How To Get Past Your Past | Yung Pueblo
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 919
Episode description
Lessons learned from 12 years of serious meditation.
Diego Perez is a meditator and #1 New York Times bestselling author who is widely known by his pen name, Yung Pueblo. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves.
In this episode we talk about:
- How to burn off your mind’s conditioning
- The suffering that comes from clinging in a world characterized by relentless change
- What selfless listening is, and how to do it
- The liberation that comes from equanimity
- Some of the incredibly valuable lessons he’s learned from 12 years of meditation
- How to make better decisions for your future self
- How to have boundless compassion without being a pushover
- Why being able to see perspectives outside of your own is a sign of intelligence and mental strength
- And much more
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