How to Train a Happy Mind

You Are Good, You Are Enough with Lodro Rinzler #221

What if that voice telling you you’re broken or fundamentally flawed is wrong? That’s the radical message of today’s guest, Buddhist teacher and best-selling author Lodro Rinzler. His new book is called Your Good, You Are Enough. Lodro teaches a powerful idea from Tibetan Buddhism called basic goodness, that beneath all our self-doubt, anger, and anxiety, there’s something awake and whole already present in us. It sounds like a self-help slogan, but in fact, it’s something we can directly experience ourselves in meditation and in everyday life. In this conversation, Lodro talks about how to trust your own goodness without using this powerful idea as an excuse to avoid growth. And how to see goodness in difficult people without excusing harm. Episode #221: You Are Good, You Are Enough with Lodro Rinzler [https://www.skepticspath.org/podcast/you-are-good-you-are-enough-with-lodro-rinzler-221/] If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community [https://www.trainahappymind.org/] with Scott. 🙏 Help us stay ad-free [https://www.skepticspath.org/support/] 📲 Follow us on socials [https://linktr.ee/trainahappymind]

Guided Meditation: Alone Together #13 [rebroadcast]

The essence of meditation is getting to know yourself alone, without social stimulus, entertainment, or reputation—what we truly are deep inside ourselves. There, we can find in our mind a place of satisfaction that’s equally at ease when we’re alone or when we’re with others. Episode 13: Guided Meditation — Alone Together [https://www.skepticspath.org/podcast/episode-13-guided-meditation-alone-together/] If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community [https://www.trainahappymind.org/] with Scott. 🙏 Help us stay ad-free [https://www.skepticspath.org/support/] 📲 Follow us on socials [https://linktr.ee/trainahappymind]

What Do You Do When You're Alone? #14 [rebroadcast]

What do you do when you’re alone? When you’re scared, anxious, lonely, or afraid, when you feel strong craving? What do you turn to?  In this episode, we look at where our mind runs when we feel pain, when we don’t feel balanced or whole. We’ll examine the Buddhist view on this subject that reveals a deep source of strength and support within our own minds accessible to each of us any time we need it. Episode 14:  What do You do When You're Alone? [re-record] [https://www.skepticspath.org/podcast/episode-14-what-do-you-do-when-youre-alone/] If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community [https://www.trainahappymind.org/] with Scott. 🙏 Help us stay ad-free [https://www.skepticspath.org/support/] 📲 Follow us on socials [https://linktr.ee/trainahappymind]

Preciousness of Human Life Form: A Guided Meditation with Robert Thurman #220

This guided meditation by Tibetan teacher Dr. Robert Thurman invites you to explore one of the most profound ideas in contemplative practice: the rarity and potential of being human. Through breath, visualization, and focused awareness, you’ll gently shift your attention inward to the center of your being, connecting with a deeper level of consciousness often overlooked in daily life. From this still point, the meditation expands your perspective, helping you reflect on the nature of awareness, your connection to other living beings, and the unique capacity you have for insight, empathy, and growth. Episode 220: Preciousness of Human Life Form: A Guided Meditation with Robert Thurman [https://www.skepticspath.org/podcast/preciousness-of-human-life-form-a-guided-meditation-with-robert-thurman-220/] If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community [https://www.trainahappymind.org/] with Scott. 🙏 Help us stay ad-free [https://www.skepticspath.org/support/] 📲 Follow us on socials [https://linktr.ee/trainahappymind]

Can AI Teach Happiness? Meet Dharma Bob: Robert Thurman’s AI Avatar #219

Can an AI really teach us how to have a happy life? Robert Thurman, one of the most respected Buddhist scholars, thinks it's possible—and he's testing out the idea with an AI avatar of himself called Dharma Bob that was just released. Scott got a chance to sit down with both of them last week to have a chat about enlightenment, the benefits of AI, compassion, and Buddhism. Episode 219: Can AI Teach Happiness? Meet Dharma Bob: Robert Thurman’s AI Avatar  [https://www.skepticspath.org/podcast/dharma-bob-219/] If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community [https://www.trainahappymind.org/] with Scott. 🙏 Help us stay ad-free [https://www.skepticspath.org/support/] 📲 Follow us on socials [https://linktr.ee/trainahappymind]