Ep 44: Zen Golf Author Dr. Joseph Parent on Mindfulness and Buddhism in your Golf Game

The Erik Anders Lang Show: Golf - Travel - Comedy

RGC Radio

Comedy, Golf, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Sports

4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Dr. Joseph Parent, author of Zen Golf, shares how mindfulness can help your golf game, Erik's long friendship with Dr. Parent and his new book A Walk in the Wood: Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear named Pooh which is available for purchase at https://www.awitw.com/ Learn more about Dr. Joseph Parent's keynote speaking, golf training programs and other personal coaching at https://www.drjoeparent.com/ Butcher Box is offering listeners $20 off their first box and free bacon! Visit butcherbox.com/erik or visit butcherbox.com and use code Erik at checkout! Butcher Box delivers healthy 100% grass-fed and finished beef, free-range organic chicken, and Heritage breed pork directly to your door on a monthly basis. Follow Erik on Instagram @erikanderslang Twitter @erikanderslang and Facebook @erikanderslangofficial Watch Adventures in Golf on youtube.com/skratchtv Send a message on Erik’s website https://www.erikanderslang.com/hit-us-up or direct message Erik on Instagram with your questions. Erik can give you advice on the podcast --- golf, relationships, or anything on your mind! Learn more about Erik's upcoming documentary Be the Ball at betheballmovie.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Eric Lang show everyone's levels are set, is that true?
0:11.0	Test it.
0:12.0	Check my mind. How is it?? There. Check my.
0:13.0	How is it?
0:14.0	Docs levels are good.
0:15.0	Okay, perfect.
0:17.0	Let's stay level.
0:18.0	Stay level.
0:20.0	Keep it on the level. Dude, Doc, I'm really excited to have you here.
0:23.3	I'm thrilled to be here.
0:24.8	We've had a long journey together.
0:26.4	We have.
0:27.2	That's right.
0:27.7	So for those of you that are not familiar with Dr.
0:30.1	Parents's work, we, I guess, when most people recognize you,
0:35.8	they see your shirt probably, or they say you wrote that book
0:39.4	that I read.
0:40.5	Yeah, what usually happens is I'm on the range or on a golf course and they say like your shirt or like your hat because they say Zen golf on them and I say I said thank you and they said what do you mean thank you? Did you write that? And I said yeah they go oh wow and and I never
0:58.9	get tired of that it's really sweet why do you think you never get tired of it?
1:04.0	Because it means that the book is continuing to give peace of mind and enjoyment and instruction to help people enjoy golf more and get better at it.
1:20.0	And that's kind of one of my key.
1:21.5	The reason I said them in that order is one of my favorite phrases is if you, people think, if I only got better, I'd enjoy it more, and it's actually the other way around. If only you'd enjoy it more you'd get better.
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