Kevin Griffin: Not Too Unhappy

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2015

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Griffin is one of the leading lights of the mindful recovery movement, which applies Buddhist concepts of compassion and mindfulness to the journey out of addiction. A longtime meditator, teacher, and Twelve-Step participant, Kevin is the cofounder of the Buddhist Recovery Network. With Sounds True, Kevin has published the book Recovering Joy: A Mindful Life After Addiction, and the audio programs Recovery One Breath at a Time and One Breath, Twelve Steps: A Buddhist Path to Recovery from Addiction. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Kevin discuss the challenge of embracing joy after recovering from addiction. They also talk about the connections between Buddhist meditation and the Twelve Steps, as well as the importance of showing up for life’s events after addiction. Finally, Kevin and Tami speak on the changing relationship to happiness during and after the recovery process. (64 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Kevin Griffin.
0:44.3	Kevin is a longtime Buddhist practitioner
0:46.8	and 12-step participant.
0:49.1	He's a leader in the mindful recovery movement
0:52.0	and one of the founders of the Buddhist recovery network.
0:56.0	Kevin has trained with the leading Western Vipassana teachers among them Jack
1:01.4	Cornfield Joseph Goldstein and Aijon Amaro.
1:05.0	Kevin Griffin emerged as an innovator in the field of addiction treatment with his book
1:12.0	One Breath at a Time.
1:14.6	With sounds true, Kevin has published a new book called Recovering Joy, A Mindful Life
1:21.6	After Addiction, and he's also created two new audio programs
1:26.8	recovery one breath at a time and one breath 12 steps a Buddhist path to recovery from addiction, where he shares personal insights from
1:37.9	his own struggle with addiction and offers guided meditations and practices to support each step of the recovery process.
1:46.4	In this episode of Insights at The Edge, Kevin and I spoke about the special challenges faced by people who have recovered from an addiction
1:55.9	when it comes to inviting in joy and happiness.
2:00.8	We also talked about walking the talk, what it means to integrate our values with our
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