In this episode, I speak with Dr. Dan Siegel. He is a clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute.
Dr. Siegel has written 16 books and multiple New York Times best sellers, including Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation and The Whole Brain Child (two of my favorites). However, most of our conversation covers topics in his new book, Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence…
In this episode, I speak with comic book artist and author Yumi Sakugawa. Yumi’s book, Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With The Universe has made it onto a couple of my book recommendation lists. It’s a gem. It takes abstract and sometimes esoteric spiritual concepts and puts them into simple, playful language.
A good portion of our conversation is centered around one of the ideas in that book: having cake and tea with your demons. This is a metaphor for the spiritual and philosophical idea that, instead of avoiding the dark or undesirable parts of yourself, you should face them…
Yung Pueblo is a writer, meditator and speaker. Lately, I've been reading his book Inward, a profound collection of insights about letting go of emotional pain, practicing self-love, and understanding oneself.
Today I talk with Yung Pueblo about emotional history -- what it is and how it relates to cultivating inner peace. I ask him what it was like to go on a 45-day silent meditation retreat, what his meditative practice looks like, what resources he recommends, how he got started on this path, and more.
You can connect with Yung Pueblo on Instagram @Yung_Pueblo. His book, Inward is available on Amazon.
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The meaning behind the name Yung Pueblo (5:30)
How he got started writing (12:00)
His idea of liberation and the goal of meditation (13:15)
How he started on this path of meditation and healing (16:00)
His first experience with meditation (19:00)
How our emotional history affects our behavior (24:50)
Other strategies for cultivating inner peace: diet (30:15)
His experience with a 30-day silent retreat (35:15)
A common myth of meditation and personal development (38:40)
Other tools for meditation and mindfulness (50:30)
What has contributed to his inner peace the most (56:35)
Book recommendations (1:08:30)
Inward by Yung Pueblo
Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
Don Hoffman episode on the Think Grow Podcast
Hua Hu Ching by Lao Tzu
The Art of Dying by S. N. Goenka and Virginia Hamilton
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Yung Pueblo's Instagram page @yung_pueblo
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Ruben Chavez is a writer, personal development educator, and host of The Think Grow Podcast. His Instagram account, ThinkGrowProsper, has amassed over 3 million followers. Along with his blog, these platforms are his way of inspiring and connecting with thoughtful, creative, and ambitious people just like you.
