You Can Stop Fixing Yourself: Buddhist Advice on Boundaries, Rituals, and Dropping Your Self-Aggression | Susan Piver
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You Can Stop Fixing Yourself: Buddhist Advice on Boundaries, Rituals, and Dropping Your Self-Aggression | Susan Piver

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 19, 20261 hr 2 min

Plus: Why you're a "mystic" even though you don't know it, how to find the "magic" in meditation, and the power of simple apologies (and cleaning the dishes). Susan Piver is a 30 year student of Tibetan Buddhism, New York Times bestselling author, and founder of The Open Heart Project, an online meditation community with close to 20,000 members. Her latest book is Inexplicable Magic: Meditation for Mystics. In this episode we talk about: Why meditation's real payoff can't be explained The crucial difference between mindfulness and awareness Why you can't think your way into oneness T...

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Hello everybody, welcome to the 10% happier podcast. I'm your host Dan Harris. Normally, given the fact that I'm a skeptical guy and an agnostic, when somebody uses the word magic, I get hives. However, when somebody I trust and respect uses that word with all of its metaphysical connotations, I actually get interested. Such is the case with my guest today, Susan

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Piver, who is a Buddhist teacher and a best selling author and a frequent flyer right here on this show. Susan has a new book and it's called Inexplicable Magic. So what the hell is that about?

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Let's bring in Susan Piver. Susan, welcome back to the show. Thank you. I am so happy to be back and it is so good to see you.

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