Yung Pueblo: How To Let Go Of The Past, Connect With The Present, & Expand The Future

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

In this new episode Steven sits down with the poet and philosopher Diego Perez, also known as Yung Pueblo. Diego was born in Ecuador and immigrated to the United States as a child, and grew up in a working class neighbourhood in Boston. After having a mild heart attack, Diego gave up drinking and drugs, and attended his first Vipassana meditation course in 2012. Pursuing writing, he started posting his poetry on Instagram in 2013 and has written three bestselling books, ‘Inward’, ‘Clarity & Connection’ and ‘Lighter’. In this conversation Diego and Steven discuss topics, such as: How having a heart attack was the catalyst for change in Diego’s life Why you should embrace and sit with your emotions The power of meditation and embracing change The way to escape suffering in your life You can purchase Diego’s newest book ‘Lighter’, here: https://amzn.to/3NgXOD7 Follow Diego: Instagram: https://bit.ly/42wAGVx Twitter: https://twitter.com/YungPueblo Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.0	Young Puebla, the expert in unlocking your true potential.
0:42.8	He's a meditator and best-selling author,
0:45.4	whose work has impacted the lives of millions.
0:49.2	The world is incredibly challenging.
0:50.5	The demands are intense, and whether you've experienced serious trauma or not hard moments get accumulated into the mind
0:57.1	We're trapped in this tight little bubble by our past. It keeps us in a loop. You react very intensely with anger with sadness with you to feel
1:04.6	anxiety stress but healing and letting go are possible.
1:08.8	How?
1:09.8	The best tool that we don't access is meditation. If there's someone listening to this now,
1:14.0	and they go, I don't meditate, I've tried it, didn't work,
1:16.0	what is the pitch you'd make to them?
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