Ep. 254 - CALM with Trudy Goodman
From Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast by Be Here Now Network
May 7, 2026 · 50 min · Episode 254
About this episode
Trudy Goodman discusses practical ways to cultivate calm and tranquility in life.
Teaching listeners to incline the mind towards peacefulness, Trudy Goodman offers practical ways to be calm and experience the blessings of tranquility. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode, Trudy Goodman holds a talk on: Calm as a factor of enlightenment Having an intimate connection with our own experience Practical ways to calm down Making our lives a living vigil of silence Being in the holding presence of another The mothering nature of mindfulness How metta brings us self-compassion and calm Inclining the mind towards practice and peacefulness Witnessing the blessings of tranquility This was recorded at Spirit Rock and was originally published on Dharmaseed About Trudy Goodman: Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA . For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats, engages in activism work, and teaches workshops worldwide and online. She is also the voice of Trudy the…
People in this episode
Guest: Trudy Goodman
Topics covered
- calm
- mindfulness
- tranquility
- self-compassion
- enlightenment
- meditation
Keywords
- peacefulness
- mindfulness
- Vipassana
- self-compassion
- meditation
- tranquility
- enlightenment
Sponsors
BetterHelp
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: InsightLA, Spirit Rock, Dharmaseed
Books & works: The Midnight Gospel
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