Meditation for the Masses takes meditation and mindfulness out of Buddhist monasteries, expensive retreat centers, and corporate America, and brings it to the stuff that most of us deal with day in, day out—work, relationships, and politics. Hosted by meditation teacher and political writer Jeremy M…
I didn’t grow up religious, but I’ve recently fallen in love with saying a little prayer before meals. Not a prayer, really. Some words of gratitude. Here's how it's transforming my friendships. Please rate my podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help being more mindful? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
If you’re like me, you might believe that you must earn love by what you do, produce, accomplish. So you always feel burned-out. Or maybe you believe you’ll lose yourself by getting too close to someone. So you avoid deep relationships. Here's how to flip the script. Please rate my podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
When I’m really burned out from my work taking on billionaires and private prison executives, a meditation retreat really recharges me. Here's what I've learned from doing retreats. Please rate my podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
This talk was recorded in the fall of 2020. But very little has changed since then, considering we live in a precarious, alienating, often violent capitalist society. Please rate my podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
This talk was recorded just before the election. But what I talk about in it can be applied to any political crisis. Even white supremacists storming the U.S. Capitol. Please rate my podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
The air freezing. Wind gusting. Tumbleweeds rolling down my street. That’s what winter during a pandemic looks like in my mind. I’ve read all the lists to prepare for a likely second wave of COVID-19. My workout routine is solid. Therapy is going well. But none of it feels like enough. Part of me is terrified about being even more isolated. Another part of me is in denial, like that meme with the dog saying, “This is fine,” as the house burns around him. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
It really does feel like half the country likes having a racist, misogynist reality TV show star as president. Or they’re willing to tolerate him to “own the libs.” But are Trump supporters really all that different from me? Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I recently heard someone tell a story that made me feel less powerless about the country's political situation — at least at first. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I often find myself wanting to punch Trump supporters in the face. I want to hold them down and force feed them the awareness that the rich and powerful are swindling them. But that feels shitty. Not because it’s wrong of me to want to do those things. Because hate burns. It tenses up my shoulders and my gut. It makes me forget to breathe, to feel my feet on the ground. Hating ends up hurting me. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
One of my favorite recent movies is the documentary “Free Solo” (2018), in which Alex Honnold climbs the 3,000-foot El Capitan rock wall without a rope. But my favorite scene isn’t when he summits. Or when he shows off the van he lives in so he can focus on climbing. Or any of the times he nearly falls. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
It’s okay that you want Trump to die from COVID-19. It’s also okay if you feel bad for him, like you would anyone suffering. Your internal world isn’t social media. There’s no “right” or “woke” feeling. There’s room inside of you for all your thoughts and feelings. Infinite space for resentment, sadness, anger, disbelief, apathy. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
As social worker and author Brené Brown says, "The most compassionate people I’ve interviewed over the past 13 years were absolutely the most boundaried … loving and generous and really straightforward with what’s okay and what’s not okay." Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I was catching up with a therapist friend recently when a light bulb went off in my mind: Meditation is harm reduction. It doesn’t solve the deeper emotional issues that cause many of our problems. But it helps us feel a little better in the here and now. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Our endless fears, worries, and resentments make life harder. But what if—like the Tibetan Buddhist teacher Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche once put it—we could turn our unsettled mind into an ally? Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Where did my tendency to hustle and strive and work all the time come from? Why am I almost always planning and worrying about the future? Why can’t I rest more often? Why am I afraid to fully let go and relax? Why am I constantly standing on the balls of my feet, leaning headfirst into the future? Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Ever heard of the concept of projection? It's a powerful psychological phenomenon that impacts pretty much every aspect of your life. Here's how to work with it. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I meditate because otherwise I’d overlook the small things that are practice for the big things. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
As James Clear has documented, stopping a habit or starting a healthy one is often easiest when broken down into continuous small improvements. “All big things come from small beginnings,” he writes. “The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision.” Avoiding shame, I believe, is the most powerful “single, tiny decision” we can make. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
So much is up in the air. Protests. A pandemic. The economy. A fascist president provoking his base with dog whistles about “law and order.” But—as it always is—the truth is in the uncertainty. It’s down there in the muck. It’s in noticing the urge to control and then letting go. It’s in the “I don’t know.” Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Whenever I feel guilt about my place in society, I turn my attention to solidarity. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Right now, there’s plenty of pain to go around — a pandemic, job loss, cramped homes, uncertainty. Anxiety, grief, anger, and other negative emotions are rampant. But all that unavoidable pain doesn’t stop us from adding another layer of pain, suffering. Here's how to stop. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
There’s just so much to be angry about right now. Trump is a selfish, bumbling media savant who manages to stay in the spotlight while doing almost nothing. The Democratic Party is yet again failing to offer a real alternative to Trump’s racist, right-wing populism. Corporate-funded media ignores the pain and suffering of poor and working people. Rich people are getting bailed out while tens of millions lose their jobs. What can we do with all that anger? Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Two things keep coming to mind repeatedly during this whole coronavirus thing, both of which I’m a little embarrassed to share. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Meditation isn't therapy? Mindfulness will improve your relationships? Here are ten things I wish I'd known before I started meditating. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
After a breakup a few years back, a friend asked me, “Are you on Tinder?” I wasn’t. Dating apps were for those who couldn’t meet people in real life. I was above that. But my friend is a charismatic, good-looking guy who’s dated many interesting, good-looking women. That he’d use Tinder made me reconsider my gut reaction. Sometimes we need to see others doing something to give ourselves permission to do it too. And so it goes with my meditation practice, which is a hodgepodge of habits and skills I’ve picked up from others. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I’ve heard the 13th century poet and Sufi mystic Rumi’s poem “The Guest House” more times than I can count. It’s a staple in U.S. spiritual communities, from psychotherapist and meditation teacher Tara Brach to NPR’s On Being. But during the COVID-19 crisis, the poem’s metaphor is more metaphoric than ever—which gives it a fresh resonance. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
My mind is usually a churning soup of anxiety, overplanning, and confusion, but the COVID-19 outbreak has put it in hyperdrive. There are certain to be moments ahead that will overwhelm us emotionally, so I’ll share how I self-soothe in hopes that it helps you come up with your own process. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I don’t consider myself a Buddhist, but I recite what are called the “three refuges” after meditating each morning. I even have them tattooed on my arm along with a fourth. Buddha, dharma, sangha, justice. Whispering these words reminds me of what really matters, regardless of what’s happening in my life, even a global pandemic that’s bringing the economy to its knees. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I’m housesitting for my parents in rural Maryland while they’re in Florida for the winter. When I’m not driving back into Washington, D.C., to see friends, days pass without human interaction. But the solitude isn’t what’s getting to me. It’s the silence, particularly at night. Thank God for my meditation practice. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
The most common thing I hear from people who are hesitant about trying meditation is, “But I think too much.” What I usually say back is, “We all do.” We all think too much. Wandering thoughts are estimated to occupy 30 to 50 percent of our waking hours. And we all think we think too much. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I can’t remember a more contradictory time in my life. I’ve never felt so lonely. For the past month, I’ve been living alone on my family’s farm in rural Southern Maryland. It’s been part “Walden,” part “Joe Dirt,” part “The Blair Witch Project.” Days go by without seeing another human. But I’ve also never felt so fearless. Unlike when I’ve traveled solo or had nothing to do on a Friday night—which is when I want company the most —the fact that I’m lonely hasn’t bothered me. What I’ve been practicing is sometimes called the “two wings” of mindfulness: awareness and compassion. Just as a bird needs both wings to fly, we must see reality as it is and hold our reaction to it with compassion. Here's how to practice that. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
“Pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral?” Those are the choices. Is that tightness in your lower back pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral? Is that emptiness in your chest pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral? Is the thought of going to work tomorrow pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral? In mindfulness meditation, this is called "noting," and it's a transformative practice. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Sometimes I need to kick ass and get shit done. But do I really need to hustle when I’m making dinner or visiting a friend? This episode is about how practicing mindfulness meditation allows me to work smarter and relax harder. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
I got a massage the other day and was reminded of the first thing you learn in Mindfulness 101: if you’re feeling lost, find your breath. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
This episode is about so-called "neoliberalism," what political scientist Wendy Brown describes as the application of economic market competition to every aspect of our lives, including democracy itself. Turns out mindfulness is being co-opted by neoliberalism. Here's how to avoid the delusion that you should only practice meditation by yourself. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Download my free ebook "How to Get Out of Your Head." Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
This episode is about how I consider my daily meditation practice a ritual, and how that helps me stick with it. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
This episode is about what to do during meditation when you're blindsided by extreme anxiety, fear, or some other overwhelming emotion. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
This episode is about how self-compassion can help weather the storm around family during the holidays. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
This episode is about the concept of "keystone habits," those that spark chain reactions helping other good habits take hold. Meditation is my keystone habit. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
This episode is about learning to be with your feelings by practicing mindfulness meditation. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
Did you know the Buddha first taught contemplation of human corpses before teaching meditation on the breath? On this episode, I talk about how f*cking grateful I am for mindfulness meditation and why you should be too. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode, I talk about how mindfulness helped me get over my fear of getting attacked by a moose in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, and how it can help you become conscious of unconscious thoughts and beliefs. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode, I talk about how mindfulness can you help you reconnect to the present moment no matter where you are or what's happening around you. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode, I talk about how my regular meditation practice has helped me interact with my grandfather a little differently as he ages. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode, I talk about how buying weed for the first time in years scared me, and how mindfulness helped me through the experience. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode, I talk about how spiritual teacher David Deida's stained glass window metaphor helped me reconcile my politics with my meditation practice. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode, I talk about how meditation takes courage, a Navy SEAL boot camp drill, and my recent struggles with anxiety. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode, I bust two popular myths about meditation, that 1) it's not for people who "think too much," and 2) it'll turn you into a cold, calculating robot. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode you’ll hear about how being mindful is like inviting guests into your home, whoever they are and however they act. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast so others can find it. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
On this episode you’ll hear about waterfalls, hidden treasure, and other metaphors for what meditation produces: mindfulness. Please hit "subscribe" and rate the podcast. Here's the original blog post that inspired this episode. Sign up for my email list to get free meditation tips. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Need help with your meditation practice? Email me: jeremy@jeremymohler.blog
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