The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast

The Joy of Living: Don't Miss the Bliss

The Joy of Living: Don't Miss the Bliss The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 112 How do we connect with the joy of living, even when it's not so easy? Discussion of Dha

Humility as Medicine: How to Overcome Arrogance

Suffering as Compassion, Humility as Medicine: How to Overcome Arrogance The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 111 from Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima, "Dropping the At

Appreciating the Now: How to Train Our Minds to Feel Better

It's well understood in the recovery community that an attitude of gratitude isa potent antidote to much of what ails us addicts in recovery. We all know how to make our

Genghis Khan or Thich Nhat Hanh - How Do We Respond in Recovery?

The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 109 We're often told that what happens may be out of our control, but how we respond is up to us. That's easy for regulated people

Psychedelic Sobriety: Is the Use of Psychedelics a Relapse in Recovery?

What is the nature of our relationship to psychedelics? As people in recovery, we've probably abused them at one time or another. Some people have taken mass overdoses an

Surrender to the Now: Get Grounded in Recovery

Surrender to the Now: Get Grounded in Recovery The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 107 The famous now is where we want to be. But wanting gets us nowhere. The root of

Life on Life's Terms: Acceptance in Recovery

Life on Life's Terms: Acceptance in Recovery The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 106 "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it i

How to Be a Flimsy Reed

"We sought escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been

Mindfully Manic; How to Keep Your Head as a Buddhist in Recovery

Mindfully Manic; How to Keep Your Head as a Buddhist in Recovery The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 104 Sutra of Golden Light: Chapter 6 on Emptiness conclusion Upd

What is a Buddhist Higher Power and/or How Do Buddhists in Recovery Pray?

What is a Buddhist Higher Power and How Do Buddhists in Recovery Pray? The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 103 Sutra of Golden Light: Chapter 6 on Emptiness cont. Le

Stabilizing Our Recovery with Dharma Practice

Stabilizing Our Recovery with Dharma Practice  The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 102 Sutra of Golden Light: Chapter 6 on Emptiness Dharma has to help, otherwise it

Addiction and Trauma: A Basis for the Practice of Recovery

Addiction and Trauma: A Basis for the Practice of Recovery The Dysregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 6 The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 101

ACES High - Mindful Heart: Mindfulness for Addicts with ACEs

The Dysregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 5 The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 100 Part 5: Mindfulness for Addicts with ACEs  The Impact of

Calming the Fires - Allostatic Load, Window of Tolerance

Calming the Fire Alarms - Allostatic Load, Window of Tolerance The Dysregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 4 The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 0

Balancing Our Nervous System - The CNS and Stress

Balancing Our Nervous System - The CNS and Stress The Disregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 3 Happy First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Day The

The Dance of the Nervous System - Sympathetic and Parasympathetic

The Disregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation Series Pt. 2 The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast Episode 097 Episode 2: The Dance of the Nervous System - Sympathetic an

The Dysregulated Addict: Finding Spiritual Regulation in Recovery Series Pt. 1

Do you get distressed easily in sobriety? You may have a disregulated nervous system. If so, it's important to not compare your insides with anyone else's outsides. In Co

Into the Fire; How to Transform Experience into Dharma

Everything is the path to enlightenment.  The ground is everywhere.  We can't step anywhere exept deeper into Teaching. More authentically into practice.  As the smo

Curbing the Dharma Ego

What is ego, and how does it affect our practice as Buddhists in Recovery?  When we practice Dharma, are we taking refuge in our identity, apparently concrete and perma

Taking Refuge in Compassion

To empower ourselves into a trajectory beyond suffering we must clearly understand our condition. How to arrive at this understanding, and then integrate this real, non-a