About this episode

Trudy Goodman discusses building resilience through dharma practice and her experiences in Buddhist psychology.

Honoring both psychological and spiritual work, Trudy Goodman explores how she built resilience through years of dharma practice. Join Dharma Moon for two, free online talks: How To Make a Living Teaching Meditation and Key Elements of Teaching Mindfulness Meditation  In this week’s episode, Trudy and David explore: Trudy’s voiceover work on The Midnight Gospel , playing ‘Trudy the Love Barbarian’  How meditation and dharma practice strengthen resilience  Both Trudy and David’s work in Buddhist Psychology  Looking inwards through both therapy and mindfulness  The three personality types within Buddhist Psychology: deluded, greedy, and aversive  Hitting the “jackpot”: Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman’s love story  Reflecting on life as an answered prayer and Trudy’s upcoming memoir “To come back to resilience, I really credit the dharma. I think through meditation and dharma practice, we open our consciousness, our hearts, our awareness.” –Trudy Goodman Join Dharma Moon this fall to learn about The Business of Teaching Meditation . About Trudy Goodman: Trudy Goodman, PH.D., is the founding teacher of InsightLA and cofounder of the Institute for…

People in this episode

Host: David Nichtern

Guest: Trudy Goodman

Topics covered

• resilience
• dharma practice
• Buddhist psychology
• meditation
• mindfulness
• psychological work

Keywords

• resilience
• dharma
• meditation
• Buddhist psychology
• mindfulness
• Trudy Goodman
• David Nichtern
• InsightLA
• Jack Kornfield

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dharma Moon, InsightLA, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, Harvard

Books & works: The Midnight Gospel

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