Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

For episode 216 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we are continuing the Real Life Series celebrating Sharon’s new book by the same name, “Real Life.” In this conversation, Duncan and Sharon speak about states of contraction. How we get stuck there and how to find our way back to a place of openness and curiosity. This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Duncan Trussell, recorded for the&...

For episode 215 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we are continuing a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book,  “Real Life.”  In this conversation, Courtney and Sharon speak about expansion and the challenges and rewards of working for the common good. This conversation between Sharon and Courtney E. Martin was pulled from the Living An Authentic Life Summit.  Courtney E. Martin is th...

For episode 214 of the Metta Hour, we continue our Mental Health Series with teacher and author George T. Mumford. In this series, Sharon is speaking with teachers, experts, and health advocates to explore and destigmatize mental health, applying the tools of Buddhist wisdom and spiritual practice. This multi-part series aires every other week in the coming months. In this episode, Sharon is joine...

For episode 213 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we are continuing a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book,  “Real Life.”  This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Anu Gupta, pulled from the Living An Authentic Life Summit. Anu Gupta is a human rights lawyer, social scientist, educator, and the Founder of  BE MORE with Anu . He has dedicated himself to finding solu...

For episode 212 of the Metta Hour, we continue our Mental Health Series with meditation teacher and author Kimberly Brown. In this series, Sharon is speaking with teachers, experts, and health advocates to explore and destigmatize mental health, applying the tools of Buddhist wisdom and spiritual practice. This multi-part series aires every other week in the coming months. In this episode, Sharon...

For episode 211 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we are continuing a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book,  “Real Life.” In this episode pulled, from the   Living An Authentic Life Summit , Sharon and Sarah Ruhl speak about creativity as a spiritual practice and how it naturally emerges from our path.  Sarah Ruhl is an award-winning American playwright, author, essayist, and profe...

For episode 210 of the Metta Hour, we are beginning a special Mental Health Series! In this series, Sharon sits down with different teachers, experts, and health advocates to explore and destigmatize mental health. Applying the tools of Buddhist wisdom and spiritual practice, this multi-part series airs every other week for the coming months. For the inaugural episode of the series, Sharon speaks...

For episode 209 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we have the seventh episode in a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book,  “Real Life.”  This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Parker Palmer, pulled from the Living An Authentic Life Summit. Real Life is now available from Flatiron Books in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats. To learn more about the book or get a co...

For episode 208 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we have the sixth episode in a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book, “Real Life.” Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/metta This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Pete Holmes, pulled from the Living An Authentic...

For episode 207 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we are celebrating the release of Sharon’s new book, Real Life, with a recording of her virtual book launch event. Recorded on April 11, 2023, and hosted by the Insight Meditation Society’s Book Club , this event features a conversation with Sharon and JoAnna Hardy, moderated by Dan Harris. Real Life is now available from Flatiron Books in hardcover, eboo...

For episode 206 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we are releasing a special extended excerpt of the Real Life Audiobook. Read by Sharon, this hour-long excerpt includes the introduction of the book entitled  “Introduction: Embarking on a Journey Together”  and the first chapter,  “From Constriction to Expansion.”  The book  Real Life  is available April 11th, 2023 from Flat...

For episode 205 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we have the third in a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book, “Real Life.” This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Sarah Jones, pulled from the Living An Authentic Life Summit To learn more about Sarah’s work, you can visit her website. To hear this interview in it’s entirety, you can sign up for the Living an Authentic Life Summi...

For episode 204 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we have the second in a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book, “Real Life.” This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Zainab Salbi, pulled from the Living An Authentic Life Summit. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com...

For episode 203 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we have the first in a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book, “Real Life.” This interview features a conversation between Sharon and  Jon Kabat-Zinn , pulled from the Living An Authentic Life Summit. Jon is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine,...

For Episode 202 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon is joined by lifelong friend, Jack Kornfield to talk about the power of Community. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/metta In this conversation, Jack and Sharon discuss the many nuances of community, which is one of the three gems...

Koshin Paley Ellison joins Sharon for Episode 201 of the Metta Hour speaking about his new book,  Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/metta Koshin is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and...

For episode 200 of The Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon speaks with Diana Winston and Sue Smalley, Ph. D. about the re-release of their book, Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness .  In this episode, Sharon, Diana and Sue speak at length about the advances in research over the past decade in the scientific research of meditation, mindfulness and compassion practice. Today's po...

For Episode 199 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon and Joseph Goldstein are interviewed by Lily Cushman, recalling their early lives. They each share what drew them to the path of meditation in the late sixties and early seventies and their initial years of practice in the East. This podcast is being released in tandem with the Insight Hour Podcast. Joseph Goldstein has been teaching meditation sin...

We have something special to share with you! Dan Harris (host of Ten Percent Happier) flies to Dharamsala, India to spend two weeks in the orbit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This is the first installment of a five-part audio documentary series, something we’ve never done before now. Over the course of the episodes, we talk to His Holiness about practical strategies for thorny dilemmas, includin...

Sharon welcomes Shakil Choudry for Episode 198 of the Metta Hour Podcast. Shakil is an educator, consultant, and author with over 25 years of experience in the field of racial justice, diversity, and inclusion. He coaches executive teams and facilitates dialogue processes to resolve inter-group conflict, having led projects internationally and with organizations locally. He is the author of “Deep...

Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Daniel Goleman join Sharon for a special episode of the Metta Hour Podcast celebrating the launch of their brand new book,  Why We Meditate: The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/metta Tsoknyi Rinpoche is a...

For episode 196 of the Metta Hour, Sharon speaks special guest, Dr. Gabor Maté.  Gabor is highly sought after for his expertise working with addiction, stress, and childhood development. He has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the  Realm of Hungry Ghosts ,  When the Body Says No , and  Scattered , and co-authored the book  Hold On to Your K...

Husband and wife, Barbara Graham and Hugh Delehanty join Sharon Salzberg for Episode 195 of the Metta Hour Podcast. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/metta Barbara Graham is a New York Times bestselling author, essayist, and  playwright. She is the author of several boo...

Sharon welcomes friends and colleagues Andrés González and brothers Ali and Atman Smith back to the Metta Hour Podcast for Episode 194 to celebrate the release of their first book, “Let Your Light Shine.” Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:  betterhelp.com/metta Together Ali, Atman, and Andrés are...

Diego Perez returns to the Metta Hour for Episode 193 to speak about his new book,  Lighter . Diego is a meditator, speaker, and NY Times bestselling author known by his pen name Yung Pueblo. Diego is a practitioner of Vipassana meditation, as taught by S.N. Goenka. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work o...