306: Haemin Sunim - Let Go Of Perfectionism, Combat Depression, Take Things Slowly
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Haemin Sunim (IG: @haemin_sunim) is a Zen Buddhist teacher, writer and the founder of the School of Broken Hearts in Seoul. He is one of the most influential Zen monks in the world. Haemin's books, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down and Love for Imperfect Things have been translated into more than 35 different languages and sold over four million copies worldwide.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Growing up with perfectionist tendencies
- Taking time for self-care
- Check in with yourself
- Becoming a Buddhist monk
- What is Quan meditation?
- Enlightenment is already within you
- Be mindful of your thoughts
- We are all interconnected
- Day-to-day life at the monastery
- Meditation app recommendations
- Haemin’s approach to social media
- Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh
- Take things slowly
- Intention is important
- What makes any item valuable?
- Value your time
- Routines create balance
- Walking in nature
- Let go of perfectionism
- Strategies to combat depression
- Creating the School of Broken Hearts
- You are not alone
- Create your own community
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| 0:00.0 | When I begin to really feel nurture and care and love, I realize I can also extend that to other people and try to be mindful of them. Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 306. |
| 0:17.0 | Jesse Chapp is here with Marnie Wasserman and we are here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:25.0 | Each week we will bring you inspiring and informative conversations about health and wellness, |
| 0:30.0 | covering topics of nutrition, lifestyle, fitness, mindset, and so much more. |
| 0:34.3 | And this week we are speaking with Hayman Sunum. |
| 0:37.0 | He's a Zen Buddhist teacher, writer, and founder of the School of Broken Hearts and Soul. |
| 0:41.9 | He's one of the most influential Zen monks in the world. |
| 0:45.2 | Hayman's books, The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down, and Love for Imperfect Things have been translated into 35 different languages and sold over 4 million copies worldwide. |
| 0:56.3 | And the latter of those books is the focus of today's show. |
| 0:59.2 | Hayman was such a special person to have on the show, he really brings a new energy as he's so |
| 1:03.7 | Zen and has such great philosophies to share and things that we can definitely |
| 1:07.8 | incorporate into our lives. He's spiritual but he's also practical and you are |
| 1:12.2 | going to take away so much from today's show. |
| 1:14.9 | So here is some of what we get into. |
| 1:17.2 | What it was like growing up with perfectionist tendencies, what Kwan meditation is, Enlightenment is already within you, |
| 1:24.0 | how to be mindful of your thoughts, |
| 1:27.0 | what makes an item valuable, |
| 1:29.0 | strategies to combat depression, |
| 1:31.0 | letting go of perfectionism, and how to create your own community. |
| 1:36.0 | So many great topics of conversation, really excited for you to hear this. |
| 1:40.2 | Here we go with Hayman Sunum. Hi Hayman, how are you? |
| 1:44.0 | Welcome to the podcast. |
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