AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

My guest this week is Yann. He believes he should leave his boyfriend of 3½ years, and he sees himself as a coward for staying. He is aware that believing this crippled him emotionally, with one foot in the relationship and one foot out. I invite you to get really still. Begin to focus and follow your breath in and out. Now listen to yourself and relate Yann's situation to your own experience, the...

My guest this week is Whitney. After finding some evidence, in her boyfriend's apartment, that he cheated on her, she calls him from there to confront him. She thinks he has been gaslighting her, and she wants him to be honest and admit what he has done so that she can trust him. Her stillness within inquiry runs deep, and I invite you to follow along. Let's do The Work.   Don't miss Byron Katie L...

Hello, and welcome to the At Home with BK podcast. Today you'll meet a woman whose daughter is a hoarder. Stacy is a loving, caring woman at her wit's end. She loves her daughter and granddaughter and is desperately trying to do what a good mother would do about her daughter's obsession. I invite you to stillness as you contemplate our time together in inquiry. Are you ready? Let's do The Work.  ...

My guest this week is Shirah, and she is–by her own definition and her doctor's–bipolar. She is frightened and angry with herself because of it. She wants to enjoy life without fear and never be depressed again. She feels like a failure, weak, and cannot help herself. Oh my goodness, this Work is so close to my heart and I hope it rings something beautiful within you. Let's do The Work.   Don't mi...

Hello, dears. Welcome to inquiry. My guest this week is Stephanie. She experiences her daughter as mean, scary, raging, hateful, aggressive, lost, confused, and filled with hatred for her. It breaks her heart to be treated this way, and she wants her daughter to apologize to her, show remorse, and move forward on a positive note. Have you ever been afraid of your own child's anger, or of someone e...

My guest this week is Sue, who has been preparing to visit the man she loves on a boat trip with friends. But he doesn't want to include her and tells her not to come. She feels that he's embarrassed by her and very much unappreciated and undervalued. Is fear of disapproval a familiar theme in your life? Are you afraid of rejection? Join us as together we learn from Sue the cause of suffering and...

Welcome to the podcast, where we do the meditative process of self-inquiry. As you listen, I invite you to get really still and anchor in the situation with this week's guest, KD. Her father hurt her feelings when he said, "When you love someone, your standards go out the door." She heard this as a put-down of her. Was it? Does she need him to edify and encourage her? I'm so glad you've dropped in...

My guest this week is Danielle, whose partner is obsessed with the news. She wakes up: news. She walks into the kitchen: news. She wants him to connect with her, and she's frustrated. Do you know anyone obsessed by news cycles? Join Danielle and me as she shows us a way out. Let's do The Work.   Don't miss Byron Katie LIVE every M-T-W, 9-10 am Pacific Time. Register:  athomewithbk.com   If you enj...

Hollis, my guest this week, is furious with her partner because he points out every flaw that he sees in her. She wants him to stop. Have you ever had to deal with, live with, or work with a judgmental person and wanted him or her to change? Welcome to The Work on a critical mind. xoxo bk   Don't miss Byron Katie LIVE every M-T-W, 9-10 am Pacific Time. Register:  athomewithbk.com   If you enjoy th...

My guest today is Nicholas, who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair. He sees God as unjust, mean, and petty, and he wants God to work a miracle by making him walk. How do you relate to this? Join Nicholas and me to see how he makes peace with God and with his painful thoughts. Together, let's do The Work!   Don't miss Byron Katie LIVE every M-T-W, 9-10 am Pacific Time. Register:  athomewithb...

This week's podcast centers on health. Fawn's husband died a month ago from brain cancer; Sandi is angry at God because her health has deteriorated; and Emma wants her sister to be cured of stage 4 metastatic cancer. Are you experiencing a health challenge? Are you worried about a loved one's health? This week's guests demonstrate the power of getting still, writing down their stressful thoughts,...

My guest this week, Lisette, is worried about not having a job. She's angry at the world for not valuing her skills and talents. She feels frustrated and powerless. Join me and Lisette as she discovers a whole new relationship to the world. Welcome to the podcast. Let's do The Work.   Don't miss Byron Katie LIVE every M-T-W, 9-10 am Pacific Time. Register:  athomewithbk.com   If you enjoy this pod...

J. thinks that his wife rejected him when he tried to be close. He sees her as cold and distant, and he's left feeling abandoned, unloved, and afraid that his marriage is over. Is there a time in your life when you've thought that someone you love has rejected you? Have you ever questioned the thoughts that made you sad or angry at that time? Join us as this brave man challenges the assumptions he...

Anaïs's partner broke up with her; she said she wasn't ready for a relationship and needed to work on herself. Anaïs wants her to apologize, to come back, to appreciate all the things Anaïs has to offer. But as soon as she realizes that it's her own thoughts and not her ex-partner's actions that are making her unhappy, she begins to discover the real solution to her problems. Witness this brave wo...

Xavier sees his elderly father standing on a wall, pruning a tree, and terrifies himself by imagining that his father is going to fall. But when he gets still and anchors himself in this situation, he discovers that his father was actually safe all along. He realizes that the only danger in the situation was his own mind, jumping to a conclusion in an imagined future, and that his fear resulted no...

Have you ever had the thought that the world would be better off without you? Meet Mahina, who struggles with this. She is depressed at seeing plastic bottles everywhere, and she thinks she would be benefiting the planet if she died. Join us as Mahina is eventually moved from guilt to smiles and a more enlightened mind.    Don't miss Byron Katie LIVE every M-T-W, 9-10 am Pacific Time. Register:  a...

When Cristina discovers that her fourteen-year-old daughter is cutting herself, it feels like a knife in her heart, and she immediately starts to blame herself. But Cristina is ready to question the thoughts that are causing her guilt and fear. As soon as she drops in and waits for the answers that are true for her, the whole situation changes. Even thoughts like "I need my daughter to be a happy...

Ilse is triggered by reading a text from her ex-boyfriend; she feels persecuted by his suggestions for improvement. She finds him immature, shallow, and stuck in his ego, and she thinks it's her job to wake him up. But when she questions her thoughts, she begins to realize how stuck she has been in her preconceived ideas and how she has approached people in her life through the filter of assumptio...

Werner is devastated at seeing his father in so much pain, and he is having nightmares about putting his life on hold, so that he can care for his father. Do waking nightmares keep you from caring? Join me as Werner questions the thoughts that are preventing him from loving and serving his father. Get still, listen carefully, and together let's walk through Werner's nightmarish state of mind.   Do...

Stephanie's boyfriend complains that a drunk man at a pool is too loud.  She is disgusted at his reaction. She thinks that he is closed-minded and quick to anger, and she wishes that he were more compassionate. Join Stephanie as she discovers the spell she's under—the spell of believing her stressful thoughts about her boyfriend. Let's do The Work!   If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a fiv...

Penny is my guest this week. Her mother screamed at her, then gave her the silent treatment. Penny is hurt and disappointed, and she wants her mother to apologize for her abuse. How likely do you think this is? Can Penny find peace with or without the apology? Can she feel loved and whole no matter how her mother treats her? Tune in to see how this seemingly unsolvable problem gets solved. (This o...

Welcome to the podcast. Adam, my guest today, judges himself harshly because not enough is happening for him financially. He lacks motivation and purpose, he thinks. He's afraid that he is a loser. Can you relate to this? Have you ever experienced yourself as ambivalent, unfocused, hopeless? Do you think you should be doing more than you do, earning more than you earn? Join Adam as he questions th...

My guest today is Shea, and I'm so glad you've tuned in. Shea's father raped her, and she doesn't ever want to see him or even think of him again. She wants him to disappear off the face of the earth. She sees him as a pedophile and a monster. She wants him to die. Is any resolution possible in an extreme situation like this? I love that you join me and this courageous woman as we test the limits...

This week my guest is M., who is 52 days off weed and alcohol. Tune in as M. begins to understand addiction as a state of mind. Crazy mind, crazy choices.   What are you addicted to? Are you addicted to your thoughts, your thoughts about him, her, them, yourself? Let's go deeper into the cause of all addiction and deeper into the cause of all suffering. Let's get sober. Let's do The Work.     If y...

Join me in Homero's kitchen as his father walks in and, as usual, says, "Hi." It's a simple remark, but Homero reacts with disapproval. Why? What specific mind-set causes this reaction? Join us as we inquire together--you, Homero, and I--into his state of mind in that situation. I invite you to get still, allow yourself to breathe, to be breathed, and together let's experience how to meditate with...