Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter

Send me a message"Your mind is like a toddler with a chainsaw."Most of us are living in "Stockholm Syndrome" with our own thoughts. We trust our worst abuser — our own inner critic — as if it were gospel. But there is a secret to mental freedom that no one taught us in school.In this talk, Todd Perelmuter breaks down the "slave driver" nature of the ego and shares his personal journey from being a stressed, addicted New York ad executive to finding total mental silence.In this podcast, you will discover:The Smartphone Metaphor: Why your brain is sending you "notifications" (and how to silence them).The Flashlight Method: How to move your focus away from negativity instantly.Peaceful Witnessing: The 2-step process to end the cycle of impulsive behavior and addiction.The Tantrum Phase: What to do when your mind "kicks and screams" as you try to take control.Timestamp Chapters: 0:00 The Childhood Impulse Trap 1:14 Your Mind is a "Slave Driver" 3:08 The Ego's Favorite "Hero" Story 5:42 The Toddler with a Chainsaw 7:47 Mastering Your Attention 9:09 How to Witness Without Reacting 12:46 Is Your Brain a Smartphone? 16:00 My Personal Story: Overcoming 20 Shots of Espresso 18:31 Dealing with the "Mental Tantrum" 21:07 How to Create Your DestinyFor the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhat if you could become immune to criticism, insults, and the "monkeys" beating their chests around you? In this video, we explore why getting comfortable with being disliked is actually the ultimate secret to a peaceful life.Most of us spend our lives as "ants" caught in an intense internal conflict, reacting to every "flavor" of personality we encounter. Todd Perelmuter breaks down the psychology of the ego, explaining why yelling makes you lose your standing and how to reclaim your power through calm, firm presence.Key Takeaways:• The Ice Cream Theory: Why people’s preferences have everything to do with them and nothing to do with you.• The "Monkey" Trap: How reacting with anger diminishes your strength and keeps you in a cycle of dissatisfaction.• Unlearning the Yell: Todd shares his personal journey from growing up in a home of yelling to discovering spiritual stillness.• The Power of Pity: Why the most rational response to cruelty isn't rage—it's compassion for the person trapped in their own mind.If you’ve ever regretted losing your cool or felt crushed by someone else's words, this video is your manual for taking back control. Subscribe to join our journey toward a more peaceful, purposeful life.#Mindfulness #InnerPeace #PersonalGrowth #ToddPerelmuter #Ego #SelfMastery #PsychologyIn this podcast, I share my own struggles with being misunderstood. I talk about how I overcame people's lies, judgments, and cruelties. And I share the simple, profound, and easy ways we can all understand at the deepest level that other people's thoughts and words are none of our concern.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageMost of what hurts us… isn’t what people say.It’s what we believe about it.In this video, you’ll discover a deeper truth — one that goes beyond “handling criticism” or “staying positive.”A truth that changes how you experience every interaction.Because when you truly see what you are…there is nothing to defend, nothing to protect, and nothing that can be attacked.And from that place…peace is no longer something you try to maintain.It’s simply what remains.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe’ve been taught that success, money, and achievement will eventually make us happy.But no matter how much we reach, it never feels like enough.In this podcast, you’ll learn why ambition can’t give you lasting happiness — and how to shift your mindset so you can enjoy the journey instead of endlessly chasing the next goal.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageFamily drama can feel impossible to escape. Someone says something hurtful, crosses a boundary, or brings a storm of negativity into the room — and suddenly your peace is gone too.In this talk, we explore how to deal with difficult family members without stuffing down your emotions, exploding in anger, or losing yourself in the chaos. You’ll learn how to stop feeding the internal thought storm, set boundaries without rage, protect your peace around negativity, and accept people as they are without giving up your clarity or self-respect. Peace does not come from controlling everyone around you. It comes from learning how not to join the storm.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.Chapters:00:55 What's the best way to handle a difficult situation with a family member?07:27 How do you respond when family members disrespect your boundaries?14:30 How do you handle family drama without losing your peace?18:54 How do you protect your mental health when family members are constantly negative?24:36 How is it possible to not get into arguments when someone says something horrible?30:30 What should I do when my family doesn’t understand me?33:05 How do I handle a family member who always criticizes or judges me?35:39 How do I stop feeling guilty for distancing myself from certain family members?38:14 What if I am the only one trying to improve the relationship?40:36 How do I stop comparing my family to others that seem normal and peaceful?44:47 How do we deal with a family member who always plays the victim?48:37 How do I find peace when my family’s chaos never stops?For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageAt some point, we all wonder: Did I make the right choices in life?We replay the past, think about “what could have been,” and question whether we wasted time or missed our chance at a better life.But what if nothing actually went wrong?In this podcast, we explore how to stop regretting your life choices and finally make peace with the past. You’ll learn why overthinking, comparison, and attachment to expectations create suffering — and how shifting your attention to the present moment can bring clarity, gratitude, and real happiness. True peace doesn’t come from fixing the past or achieving a perfect future, but from understanding that your life was never supposed to follow a script.If you’ve been struggling with regret, second-guessing decisions, or feeling like you’re behind in life, this perspective can help you let go and move forward with more ease and confidence.Chapters: 00:01 – How do I stop feeling like I’ve wasted my life?20:45 – How do I stop comparing myself to what my younger self imagined how my life would be?24:16 – Can I still find happiness even if life didn’t go according to my plans?28:29 – How do I learn to love the person I have become?38:15 – How do I stay present when the past pulls at me and the future scares me?44:58 – How can I quiet my inner critic?Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe live in a world that tells us we should always be happy.So we smile, say we’re “doing great,” and hide what we’re really feeling — even from the people closest to us.But what if this constant pressure to be happy is actually making things worse?In this podcast, we explore how forcing happiness, avoiding discomfort, and chasing pleasure can create more suffering, not less. You’ll learn why unhappiness is not a failure, why trying to “fix” it can backfire, and how acceptance, awareness, and stillness can lead to a deeper, more natural sense of peace. The goal isn’t to be happy all the time — it’s to stop fighting what you feel and discover what’s already there beneath it.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhen a role ends — a job, a marriage, a season of parenthood, a version of yourself you carried for decades — it can feel like you are losing part of who you are. But the suffering does not come from change itself. It comes from attachment to what was never meant to last. This podcast episode is about how to let go of old identities, stop clinging to impermanent roles, and rediscover the deeper self that remains when everything else changes.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWatching someone we love suffer can be one of the most painful experiences in life. Often, it’s even harder than dealing with our own suffering.It becomes especially difficult when the person we love is contributing to their own pain — repeating harmful habits, resisting help, or undermining their own healing. We want to fix it. We want to save them. We want to change them.But the truth is that the harder we try to force change, the more resistance we often create.In this podcast, we explore a deeper and more compassionate way to support the people we care about — one that helps them without draining ourselves, creating conflict, or making the situation worse.You’ll learn:• Why trying too hard to help can sometimes increase suffering• How to support someone without losing your own peace• Why acceptance is often more powerful than pressure• How love without expectation creates space for real change• What we can and cannot control in the lives of othersThe more we accept people as they are, the more likely they are to change.Real help doesn’t come from force, control, or frustration. It comes from presence, patience, and love without conditions.Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do for someone we love is simply create the space where change becomes possible.If this podcast resonates with you, consider sharing it with someone who may need it.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageFeeling stuck is one of the most common human experiences.But what if the problem isn’t your job, your city, your relationship… or your circumstances?In this podcast, we explore why change doesn’t always create freedom — and how the mind can quietly trap us in the same patterns no matter where we go.There is a way out.And it starts somewhere unexpected.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhen someone hurts us or repeatedly creates conflict in our lives, we often hear the same advice online: “Cut them out.”Remove them. Block them. Never speak to them again.But cutting someone out doesn’t always free us.Sometimes it only means that they still live in our thoughts — still triggering anger, resentment, and pain whenever we remember them.In this talk, we explore a deeper and more peaceful alternative: letting go.Letting go doesn’t mean approving of harmful behavior.It doesn’t mean allowing someone to control your life.And it doesn’t mean you must keep someone close who brings chaos into your world.It means releasing the struggle to change them.It means allowing people to be who they are while protecting your own peace.It means leaving the door open without letting someone control the course of your life.In this podcast, we explore:• Why trying to change people often creates more conflict• The difference between cutting someone out and truly letting go• How acceptance can sometimes inspire change more than pressure• Why the “middle path” is often wiser than anger or indifference• How to love someone — even from a distance — without losing yourselfSometimes the most powerful thing we can do is stop fighting.When we release the need to control others, we free both them and ourselves.Love can remain.Peace can return.And life can move forward.If this message resonates with you, consider sharing it with someone who may need it.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe worry about our legacy.How we’ll be remembered.Whether we mattered.But what if that entire burden was imagined?What if the thing you’re stressing about… doesn’t actually exist the way you think it does?This podcast explores why we carry worries past our own lifetime — and what happens when we finally put them down.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageI am fascinated by those timeless thoughts that every generations ponders: Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life?For tens of thousands of years, humans have looked to the skies and wondered about these questions. And yet, after all that time, we're no closer to an answer. However, one key phrase keeps getting passed down: Know thyself.But what does it mean to know ourselves? Isn't who we are obvious? And how can we get to know ourselves?In this podcast, available as a video on YouTube, I share what it means to be human, why we got disconnected from our true selves, how to find our way back, and how to tap into the answers and powers within ourselves so we can stop wondering and start knowing.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe know that people will lie. We know that people will say hurtful things because they've been hurt. We know that what people say about us can have absolutely nothing to do with us. And we know that people judge, blame, and criticize in ways that have no relationship to the truth.So why then do their words hurt so much? Why do we suffer so deeply when people slander us? And why do we take things so personally that are in no way personal?It's because our mind can know something, but unless our subconscious mind and body know it too, we don't really know it. We only know it intellectually, but deep down in our gut we are clueless.In this podcast, I share my own struggles with being misunderstood. I talk about how I overcame people's lies, judgments, and cruelties. And I share the simple, profound, and easy ways we can all understand at the deepest level that other people's thoughts and words are none of our concern.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.Video podcasts are available at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddPerelmuter/podcastsFor the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageHow is it that so many kind, loving people can turn into rage monsters on the road? How can people who would never be unkind suddenly start screaming expletives at sweet old ladies?Road rage is no laughing matter. Kids and family members are affected by the rage. It spikes our blood pressure. And people die all the time in road related fights.To quit road rage, we have to first understand it. In today's podcast, I share the 3 root causes for road rage, my own personal struggles with it, and the 3 steps for overcoming it once and for all.How we drive is a reflection of how we go through life. This is how we can all be road warriors of peace.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageSlow down, close your eyes, and meditate on these reflections on consciousness, the universe, and our place in the cosmos.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageDoes being on the spiritual path mean that we will become lazy? How to be motivated AND be peaceful? Don't we need stress to succeed?In this podcast, I answer these questions and more. I dive into the topic of what it means to spiritually surrender. And I share the most powerful trick to achieving everything we could ever want in life with ease and joy.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe all know that expression, "One day I'll look back on this and laugh." Usually, it takes a few years. But is there a way to speed up that process? Is there a way to laugh and enjoy each moment as if we were looking back on it years from now?The key to why we can look back and laugh as something difficult is distance. Emotional, physical, and chronological distance. Distance gives us a feeling of safety, clarity, perspective. In this podcast, I share how we can all create instant distance so that life's unwanted surprises don't seem so significant. With distance, big events become small and manageable. Here is how to develop the most important skill for a peaceful life.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhat does it mean to be both finite beings in an infinite universe? Who are you? Who am I? How to sense oneness? What is eternity? What is our true nature?In this weekly short podcast, let's explore these answers and more — our infinite nature, how we merge back with reality, and why death isn't as scary as we think.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageThere is a stage of adulthood that no one talks about and no one prepares us for. It is the hardest stage to grow into. It is the stage we fear and try to avoid our whole life. But it's coming for all of us.No, it's not the mid-life crisis. It's the stage of becoming an elder. It doesn't mean we've turned 80. It means we no longer have an elder we can turn to for sage advice, and we have to step into that role ourself. It can happen when we're very young or very old, but there eventually comes a time, if we live long enough, when we become the one everyone leans on for support.In this podcast, I share 3 simple steps for how to step into this hard new role. I talk about how to face loneliness and being alone, old age and aging, and tapping into our inner strength and power. I discuss why it's painful, how to overcome it, and how to become the shining light of wisdom for ourself and others that we're all destined to be.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhen we realize the root cause of what is stealing our joy, it becomes easy to rip that cause out from the roots so that it never grows back. In this podcast, I share the #1 reason we are not loving life to the fullest. And I discuss how we can all start right here, right now.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageOur bodies respond to the thoughts in our head. We make choices because of our thoughts. And if we have a scary thought, we feel fear. If our thoughts are angry in nature, we feel anger. If we have worrying thoughts, we feel stressed and anxious. If they are positive, we feel good and happy.We think reality effects our thoughts, but it is our thoughts that create our reality. Most of us simply have an untrained mind. Our mind is our master. The ego runs the show.In this podcast, I talk about how our higher self can take back the reins of our mind. I discuss how our egos took control in the first place and the sneaky tricks it uses to hold on to power. And I share some simple solutions for taming the mind so that it becomes our loyal, helpful companion instead of our moody, needy, and impulsive boss.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe all have trouble thinking before we speak and act. We want to be present and flow, but we also want to be careful and thoughtful of what we do. So how do we think before we act and still be present? How do we stop impulsive behavior, giving into addiction and addictive urges, and reacting from anger or losing our temper?Why do we sometimes say something we don't mean, act impulsively, or hurt others unintentionally? And most importantly, how can we become aligned in our words, thoughts and actions so that we no longer have to watch we say and do?In this podcast, I share a simple but powerful 2-step process for maintaining our presence, our wisdom, and our peace and clarity so that we can always act in the most skilled and beneficial way that leads to longterm peace and wellbeing for ourself and our loved ones.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhy do we suffer from mean words? What is the real root cause of this suffering? Why do words directed at us hurt more than watching those same words on TV? What is getting hurt? And is there a way to stop getting angry and upset by the cruelty and unkindness of others?In this podcast, I do a deep dive into the root cause of this particularly difficult and all too common form of suffering. I talk about what role trauma plays in us getting triggered. And I share some simple but powerful ways to stay cool and calm in every situation.Sometimes people just want to push our buttons. They want to make us miserable. They want to tear us down. Here's how to be on guard and defend yourself.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageOne of the hardest times in anyone's life is when we lose someone who is still alive. Perhaps they cut us off, perhaps we cut them off, or perhaps it was mutual. But either way, the pain, regret, blame, and open wound of hope make this type of loss particularly difficult.There are countless books written about grief. When someone we love passes, friends and family offer their support. But when we lose the living, we often suffer alone. Taking time to grieve seems strange and futile. So what can we do when a hole is left in our heart by someone who still walks this earth?In this podcast, I share my own personal stories of family estrangement and family separation, abandonment and betrayal. I talk about what helped me get out of the darkest place of my life. I discuss the lessons I learned, what I wish someone had told me, and the healing that is possible.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageIs it possible to change? Why do we find it so hard? What prevents us from changing? And why do we keep failing?In this podcast episode, I share the answer to these questions and more. I share some personal stories of my own struggles. I talk about the nature of addiction, why we really get hooked, and most importantly, how to become free once and for all.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe are all searching for something. We are all on a journey. And to some extent, we all have a restless mind. It is the nature of being alive. We move, we age, we learn and we grow.The question is, what are we searching for? Are we staying focused or getting distracted? Are we getting closer or further away? And is it the right goal, the right destination we're moving toward, the place that will bring us the peace and happiness we seek?In this podcast, I share some common pitfalls on our journey through life. I talk about how we lose our way. And I give 2 simple steps to make sure we all reach our destination, and enjoy the journey along the way.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe've never had more ways to escape boredom than we do today. And yet, we've never been more impatient, anxious, and antsy. So why so much discontentment when we have so many ways to pass the time? Why such unhappiness despite having infinite entertainment in our pockets? And why are our attention spans shorter than ever?In this podcast, I share the truth about boredom. I discuss why we feel it, what it truly is, and how to end it once and for all.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageIf the unexamined life is not worth living, the unexamined mind is not worth having.Who are we? At the deepest sense of ourselves? What is this consciousness peering out at the world? And is it possible to turn our awareness back on itself?If we fail to look at ourselves, to understand who we truly are, to understand our unconscious thought patterns and habits, we are doomed to repeat our past, to live an unintentional life, and to keep making the same mistakes.But if we start to look within, we start to break those patterns. Our thoughts become conscious. Our actions becomes intentional. And soon, our life starts to resemble the one we've always dreamed. It all starts by looking within. In this podcast, I share how to do exactly that.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageSpirituality and success are not mutually exclusive endeavors. You don't have to give up all your possessions and move to a cave in India to meditate in solitude in order to find happiness. Steve Jobs showed us that you can be spiritual and successful. He showed us how spirituality can actually lead to greater success. And he shared how spirituality actually led to him being able to enjoy instead of losing himself in the insatiable desire for more.In this podcast, I share the 3 most important lessons Steve Jobs taught us about spiritual success. I discuss how we can all implement the lessons he learned for manifesting our dreams. And I talk about how to use spirituality for greater clarity, to handle stress better, and for tapping into our highest wisdom and creativity.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWords hurt. The unkind words and actions of others can hurt far worse than physical pain. Physical pain is fleeting, but disappointment, betrayal, disrespect and cruelty can last a lifetime and change us forever.So what can we do? Is there a way for other people's words and actions not to effect us? Is it truly possible to stay at peace, even when you're home for Thanksgiving with all the people who know exactly how to push your buttons?In this podcast, I share the real reason we get upset. I talk about how to keep our peace despite terrible circumstances. And I discuss what to do when we find ourselves in those unbearable situations.Once we understand why we lose our cool, keeping it becomes easy.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhy isn't peaceful oneness our natural way of being? Why does it seem so hard to break free from our fears and pain? Why do we fall for the illusion of separateness? Why is there even this illusion that makes us suffer and feel alone?In this podcast, I get to the heart of why our thinking causes us so much misery. I talk about why we fall for illusions. I discuss the root cause of internal and external conflict in this world. And I share simple ways to root out those causes so we can live a life of peace and joy. We don't need to have a perfect life. We simply need to realize it's already perfect.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageLife is made up of hard choices. It's those big moments that define our lives. It's not the outcome that matters. It's those precious moments where we get to decide which direction our life takes. We put so much pressure on ourselves to make the right decision, but we forget that it's the journey and freedom of having options that makes life so meaningful.The heart is always open to new possibilities, the gut guides us, but the mind stops us. We think the mind is being rational, but that rationality is fear in disguise. It stops us from moving forward and creating the beautiful life that is meant for us.In this podcast, I share the 3 reasons we have a hard time making decisions, 3 ways to overcome them, how to make wise choices, and how to keep going and growing no matter what happens.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhy are we here? Seriously, what's the point? Why is there a universe where we lose everyone we love and everybody dies? Why is there war and famine and widespread poverty? Is there a purpose? What purpose could there be for all this suffering? Is life a cruel joke?These are the age-old questions that have puzzled humans for thousands of years. But perhaps we've been looking for answers in the wrong places. In this podcast, I share why we're truly here, how to get through life's hardest times, and how to go from wondering why we're here to feeling blessed and grateful for this precious gift of human life.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhat can we do when the world is burning all around us? How can we stay hopeful when we are surrounded by hopelessness? What is the point of life when we have nothing to live for?I know that our world can sometimes feel dark, scary, lonely and meaningless. Every hundred years, nearly every single human will die. A slow moving apocalypse is coming for each of us. Our whole world will one day be shattered and destroyed. Everyone we know and love, gone. This is the nature of this physical universe — death and rebirth.So what can we do when we feel like we can barely breathe? Is there anything that can help us when we can't even get out of bed? What can possibly break us free from our endless cycle of negative thoughts and feelings?In this podcast episode, I share this one fundamental truth about our existence that can bring us peace no matter what we are going through. If we can remember this one simple fact when times get tough, we can make it through anything. It doesn't matter if we're in prison or a prison of our own mind, peace and inner freedom are possible.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhy do bad things happen to good people? Why do good things happen to bad people? And more importantly, why can we have everything in life and still feel empty inside?Is karma why some people seem to have all the luck? Is there cosmic justice in the afterlife? Some kind of Heaven or Hell? Is life totally random? Or is there some other explanation?In today's podcast, I explore these timeless topics. I talk about why life can seem unfair. And I share how we can all have the good life no matter who we are or what our circumstances are.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe can move forward from any mistakes. We can be freed from all regrets. And we can gain from both wisdom and courage. None of us are slaves to our past.The fact is, notions of regret and mistake live only in the mind. We did not choose our circumstances or our brains. These self-imposed prisons are merely illusions we carry with us.So many of us spend so much of our lives feeling regret for mistakes we've made in the past. It's part of life, to live and to learn. But the greatest mistake we could ever make is the one I share in this podcast.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageDoes every human being have Buddha nature and Hitler potential within them? Are we destined to exist within one of these extremes? Are we forced to live according to our programming — genetic, cultural and familial — or are we capable of rewriting our future? Do we all truly have the potential to achieve Buddhahood, Christ consciousness, and Krishna consciousness. And if so, how?The more we understand what makes a person who they are, the more we discover how to change ourselves. The more we change ourselves, the more we instinctively help others change and the more we can shape society into a more peaceful and loving place. Then soon we'll have a billion little Buddhas running around.In this podcast, I explore how we can escape those darker impulses of the human condition. I talk about how we can nurture those better angels of our nature. And I share how we can break free from our past to create a more incredible future.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageRelationships are both the greatest sources of happiness we can find in our lives, and the greatest sources of pain and suffering. Not only can relationships cause us tremendous heartache, but the lack or loss of them can be even more heart-wrenching.So what are we supposed to do? Live as hermits in solitude? Live as doormats to be taken advantage of? Live in constant conflict? Or is there a better way, a way we can enjoy the delights of companionship and skip the conflict and pain?In this podcast, I talk about a very important 3-step process for improving all our relationships. We can't control others, but if we follow these simple steps we can make a powerful change for ourselves and how we relate to others.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe all want our life to be all peaks all the time. We want maximum enjoyment, pleasure, satisfaction and achievement every moment of our waking lives. Even when we're asleep, we want the best dreams on the best mattress and sheets. We want to always be at the peak of the rollercoaster of life. We want to reach the peak of the mountain without doing the hard, grudging work to get there. Not only do we want it, but we've come to expect it. And that is one of the major causes of suffering in our modern and comfortable lives.In this podcast episode, I explore if living life a life of just peaks is possible, if it would actually be a good thing, and if it would truly make us happy. I talk about how we can shift our perspective so that we can appreciate those inevitable dips. I share the truth about the fleeting and unsatisfactory nature of peaks. And I discuss how we can learn to find the joy in every step we take on this beautiful journey of life.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhy do we give great advice to others and yet we have a hard time following it ourselves? What is the root cause of our own self-sabotage? Why do we keep making the same mistakes over and over again? And what can we do to break the cycle?In this podcast, I talk about why we keep failing to make positive changes and I share a simple 3-step process for breaking free from that inner voice that keeps giving us bad ideas.If we want to stop making life hard for ourselves, we have to get to the source of the problem. Exerting immense effort and discipline is exhausting and unsustainable. Only by understanding the true nature of self-sabotage can we free ourselves from this habit once and for all. Here is how to do exactly that.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe are all addicts. Every single one of us is addicted. And it's not to our phone, alcohol, food, work, substances, gambling, sex, shopping or whatever else you may think it is. Some of us are wild and out of control. And some of us are able to manage our addiction. But we all struggle, we exhaust ourselves putting forth tremendous effort to refrain, and in the end we either cave in or temporarily fight off. But we all have this one addiction, and it is the cause of all our other addictions.In this podcast, I share what this universal addiction is. I talk about how we get it, how to notice it, and how to free ourselves from it. This addiction is the root cause to all of our other addictions. It's why we often swap one addiction for another. It's why we can seem to have many addictions or an "addictive personality."As long as we focus on the symptoms of our addiction — the substances or the activities — we will never be free. When we get to the root cause of our addiction, all addictions effortlessly fade away. Here's how to do exactly that.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWho’s your best friend? Did you say yourself? You should, because there’s no one more important to you than you. You may think there is, but you can only experience other people through your own state of consciousness. So your state of consciousness is the most important determining factor for your relationships and your happiness in life.So how do you treat yourself? How do you talk to yourself? Are you loving and kind, or critical and harsh? Do you spend quality time with yourself uninterrupted and undistracted, or do you avoid yourself? Do you dread spending extended alone time with just yourself, or do you love it? The answer to this question is the real measure of your happiness. In this podcast, I talk about the nature of our relationship with ourselves. I share 3 simple but powerful steps for improving that relationship. I talk about a practical tool that a shaman in Peru taught me for giving ourselves some much needed self-love. And I share how we can deepen our relationship with ourself in a way that improves our relationships with everyone around us.Remember, if the source of happiness was on top of the world's tallest mountain or at the bottom of the deepest ocean, it would have been discovered long ago and everyone would make a pilgrimage to this place. But instead, the universe put that source of happiness in the last place anyone would think to look — within.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageThere is an epidemic sweeping the world. You may have it and not even know it.That disease is called denialism, and it's not just psychological. It manifests as physical symptoms and can negatively impact every aspect of our life.We live in a world where appearances matter more than truth. We are rewarded if we can shove down our pain, ignore our stress, and drown our sorrows. But when all of those problems bubble under the surface, eventually they explode.Denial is one of the major, if not the number one cause, of chronic pain, addiction, mental crises, anger outbursts, and many of the physical disorders and diseases in our world.The fact is, we need to feel to heal. We need to address what's going on beneath the surface so that we can release it in a healthy way. In this podcast, I share how to do exactly that.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhat if your entire life is being shaped by wounds you don’t even know you have?Most of us carry emotional scars buried so deep, we’re not even aware they exist. And because we don’t see them, we don’t know we need healing—let alone how to begin.Trauma isn’t always dramatic. Sometimes, it’s subtle. It’s the weight of things unspoken, inherited pain passed down from generations, childhood moments that left marks, or a society that never taught us how to feel safe.The real issue? Our world doesn’t teach us how to heal. It teaches us to distract, to numb, to escape. And so we go on, letting the past quietly control the present.In my latest podcast, I share a simple but powerful 3-step process for healing emotional wounds. It’s a way to break the cycle—for yourself, and for those around you.You don’t have to live stuck in pain.You don’t have to pass it on.Here’s how to start healing—even if you don’t know where to begin.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhen we look around and see the suffering in this world, it can be easy to wonder what the point of life is. But it is not our world that shows us the suffering. It is our mind.When we are happy, we notice the kindness and beauty in this world. When we are in pain, we only see the bad stuff.In today's podcast, I talk about how we can change our mindset, not to tune out the world's problems, but because only by changing our level of consciousness can we actually create real and lasting change in this beautiful world.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhy do we exist? Are we here to suffer? Is life a tragedy? Or, is life a cosmic joke? Are we the punchline? Is the joke on us? Sometimes, it's easy to wonder why we are here on this Earth if life is so full of suffering. But one thing is clear; there is a way out of this suffering. The more seriously we take life, the more we suffer. The more attached we are to the physical world, the more we suffer. And the more consumed we are by desire, the more we suffer.Only when we tap into the spiritual dimension, can we find the everlasting joy and humor in the physical one.In today's podcast, I share how we can connect to the deeper reality of our existence. I talk about how to stop taking life so seriously, how to develop a sense of humor about it all, and how to release the immense and needless pressure we put on ourselves.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageOur friends, family, neighbors, community, society and the media all tell us what makes a perfect life. It's inescapable. We're supposed to graduate at 18, go to college, get rich, get married, get a house and 2.5 kids all by the time we're 30. We're supposed to remain in the same profession until we retire at 60. And if we do it all just right, we'll be happy.But human beings are not all the same. What if following the plans of someone else doesn't make us happy? What if our life doesn't line up with society's schedule? How can we follow our own path without letting down our parents and family? And how can we be sure we'll find happiness on an uncharted journey into the complete unknown?In this podcast, I talk about these questions and more. I discuss what prevents us from being truly happy, why we feel the need to follow someone else's path, and how we can discover the bigger life that was meant for us. I share how to overcome the fear that stops us. And I talk about how to stop always comparing our life to other people's and to what could've been, so we can enjoy the one and only brief ride we have on this remarkable planet.00:00 Introduction 01:41 Dealing with fear06:38 Missing out09:20 3 ways to handle FOMO11:48 I got FOMO (and here's how I handled it)14:31 Every story needs a dragonPlease enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWhat is life? What is reality? What is our place in the Universe? Why are we here and what does it all mean? And how can we best go about navigating this chaotic world so that we can have a peaceful life? I answer these questions and more in today's podcast.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

Send me a messageWe spend most of our waking lives focused on the world around us. All day we look around, giving all of our attention to what we see and hear. We spend our days trying to control our external circumstances, we blame people and our situations for our how we feel, all while neglecting our inner world.But, it is in fact our inner world that creates our external world. The outer world will always be outside of our control, but the world of our thoughts and emotions is the one place we can actually learn to control. And remarkably, when we master our mind, we become more effective at mastering the world.In this podcast, I share why we need to spend some more time focused on our inner life, I talk about how we can become free from the mindless whims of our ego, and I share the secret to how we can change the world starting from within.Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundleIf my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the PodcastAnd if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.