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Self-help for smart people. World-class insights and practices from experts in modern science and ancient wisdom. Hosted by veteran journalist and best-selling author, Dan Harris.
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Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophica ...
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Tara Brach, Ph.D is an internationally known meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge. Tara shares a weekly guided meditation and talk that blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices. The podcast addresses the value of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion in relieving emotional suffering, serving spiritual awakening and bringing healing to our world.
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A journey into the lives of different artists. Each episode features a discussion with an incredible musician about the personal path they have taken as well as their viewpoints on music and life. Talking about how they approach music, how they approach life in general, and the relationship between the two. This podcast is a captivating inside look into how the artist thinks, goes about creating music and a good life for themselves.
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Don't use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. Use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A Podcast on Colonial Legacy of South Asia. We talk to academics, field experts and present you with specialised knowledge on Colonial legacy in South Asia. Hosted by @omeribnhaq. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @indiacolonised. Brought to you by www.ergostudios.in Read more about us and our work on www.ergostudios.in/india-colonised
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Learn about traditional Zen and Buddhist teachings, practices, and history through episodes recorded specifically for podcast listeners. Host Domyo Burk is a Soto Zen priest and teacher.
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मुश्किल है ज़बस कलाम मेरा, ऐ दिल. सुन सुन के उसे सुखंवरान-ए कामिल. आसान कहने की करते हैं फरमाइश. गोयाम मुश्किल, वगरना गोयाम मुश्किल . True, though, o heart, is my writing, redoubtable people hear me again & again and request me to use simpler language. What I say is complicated, What I write is complicated.
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Joseph Goldstein has been a leading light for the practice of Insight and Loving Kindness meditation since his days in India and Burma where he studied with eminent masters of the tradition. In his podcast, The Insight Hour, Joseph delivers these essential mindfulness teachings in a practical and down to earth way that illuminates the practice through his own personal experience and wonderful story telling.
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A dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller, MFT, at the Marin Sangha on January 31, 2010 on the four Brahmaviharas and their near and far enemies. visit my web site www.lisadalemiller.com/mbpsych.htm visit my blog mindfulpsyche.blogspot.com
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What is Effective Philosophy? Juan and I simplify hard to grasp concepts into pragmatic takeaways that can be applied to every day life (fitness, goal setting, work, parenting, travel, hobbies, finances, etc.,). We go live every Sunday @ 9am AEST.
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Welcome to The Tölt Tales podcast. This podcast is dedicated to our best friends, the Icelandic horses. The show features interviews with breeders, trainers, riders, and enthusiasts who share their knowledge, experiences, and love for these remarkable horses. Music by Cob
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Open and honest discussions with wise and skillful teachers about their experiences with life, death, and Buddhism. If you wonder how others on the path have dealt with death and dying and grief, be sure to listen in. Everyone has a story, a perspective, and a valuable lesson to share. Embrace death, live a full life, and learn to love impermanence because nobody gets out of this alive.
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The Road Home podcast with author and teacher is Ethan Nichtern is a contemporary exploration of Buddhist teachings and conversation with thought leaders interested in Psychology, Art, Culture, and Politics through the lens of mindfulness practice. Since 2002, Ethan has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and workshops around the United States and online. He is the author of multiple books, including The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of The Buddhist Path. He is currentl ...
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Wild Heart Meditation Center's podcast offers an assortment of talks given on topics as they relate to Buddhist practice. Wild Heart teachers Andrew Chapman & Mikey Livid, along with other group facilitators share their experience with Buddhist practice, specifically offering practical teachings and instructions for our everyday, ordinary, lives.
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We’ve all heard that meditation is good for us — studies show that it reduces stress, improves concentration and makes us more resilient to life’s challenges. But what if these benefits are just the tip of the iceberg? What if meditation could actually change everything? Pioneering meditation teacher Craig Hamilton has been practicing meditation for 40 years and teaching it over the past two decades to students in more than 90 countries. In this podcast, Craig reveals how this powerful, anci ...
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IMS’s Retreat Center first opened its doors in 1976. It offers a yearly schedule of meditation courses, lasting from a weekend to three months. Most retreats are designed for both new and experienced meditators. Recognized insight meditation teachers from all over the world offer daily instruction and guidance in Buddhist meditations known as vipassana (insight) and metta (lovingkindness). While the context is the Buddha’s teachings, these practices are universal and help us to deepen awaren ...
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Doing hard jobs and living well. A collaboration where we share ideas about finding joy and meaning in our work. Firefighter/First Responder Mental Health and Wellness
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Podcast by Ross Ruffing
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Gaia House is a meditation retreat centre offering silent meditation retreats in the Buddhist tradition. We warmly welcome people of every age, ethnicity, cultural heritage and religious background, socio-economic group, sexual orientation and gender identity, and we are actively working to investigate and remove barriers to inclusion. Join us in to explore the teachings of the Buddha, guided by experienced Dharma teachers from all over the world.
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Adventures In Woo Woo is a podcast from Tommie Kelly, creator of The Forty Servants, in which he reflects on his life through the lens of Magick, Mysticism, Spirituality and Creativity.
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UNO Souls Chats are about highlighting beacons of light in the community that are doing beautiful things for themselves and for others in their communities from the bottom of their hearts. They are reaching out with acts of kindness and giving others hope. It’s an opportunity to be vulnerable about how things are going for them and what tools they are using to cope through these unprecedented times. It’s also an opportunity for them to talk about their business if they would like to— to let ...
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Podcast by Simon Bell
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The JOY of Life Centre presents: Sunday Celebrations. As an organization we are a global community that embraces peace, love and compassion. We serve as a voice for the universal attributes of peace, love, beauty, joy, abundance, light and power.
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We are the DC area’s only Baptiste Power Vinyasa Affiliate yoga studio and one of only 55 affiliates worldwide. Our Power Yoga classes offer an exciting and challenging way to transform your body, challenge your mind, develop strength, focus, flexibility, and ultimately unleash the best that is within you!
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The Comedy Snobs is a weekly podcast where Daren and Jason review comedy of any type. Stand up, movies, youtube clips, personal stories. Nothing is off limits.
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Welcome to The Mindful Rebel® Podcast, your refuge for personal growth. We're all on a journey to reconnect and nurture the most authentic parts of ourselves, and in this podcast, we explore how these modern-day rebels are using mindfulness to transform themselves and the world around them. Each episode, we'll dive deep into personal interviews with social impact healers, teachers, and creatives, and leaders. Through their stories and insights, you'll engage with powerful teachings to spark ...
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Rise Above TV is committed to providing mindful content for optimal living and loving. Janie Terrazas, The Mindfulness Coach, and her guests and collaborators get real about various subject matter such as: navigating relationships, regulating mind body stress, healing heartache, overcoming trauma, personal development and spiritual growth. SUBSCRIBE to our #youtube channel at www.RiseAboveTV.com
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Love you! To start! Everyone is a star and a diamond in Kat Sun pureland. Where you can become the king and queen of your joyful dreams. Where you can strip naked of the boring annoying ego and become the Buddha alter ultra Self. Enjoy these wacky fun honest videos of enlightenment. Please tune in often to get your bliss bite
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Welcome! This is now an archive page for Dr. Alan Wallace’s teachings from the Spring 2010 Shamatha Retreat in the wonderful Phuket International Academy Mind Centre! This podcast feed was 100% created and updated by us (his students here in Phuket) so we can share Alan’s diamond-sharp teachings! This podcast was created live every day during the retreat in 2010. We will still maintain this site because the teachings are timeless. For more information, please contact the great people at info ...
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This is a podcast all about mindfulness and meditation. In each episode, professional mindfulness teacher and personal development trainer, Paul Dalton, explores and unpacks different principles, insights and techniques to help us live calmer, wiser, happier lives. Whether you are completely new to meditation or already have well established practice, you are sure to discover gems and lightbulb moments that will help you deepen your knowledge, understanding and experience of living mindfully ...
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This is a safe space where we have open, authentic conversations about ALL THINGS mental health!.. Although it may not smell as musty as your therapist's couch... this podcast is hosted by therapist and licensed psychologist, Dr. Justin Puder, aka "Dr. J" or amoderntherapist on social media. In each episode of Drop In, Dr. J and his guests will explore not only the science and technical aspects specific mental health phenomena but also share their personal experiences. It’s not always easy, ...
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Are you ready to parent with more patience, empathy, and compassion? Parenting with Gratitude™ is not the end goal - it's the method. 🎟 It's the means to achieving the goal of parenting differently. Subscribe and listen as a parenting expert and author, Stef Tousignant offers a sneak peek into her journey to normalize imperfect parenting and discover the gifts a committed gratitude practice can bring to modern family life. 🎧 Listen to this podcast if you want to parent differently than you w ...
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A pervasive but often invisible source of suffering in our culture is self-aversion. We are a busy culture, and we move through our life feeling anxious and dissatisfied, but not fully conscious of how we neglect or judge our inner experience. We suffer from a lack of belonging: to our own bodies, to each other and to the earth. When we practice Buddhist meditation, we learn how to listen deeply and hold our life tenderly. The open space of compassion allows us to realize that our thoughts a ...
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Equanimity Unveiled: How the Eight Winds Shape Our Journey
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Focus on the eight worldly conditions—gain and loss, status and disgrace, censure and praise, pleasure and pain. These "winds", as host Margaret Meloni refers to them, are familiar to all of us. By exploring these vicissitudes, Margaret encourages us to reflect on how our attachment to gain and our aversion to loss can lead to suffering. She remind…
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Nakawe Cuebas Berrios: Equanimity Practice
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)By Nakawe Cuebas Berrios
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Nathan Glyde: Meditation Instructions - Equanimity to All Phenomena
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304 - Supporting the Zen Practice of People with Physical Challenges (2 of 2)
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In this episode I make the case for accommodations for people with physical challenges, even in sesshin, and then describe a number of tried and tested ways Sanghas can do this. I finish by talking about how to negotiate with a Sangha if you are someone with physical challenges and hope to be accommodated, particularly in the practice of intensive …
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The Ring That Made Me a Man: Unexpected Lessons From My Wedding
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In this deeply personal and reflective episode, one half of the Mere Mortals opens up about his recent wedding. From the quiet maturity of wearing a ring to the raw emotional challenge of delivering vows, this episode explores how major life events can reshape our identity in surprising ways. It's a meditation on commitment, vulnerability, and the …
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JoAnna Hardy: Morning Instructions, hindrances, sense doors
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Touching in to normalize the hindrances, then guidance on sense doors, internal/external awareness and curiosity of sensations and experienceBy JoAnna Hardy
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How To Take Care of Your Body Without Losing Your Mind
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Behind the scenes of this year’s Get Fit Sanely series with ace producers Eleanor Vassili and Marissa Schneiderman. Today we’re kicking off the third annual iteration of a very popular series we do, called Get Fit Sanely. It’s all about how to take care of your body without losing your mind. This is a dynamic tension many of us struggle to manage. …
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JoAnna Hardy: Metta Introduction and Instructions
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) An brief over view of the Bramaviharas, focusing on Metta for easy being, neutral being and selfBy JoAnna Hardy
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Introduction to Mindfulness: The Power of Heart Presence, Part 5
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The final session of this series explores the most powerful strategies Tara knows to bring mindfulness alive in all facets of daily living. These informal practices help our entire life to become an expression of our awakening and wise heart. Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, the foundational teachings of mindfulness…
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Our being has many frequencies of aliveness and as we attend to the more subtle, we discover a portal to the radiant awareness that is always here. This meditation guides us in using the breath and attention as we scan through the body and awaken an inner luminosity. We then open the attention to rest in the whole field of awake awareness.…
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Sam Harris speaks with Donald Robertson about Stoicism and the good life. They discuss the relationship between wisdom and virtue, ancient versions of psychotherapy, parallels between Stoicism and Buddhism, practical vs. analytical styles of philosophy, CBT’s origins in Stoicism, the difficulty of self-criticism, techniques for reframing upsetting …
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Guest Teacher: Dave Smith - Mindfulness and the Addiction Economy
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Dave Smith discusses the ever growing expansion of social media's "attention economy" into what has become an addiction economy. Dave explores Buddhist practices as a way to approach modern addiction to social media. Enjoy! Loving Kindness Meditation Retreat July 16th-20th: https://www.floweringlotusmeditation.org/2025-tennesee-summer-loving-kindne…
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Sebene Selassie & Jeff Warren On: How Friendship Helps Your Meditation; Vulnerability vs Oversharing; And Advice for People Pleasers
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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 m…
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We continue with an Icelandic guest for our episode #9 with Guðmar Þór Pétursson, accomplished competition rider and owner of Hestaland. Guðmar tells us about about his life in Louisville, Kentucky, his Patreon teaching videos, and the life back in Iceland. We enjoyed learning from Guðmar´s philosophy and hope that you get inspired too. Links to fo…
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What Distraction Does to Your Brain—and How To Regain Cognitive Control | Adam Gazzaley
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Distraction is making you anxious and sleepless. Here’s how to fix it. Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D. is the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, and Founder & Executive Director of Neuroscape at UCSF. He co-authored the 2016 book “The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World”. In this episode we talk…
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on how kindness manifests as generosity, friendship and a willingness to learn.By Bart van Melik
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303 - Supporting the Zen Practice of People with Physical Challenges (1 of 2)
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People with extra physical challenges - disabilities, chronic illnesses, or advanced age - often find it impossible to participate fully in Zen practice without special accommodations. Seated meditation (zazen) can be painful, and the demands of silent meditation retreats (sesshin) can be prohibitive. However, an important part of Zen practice - es…
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A variety of interesting dharma topicsBy Joseph Goldstein
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#416 — “More From Sam”: Biden's Big Lie, Review of Tapper Interview, Trump, & a Case Against Israel's Actions in Gaza
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Sam hopped back on with his manager and business partner, Jaron Lowenstein, to talk about current events and answer some of the questions you all submitted on Substack. They discuss the Biden cover-up and how it compares to Trump’s transgressions, Sam’s latest episode with Jake Tapper, whether Tapper had a journalistic responsibility to share what …
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Using the power of kindness and relaxation when feeling afraidBy Bart van Melik
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Nakawe Cuebas Berrios: Morning Instructions Open Awareness
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A Simple Guided Meditation from Dan | Live from the Renegade Sangha
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We asked not too long ago in the chat on our Substack community – which you can find at DanHarris.com – about what kinds of things you’d find useful as Friday bonus episodes, and one of the things we heard was: more guided meditations, please. So today, we are happy to oblige with this short meditation that I led, as part of our semi-regular live g…
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Ep. 145 - Always Meditate on Whatever Provokes Resentment
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What is resentment? Why is it so corrosive? How can we work with our resentments? How can we overcome a victim mentality while still protecting ourselves, protecting others, and protecting truth? In this solo episode, Ethan uses a classic Tantric Buddhist contemplative slogan from the Lojong mind training tradition that translates as either “Always…
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Andrea Castillo: Practice Like a Naturalist
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Bart van Melik: Being Aware of Thoughts and Emotions
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Instructions on being with thoughts and emotions.By Bart van Melik
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Introduction to Mindfulness: Mindfulness of Thoughts – Part 4
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This talk examines how the trance of thinking imprisons us, veiling our full aliveness, love, and spiritual essence. Through contemplative reflections and short guided practices, we’ll explore pathways to awaken from this trance and open to the light, awareness, and wholeness of who we truly are.By Tara Brach
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Meditation: Cultivating a Mindful Awareness
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Mindfulness means paying attention on purpose to our moment-to-moment experience. This meditation invites us to collect our attention with the breath and use the breath as a home base for mindful presence. We then include whatever is predominant, recognizing and allowing the changing flow. The blessing of this practice is simple and beautiful: We a…
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Nakawe Cuebas Berrios: Touching the Earth, Befriending Hinderances
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)By Nakawe Cuebas Berrios
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Sam Harris speaks with Jake Tapper about Jake’s new book (with Alex Thompson), Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. They discuss how the mainstream media failed to cover the issue of Biden’s health, how Biden shielded himself from criticism, the false notion that Biden was simply a bad speak…
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Andrea Castillo: Cultivating Sympathetic Joy
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Compassionate Holding, Compassionate Responding
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Mikey Livid gives a talk on compassion in response to the pain and confusion of ICE's presence in Nashville, TN and many cities in the United States. Loving Kindness Meditation Retreat July 16th-20th in Sewanee, TN:https://www.floweringlotusmeditation.org/2025-tennesee-summer-loving-kindness-retreat Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Budd…
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Why Self-Hatred Makes No Sense | Matthew Brensilver
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This episode explores a compelling Buddhist question: does self-hatred, or self-love, make sense if the self is an illusion? Matthew Brensilver, PhD, is a clinical social worker and experienced teacher of meditation retreats. He also worked at an organization called Mindful Schools, which teaches teachers how to teach meditation. This episode also …
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The Trap of Tranquility: Breaking Free from Trance States in Meditation
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Meditation can lead us into some extraordinary states of consciousness—moments of stillness, spaciousness, or bliss that feel like a doorway has opened inside us. These states can be deeply nourishing, offering glimpses of something beyond the ordinary mind. But over time, even these expansive experiences can start to feel familiar. When meditation…
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Exploring the implications of 'Mind is the forerunner of all things:' steadying the attention, importance of motivation, how insights into impermanence, dukkha, and non-self impact our lives.By Joseph Goldstein
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Nakawe Cuebas Berrios: The Heavenly Abode of Compassion
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)By Nakawe Cuebas Berrios
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Bart van Melik: Mindfulness Will Protect You
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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on how mindfulness can be a refuge you can invest inBy Bart van Melik
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The Eight Worldly Conditions: Navigating Gain, Loss, and Everything In Between
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Consider the profound teachings of the Lokavipati sutta. Drawing from the wisdom of the Buddha, Margaret reveals how our responses to the eight worldly conditions—gain and loss, status and disgrace, censure and praise, pleasure and pain—shape our experiences of suffering and peace. As she delves into these vicissitudes, she encourages listeners to …
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That Feeling of “Always-Behind and Never-Enough”—Here’s the Antidote | Ellen Hendriksen
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How to beat perfectionism without lowering your standards. Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist who will help you calm your anxiety and be your authentic self. She serves on the faculty at Boston University's Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) and is the author of HOW TO BE ENOUGH: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfec…
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We’re excited to share with you an episode of the new podcast Proxy, produced by Yowei Shaw. Today: the case of Mic, who feels like he defied his fate and now has no purpose in life. For her new podcast Proxy, Yowei Shaw finds someone uniquely able to help Mic break out of his regret loop. Proxy is a show that investigates niche emotional conundrum…
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It's time for our monthly check in where we review our goals from last month and see what's coming up for the next. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcoming…
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302 – Q&A: Standing Up for What’s Right, and Zazen Versus Dissociation and Trance
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In this extemporaneous Q&A episode, I address these questions: What is the responsibility of Buddhists to stand for what is right? What is the difference between the Buddhist goal of "detaching from clinging and aversion" and the pathological states of detachment from reality called "dissociation?" How would you describe the desirable level of over…
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If You’re Freaking Out About Politics | Bonus Episode with Dan
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A few ideas for staying sane in insane times, regardless of your political leanings or who you voted for. Related episode: Joseph Goldstein On: Impermanence, Impersonality, And How To Use Mindfulness To Be More Creative Joseph Goldstein’s book of poetry: Dreamscapes of the Mind Sign up for Dan’s newsletter here Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikT…
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Ep. 245 – Training the Heart for Lovingkindness, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 42
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Joseph Goldstein explores the simplicity of lovingkindness (metta), reminding us that this innate quality within each person requires patience and steady practice to truly cultivate. The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the 42nd part of an in-dept…
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Ep. 144 - Microdosing Grief and The Practice of Saying Goodbye
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In a spontaneous episode, Ethan discusses grief and loss while processing multiple events. At a recent compassion meditation retreat, colleague and friend René Fay gave a presentation where she discussed the need to “Microdose Grief,” to take it in little by little so that we can honor the small moments of loss to develop familiarity with the exper…
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Introduction to Mindfulness: The Power of Heart Presence – Part 3 (of a 5-week series)
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Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, the foundational teachings of mindfulness—heart presence—offer a timeless medicine for navigating these challenging times. This fresh introductory series invites you to bring alive ancient practices in ways that are directly relevant to the emotions and reactivity arising in today’s …
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Meditation: Living Presence with Body Scan
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This meditation guides us to awaken to our senses through scanning through the body and then listening to sounds. When distracted by thoughts we relax open again and again, learning to rest in the formless awareness that includes sounds, sensations and all passing experience.By Tara Brach
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Wild Heart Meditation Center in a non-profit Buddhist community based in Nashville, TN. https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org DONATE: If you feel moved to support WHMC financially please visit: https://www.wildheartmeditationcenter.org/donate Follow Us on Socials! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildHeartNashville/ Instagram: https://www.ins…
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