Episode Description

For episode 235, Sharon speaks with Suneel Gupta. Suneel is a bestselling author, renowned speaker, Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, and host of a global documentary series. He studies leaders around the world to discover and share simple, actionable habits that lift our performance, deepen our state of well-being, and guide us further into our dharma. His latest book, “Everyday Dharma: Eight Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy in Everything You Do” was released in the Fall of 2023 from Harper Collins.

In this conversation, Sharon and Suneel discuss:

• Suneel’s definition of dharma

• How we express our core truth

• Dr King’s Street Sweeper story

• Suneel’s life path with failure

• The wisdom of Suneel’s Grandfather

• Suneel’s journey of identity as a brown-skinned man

• Writing as a therapeutic form

• Arrival fallacy

• Eight pillars of Suneel’s book Everyday Dharma

• The path is cyclical, not linear

• Dharma as the bedrock on your life

• How Suneel defines success

• Asking what makes you come alive?

• Howard Thurman’s wisdom

• Tuning into space

• Vulnerability promoting connection

Additional Resources

Suneel closes the conversation with a short reading from his book. You can learn more about Suneel’s work and get a copy of his new book Everyday Dharma on his website.

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