Josh Korda: Unsubscribe: Opt Out of Delusion

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Buddhism, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Josh Korda is the guiding teacher of Dharma Punx in NYC and a fully empowered Buddhist teacher in the Against the Stream lineage. He has led numerous online and residential retreats and is also widely known for his podcast and as an author. His new book is called Unsubscribe: Opt Out of Delusion, Tune in to Truth. In this conversation with Eric, he talks about how to make changes in your life and he bases much of what he has to say on this topic on his Buddhist principals and own life experience. It's a comprehensive look at how we as humans can experience the impermanence of life. Since we all face this impermanence, it's a pretty important thing to grow more skillful in the way we interact with it. Visit oneyoufeed.net/transform to learn more about our personal transformation program. Please Support The Show with a Donation The Great Courses Plus app streaming service where you can learn anything that interests you. Feed your curiosity. Feed your good wolf. thousands of lectures and lessons on human behavior, history, science, cooking, photography, drawing Get a full month of unlimited access for free www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/wolf LinkedIn worlds largest professional network 70% of the workforce is already there - not just those looking for jobs. A new hire is made every 10 seconds using LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/wolf $50 off first job post Blinkist read or listen to thousands of nonfiction book summaries all on your phone in under 15 minutes www.blinkist.com/wolf to start your free trial or get 3 months off your yearly plan In This Interview, Josh Korda and I Discuss... His book, Unsubscribe: Opt Out of Delusion, Tune in to Truth How he deals with his depression Western mindfulness practice How it's not about always accepting or settling for toxic circumstances How it's not about always running away from healthy yet difficult circumstances The wisdom to know what to do with difficulty in the moment How to make significant life changes (based on his experience doing just that) Being willing to set boundaries Making change by talking harshly oneself only creates stress and you then associate the stress with the goal itself and you begin to procrastinate How our inner critic makes us want to avoid the very things we want to grow into Thought arrives after feeling and impulses Ways to change behavior without relying on thought "Corrective emotional response" The importance of an empathetic, safe therapist in effective therapy Josh Korda Links Homepage Twitter Please Support The Show with a Donation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We curate our reputations on social media, present to people only the lovable, interesting, funny parts of ourselves, and this doesn't lead to any form of real connection.
0:14.0	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:24.0	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:34.0	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:38.0	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:43.0	We see what we don't have instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:49.0	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:57.0	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:13.0	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Josh Corta, the guiding teacher of Dharma punks in New York City and a fully empowered Dharma teacher in the Against the Stream lineage.
1:29.0	Josh has led online and residential retreats for Tricycle and Lions for our magazines, and is also widely known for his podcast, which has over 1.4 million downloads.
1:39.0	He's also written numerous articles on insight meditation for Tricycle, Lions Roar, Buddha Dharma, and Huffington Post.
1:46.0	His new book is Unsubscribe, opt out of delusion, tune into truth.
1:51.0	Can you think of a time in your life when you've been helped along, supported, or encouraged?
1:57.0	If so, this is a time when you can choose to pay it forward. A week ago, I quit my day job to focus on the one you feed full time.
2:06.0	You might think since I chose to leave my job that the show generates enough income for me to live on, but that's not quite the case yet.
2:13.0	Friends, I am asking for your support today. But you're not just supporting me. You're actually furthering a tool that's helping thousands of people feed their good wolf, and thereby making this world just a little bit better.
2:26.0	So if you've ever considered supporting the show via monthly donation, please do so today. Become a supporter at one you feed.net slash support.
2:36.0	Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
2:39.0	And here's the episode with Josh Corda.
2:43.0	Hi Josh, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me.
2:46.0	I'm happy to have you on and get a chance to talk about your new book Unsubscribe. But before we get to that, let's start like we always do with the parable.
2:54.0	There's a grandfather who's talking with his grandson. He says in life, there are two wolves inside of us that are always at battle.
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