We explore equanimity as a heart practice that meets vulnerability without armor and shifts our relationship to identity, praise and blame, and social media reactivity. We offer practical steps to steady the nervous system and act with clarity in an age of fear.

• identity as a source of reactivity and friction
• the worldly winds of gain, loss, praise, blame
• equanimity as undefended openness across traditions
• the skydiving with no ground metaphor
• love transforming into compassion, joy, and equanimity
• caring without the fantasy of control
• small experiments to test catastrophic thoughts
• balancing activism with steadiness and clarity

We highly recommend the book Quiet Strength

Find “Quiet Strength: Find Peace, Feel Alive, And Love Boundlessly With The Power Of Equanimity” and more at Margaret’s website.

Margaret's New Book --> Quiet Strength: https://a.co/d/029xEshE

Margaret Cullen's website: https://margaretcullen.com

Teach mindfulness without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome.

Learn about our Internationally Accredited Certification Program: https://certify.mindfulnessexercises.com/

Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life.

Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work.

Each episode offers a mix of:

• Practical mindfulness and meditation teachings
• Conversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchers
• Real-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregivers
• Gentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or change

If you’re interested in:

• Mindfulness meditation for everyday life
• Trauma-sensitive and compassion-based practices
• Teaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative way
• Deepening your own practice while supporting others

…you’re in the right place.

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We talk with mindfulness teacher and technologist Jay Vidyarthi about rebuilding a healthier relationship with attention in a world engineered for distraction and speed.

Jay's Book: Reclaim Your Mind

We move from tech burnout and Zoom fatigue to practical strategies that replace guilt with choice, including a guided practice that makes the “pull” of the phone impossible to unsee.

• noticing false urgency and how language triggers the nervous system
• working with tech burnout through rest, recovery time, and small in-call adjustments
• understanding your attachment style with technology as a non-shaming map for change
• adding curiosity and structure when apps create avoidance or stress
• setting boundaries that become positive rituals rather than deprivation
• spotting design patterns like red badges, autoplay, and countdown timers
• “voting” with attention by supporting tools and creators that promote clarity and wellbeing
• practising “drop the rope” with a slow-motion phone audit to build urge immunity

Check out Jay’s book, Reclaim Your Mind: Seven Strategies to Enjoy Tech Mindfully.

You can check out his website at jayvidarthy.com.

Teach mindfulness without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome.

Learn about our Internationally Accredited Certification Program: https://certify.mindfulnessexercises.com/

Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life.

Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work.

Each episode offers a mix of:

• Practical mindfulness and meditation teachings
• Conversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchers
• Real-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregivers
• Gentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or change

If you’re interested in:

• Mindfulness meditation for everyday life
• Trauma-sensitive and compassion-based practices
• Teaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative way
• Deepening your own practice while supporting others

…you’re in the right place.

Learn more at ...

We explore equanimity as the art of falling, learning how to stay steady and open when life feels uncertain. We share how caring perspective helps us face world news, strong emotions, and personal hardship without losing our heart.
• equanimity as surrender to change and uncertainty
• staying caring without getting overwhelmed by current events
• why few teachers teach equanimity and what depth requires
• mindfulness vs equanimity and where they overlap
• equanimity as love in the midst of vulnerability
• “caring perspective” as a blend of heart and wisdom
• the felt difference between present-moment awareness and time-vastness
• practicing free-fall instead of grabbing for control
• grief, fear, and acceptance as outcomes of letting ourselves fall
• ego, masks, and what drops away when we stop bracing

Teach mindfulness without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome.

Learn about our Internationally Accredited Certification Program: https://certify.mindfulnessexercises.com/

Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life.

Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work.

Each episode offers a mix of:

• Practical mindfulness and meditation teachings
• Conversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchers
• Real-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregivers
• Gentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or change

If you’re interested in:

• Mindfulness meditation for everyday life
• Trauma-sensitive and compassion-based practices
• Teaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative way
• Deepening your own practice while supporting others

…you’re in the right place.

Learn more at ...