Episode 31 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon discusses some of the more common obstacles to sympathetic joy and offers methods that promote both the practice and sustainability of this quality.

In Episode 30 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon explains the specific form of joy that comes from taking genuine delight in the happiness of others.

In Episode 29 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon describes the spacious realm of equanimity and its role in cultivating and preserving an abiding sense of faith.

In Episode 28 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon discusses how the meditative process is rooted in this recognition and subsequent experimentation with the methods that best align with where we are right now.

In Episode 27 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon helps us to appreciate the sense of clarity that naturally arises when our view is no longer distorted by our fears, biases, and judgments of the world around us.

In Episode 26 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon describes meditation as a means for learning how to sit in the heart of the paradoxes that we encounter on our path.

In Episode 25  of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon discusses some of the qualities that often accompany Metta, and explains the synergistic and supportive relationship they promote.

Raghu Markus returns to the Metta Hour in Episode 24, to discuss Sharon’s recent post on her weekly On Being column called ‘Proximity Leads to Understanding’ regarding the role of proximity in understanding the ubiquitous nature of our lives.

In Episode 23 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon reminds us that mindfulness can go anywhere and isn’t dependent upon circumstance.

In Episode 22 of the Metta hour Podcast, Sharon speaks about the clouds of judgment that prevents us from seeing things as they truly are.