic

Way before Buzzfeed, the Buddha was creating listicles: The Seven Factors of Enlightenment, The Three Jewels, The Eight Worldly Winds... I could go on. He wasn't using these lists as clickbait, obviou...

16 Sep 20201h 2min

We have another themed week for you, with two episodes about how to navigate major life changes-- clearly a resonant theme, given the various dumpster fires that are raging in our world right now. Com...

14 Sep 20201h 8min

When you first encounter Bhante Buddharakkhita, the wise and affable Abbot of the Ugandan Buddhist Center, you might be tempted to think: this guy's been a meditator since shortly after exiting the wo...

9 Sep 20201h 3min

How do you strike work/life balance when you feel overwhelming pressure to provide for your family? How do you balance gender roles in a modern marriage? How close should we live to our parents when t...

7 Sep 202041min

In the heat of an election that is both incredibly nasty and hugely consequential, it might be tempting to try to shut out all the feelings of anger, frustration, and powerlessness. But my guest today...

2 Sep 20201h 5min

Angel Collinson is a badass in every sense of the word. She's one of the world's best extreme skiers, a meditator, and a climate activist. In this conversation we explore Angel's mindfulness practice ...

31 Aug 202054min

I grew up with that famous Groucho Marx joke, "I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member." It always resonated with me. As my grandfather would say, "I resemble that remark." ...

26 Aug 202057min

It's a human urge to return to normalcy after a cataclysmic event. But if we rush back to normalcy without taking a beat, without metabolizing what we've all been going through, that can create profou...

24 Aug 202058min