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The intention is to awaken, enlighten, enrich and inspire. Timber Hawkeye, bestselling author of Buddhist Boot Camp and Faithfully Religionless, offers a secular approach to being at peace w...
The more consistently you take ownership of your inner world, the less you try to outsource your well-being. It starts by noticing how often...
We are all taught a language, but we are not taught how to communicate, which is the reason for so many arguments and misunderstandings. Whe...
Trying to control someone is not the same as loving or caring for them. True compassion respects autonomy; it does not try to engineer outco...
Don't ignore the past, but don't cling to it, either. We are not what has happened in our lives, nor anything we have done, we are who we ch...
Imagine the inner-peace that comes from no longer trying to convince anyone of anything. What would happen if you choose NOT to argue? The m...
To avoid being self-obsessed and desperately seeking the approval of others, Buddhism invites us to remain focused on WHO we are (our charac...
To practice the timeliness of mindful speech, I personally use the W.A.I.T acronym, which stands for "Why Am I Talking?" It serves as a remi...
We all have bind spots, and I was recently made aware of one of my own. Since I'm committed to being honest and transparent, it's important...
The reason we frequently argue, fight, and get so easily frustrated, is not because we don't understand each other, it's because we think we...
Are you brave enough to see yourself without any of the masks you wear at work, at church, on social media, or wherever you claim to have mo...
Even when we can't control our thoughrts, we can still control the quality of our thoughts. And since we are more deeply affected by our tho...
Feeling overwhelmed is not a reason to overreact or act in a way that isn't in line with your core values. If you don't know what to do, it'...
If you don't define what "enough" means to you, you will never HAVE enough, and you will never feel like you ARE enough. You can't change th...
Just like all the water in the ocean can't sink a ship unless the water gets inside the boat, all the negativity and toxicity in the world w...
It's in your best interest to increase your tolerance. Avoid wishing for things to be different than they are because comparison, attachment...
Whether you are full of love and kindness or rage and judgment, that's what's going to spill out of you when life gets rough. So, be mindful...
This is NOT about smoke detectors or scared birds, listen between the lines, it's not only about understanding other people, it's about unde...
Focus on your health, and watch all the opinions that we tend to fret and argue about become trivial in comparison because nothing is more i...
If we don't say YES authentically, we say yes resentfully. And whenever we say we "have to" do something, we identify as victims, instead of...
Are we only compassionate to an extent and then turn cold? Do we have a sense of compassion for wounds we can see but not others? Where do w...
In times of despair, it is important to remember that our current situation is not our final destination. To get through the darkness, I hav...
What is the meaning of Integrity? How do you define it? And do you have the courage to build your life around your answer?
Once we understand the difference between Judgment and Discernment, we understand the difference between Equity and Equality. Whenever I fin...
We claim to fully understand what we have only partially experienced, and we dismiss other people's reality as invalid if it contradicts our...

Understand your feelings and keep track of patterns that influence your emotional responses in life. O ver time, you will learn to regulate...
As long as I think there is a war inside of me, the battle will continue, but struggle is not a requirement. We can call a truce, enter a pe...
What would life look like if we stopped beating ourselves up with guilt and shame, and started loving ourselves unconditionally?
Spiritual practice is not what happens at church or on the meditation cushion (that's spiritual ritual), Spiritual Practice is how you behav...
Don't believe everything you think because the mind can play tricks on you. Familiarize yourself with some of the mind's shenanigans, and yo...
When you can't understand why people do what they do (whether it's someone you know or atrocities on the news), try this shift in outlook, a...
Your home and your friendships, relationships, or marriage, are to be your safe haven and happy place, not another battle you have to fight....
My nose was congested when recording this on the first day I finally felt well enough to tape this episode. If you don't make time for your...
Can Buddhists be activists? How? And to what end?
This is a coping skill when we are overwhelmed by a strong feeling that overshadows everything else. My takeaway: if it's not time to hit th...
We are all wounded in ways we don't always understand or even know about. You sometimes can't even see the wound, but you still experience i...
Everything is in a constant state of change, and sometimes it can be very difficult for many of us to keep up. Resistance creates suffering,...
Some people will like you, others will hate you, and neither would have anything to do with you. All Buddhist Boot Camp Podcast episodes are...
A worry that comes up in your mind is like getting a phone call from an unknown number. When you don't have all the information, you can jus...
I found myself surprisingly motivated by pessimistic thoughts, driven to action by what I previously thought was a "negative" perspective, b...
That which we don't like about someone else is often what we dislike about ourselves. So, next time someone triggers you, think to yourself...
What you DON'T do is as important as what you do (if not more so). So, instead of thinking you need to do MORE of something in order to be m...
Does the way you cope with one challenge cause another problem down the line, sometimes even bigger than the initial difficulty with which y...
You get upset with people as if life has a script and they need to play along. There is no script. And nobody is under contract to act accor...
If we chase happiness by seeking sense pleasures and avoiding unpleasant sensations, attachment to wealth and praise, or aversion to loss an...
Nothing hurts the same way forever, though sometimes it seems right that it should. Gauge your pain by monitoring its intensity, frequency,...
When we are emotionally triggered, we get tunnel vision and only see things from our perspective. We feel so wronged that our brains actuall...
It's not literally about the people upstairs, it's about the few who make decisions that affect the many.
Is it possible to pay too much attention and lose perspective? Let's not miss the forest for the trees, nor the trees for the forest.
Understing what's going on with people who don't walk the talk. Are they hypocritical or reasonable? Is it possible for us to be driven by c...
Get curious about the many paths up this mountain of life, not just the trail most traveled. Neurodivergents are also known as being on the...