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Apr 2018
27m 20s

69 - Sitting With Sadness

NOAH RASHETA
About this episode
Buddhist teachings often talk about "being with our emotions" or learning to "sit with an emotion" but what does that really mean? What does that look like in our day to day lives? In this episode, I will discuss a recent experience I had with sitting with sadness.

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