Welcome to Pursuit with Purpose.

I'm your host, Melissa Griffin, and I know firsthand that it's way too easy to slip into

the rat race of competition and comparison.

This podcast is all about meaning and fulfillment and how to bring it to your life today

and everyday.

So let's get into it. Hey, everyday world changers. So when I started learning

about meditation a couple years ago, today's guest, Sharon Salzberg, was a name I kept hearing

over and over and over again. And that's because she is one of the most prominent figures in the

field of meditation. She's also a world-renowned teacher and a New York Times best-selling author

of 10 different books. And in fact, Sharon played a crucial role in bringing meditation and

mindfulness practices to the West and into mainstream culture since

1974 when she first began teaching. So she's kind of a big deal. But my favorite thing about

Sharon is her focus on love and how meditation can help us love more deeply and more often

for both ourselves and everyone else in our

lives. Now, in this interview, we talk about Sharon's traumatic past, which led her to look for tools

to help her heal and eventually led her to meditation. We also talk about what mindfulness even is

and why most people who think they're bad at meditation

are wrong and of course how to do it the right way. But what I love most about this episode

or Sharon's comments about how a certain type of meditation can help us to love ourselves

and others more easily more often. And if you stick

around until the end, Sharon actually leads us in an exclusive three-minute loving-kindness meditation,

which will add more peace, joy, and love to your day in a matter of minutes. Now, if you love this

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