
A Buddhist Recipe For Confidence | Ethan Nichtern
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Cultivating resilience in the face of whatever comes up.
Ethan Nichtern is the author of Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life's Eight Worldly Winds and several other titles, including the widely acclaimed The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path. A renowned contemporary Buddhist teacher and the host of The Road Home Podcast, Nichtern has offered meditation and Buddhist psychology classes at conferences, meditation centers, yoga studios, and universities, including Brown, Yale, and NYU. He has been featured by CNN, NPR, the New York Times, Vogue, and Business Insider and has written for the Huffington Post, Beliefnet, Lion's Roar, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and more. He lives in Brooklyn. Visit him online at http://www.EthanNichtern.com.
In this episode we talk about:
- Authentic vs performative confidence
- The line between humility and confidence
- A Buddhist list called the Eight Worldly Winds
- A slew of little practices you can do in order to boost your confidence (or resilience or equanimity)
- The meaning of self-confidence in a tradition that argues the self is an illusion
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- A Buddhist Approach to Money Worries | Ethan Nichtern
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- How To Get Ahead At Work, Buddhist-Style | David Nichtern
- #574. Do You Feel Like an Imposter? | Dr. Valerie Young (Co-Interviewed by Dan's Wife, Bianca!)
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