In this episode we discuss:

• The first step to dealing with difficult emotions is seeing and accepting what’s there
• How practicing mindfulness expands your window of tolerance
• Tools to help us remember the vastness
• Remembering that our story is always changing
• How we are bound to experience both the beauty and pain in life
• The importance of compassion
• How there are many simple practices to transform our heart and mind
• Choosing the best spiritual practices based on what we’re drawn to
• The possibility of seeing the Buddha-nature in every human being
• The refuge in community and how we need each other
• Trusting that we’re part of something bigger than ourselves
• Learning to trust our inner knowledge, heart, and body
• Accepting our fear and understanding that growth comes after fear
• The doubting mind and our capacity to recognize it
• Learning to not judge the thoughts that come up in meditation
• How we all have the seeds of awakening within us