Unlocking True Happiness Podcast

Dec 7, 2023

Holding Space: Staying Present in Difficult Times

with special guest Deborah Eden Tull Back by popular demand, Deborah Eden Tull joins Tenzin for a timely conversation about how to hold...

Aug 18, 2023

Let's Play!

We're often led to believe that our highly-structured, thinking-oriented sides are what make us human, that "hard work" is of value above...

Jun 26, 2023

The Power of the Apology

No matter how mindful we are of our thoughts, speech and actions, being human means that we can sometimes act unwisely or hurt someone's...

Jun 5, 2023

Find Hope through Tending to Relationships

Join Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers, and Tenzin for the second part of their conversation about Nina’s new book and her important...

May 2, 2023

Nature, Culture and the Sacred

with special guest Nina Simons In this episode, Tenzin speaks to Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers and author of Nature, Culture and...

Apr 10, 2023

Gratitude's Gifts

In this episode, Tenzin explores the many gifts that gratitude can bring to our lives, helping to offset our natural negativity bias and...

Mar 19, 2023

Luminous Darkness Part 2

featuring Deborah Eden Tull In this episode, Tenzin continued her conversation with Zen meditation teacher, author, activist and...

Feb 22, 2023

Making a Case for Compassion

with special guest Sara Schairer This month, we are excited to have Sara Schairer, compassion educator, as our guest. Sara Schairer is...

Jan 19, 2023

Unlocking Compassion with Equanimity

with Dr. Joey Weber Mindfulness meditation has become wildly popular in the last decade or two, and is taught in places as diverse as...

Dec 21, 2022

The Unexpected Gifts of Groundlessness

The Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron says, in relation to contemplative practice, “We are being encouraged to remain open to the present...

Nov 22, 2022

Luminous Darkness - featuring Deborah Eden Tull

Darkness is deeply misunderstood in today’s world; yet it offers powerful medicine, serenity, strength, healing, and regeneration. All...

Oct 17, 2022

Reclaiming Joy

What is the role of joy on the spiritual path? The bodhisattva path and the path of compassion require us to have an awareness of the...

Aug 26, 2022

Cultivating Emotional Balance with Dr. Eve Ekman

Our emotions bring us our greatest joys and our deepest sorrows. We wouldn't survive without them, and yet they can also cause us to harm...

Jul 18, 2022

The Case for American Pluralism

The motto of the United States, E pluribus unum (“Out of Many, One”) speaks to a pluralistic democracy with protections for every...

Jun 20, 2022

Acceptance is not Complacency

In these uncertain times, our roles as individuals in the sweeping events washing over the world stage can feel deeply unclear, sometimes...

Jun 1, 2022

Words Matter: The Power of Skillful Speech

The concept of Right Speech (or "Skillful Speech") is core to many Buddhist teachings about how to live an ethical life and avoid causing...

May 16, 2022

The Four Virtues of the Heart

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has often commented that the foundation of Buddhist practice is cultivating a good heart. As important as...

May 2, 2022

The Neuroplasticity of Perception

We’re raised to believe that our perceptions of the world around us has an objective quality, but both Buddhism and modern neuroscience...

Apr 19, 2022

How to Change Your Mind

Our perceptions of “reality” are much more subjective than we often think. In this episode, we will talk about both Buddhist and modern...

Mar 31, 2022

The Power of Interconnection

The COVID pandemic has led many of us to feel the hidden epidemic of loneliness more acutely than ever, yet loneliness is not much...

Mar 20, 2022

Mindfulness of Our Motivations

In this episode, Ven Tenzin explores the Eight Worldly Concerns, a set of four dyads that correspond to many of the deeply held hopes and...

Feb 22, 2022

Compassionate Conversations with special guest Sunil Joseph

In this special episode of Reflections on Buddhism, we’re joined by Sunil Joseph, an empathy coach, mindfulness teacher and lifelong...

Feb 7, 2022

The Path to Genuine Happiness

Capitalist consumer culture puts a huge emphasis on finding happiness in the external world. But, this hedonic happiness is shown, both...

Jan 21, 2022

Getting Un-Hooked: Discomfort, Suffering and Consumer Culture

The first Noble Truth of Buddhism is popularly translated as “life is suffering,” which is often misunderstood as a fatalistic view of a...