Is Happiness a Choice with Gelong Thubten

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This week I’m speaking with Gelong Thubten, who is a meditation teacher and author of the fantastic book, ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’. Thubten was led to completely change his life after suffering from burnout in his early 20s. This led him to a Buddhist monastery in Scotland where he studied, and was ordained as a monk. Since then, Thubten has been sharing his wisdom worldwide and is a pioneer in mindfulness meditation. Thubten has over 20 years worth of experience working with schools, universities and businesses, such as Google. He’s lectured at institutions like Oxford and the UN and, he worked as a consultant on the Marvel Movie, ‘Dr. Strange’. In our conversation, we unpacked what happiness really is and we talked about how can we find freedom from our 'crazy minds'. We also talked about meditation, of course, and Thubten did a great job re-framing some of the resistance that we often feel towards meditation. Thubten also gives guidance around how the practice can support our children and the way we show up as parents. I really loved our conversation, and hope you enjoy it too. For the full show notes, please head over to motherkind.co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.5	Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Motherkind podcast with me, your host, Zoe
1:22.3	Blaski, where each week I chat about all things motherhood and well-being.
1:26.8	My mission with this podcast is to help you
1:29.3	reconnect to you, to feel happier, more joyful, calmer and that little bit kinder to yourself
1:36.4	because I think life as a mum in this hectic modern world is hard enough as it is. I believe
1:43.1	becoming the happiest, most alive version of ourselves
1:46.7	is the most important and inspiring thing we can do for our children. Hi everyone, welcome to
1:54.5	this episode of the Motherkind podcast. I have a very special guest for you today. Gailong Tupton a Buddhist monk, a meditation teacher, and author of a monk's guide to happiness.
2:05.6	He was educated at Oxford, then he became an actor in London and New York, but in his early 20s, at just 21, he suffered a huge burnout that he tells us about in the episode that led him to change his life and he went
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