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The host mentioned that Mark Epstein, whose work he followed for decades, endorsed Dr. Mat's book. Epstein's book discussed how the traumas of everyday life can leave people feeling like motherless children.
I saw that one of the people that endorsed your book online is Mark Epstein. And Mark Epstein is a Buddhist teacher whose work I followed for decades. And in his book, The Trauma of Everyday Life, he...
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The host mentioned that Mark Epstein, whose work he followed for decades, endorsed Dr. Mat's book. Epstein's book discussed how the traumas of everyday life can leave people feeling like motherless children.
I saw that one of the people that endorsed your book online is Mark Epstein. And Mark Epstein is a Buddhist teacher whose work I followed for decades. And in his book, The Trauma of Everyday Life, he says that the traumas of everyday life can leave all of us feeling that motherless children.
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The host mentioned that this book by Mark Epstein was one of his others, and the discussion touched upon the concept within it: that there is a trauma to being alive to existence, even without a clinical diagnosis.
you've written about trauma yeah you have a great book called The Trauma of Everyday Life meaning that there's sort of a I think it's been a minute since I've looked at it but I think what you were trying to say was you know that there is a trauma to even if we don't have trauma by some clinical definition there's a trauma to being alive to existence yeah and so I wonder what your thoughts are about this pandemic
check out his books as i've mentioned going to pieces without falling apart played a huge role in my life but he's written other books such as advice not given opening to desire and the trauma of everyday life
Episode: Dr. Mark Epstein
This was mentioned as Dr. Mark Epstein's most recent book, which discusses the overlap between Western psychotherapy and Eastern Buddhist philosophies. The host found the book compelling enough to reach out to the author personally.
I was recently rereading your most recent book which is also excellent it's called The Trauma of Everyday Life
you talk about this juggling moment and you say I can't I don't know if I'm gonna say this correctly but it was like as if you you were juggling your mind was juggling the balls and but your mind was also being juggled
which sounds like a pessimist title but is actually not
Episode: Dr. Mark Epstein
This was mentioned as Dr. Mark Epstein's most recent book. The host reread it shortly before the interview and discussed how Epstein detailed a juggling breakthrough in its pages. It was described as an excellent book despite its seemingly pessimistic title.
I was recently rereading your most recent book which is also excellent it's called The Trauma of Everyday Life
you talk about taking a walk while on a retreat a few years ago outside of the inside meditation society where we both practice in in Barry Massachusetts