Turn Crisis into Calm: A Buddhist Nun’s Guide to Experiencing Clarity and Confidence
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Gen Chogma discusses her journey with anxiety and how meditation can help transform one's relationship with the mind.
In today’s episode, Gen Chogma shares her personal journey of working with anxiety and panic attacks, explaining how meditation transformed her relationship with her mind. Drawing on her lived experience and the teachings of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, she explains how intense feelings can seem overwhelmingly real, even when nothing is actually wrong externally, and why it is so important to control our mind—otherwise, it can easily deceive us. Through clear, honest examples from everyday life, she explores how learning to watch the mind helps us recognize the early stages of anxiety, create inner space, and gradually regain a sense of control. Rather than suppressing difficult emotions, this episode shows how gently pacifying the mind allows thoughts and feelings to settle naturally, like waves calming on an ocean. This conversation highlights a deeply practical approach to meditation and mental training that many people will find beneficial. Chapters 00:00 Panic, Anxiety, and First Meditation 05:30 Learning to Watch the Mind 11:00 Feelings, Fear, and Deceptive Appearances 16:30 Acceptance, Impermanence, and Loss 22:00 Using Suffering to Grow Compassion 27:30 Anxiety, Modern Life, and…
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