3816: On Making It Through Tough Journeys by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits on Emotional Resilience

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🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 11 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 3816: Leo Babauta explores how our aversion to problems creates more suffering than the problems themselves. By learning to face discomfort with openness and curiosity, we free ourselves from the constant struggle for control and begin to find peace in the midst of life’s inevitable challenges. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://zenhabits.net/troubles/ Quotes to ponder: "Most of us don’t want problems. We want peace, calm, simplicity, happiness." "When we’re frustrated, it’s because we want things to be different than they are." "Peace doesn’t come from getting rid of all our troubles, it comes from not letting them control us." Episode references: Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Acceptance-Embracing-Yourself-Awake/dp/0553380990 Pema Chödrön – When Things Fall Apart: https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1611803438 The Courage to Be Disliked: https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Be-Disliked-Phenomenon-Happiness/dp/1501197274 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.6	forward slash hello vet. This is Optimal Living Daily on making it through tough journeys
1:10.2	by Leo Babouda of zenhabits.net.
1:13.1	And I'm Justin Mollick. And we're going to get right to it and continue optimizing your life.
1:21.9	On making it through tough journeys by Leo Babouda of zenhabits.net.
1:27.8	A reader wrote to me about a very tough journey he and his wife are setting out upon and
1:32.0	ask for some words of advice or motivation through this tough time. Difficult times can be a test
1:37.6	of our souls and as such can be some of the most instructive times possible. It's easy to be
1:43.0	happy and motivated when things are going well,
1:45.5	but what happens when they fall apart or unexpected troubles come your way? Or things go exactly as you
1:51.4	don't want them to. What do you do then? I'll share some things I've been learning about personally
1:56.5	and give you a word of encouragement. You are stronger than you think. You'll go through difficult times
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