Balancing Care for Self & Others: Buddha's Advise

A particularly difficult human challenge involves trying to balance a desire to be there for others – both those in our personal lives and in our society in general – and a desire to offer ourselves our own self-care. When these two needs are unbalanced, we and others tend to suffer because of it, largely based on the degree of the imbalance. Gratefully, the Buddha offered us many ways that we could address these competing needs through our mindfulness meditation practice, and develop a sense of peace and ease for both self, and others. This talk explores some of his most important teachings on this topic. It includes a meditation at the end.

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Balancing Care for Self & Others: Buddha's Advise is an episode from Shell Fischer's Podcast by Mindful Shenandoah Valley.

This episode is 46:14 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

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