Send me a message "Your mind is like a toddler with a chainsaw." Most of us are living in "Stockholm Syndrome" with our own thoughts. We trust our worst abuser — our own inner critic — as if it were gospel. But there is a secret to mental freedom that no one taught us in school. In this talk, Todd Perelmuter breaks down the "slave driver" nature of the ego and shares his personal journey from being a stressed, addicted New York ad executive to finding total mental silence. In this podcast, you w...
May 10, 2026•23 min•Season 1Ep. 189
Send me a message What if you could become immune to criticism, insults, and the "monkeys" beating their chests around you? In this video, we explore why getting comfortable with being disliked is actually the ultimate secret to a peaceful life. Most of us spend our lives as "ants" caught in an intense internal conflict, reacting to every "flavor" of personality we encounter. Todd Perelmuter breaks down the psychology of the ego, explaining why yelling makes you lose your standing and how to rec...
May 03, 2026•16 min•Season 1Ep. 188
Send me a message Most of what hurts us… isn’t what people say. It’s what we believe about it. In this video, you’ll discover a deeper truth — one that goes beyond “handling criticism” or “staying positive.” A truth that changes how you experience every interaction. Because when you truly see what you are… there is nothing to defend, nothing to protect, and nothing that can be attacked. And from that place… peace is no longer something you try to maintain. It’s simply what remains. Please enjoy ...
Apr 28, 2026•24 min•Season 1Ep. 187
Send me a message We’ve been taught that success, money, and achievement will eventually make us happy. But no matter how much we reach, it never feels like enough. In this podcast, you’ll learn why ambition can’t give you lasting happiness — and how to shift your mindset so you can enjoy the journey instead of endlessly chasing the next goal. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Rem...
Apr 23, 2026•10 min•Season 1Ep. 186
Send me a message Family drama can feel impossible to escape. Someone says something hurtful, crosses a boundary, or brings a storm of negativity into the room — and suddenly your peace is gone too. In this talk, we explore how to deal with difficult family members without stuffing down your emotions, exploding in anger, or losing yourself in the chaos. You’ll learn how to stop feeding the internal thought storm, set boundaries without rage, protect your peace around negativity, and accept peopl...
Apr 16, 2026•52 min•Season 1Ep. 185
Send me a message At some point, we all wonder: Did I make the right choices in life? We replay the past, think about “what could have been,” and question whether we wasted time or missed our chance at a better life. But what if nothing actually went wrong? In this podcast, we explore how to stop regretting your life choices and finally make peace with the past. You’ll learn why overthinking, comparison, and attachment to expectations create suffering — and how shifting your attention to the pre...
Apr 10, 2026•55 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Send me a message We live in a world that tells us we should always be happy. So we smile, say we’re “doing great,” and hide what we’re really feeling — even from the people closest to us. But what if this constant pressure to be happy is actually making things worse? In this podcast, we explore how forcing happiness, avoiding discomfort, and chasing pleasure can create more suffering, not less. You’ll learn why unhappiness is not a failure, why trying to “fix” it can backfire, and how acceptanc...
Mar 30, 2026•21 min•Season 1Ep. 183
When a role ends — a job, a marriage, a season of parenthood, a version of yourself you carried for decades — it can feel like you are losing part of who you are. But the suffering does not come from change itself. It comes from attachment to what was never meant to last. This podcast episode is about how to let go of old identities, stop clinging to impermanent roles, and rediscover the deeper self that remains when everything else changes. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation t...
Mar 21, 2026•11 min•Season 1Ep. 182
Watching someone we love suffer can be one of the most painful experiences in life. Often, it’s even harder than dealing with our own suffering. It becomes especially difficult when the person we love is contributing to their own pain — repeating harmful habits, resisting help, or undermining their own healing. We want to fix it. We want to save them. We want to change them. But the truth is that the harder we try to force change, the more resistance we often create. In this podcast, we explore ...
Mar 13, 2026•13 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Feeling stuck is one of the most common human experiences. But what if the problem isn’t your job, your city, your relationship… or your circumstances? In this podcast, we explore why change doesn’t always create freedom — and how the mind can quietly trap us in the same patterns no matter where we go. There is a way out. And it starts somewhere unexpected. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-fr...
Mar 09, 2026•18 min•Season 1Ep. 180
When someone hurts us or repeatedly creates conflict in our lives, we often hear the same advice online: “Cut them out.” Remove them. Block them. Never speak to them again. But cutting someone out doesn’t always free us. Sometimes it only means that they still live in our thoughts — still triggering anger, resentment, and pain whenever we remember them. In this talk, we explore a deeper and more peaceful alternative: letting go. Letting go doesn’t mean approving of harmful behavior. It doesn’t m...
Mar 05, 2026•25 min•Season 1Ep. 179
We worry about our legacy. How we’ll be remembered. Whether we mattered. But what if that entire burden was imagined? What if the thing you’re stressing about… doesn’t actually exist the way you think it does? This podcast explores why we carry worries past our own lifetime — and what happens when we finally put them down. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to...
Feb 28, 2026•14 min•Season 1Ep. 178
I am fascinated by those timeless thoughts that every generations ponders: Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life? For tens of thousands of years, humans have looked to the skies and wondered about these questions. And yet, after all that time, we're no closer to an answer. However, one key phrase keeps getting passed down: Know thyself. But what does it mean to know ourselves? Isn't who we are obvious? And how can we get to know ourselves? In this podcast, avai...
Feb 12, 2026•22 min•Season 1Ep. 177
We know that people will lie. We know that people will say hurtful things because they've been hurt. We know that what people say about us can have absolutely nothing to do with us. And we know that people judge, blame, and criticize in ways that have no relationship to the truth. So why then do their words hurt so much? Why do we suffer so deeply when people slander us? And why do we take things so personally that are in no way personal? It's because our mind can know something, but unless our ...
Jan 30, 2026•21 min•Season 1Ep. 176
How is it that so many kind, loving people can turn into rage monsters on the road? How can people who would never be unkind suddenly start screaming expletives at sweet old ladies? Road rage is no laughing matter. Kids and family members are affected by the rage. It spikes our blood pressure. And people die all the time in road related fights. To quit road rage, we have to first understand it. In today's podcast, I share the 3 root causes for road rage, my own personal struggles with it, and th...
Jan 16, 2026•24 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Slow down, close your eyes, and meditate on these reflections on consciousness, the universe, and our place in the cosmos. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. ***** You deserve to feel at peace now — not someday. These free books give you the tools to start living the life you’ve been waiting for. You can download them here (https://www.east...
Jan 09, 2026•1 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Does being on the spiritual path mean that we will become lazy? How to be motivated AND be peaceful? Don't we need stress to succeed? In this podcast, I answer these questions and more. I dive into the topic of what it means to spiritually surrender. And I share the most powerful trick to achieving everything we could ever want in life with ease and joy. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free ...
Dec 30, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 173
We all know that expression, "One day I'll look back on this and laugh." Usually, it takes a few years. But is there a way to speed up that process? Is there a way to laugh and enjoy each moment as if we were looking back on it years from now? The key to why we can look back and laugh as something difficult is distance. Emotional, physical, and chronological distance. Distance gives us a feeling of safety, clarity, perspective. In this podcast, I share how we can all create instant distance so t...
Dec 20, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 172
What does it mean to be both finite beings in an infinite universe? Who are you? Who am I? How to sense oneness? What is eternity? What is our true nature? In this weekly short podcast, let's explore these answers and more — our infinite nature, how we merge back with reality, and why death isn't as scary as we think. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay...
Dec 14, 2025•2 min•Season 1Ep. 171
There is a stage of adulthood that no one talks about and no one prepares us for. It is the hardest stage to grow into. It is the stage we fear and try to avoid our whole life. But it's coming for all of us. No, it's not the mid-life crisis. It's the stage of becoming an elder. It doesn't mean we've turned 80. It means we no longer have an elder we can turn to for sage advice, and we have to step into that role ourself. It can happen when we're very young or very old, but there eventually comes ...
Dec 09, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 170
When we realize the root cause of what is stealing our joy, it becomes easy to rip that cause out from the roots so that it never grows back. In this podcast, I share the #1 reason we are not loving life to the fullest. And I discuss how we can all start right here, right now. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. ***** You deserve to feel at ...
Nov 26, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Our bodies respond to the thoughts in our head. We make choices because of our thoughts. And if we have a scary thought, we feel fear. If our thoughts are angry in nature, we feel anger. If we have worrying thoughts, we feel stressed and anxious. If they are positive, we feel good and happy. We think reality effects our thoughts, but it is our thoughts that create our reality. Most of us simply have an untrained mind. Our mind is our master. The ego runs the show. In this podcast, I talk about h...
Nov 15, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 168
We all have trouble thinking before we speak and act. We want to be present and flow, but we also want to be careful and thoughtful of what we do. So how do we think before we act and still be present? How do we stop impulsive behavior, giving into addiction and addictive urges, and reacting from anger or losing our temper? Why do we sometimes say something we don't mean, act impulsively, or hurt others unintentionally? And most importantly, how can we become aligned in our words, thoughts and a...
Oct 26, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Why do we suffer from mean words? What is the real root cause of this suffering? Why do words directed at us hurt more than watching those same words on TV? What is getting hurt? And is there a way to stop getting angry and upset by the cruelty and unkindness of others? In this podcast, I do a deep dive into the root cause of this particularly difficult and all too common form of suffering. I talk about what role trauma plays in us getting triggered. And I share some simple but powerful ways to ...
Oct 03, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 166
One of the hardest times in anyone's life is when we lose someone who is still alive. Perhaps they cut us off, perhaps we cut them off, or perhaps it was mutual. But either way, the pain, regret, blame, and open wound of hope make this type of loss particularly difficult. There are countless books written about grief. When someone we love passes, friends and family offer their support. But when we lose the living, we often suffer alone. Taking time to grieve seems strange and futile. So what can...
Sep 23, 2025•25 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Is it possible to change? Why do we find it so hard? What prevents us from changing? And why do we keep failing? In this podcast episode, I share the answer to these questions and more. I share some personal stories of my own struggles. I talk about the nature of addiction, why we really get hooked, and most importantly, how to become free once and for all. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-fr...
Sep 14, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 164
We are all searching for something. We are all on a journey. And to some extent, we all have a restless mind. It is the nature of being alive. We move, we age, we learn and we grow. The question is, what are we searching for? Are we staying focused or getting distracted? Are we getting closer or further away? And is it the right goal, the right destination we're moving toward, the place that will bring us the peace and happiness we seek? In this podcast, I share some common pitfalls on our journ...
Sep 07, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 163
We've never had more ways to escape boredom than we do today. And yet, we've never been more impatient, anxious, and antsy. So why so much discontentment when we have so many ways to pass the time? Why such unhappiness despite having infinite entertainment in our pockets? And why are our attention spans shorter than ever? In this podcast, I share the truth about boredom. I discuss why we feel it, what it truly is, and how to end it once and for all. Please enjoy other episodes where I share medi...
Sep 01, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 162
If the unexamined life is not worth living, the unexamined mind is not worth having. Who are we? At the deepest sense of ourselves? What is this consciousness peering out at the world? And is it possible to turn our awareness back on itself? If we fail to look at ourselves, to understand who we truly are, to understand our unconscious thought patterns and habits, we are doomed to repeat our past, to live an unintentional life, and to keep making the same mistakes. But if we start to look within,...
Aug 24, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 161
Spirituality and success are not mutually exclusive endeavors. You don't have to give up all your possessions and move to a cave in India to meditate in solitude in order to find happiness. Steve Jobs showed us that you can be spiritual and successful. He showed us how spirituality can actually lead to greater success. And he shared how spirituality actually led to him being able to enjoy instead of losing himself in the insatiable desire for more. In this podcast, I share the 3 most important l...
Aug 10, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 160
