3143: Mindful Indulging: Having What You Want Without Guilt by Sharada Hall with Tiny Buddha on How to Be Happy

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🗓️ 5 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3143: Sharada Hall shares how a surprising lesson with donuts helped her realize the freedom that comes from letting go of rigid self-images and guilt. By practicing mindful indulgence, she shows how we can enjoy simple pleasures without judgment, stress, or denial, leading to a more balanced and authentic relationship with our desires. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/mindful-indulging-having-what-you-want-without-guilt/ Quotes to ponder: “You only lose what you cling to.” “How liberating to be able to be honest about ourselves without judgment, to have a self-image that’s realistic, not idealistic.” “I truly believe that the stress of not doing something is more harmful than just doing it with mindfulness and then letting it go.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:01.0	This is Optimal Health Daily, Mindful Indulging, Having What You Want Without Guilt,
0:06.6	by Shirada Hall with Tiny Buddha.com, and I'm Dr. Neil Malik, your host.
0:12.0	Hey there, welcome back to Optimal Health Daily, or welcome for the first time if you're new here.
0:17.0	This is the podcast where I act as your very own personal narrator and read to you from some of the most popular health and fitness blogs online.
0:25.4	All right, and with that, let's get right to our next article
0:28.2	as we optimize your life.
0:34.5	Mindful Indulging
0:35.6	Having What You Want Without Guilt
0:38.0	By Sherada Hall with Tiny Buddha.com
0:41.0	Quote
0:42.8	You only lose what you cling to
0:45.6	Buddha
0:46.7	I used to cling to my identity as a person who didn't eat donuts
0:51.4	To me, donuts
0:52.9	represents all that is tempting and yet forbidden.
0:56.4	Any self-respecting natural health doctor is not supposed to like donuts, right? This image I
1:02.2	held of myself almost cost me one of the important realizations of my life. 20 years ago,
1:08.0	I was in the midst of my training to become an Ayurvedic health practitioner.
1:12.4	I held tightly and proudly to my dietary restrictions like a fundamentalist's religion.
1:18.5	The ancient medical system of India dictated that, since I was out of balance with too much phlegm,
1:24.5	I was to avoid all wheat, dairy, fried foods, and sugar. So, donuts were
1:30.4	definitely a no-no. On my path to learn Ayurveda, I also began studying the Sanskrit language
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