My latest conversation with Sharon Salzberg...

...on the history of the word "loser," the VIA character strength test, why the Dalai Lama is a Darwinist, and more

Dear You,

Recently, I was honored to appear as a guest on the great Sharon Salzberg’s “Metta Hour” podcast.

Sharon is one of the world’s leading meditation teachers, and a mega-bestselling author of books such as REAL HAPPINESS and LOVINGKINDNESS; her Metta Hour podcast has been downloaded six million times!

Here’s the link to our conversation, if you’d like to listen.

Sharon and I discussed:

• How I approach writing

• VIA character strength test

• Does great art have to come from great pain

• How suffering brings us together

• On embracing “differences”

• Our very own Quiet Life Community

• Why sorrow is a bridge to connection

• The Dalai Lama, the Darwinist

• Moral elevation

• Dipa Ma telling Sharon she would teach

• Leonard Cohen as my patron saint

• Beauty in this broken world

• Never be ashamed of your suffering

• The history of the word “loser”

• Sharon teaching me Lovingkindness meditation

• Lovingkindness and boundaries

• Chocolate and Brussel Sprouts

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Also, as you probably know, Sharon was a recent guest on one of our Candlelight Chats. If you missed that great conversation, or would like to watch it again, you can find it by scrolling down to the end of this “Disapproval of Others” post:

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I hope you enjoy!

xo, Susan