Ep. 258- The Five Things That Lead to Awakening with Trudy Goodman

Ep. 258- The Five Things That Lead to Awakening with Trudy Goodman

June 4, 2026 · 59 min · Episode 258

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Trudy Goodman discusses the factors leading to enlightenment and the practice of mindfulness.

Exploring the factors of enlightenment, Vipassana teacher Trudy Goodman offers listeners ‘the good news’ of Buddhist Practice. 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. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Trudy Goodman explores: The balancing factor, energizing factors, and calming factors of enlightenment Manifesting metta through mindfulness Investigation into the truth of the dharma  Offering compassion to the pain we feel The beauty and profound stillness of a unified heart-mind Being both the subject and object of experience  Having faith in the strengthening of our mindfulness skills This episode 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 Love Barbarian in the Netflix series, The Midnight…

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