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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

Dec 20, 2021

Cultivating Courage

In popular culture, courage is often portrayed as loud and showy, and patience as passive and inactive. Yet, in Buddhist philosophy,...

Nov 29, 2021

The Perfection of Patience

Patience, or forbearance, is taught as one of the six perfections, the six main practices of a bodhisattva (a being who is dedicated to...

Nov 1, 2021

Living with Awareness: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Mindfulness practice has become increasingly popular in recent years, and is being taught not only to Buddhist practitioners in...

Oct 21, 2021

The Art of Forgiveness

Many of us are drawn to the practices of compassion and loving-kindness, but we still struggle with forgiveness of those who have hurt...

Oct 1, 2021

The Awe-Altruism Link

Awe is that sense of wonder felt in the presence of something vast that transcends one’s understanding of the world. People commonly...

Aug 22, 2021

In Search of Your Self

The Buddha famously taught the doctrine of selflessness. But what does this mean? Doesn’t modern psychology urge us to have a healthy...

Jul 26, 2021

The Six Varieties of Love

Social connection is one of the most fundamental sources of happiness for us, but psychologists report that we are in the middle of an...

Jul 12, 2021

The Magic of Interconnection

and How it Makes Us Happier In almost every discipline from biology to economics to sociology, we are taught that the world is set up as...

Jun 27, 2021

What's Shame Got to Do with It?

Exploring Shame, Contempt and Disgust through a Contemplative Lens with Dr. Eve Ekman. Most of us would do almost anything to avoid...

Jun 16, 2021

Practicing Community Care

Everywhere we turn these days, we are encouraged to practice self-care. But is this something we only do in isolation, with a day at the...

Jun 3, 2021

Testing the Waters of Love with Greg Morris

In this episode, Ven. Tenzin interviews Greg Morris, diversity consultant, filmmaker, compassion educator, and meditator. In this...