For episode 251, Ethan Nichtern returns to the Metta Hour to talk about his new book, Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds.

Ethan is a contemporary Buddhist teacher and the host of The Road Home Podcast. He is the author of several books, including The Road Home, and has been featured by CNN, NPR, the New York Times, Vogue, and Business Insider, and more.

In this conversation, Sharon and Ethan discuss:

• What Ethan’s been up to the past 7 years
• What inspired Ethan’s new book
• The image of tube people
• The dichotomy of hope/fear
• The eight vicissitudes
• Ethan’s definition of equanimity
• Holding Your Seat
• Learning to stay with your own mind
• The positive sense of pride
• Confidence as self-respect
• Building confidence if trauma is present
• Window of Tolerance
• The Four Powers of Confidence
• Ethan’s life as a Dad

Ethan closes the conversation with a guided meditation on Raising Windhorse. You can learn more about Ethan’s work and get a copy of his new book, Confidence, right here. Listen to Ethan’s Road Home Podcast right here.

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For episode 250, Reggie Hubbard returns to the Metta Hour podcast to talk about Election Stress.

Reggie is a certified yoga and meditation teacher and the founder/chief serving officer of Active Peace Yoga. He has taught Members of Congress, Congressional Staff, major labor unions, leading progressive organizations, and individuals from all walks of life the simple tools for managing stress and bringing peace to mind, body, and spirit. Reggie’s life work sits at the intersection of bringing more peace and balance to activists; guiding the wellness community toward being more engaged, concerned citizens; and enhancing the well-being of all walks of life.

Join Sharon for a 7-day online course that helps us reclaim kindness as the superpower it truly is. Distilling over 50 years of Buddhist teaching into practical, accessible and actionable lessons, Sharon’s course points us to the core of what it means to be alive, connected, and whole. Learn more: Kindness In A Fractured World

In this conversation, Sharon and Reggie discuss:

• Reggie’s recent health emergency
• Finding agency to take action
• Life is not a race
• Recovery process
• Voting is a sacred act
• Life in the margins
• Working w/ intense emotions
• Reggie’s work with systems
• Boundaries are our friends
• The sanctity of your nervous system
• Grounding into the body
• Lovingkindness in activism
• Less pointing fingers, more opening arms
• Equanimity supporting the process
• A daily wellness election checklist
• Sharon’s Ishta Deva, Lady Liberty

Reggie closes the conversation with a healing sound meditation. You can learn more about Reggie’s work right here.

For Election Resources from Sharon, click right here.

You can check out Reggie’s previous appearance on the Metta Hour Podcast in Episode 201 right here, that was part of our Mental Health Series.

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For episode 249, Anu Gupta returns to the Metta Hour to speak about his new book, “Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From and - the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them.”

Anu is an educator, lawyer, scientist, and the founder and CEO of BE MORE with Anu, an education technology benefit corporation that trains professionals across corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors to advance DEIB and wellness by breaking bias. His first book, “Breaking Bias” is now available from Hay House.

In this episode, Anu and Sharon discuss:

• How Anu became interested in science
• Anu’s childhood being marginalized
• The Dalai Lama writing the foreword for Anu’s book
• Why Anu chose to write a book
• Working with Oprah & Isabel Wilkerson
• Neuro-decolonization
• Growth Mindset
• Anu’s PRISM system
• The neuroscience behind PRISM
• The impact of lovingkindness meditation on Anu
• Stereotypes: what they are and how they affect
• The Night of Buddha’s enlightenment

Anu closes the conversation with a guided lovingkindness meditation. You can learn more about Anu’s work at Be More with Anu and get a copy of “Breaking Bias” on his website right here.

Join Sharon for a 7-day online course that helps us reclaim kindness as the superpower it truly is. Distilling over 50 years of Buddhist teaching into practical, accessible and actionable lessons, Sharon’s course points us to the core of what it means to be alive, connected, and whole. Learn more: Kindness In A Fractured World

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