Episodes
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Practicing with Ghosts: Talk
In this seasonal Dhamma talk, Practicing with Ghosts, we explore how Halloween and traditions surrounding the dead invite us to reflect on mortality, grief, and the preciousness of life. Through Buddhist stories and the Five Recollections, we consider how remembering that life is uncertain can...
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Practicing with Ghosts: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
In this seasonal Dhamma talk, Practicing with Ghosts, we explore how Halloween and traditions surrounding the dead invite us to reflect on mortality, grief, and the preciousness of life. Through Buddhist stories and the Five Recollections, we consider how remembering that life is uncertain can...
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Loneliness and Spiritual Community: Talk
This week, Andrew explores the experience of loneliness through the lens of Buddhist teachings on suffering, not-self, and spiritual friendship. Drawing on the Buddha's teachings, contemporary research, and personal reflections, he examines how craving, aversion, and the stories we tell ourselves...
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Loneliness and Spiritual Community: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week, Andrew explores the experience of loneliness through the lens of Buddhist teachings on suffering, not-self, and spiritual friendship. Drawing on the Buddha's teachings, contemporary research, and personal reflections, he examines how craving, aversion, and the stories we tell ourselves...
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Finding Space Around a Busy Mind: Talk
In this talk, we explore how to find more space around overthinking and the anxious mind through the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness of mind, mental proliferation, and the second arrow. Rather than trying to eliminate thoughts or anxiety, we learn to recognize the stories our minds create and...
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Finding Space Around a Busy Mind: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
In this talk, we explore how to find more space around overthinking and the anxious mind through the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness of mind, mental proliferation, and the second arrow. Rather than trying to eliminate thoughts or anxiety, we learn to recognize the stories our minds create and...
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Feeling Tone Guided Meditation
In this guided meditation, Andrew explores Feeling Tone—a practice perfect for your daily routine and a supplement to our Buddhist Study Series. Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work:...
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Compassion Guided Meditation
In this guided meditation, Olivia explores Compassion—a practice perfect for your daily routine and a supplement to our Buddhist Study Series. Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work: https://givebutter.com/VzqF6O...
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Habits, Karma & Change: Talk
This week Andrew explores why we keep repeating the same patterns, even when we know they’re no longer serving us. Drawing from Buddhist teachings on conditioning, karma, intention, and not-self, he looks at how habits are shaped by our experiences and reinforced through repetition, and how...
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Habits, Karma & Change: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Andrew explores why we keep repeating the same patterns, even when we know they’re no longer serving us. Drawing from Buddhist teachings on conditioning, karma, intention, and not-self, he looks at how habits are shaped by our experiences and reinforced through repetition, and how...
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Dichotomies: Talk
This week Andrew discusses selected verses from the opening chapter of the Dhammapada, exploring how the ways we cultivate and relate to the mind shape our experience. The talk reflects on breaking cycles of hatred through non-hatred, remembering the brevity of life as a way of letting go of...
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Dichotomies: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Andrew discusses selected verses from the opening chapter of the Dhammapada, exploring how the ways we cultivate and relate to the mind shape our experience. The talk reflects on breaking cycles of hatred through non-hatred, remembering the brevity of life as a way of letting go of...
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Oneself: Talk
This week Olivia explores the Buddha’s teachings on caring for ourselves, taking responsibility for our own practice, and becoming someone we can take refuge in. We’ll reflect on what it means to protect our own well-being without closing ourselves off from caring for and supporting others....
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Oneself: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Olivia explores the Buddha’s teachings on caring for ourselves, taking responsibility for our own practice, and becoming someone we can take refuge in. We’ll reflect on what it means to protect our own well-being without closing ourselves off from caring for and supporting others....
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Flowers: Talk
This week Andrew explores Chapter 4 of the Dhammapada, “Flowers,” and its vivid imagery for living wisely in an impermanent world. Through images of gathering flowers, a bee taking nectar without causing harm, fragrance traveling against the wind, and a lotus growing from a heap of rubbish…
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Flowers: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Andrew explores Chapter 4 of the Dhammapada, “Flowers,” and its vivid imagery for living wisely in an impermanent world. Through images of gathering flowers, a bee taking nectar without causing harm, fragrance traveling against the wind, and a lotus growing from a heap of rubbish…
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Thousands: Talk
Olivia explores the “Thousands” chapter of the Dhammapada, reflecting on the Buddha’s teaching that more is not always better—one meaningful word, one moment of inner transformation, or one day of seeing clearly can be more valuable than a thousand empty accomplishments. Through the lens of a...
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Thousands: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
Olivia explores the “Thousands” chapter of the Dhammapada, reflecting on the Buddha’s teaching that more is not always better—one meaningful word, one moment of inner transformation, or one day of seeing clearly can be more valuable than a thousand empty accomplishments. Through the lens of a...
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The Sage: Talk
This week, Andrew explores Chapter 6 of the Dhammapada, “The Sage,” and the question: What are we actually practicing toward? Through vivid images of wise friendship, craftspeople shaping their materials, a rock unmoved by wind, a clear lake, and the journey to the “other shore,” Andrew reflects…
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The Sage: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week, Andrew explores Chapter 6 of the Dhammapada, “The Sage,” and the question: What are we actually practicing toward? Through vivid images of wise friendship, craftspeople shaping their materials, a rock unmoved by wind, a clear lake, and the journey to the “other shore,” Andrew reflects…
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Loving Kindness Guided Meditation
In this guided meditation, Olivia explores Loving Kindness—a practice perfect for your daily routine and a supplement to our Buddhist Study Series. Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work…
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Mindfulness of Breath Guided Meditation
In this guided meditation, Andrew explores Mindfulness of Breath—a practice perfect for your daily routine and a supplement to our Buddhist Study Series. Offered freely in the spirit of dāna. Donations are appreciated, never expected. Donate here to support future work:...
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Consistency with Curiosity: Talk
This week Olivia explores what helps us sustain and deepen our practice over time—not through force or discipline alone, but by following curiosity, connection, and a wholesome desire to understand. We’ll reflect on the role of spiritual friendship, supportive teachers and community, and learning...
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Consistency with Curiosity: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Olivia explores what helps us sustain and deepen our practice over time—not through force or discipline alone, but by following curiosity, connection, and a wholesome desire to understand. We’ll reflect on the role of spiritual friendship, supportive teachers and community, and learning...
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Living in Alignment: Talk
This week Andrew explores what it means to live in greater alignment with what truly matters to us. Drawing on the Buddhist quality of dhamma-vicaya, or investigation, the talk invites us to become curious about our everyday choices and ask: What am I cultivating through the way I’m actually...
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Living in Alignment: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Andrew explores what it means to live in greater alignment with what truly matters to us. Drawing on the Buddhist quality of dhamma-vicaya, or investigation, the talk invites us to become curious about our everyday choices and ask: What am I cultivating through the way I’m actually...
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Mindfulness in Relationships: Talk
Olivia explores how mindfulness can change the way we show up in our relationships by helping us notice our feelings, reactions, and the stories we create around them. Through greater awareness, we can create more space between what we experience and how we respond—allowing for more honesty,...
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Mindfulness in Relationships: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
Olivia explores how mindfulness can change the way we show up in our relationships by helping us notice our feelings, reactions, and the stories we create around them. Through greater awareness, we can create more space between what we experience and how we respond—allowing for more honesty,...
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Beginning Again: Talk
This week Andrew explores the foundations of developing a meditation practice and why making space to sit consistently can become such an important part of our lives. Drawing from the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness of breathing in the Ānāpānasati Sutta, Andrew offers a simple framework for...
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Beginning Again: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Andrew explores the foundations of developing a meditation practice and why making space to sit consistently can become such an important part of our lives. Drawing from the Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness of breathing in the Ānāpānasati Sutta, Andrew offers a simple framework for...
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The Happiness of Letting Go: Talk
This week Olivia explores the idea that we often mistake holding on for safety, when in reality many of our deepest experiences of peace and freedom come from letting go. Drawing on both Buddhist teachings and everyday life, it suggests that happiness isn't something we have to chase or create…
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The Happiness of Letting Go: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Olivia explores the idea that we often mistake holding on for safety, when in reality many of our deepest experiences of peace and freedom come from letting go. Drawing on both Buddhist teachings and everyday life, it suggests that happiness isn't something we have to chase or create…
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Noticing What Binds, Sensing What Frees: 15 Guided Meditation
This guided seated meditation invites us to ground in the body, notice what is being held, and gently explore the possibility of softening. Through awareness of breath, sensations, thoughts, and emotions, we practice recognizing grasping without needing to fix, suppress, or feed it. The practice...
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The Freedom of Non-Grasping: Talk
In this third talk of Wild Heart Detroit’s June series, The Freedom of Non-Grasping, Andrew explores the teaching of “attending to the Deathless” through the story of Anuruddha and Sāriputta from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. This talk looks at how even sincere spiritual practice,...
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The Freedom of Non-Grasping: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
In this third talk of Wild Heart Detroit’s June series, The Freedom of Non-Grasping, Andrew explores the teaching of “attending to the Deathless” through the story of Anuruddha and Sāriputta from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. This talk looks at how even sincere spiritual practice,...
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Island Within: Talk
In this second talk of our Nibbāna series, we explore a powerful image from the Buddha’s teachings: an island in the midst of a flood. Through reflections on refuge, belonging, and letting go, we consider where true safety can be found when life feels uncertain and overwhelming. Prompt: When it...
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Island Within: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
In this second talk of our Nibbāna series, we explore a powerful image from the Buddha’s teachings: an island in the midst of a flood. Through reflections on refuge, belonging, and letting go, we consider where true safety can be found when life feels uncertain and overwhelming. Prompt: When it...
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Cooling the Fires: Talk
In this opening talk of Wild Heart Detroit’s June series, The Freedom of Non-Grasping, Andrew explores Nibbāna through one of its most practical images: the cooling of the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion. Drawing from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, this talk looks at how those...
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Cooling the Fires: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
In this opening talk of Wild Heart Detroit’s June series, The Freedom of Non-Grasping, Andrew explores Nibbāna through one of its most practical images: the cooling of the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion. Drawing from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, this talk looks at how those...
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Relationships, Boundaries, Letting Go: Talk
This week Olivia explores how relationships can stir up fear, control, people pleasing, and self-abandonment — and how mindfulness helps us stay connected to ourselves through it all. Together we’ll reflect on boundaries, compassion, and what it means to loosen our grip instead of holding on so...
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Relationships, Boundaries, Letting Go: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week Olivia explores how relationships can stir up fear, control, people pleasing, and self-abandonment — and how mindfulness helps us stay connected to ourselves through it all. Together we’ll reflect on boundaries, compassion, and what it means to loosen our grip instead of holding on so...
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Inner Critic: Talk
In this session of Untangling the Mind, Andrew explores the inner critic through the lens of mindfulness and early Buddhist teachings. Drawing on the Buddhist teaching of the “second arrow,” he examines self-judgment, overthinking, perfectionism, and the stories the mind creates when fear,...
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Inner Critic: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
In this session of Untangling the Mind, Andrew explores the inner critic through the lens of mindfulness and early Buddhist teachings. Drawing on the Buddhist teaching of the “second arrow,” he examines self-judgment, overthinking, perfectionism, and the stories the mind creates when fear,...
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People Pleasing: Talk
In this session of Untangling the Mind, we explore the patterns of people-pleasing and ask how we can remain kind without disappearing in the process. Drawing on early Buddhist teachings around craving, clinging, and wise intention, we look at how the desire for approval, fear of conflict, and…
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People Pleasing: 20 Minute Guided Meditation
In this session of Untangling the Mind, we explore the patterns of people-pleasing and ask how we can remain kind without disappearing in the process. Drawing on early Buddhist teachings around craving, clinging, and wise intention, we look at how the desire for approval, fear of conflict, and…
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Social Anxiety: Talk
In this session of Untangling the Mind, we explore social anxiety through the lens of mindfulness and early Buddhist teachings. Together, we look at how fear of judgment, self-consciousness, craving for approval, and aversion to discomfort shape our experience, and how mindfulness and compassion...
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Social Anxiety: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
In this session of Untangling the Mind, we explore social anxiety through the lens of mindfulness and early Buddhist teachings. Together, we look at how fear of judgment, self-consciousness, craving for approval, and aversion to discomfort shape our experience, and how mindfulness and compassion...
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Sustainable Practice: Talk
This week, Olivia reframes effort in meditation as something steady and compassionate rather than forceful, emphasizing that sustainable practice comes from releasing strain and returning gently to the present moment again and again. Over time, this shift—from striving to simply returning—allows...
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Sustainable Practice: 15 Minute Guided Meditation
This week, Olivia reframes effort in meditation as something steady and compassionate rather than forceful, emphasizing that sustainable practice comes from releasing strain and returning gently to the present moment again and again. Over time, this shift—from striving to simply returning—allows...
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Tending a Garden: Talk
This week, Andrew explores the connection between tending a garden and cultivating the mind. Drawing on the Buddha’s teaching of wise effort, he reflects on how mindfulness, curiosity, energy, and calm work together to create the conditions for growth. Rather than forcing change, the practice...
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Guided Meditations and Talks inspired by the teachings of the Buddha
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