Diego Perez (Yung Pueblo) | Clarity & Connection

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Born in Guayaquil Ecuador, Deigo Perez - who is known by the pseudonym Yung Pueblo - moved with his family to Boston, where he saw his parents work relentless hours and struggle with poverty. He turned to activism and advocacy at a young age, then attended Wesleyan where his life devolved into partying and drugs that threatened to become his way of being as he moved into adulthood. But a moment of reckoning would awaken him both to his need to refocus on mental and physical wellbeing, as well as recenter meaning in his work and life.

A quest was set in motion, one that would eventually lead Diego into a 10-day vipassana meditation experience that had a profound impact and would set him on a path of self-discovery, and an ever-deepening devotion to a now years-long, 2-hour-a-day meditation practice, regular extended retreats, and the pursuit of truth and wisdom. A part of that exploration also involved writing, and what began as a tool to process his own experiences eventually became a public writing practice. His words landed in a powerful way, amassing a global audience of millions of people, writing under the pseudonym, Yung Pueblo, which is both a reminder to him to stay grounded in a younger, growth mindset, and also a contained to frame this current season of work as a project that doesn’t constrain his own personal and professional growth. Diego’s new book, Clarity & Connection, shares many of his recent insights about life, meaning, love, work, self-awareness, and of course, clarity and connection.

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0:00.0	Actually, some of your greatest power will come to light in groups.
0:04.5	And that's kind of what I learned was like as an individual,
0:07.0	you do have power, but you can only do so much.
0:09.5	When you come into a group that can share a common cause,
0:12.8	woof, skies the limit, you know, you can really make serious change.
0:19.3	Born in Geico Equidor, Diego Perez, who is known by the student named Yongueblo,
0:25.0	moved with his family to Boston at a very young age where he saw his parents
0:29.2	really working relentless hours and struggling with poverty.
0:32.4	And he turned to activism and organizing and advocacy at a very young age.
0:37.2	Then found himself attending Wesleyan, where his life kind of devolved into partying and drugs.
0:42.8	That threatened to become his way of being as he moved out of school and into adulthood.
0:47.9	But a moment of reckoning would awaken him both to his need to refocus on mental and physical
0:53.4	well-being, as well as recenter meaning in his work and his life.
0:57.8	A quest was really set in motion.
1:00.0	One that would eventually lead Diego into a 10-day Vipassana meditation experience
1:04.9	that had this profound impact and would set him on a path of self-discovery and an ever-deepening
1:10.9	devotion to a now years long, two-hour-a-day meditation practice,
1:15.2	along with regular extended retreats and the pursuit of truth and wisdom.
1:19.8	He wanted to see clearly starting with himself.
1:24.0	And a part of that exploration, it also involved writing.
1:27.3	And what began as a tool to help him process his own experiences eventually became a
1:33.4	public writing practice.
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