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Mar 2025
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“Embracing Change Will Set You Free”

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About this episode

Yung Pueblo, one of today’s most influential poets, joins Ryan to discuss the overlap between Stoicism and Buddhism, why achieving success can lead to discontentment, and how ancient wisdom has transformed his life—and can transform yours too.


Diego Perez is a meditator and #1 New York Times bestselling author who is known by his pen name, Yung Pueblo. Online he has an audience of over 4 million people. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. He has sold over 1.5 million books worldwide that have been translated into over 25 languages. Diego is a general partner at Wisdom Ventures and a founder of Ready Platform, a dating and relationship support app.


Pick up signed copies of his latest book How To Love Better and his other books Lighter, Inward, Clarity and Connection, and The Way Forward at The Painted Porch. 


You can follow him on Instagram @yung_pueblo and on X @YungPueblo.


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