Ep. 246 – Susan Cain

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

Be Here Now Network

Beherenow, Religion & Spirituality, Beherenownetwork, Buddhism, Meditation, Society & Culture, Sharonsalzberg, Metta, Salzberg, Compassion

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

For episode 246, Susan Cain makes her first appearance on the Metta Hour!

Susan is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Quiet, and Bittersweet, which was also an Oprah Book Club selection. She has spent the last twenty years exploring a particular realm of human nature: the quiet, the sensitive, the thoughtful, the bittersweet. Susan’s record-smashing TED talks have been viewed over 50 million times and she the host of the Quiet Life online community.

In this conversation, Susan and Sharon discuss:

How Susan approaches writing
VIA character strength test
Does great art have to come from great pain
How suffering brings us together
Susan embracing her “differences”
The Quiet Life Community
Why sadness is a bridge to connection
The Dalai Lama the Darwinist
Moral elevation
Dipa Ma telling Sharon she would teach
Leonard Coen as Susan’s patron saint
Beauty in the broken world
Never be ashamed of your suffering
The history of the word “loser”
Susan learning Lovingkindness meditation
Lovingkindness and boundaries
Chocolate and Brussels sprouts

Susan closes the conversation with a guided reflection. You can join Susan’s Quiet Life Community right here.

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