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Practicing Human — 793 episodes
When Everything is Falling Apart
Recalibration Periods
The Importance of Inner Peace
Acceptance and Growth
Getting Things Done without Stress
How to Make Difficult Decisions
The Impulse to Burn it All Down
2 Steps to Calm Your Mind
Following The Pulse of Truth
What it Takes to Live Your Best Life
The Fear of Not Being Busy
Letting Go of Drama
This is What You REALLY Want
How to Avoid an Argument
How to Reclaim Your Life
How to Open The Heart
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Resenting Your Life
Letting Go of Who You Were
Reflections on my 36th Birthday
How Letting Go Happens
Finding Your Inner Compass
How to Release Emotions and Pain
The Walls Around Our Heart
Update: Opening the Heart
I'm Scared Everything Will Fall Apart
The Value of Being Fed-Up With Yourself
The Spiritual Waiting Room
A Mantra for Peace
Will Focusing on Pain Attract More Pain?
On Motivation
Grief and Letting Go
How to Get Un-Stuck
How to Find True Inner Peace
Are you running from yourself?
Breaking the People Pleasing Pattern
Focus is Happiness
Trust Your Timeline
Why You Need to Slow Down
Stillness is Leadership
Working with Rumination
Reclaiming the Body
Follow The Energy
Season 2: I'm Back
Where I've Been
This Moment is It
Finding Your Purpose
How to Actually Let Go
When The Body Squeezes You Into the Mind
Relieve Pain or Be With It? [Rerun]
Live Your Best Life
You're Okay And It's Time to Change
Thoughts on Authenticity
Simple Tip to Deepen Presence
Healing Old Pain
The Universe Has Your Back
How to Cultivate True Energy
Letting Go & Feeling Out of Control
Free Up Your Attention
A True Refuge
How Your Happiness Impacts Relationships
Finding Your Genius
Why We Avoid Our Intuition
Taking a Long-Term Perspective
Two Ways to Calm Your Mind
Picking Up The Pieces of Yourself
The Opposite of Spiritual Bypassing
A Simple Fear Technique
How to Pause
Temptation Bundling
How Surrender Leads to Expansion
How to Use Fear for Guidance
How to Clear Negative Energy
Mortality
The Importance of Self-Love
The Power of "I Don't Know"
How to Develop More Positive Influences in Your Life
The 4 F's: Fight, Flight, Freeze, & Fawn
Working With Pain
Relaxed Productivity
Identifying Your Soul's Purpose
Thoughts on Wholeness, Simplicity, and Meaning
Growth, Death, and Birth
How to Take Mini Retreats
Should You Focus on the Positive or Negative?
The Five Remembrances
This What You REALLY Want
Changing Your Patterns
How Letting Go Happens
The Feeling of Truth
Self-Trust
Stop Creating Drama
Micro Moments of Deep Rest
Recalibration Periods
Living From Surrender
Projection, Complexity, and Connection
Trust Your Process
The Missing Ingredient to Living Your Best Life
Feeling Complete
3 Reflections To Help You Let Go
How to Create More Ease In Your Day
How to Open Your Heart
What Happens When You Stand In Your Truth
SATA: 4 Steps to Meet a Difficult Moment
Why Meditation is So Powerful
Thoughts on Anger
5 Steps To Discover Your True Desires
Lingering in Happiness
Mental Fitness vs Spiritual Fitness
Eliminating Thoughts
When Plan A Isn't An Option
Inner Change
Intuition, Letting Go, and Trust
A Tip For Making Hard Decisions
The Value of Daily Meditation
The Value of Going Slow
Releasing Energy
Don't Open the Floodgates
The Trap of Spiritual Practices
The Healing Power of Positive Emotions
A Practice for Empathy
The Power of Single Moments
You're Responsible for Your Happiness
The Difference Between Joy and Relief
Feeling Empty
Feel and Release
Becoming Who You're Meant to Be
Working With a Guarded Heart
The Power of Silence
How to Be A Better Listener
Fight The Old or Build The New?
Moving Toward Acceptance
Living Deeply
A Simple Practice To Help You Let Go
My Nuanced Thoughts on Positive Thinking
Trust Your Past Self
Finding Your Ground
Reducing Urges and Impulses
Why You Do What You Do
How to Do Anything
Discover Your True Nature
There Are No Wrong Emotions
How to Become Radiant
How to Say No
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Why You Can't Focus
Self-Sabotage
Losing Friends As You Grow
Not Feeling Good Enough
Embrace Your Life
Why You Can't Let Go
Find Your People
The 5 Stages of Change
Is it Worth Your Peace
How to Be Free
Is Desire Bad
Is Following Your Truth Just For Privileged People?
How Mindfulness Frees You
How Breaking Down Leads to Growth
Happiness and Materialism
5 Perspectives for a Great New Year
People Pleasing
How to Work With Resistance
No Wasted Time
The Subtle Art of Being Present
Urges and Impulses
Reparenting Yourself
Bullying Yourself into Peace
Developing Self-Respect
Don't Tolerate Suffering
Shifting Your Attitude
Good Stress vs Bad Stress
Two Tips to Establish Inner Safety
The Negative Side of Positive Habits
Stillness and Fear
Wholeness
Spreading Out
Follow Your Nose
The Dark Side of a Positive Mindset
Why Focus is So Important
A Technique for Rumination
How to Calm the Mind and Body
Working With Thoughts
Free Your Mind
Think Bigger
3 Tips for Self-Control
Calming the Mind
A Powerful Listening Strategy
How to Make a Difficult Life Change
How to Actually Let Go
Living From Surrender
Self-Trust
Intuitive Guidance
How to Be Confident
A Simple Tool For Trying New Things
Moments of Completeness
This is What You REALLY Want
How to Create More Ease In Your Day
The Best Season of Your Life
Resistance
What Happens When You Stand In Your Truth
How to Work Through Conflict
Freeing Yourself From Thoughts
Why Meditation is So Powerful
The Hard Parts of Life
You Might Need a Break
5 Steps To Discover Your True Desires
One Step at a Time
4 Keys for a Healthy Relationship
Inner Change
Healing Old Pain
Humility vs Fear of Being Seen
A New Definition of Mindfulness
The Missing Ingredient to Living Your Best Life
An Overlooked Essential Aspect of Healing & Growth
Two Ways to Calm Your Mind
The Value of Going Slow
Releasing Energy
How to Live the Life You Were Meant to Live
Empty and Frightened
The Difference Between Joy and Relief
Go All-In On Your Life
The Vulnerability Of Gratitude
The Happiness of Concentration
Unwinding Bodily Tension
The Healing Power of Positive Emotions
Working With a Guarded Heart
Opening The Heart
Feel and Release
The Hidden Power of Accepting Others
The Power of Early Morning Moments
No Need for Confidence
When Breaking Leads to Growth
Presence is Threatening
A Simple Practice to Help You Let Go
Fight The Old or Build The New?
Discover Your True Nature
Moving Toward Acceptance
How to Be With Someone In Pain
How to Say "No"
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
No Wrong Emotions
A Phrase to Create More Calm
You're Responsible for Your Happiness
Inner Peace: An Essential Ingredient
Living Life Deeply
Trouble Focusing
Self-Sabotage
Losing Friends As You Grow
The Imagery of Enlightenment
Rest and Relaxation
Self-Loathing
Complain or Rejoice?
Don't Open the Flood Gates
Embrace Your Life
The Moments We Tend to Miss
Why We Avoid Our Intuition
Find Your People
Ask For Help
An Equation for Expansion
Rising From Failure
5 Stages of Change
Free Up Your Attention
Relaxed Productivity
Acceptance and Growth
Are Your Worst Traits Your Best?
Is it Worth Your Peace?
What If We're Dust?
Concentration
Picking Up The Pieces of Yourself
Why You Can't Let Go
How to Breathe More Fully
Living The Questions
Everyone is a Genius
A Science Approach to Goals
What You Are Meant to Be
Working With Thoughts
Is Desire Bad?
The Root Of The Problem
How Breaking Down Leads to Growth
Thoughts on Anger
Every Inhale Requires an Exhale
A Simple Technique for Self-Love
Thoughts For the New Year
Your Life's Journey
Wherever You Go, There You Are
You Do Not Have to Be Good
Wholeness
Relieve Pain or Be With It?
This May Be Missing From Your Meditation
The Power of Deep Concetration
This Moment Is It
Small Moments of Deep Mindfulness
How Meditation Extends Life
Surrender
Feel More Fully
The Paradox of Meditation
Urges and Impulses
Boredom Is a Gift
Different Forms of Fear
What to Do When You're Stuck
Identifying Your Soul's Purpose
The Meaning of Life
Meeting Your Purpose
Radical Acceptance
Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn
Developing More Positive Influences
Slow Down to Find Energy
Developing Self-Respect
You're Okay And It's Time to Change
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
Inner Peace
A Technique to Refine Concentration
How to Clear Negative Energy
[Rerun] Think Bigger
[Rerun] Holding Space
The Creative Process: 6 Stages
[Rerun] When Will Enough Be Enough?
Follow the Breadcrumbs
A Hidden Strategy for Deep Relaxation
[Rerun] Thoughts on Wholeness, Simplicity, and Meaning
[Rerun] How to Be Magnetic
When to NOT Focus on Your Breath
Relaxing Your Belly
[Rerun] Receiving Joy
How to Work Through Conflict
4 Conflict Avoidant Strategies
Stillness and Fear
[Rerun] On Commitment
How to Create More Ease in Your Day
The Dark Side of a Positive Mindset
[Rerun] 3 Tips for Self-Control
[Rerun] 3 Steps to Manage Burnout
[Rerun] The Moment Before Letting Go
[Rerun] A Powerful Listening Strategy
[Rerun] You Are Already Enlightened
[Rerun] When The Worst Things Happen to You
[Rerun] You Can't Practice Non-Attachment
Intuition, Letting Go, and Trust
[Rerun] Become Bigger than Your SELF
Why We Don't Follow Intuition
The Power of "I Don't Know"
Resistance
[Rerun] Make Everything A Meditation
The Importance of Self-Love
Intuitive Guidance
Shame, Judgment, & Empathy
[Rerun] Learned Hopefulness
[Rerun] Stress: The Minimum Effective Dose
[Rerun] Self-Acceptance Must Happen Now
[Rerun] How to Be Confident
[Rerun] 7 Tips to Stop Negative Thoughts
[Rerun] The Positive Power of Negative Experiences
Why Meditation is So Powerful
[Rerun] Counterintuitive Antidote to Stress & Anxiety
[Rerun] How to Overcome Procrastination
[Rerun] The Five Remembrances
[Rerun] Calming the Mind
[Rerun] Does Mindfulness Make You a Better Person?
[Rerun] How to Make a Difficult Life Change
[Rerun] Become an Optimist (and live longer)
[Rerun] How Mindfulness Leads to Happiness
Meeting Mortality with Softness
The Value of Going Slow
Relief vs Joy
Humility vs Fear of Being Seen
Helping Your Future Self
Eliminating Thoughts
A Practice for Empathy
5 Steps To Discover Your True Desires
The Relationship Between Presence and Destiny
The Value of Daily Meditation
Kneel and Kiss the Ground
The Opposite of Spiritual Bypassing
A New Definition of Mindfulness
Surrender Walk
The Missing Ingredient to Living Your Best Life
Thoughts on Authenticity
Simplify This Moment
Energetic Discharge
Growth, Death, and Birth
Alchemizing Old Pain
The Inevitability of Discomfort
2 Kinds of Stress
SATA: 4 Steps to Meet a Difficult Moment
How to Live The Life You Were Meant to Live
Mindset Shift for an Easier Life
Moments of Completeness
The Hidden Power of Accepting Others
Feeling Good
You Don't Need to Let Go
Freeing Yourself From Thoughts
Building The Dream Home Of Your Mind
Using Thoughts as Intuition
The Healing Power of Positive Emotion
Eliminate Barriers to Meditation
3 Layers of Awareness of Thoughts
Lessons From The Pandemic
Become Your Own Therapist
A True Refuge
A Tip For Making Hard Decisions
Lovingkindness In Real Life
How Your Happiness Impacts Relationships
Building the New
The Relationship Between Agency and Surrender
Nature and Wellbeing
The Goal of Meditation
Are You What You Repeatedly Do?
A Tool to Appreciate Your Life
The Art of Simplicity
3 Steps to Change Patterns
The Hidden Power of Early Morning Moments
The Subtle Nuance of Understanding Impermanence
How to Not Bypass in Meditation
The Journey Starts with One Step
2 Questions to Calm Your Mind
Trust Your Past Self
The Best Season Of Your Life
Letting Go of Inner Struggle
Reparenting Yourself
Change From the Inside
Discover Who You Are
Compassion for Everyone: Yes or No?
Fluid vs Fixed Purpose
What Happens When You Stand in Truth
The Importance of Love
The Power of Permission Slips
How to Be Transformed
How to Meditate More
A Practice to Improve Empathy
A Method to Improve Communication
Meditation vs Taking Action
A Mindfulness Practice To Enhance Your Life
Let Thoughts Be
Buffering Against Negative Feedback
Now is The Future
An Easier Way to Change
Where Meditation Goes Wrong
The Butterfly Hug
Temptation Bundling
A Mind Like the Sky
How to Follow Your Truth
Feeling Compassion vs Feeling Responsible
Why Integrity is Hard
It Doesn't Matter
What you REALLY want
The Wisdom of the Body
The Process of Transformation
The Vow
Why We Miss Our Lives
Letting Go of An Agenda
The Simple Things
How to Be More Intentional
The Most Fundamental Aggression Toward Ourselves
My Nuanced Thoughts On Positive Thinking
The Power of Silence
The Wisdom of Stress
The Conditions for Deep Rest
Asking For Help
5-Part Meditation Practice
Reframing Discomfort
The Power of Single Moments
Maybe You Just Need a Break
Letting Things Settle
The 1,000 Year View
The Wreckage of Life
A Simple Sleep Practice
A Better Way to Talk to Yourself
Getting Back Into Alignment
Why You May Not Be Able to Focus
4 Steps to Being Patient
A Phrase to Free Your Mind
Perfectly Imperfect
How to Make Your Voice More Powerful
The Healing Power of Curiosity
What is Detachment?
4 Keys For a Healthy Relationship
Everything You Do Is Sacred
3-Minute Practice to Wind Down
How To Be More Creative
You Reading This, Be Ready
Your Life's Journey
Stop Trying to Be Good
Drop Beneath the Noise
Hold Yourself to a High Standard
Who Are You, Really?
The Glitter Jar
Staying Sane With Technology
Starting Fresh
Safe vs Unsafe Fear
Thoughts on Self-Sabotage
The Feeling of Progress
Unwinding The Body
What If It Were Simple?
Lingering In Happiness
Why There Are No Wrong Emotions
Ghandi's Thoughts on Happiness
Fill Your Cup
The Experience of Wholeness
Awaken to Life
Not Feeling Good Enough
The Power of the Unconscious
Losing Friends As You Grow
The Imagery of Enlightement
The Periodic Pause
Finding Your People
A Contemplation on Life
Ultimate Surrender
Bell Meditation (practice)
The Feeling of Being Behind In Life
Savoring
Deep Relaxation Strategy
Complain or Rejoice?
Weaving Your Life Together
"Good Wanting" vs "Bad Wanting"
Mental Proliferation
Trust Your Process
Let Yourself Dream
A Well Trained Mind
The Vulnerability of Gratitude
How to Get Things Done
A Path Toward a Full Life
Permission to Say "No"
Working With Urges
Courageous Rest
What Gets Lost When Multitasking
What To Do When You're Stuck
Stop Turning Away
This is It
A Way to Think About Anger
Maximizing Pleasure
How to Develop Self-Respect
How to Talk About Politics
Short Bursts of Deep Presence
Letting Go of Painful Emotions
Lead Yourself
The Power of Appreciation
Holding On vs Holding Space
Embracing Your Life
Where Focus Goes, Energy Flows
Slow Down to Speed Up
How to Do Anything
Presence is Threatening
Awareness is Your Refuge
Should You Focus on the Positive or Negative?
Do The Best You Can
How to Set Goals
Getting to the Root of the Problem
Unwinding Deep Tension
Failure
Morning Productivity Hack
The Gift of Boredom
How Much Does Your IDEAL Day Cost?
How to Not be Controlled by Thoughts
Thoughts on Confidence
Relationships: A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime?
How to Develop Concentration
Slow Down
Mental Fitness vs Spiritual Fitness
A Better Way to Focus
Don't Tolerate Suffering
How to Respect Yourself
The Positive Role of Suffering
Holding Space for Others
What if You Stopped Worrying?
3 Steps for Navigating Difficulty
The Martian Walk
Total Surrender
Working With Fear
Is it Worth Your Peace?
How to be Less Impulsive
Getting to Where You're Going
3 Steps to Acceptance
How to Start Your Day Right
The "So What" Exercise
5 Questions to Release Anxiety
Taming The Voice in Your Head
Relaxation Practice
The Responsibility of Showing Up
How to Simplify Your Growth
Simple Tip to Deepen Presence
Radical Acceptance
How to Need Less
4-Step Communication Technique
3 Tips for Social Anxiety
Who Are You...Really?
A New Perspective for Seeing Others
The Meaning of Life
How to Listen to Music Better
On Commitment
Receiving Joy
The Universe Has Your Back
My Fool-Proof Sleep Routine
F*ck It List
Thoughts on Acceptance and Growth
Inner Peace
Put Yourself First
How to Be Magnetic
Thoughts on Being Alone
Why You're Always Wrong
How to Breathe More Fully
How to Develop Self-Esteem
What Does it Mean to Practice Non-Striving?
Every Inhale Needs an Exhale
How to Develop More Positive Influences in Your Life
3 Steps to Manage Burnout
Thoughts on Wholeness, Simplicity, and Meaning
Kindness
How Body Language Impacts Mood
If We're Only Star Dust, Why Do Anything?
A Technique to Refine Concentration
The 4 F's: Fight, Flight, Freeze, & Fawn
The Five Remembrances
What Does It Mean To Be Human?
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
The Process of Developing a Skill
The Subtle Art of Being Present
The Trap of Spiritual Practices
Grounding Technique: Rainbow Walk
Create More Head Space
3 Tips for Self-Control
The Magical "VOO" Sound
Meditation and Life Extension
Postponing Worry (anxiety technique)
My Morning Hack for A Great Day
4 Tips to Relax Your Body
How Breaking Down Leads to Growth
The 5 Stages of Change
The Paradox of Meditation
Doing The Inner Work Around Race
The Magic of a Timer for Presence & Productivity
How to Be Confident
How to Be With Someone in Pain
The Counterintuitive Antidote for Stress, Anxiety, & Pain
The Simple Reminder That Gives us Power
Permission to Rest (and to go)
Feeling More Fully
Stay With It
The Positive Power of Negative Experiences
Learned Hopefulness
How To Let Go and Embrace the New
You're Ok and It's Time to Change
The Creative Process: 6 Stages
Is This Missing From Your Meditation?
Self-Acceptance Must Happen Now
You're Much Bigger Than You Think
Letting Others Struggle
Useless Window Gazing
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Why Your Worst Traits May Be Your Best
You Do Not Have to Be Good
Working With Resistance
Thoughts on Self-Loathing
You're Already Enlightened
Attunement = Power
Alleviate Pain or Practice Being With It?
How to Be Free
21 Days of Meditation
Sleep Patterns During COVID-19
Important
What Are You Not Addressing?
The Place Where No Rain Falls
Taking a Break From Your Mind
Forget About Enlightenment
Calming The Mind
The Fear of Not Being Busy
A Powerful Listening Strategy
Treasuring the Unrepeatable Nature of a Moment
An Invitation To Go Easy
How Life Gives You What You Want
Box Breathing
The Happiness of Concentration
How to Find Real Peace
Why COVID-19 Is Restoring Us
The Power of Kindness
Planting the Seeds of Happiness
How To Wake Up Better
A Better Way to Dwell
Work Harder or Rest Harder?
Now Is the Time to Create New Habits
Distraction vs Presence
Think Bigger
What Do You Need to Let Go Of?
Lotus in the Mud
The Opportunity in Being Alone
Becoming Whole
Become Bigger than Your SELF
Stress: The Minimum Effective Dose
Why COVID-19 Might Heal Us
A Simple Hack to Feel Empowered
How Fear Can Transform You
How To Panic While Remaining Calm
Two Approaches To Happiness: Which Is Yours?
When Will Enough Be Enough?
How to Plan Out Your Life
When Plan A Isn't an Option
The Moments We Often Miss
Why You Can't Practice Non-Attachment
The Comparing Mind
Thoughts on Finding Meaning
When You Feel Lost
The Root of Judgment, Character, & Will
Quick Trick to Reduce Stress
3 Tips to Declutter Your Mind
The Power of Discomfort
Make Everything a Meditation
A Hack to Reduce Phone Addiction
Deep Concentration = Deep Rest
Why You Shouldn't Be "Non-Judgmental"
Does Mindfulness Make You a Better Person?
The Magic of Ordinary Moments
How to Make a Difficult Change
"Seeing" Meditation
What I Learned in My 20s
Become an Optimist (and live longer)
How to Embrace Failure
An Exercise to Expand Your Mind
Rising Up When It's Difficult
How to Stop Procrastinating
The Moment Before Letting Go
How To Meditate Better
The HALT Technique
Don't Clear Your Mind
Live with Precision
7 Tips to Stop Negative Thoughts
Getting Through Difficult Moments
Goals vs Intentions
Develop Wisdom with 1 Breath
100 Breaths for 100 Days
How to Be a Better Listener
You Do Not Need to Be Fixed
The 6 Dimensions of Life
The Forgotten Truth That Makes Life Easier
3 Reasons to Not Look At Your Phone
Walking Meditation
The Last Day of Your Life
The Power of Stillness
Finding Peace Without The Pieces
An Ancient Buddhist Practice To Awaken Compassion
Stoplight Meditation
Don't Make This Mistake When Setting New Years Resolutions
The First Thing to Do in 2020
What I'm Learning From the Flu
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
How to Not Be Judgmental
The Risk of Being You
ABC Model: Part 4
ABC Model: Part 3
ABC Model: Part 2
ABC Model: Part 1
A Simple Skill to Manage Emotions
Mindful Problem Solving Nap
My New Favorite Mantra
How to Love with Less Attachment
How To Stop Needing to Control Everything
3 Steps to Show Up For Yourself
Redefining Your Endpoint
Thoughts on Fighting the Moment
STOP: A Quick Technique to Find Calm
Thoughts on Self-Care, Healing, & Fulfillment
How Mindfulness Leads to Happiness
Should You Meditate With Music?
Guided vs Silent Meditations
Dealing With Difficult People
A Simple Mindset Shift that Changes Everything
Is Toilet Paper The Key to Happiness?
Fulfillment without the Stuff
Feast on What Is
Can Meditation Replace Sleep?
Meditation vs Sleep: What's the Difference?
3 Tips for Deep Sleep
A Four-Step Process for Getting Through Difficult Moments
2 Feet 1 Breath: The Instant Grounding Technique
Equanimity: The Highest Happiness
Where is God in Mindfulness?
How to Develop Patience
Who Is Thinking Your Thoughts?
You Can't Control Your Thoughts
A Simple Technique to Relax Bodily Stress
The Magic 4-7-8 Breathing Technique
A New Way to Talk To Yourself
The Hidden Power of Self-Compassion
How To Make Life Simpler
High Focus, Low Strain
How to Find Peace in Chaos
Optimize the Energy of the Moment
What Is It Like To Be You?
How to Develop a Beginner's Mind
Good Luck, Bad Luck, Who Knows?
The #1 Idea That Can Change Your Life
Meditation: It's Not What You Think
Mindfulness: Your Innate Superpower
Frat Life to Monk Life: My Story
Welcome to Practicing Human