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Mar 2025
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How To Get Past Your Past | Yung Pueblo

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About this episode

Lessons learned from 12 years of serious meditation.

Diego Perez is a meditator and #1 New York Times bestselling author who is widely known by his pen name, Yung Pueblo. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. 

 

In this episode we talk about:

  • How to burn off your mind's conditioning
  • The suffering that comes from clinging in a world characterized by relentless change
  • What selfless listening is, and how to do it
  • The liberation that comes from equanimity
  • Some of the incredibly valuable lessons he's learned from 12 years of meditation
  • How to make better decisions for your future self
  • How to have boundless compassion without being a pushover
  • Why  being able to see perspectives outside of your own is a sign of intelligence and mental strength
  • And much more

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