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How to Train a Happy Mind

by Scott Snibbe
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  • Universalizing: Transforming Pain and Pleasure into Love and Compassion #31 [rebroadcast]

    October 27, 2026 · 24 min

    One of the most powerful Tibetan Buddhist mind training techniques is universalizing, a practice that transforms everyday pains and pleasures into profound meditations. From arguing with the family to stuffing yourself with a delicious…

  • Awakening Your Inner Source of Compassion Meditation | Dr. Shireen Mansouri

    October 20, 2026 · 11 min

    When we're going through difficult moments, it's easy to feel alone in our struggles or to be hard on ourselves. But compassion is a quality we can cultivate, not only for others, but also for ourselves. In this gentle guided meditation…

  • Should I Meditate With My Doctor? | Shireen Mansouri #232

    October 13, 2026 · 39 min

    What if your doctor could help you feel better just by being more present? Scott Snibbe talks with Dr. Shireen Mansouri, a Canadian physician and teacher with the Compassion Institute, about how meditation and compassion can transform the…

  • Compassion Meditation #29 [rebroadcast]

    October 6, 2026 · 16 min

    A 15-minute guided meditation on compassion: the wish to take away others’ suffering. Episode 29. Guided Compassion Meditation If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation…

  • What is Compassion? #28 [rebroadcast]

    September 29, 2026 · 26 min

    Compassion is starting to rival mindfulness as the next most popular up-and-coming form of secular meditation. But what is compassion? Compassion, from the Buddhist perspective, is not just empathizing with others’ suffering, but actively…

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  • A Compassion Meditation for Difficult Moments — Aproteem Choudhury #231

    September 22, 2026 · 13 min

    In this episode, Aproteem Choudhury offers a gentle compassion meditation for those moments when something difficult is asking for our attention. Rather than turning away from discomfort or trying to fix it, this practice invites us to…

  • Compassion Means We're Not Alone — Aproteem Choudhury #230

    September 15, 2026 · 41 min

    Can compassion make loneliness less convincing? Aproteem Choudhury, Program Director of Health at The Compassion Institute, explores how compassion can transform the way we relate to loneliness, trauma, and suffering. Drawing on his work…

  • How Compassion Helps Us Through High-Stress Situations—Stephen Butler #229

    September 8, 2026 · 43 min

    What does compassion look like when we’re facing intense stress, trauma, or pressure? In this episode, we talk with Stephen Butler, Executive Director of the Compassion Institute, about how we can strengthen our innate capacity for…

  • Guided Meditation on Love #26 [rebroadcast]

    September 1, 2026 · 22 min

    A guided meditation on love, or loving-kindness, the expansive form of love, wishing happiness not only to friends and family but to all beings everywhere, including our enemies. In the language of Buddhism, it is metta or maitri. Episode…

  • What is Love? #25 [rebroadcast]

    August 25, 2026 · 22 min

    Love is complex in our culture, tied up with finding a single person to satisfy our huge list of needs and dreams, whom we then grant the exclusive gift of our affection. But love—loving-kindness from the Buddhist perspective—is simpler…

  • Healthy Masculinity: A Meditation on Sex, Strength, and Love #228

    August 18, 2026 · 32 min

    A guided meditation led by Scott Snibbe on healthy masculinity, exploring sexuality, strength, compassion, self-acceptance, and emotional connection to help men feel more whole, grounded, and deeply connected with themselves and…

  • Sex, Strength, and Love: Karen Brody on Modern Masculinity #227

    August 11, 2026 · 43 min

    Karen Brody has a unique perspective on modern masculinity, intimacy, and sexuality. She explores why men and women can misunderstand each other, how sexual confidence differs from neediness, what keeps love alive over decades together…

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About the show

The How to Train a Happy Mind podcast brings meditation to modern people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. Each week, host Scott Snibbe and his guests share powerful mind training techniques that go beyond mindfulness to harness our intelligence, emotions, and imagination. Learn how to build a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world through a secular approach to meditation that is based on modern science and psychology, yet grounded in the authentic thousand-year old Tibetan Buddhist tradition of analytical meditation. How to Train a Happy Mind is a project of the nonprofit Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment. Our host, Scott Snibbe, is a twenty-five-year student of Tibetan Buddhism whose teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Snibbe is the author of the popular How to Train a Happy Mind book, and leads meditation classes and retreats worldwide infused with science, humor, and the realities of the modern world.