Welcome to another episode of the Secular Buddhism Podcast.

This is episode number 69.

I am your host, Noah Rasheda, and today I'm talking about sitting with sadness.

If you're listening to this podcast, it's probably safe for me to assume that you're

also interested in the essential concepts of Buddhism and how they relate to your daily

life.

One of the goals with this podcast is to take Buddhist concepts and teachings and then

explain them in a way that's easy to understand practical for everyday life.

So in addition to this podcast, I've also written a book to help with this process.

With my book, No Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners, you'll gain a fundamental understanding of Buddhism

and how to apply the philosophies in your everyday life through a simple four-part structure

addressing the different aspects of Buddhism, the Buddha, key concepts, the Buddha's teachings

and current Buddhist practices, along with straightforward questions and answers that simplify

the vital concepts of Buddhism into easy to understand ideas and everyday Buddhism sidebars

that make Buddhism less abstract by offering down-to-earth examples from everyday life.

Presented in a simple conversational style, the information and guidance in No Nonsense

Buddhism for Beginners provides the groundwork that is necessary for building or continuing

your own Buddhist practice.

You can learn more about the book by visiting everyday Buddhism.com.

Now to the topic that I've prepared for the podcast episode today, sitting with sadness.

And before jumping into this topic, I do want to clarify something.

After my last podcast episode, never enough, I talked about the topic of emotional abuse

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