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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2023 · 34 MIN

Transforming Pain to Possibility with Joan Halifax

from Mindful Leadership With Marc Lesser · host Marc Lesser

Joan Halifax is known as one of today's most important Zen teachers, especially through her activism or what she refers to as "engaged Buddhism" and from her work in prisons, her programs on grief, death and dying, and much more.   Joan and Marc explore the way of the modern Bodhisattva, someone who maintains presence with compassion in the face of extraordinary challenges. Joan shares how her compassion for all beings is her secret for avoiding burnout, along with recognizing and shifting from the idea of “helping” or “fixing” so we instead recognize our work as an act of “service.”

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Joan and Marc talk about serving others as an unconventional source for radical joy. They explore the way of the modern Bodhisattva as someone who maintains presence with compassion in the face of extraordinary challenges.

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