A New Way to Think About Addiction | Annie Grace
The stereotypical depiction of fighting addiction makes it seem highly unpleasant: White knuckling, sweating it out, detoxing, going cold turkey–you get the picture. This applies to classical addictio...
24 Feb 20211h 2min
Your Craving Mind | Kevin Griffin
This is an episode about our craving, grasping minds. Whether you have struggled with a classic addiction or not, we all have addictive tendencies; we all wrestle with desire. I often think about a pr...
22 Feb 20211h 1min
Making it RAIN | Tara Brach
Today we're going to talk about a massively useful acronym, which can be used both on the cushion and in your free-range living. The acronym is RAIN -- R-A-I-N -- and rather than explaining it myself,...
17 Feb 20211h 17min
Holding it Together When Things Fall Apart | Pema Chödrön
We're now almost a full year into the era of Covid restrictions, and I suspect that many of you, as I am, are starting to internalize the fact that, notwithstanding the vaccines, there's likely a ways...
15 Feb 202146min
How (and Why) to Hug Your Inner Dragons | Richard Schwartz
How do you relate to the more difficult— and even ugly— aspects of your personality? How do you feel about yourself when you are, say, in a judgmental or vengeful or jealous mode? Is that an opportuni...
10 Feb 20211h 11min
A Deeply Healthy Kind of Perfectionism | Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
We have talked a lot on this show about how perfectionism can have pernicious impacts on your psyche. Today we're going to talk about how, by contrast, a certain kind of perfection is very much worth ...
8 Feb 20211h 6min
The Joy of Being Wrong | Adam Grant
My guest today makes a fascinating and potentially life-changing case. He argues that we need to reconsider how we view intelligence. He says that instead of viewing intelligence as the ability to thi...
3 Feb 20211h 4min
The Buddha's 8-Part Manual for a Good Life | Brother Pháp Dung
Today we're talking about one of the Buddha's first and most important lists: the Eightfold Path. I'm kinda surprised we've never done a deep dive into this list on the show before, but better late th...
1 Feb 202144min
