What makes us suffer? What catapults us from a perfectly fine moment of contentment or happiness or satisfaction into sadness, anger, frustration...suffering? This episode explores just that, the moments of friction between how life is and how we want it to be and invites the curiosity: "what would this moment feel like if I didn't see it as a problem?"

Desire: the root of all suffering or a potent, delightful experience of our humanity? This episode explores the concepts that we attach to the experience of desire that have the power to flip it from something wonderful to something painful. What does desire actually mean? How might we experience desire in a way that keeps us in equanimity and joy?

In this episode we play with the habitual New Year's resolution. What are we really saying and asking for when we set these goals? What are our deeper intentions and beliefs underlying resolutions and the habitual ways we set goals for ourselves?

Let's flip that habit on its ass and start putting our energy and attention toward what actually creates lasting happiness.

This doesn't mean we stop setting goals: the opposite actually! So come explore this mind shift with us in Episode 3!

In this episode we explore the intention of Wake The F*ck Up as well as some playful invitations for how to use the podcast to actually wake up! From the basics of what mindfulness is, to smashing meditation myths, and inviting you not to believe a damn thing you hear, this episode hopes to set all the expectations we can meet...so we don't have to let you down gently later.

Welcome to Wake The F*ck Up: the podcast that mingles mindfulness, Buddhism, brain science, evolutionary biology and real, authentic human experience to wake us up from our trance of unworthiness and into the beauty, love, and connection that surround us in every moment.

In this episode we explore what may help us move away from this collective experience of divisiveness and difference. By looking at what connects us, at our shared humanity, can we come together in mutual respect and compassion.