For the sixth episode of the Real Love Podcast Series, Sharon sits down with renowned psychiatrist and author, Dr. Mark Epstein. Mark Epstein has paved the way for the cross-section of Western psychotherapy with Buddhist philosophy in the West, writing Read More
Sharon is joined by bell hooks for a heartfelt conversation about the transformative power of love in Episode 54 of the Metta Hour Podcast. bell hooks is a cultural critic, feminist theorist, and writer. Celebrated as one of our nation’s Read More
In Episode 53 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon sits down with Emma Seppälä Ph.D to discuss some of the science behind love and compassion. Emma Seppälä is the Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research in Read More
In Episode 52 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon is joined by Holistic Life Foundation co-founders Andres Gonzalez and brothers Ali and Atman Smith for a conversation around the role of love in community building. The Holistic Life Foundation has been Read More
In Episode 49 of the Metta Hour Podcast was recorded live at the Garrison Institute at the “Real Love Weekend” with Ethan Nichtern. Sharon contemplates the role of intentionality in our actions. Joined by the co-host of the evening, Ethan Read More
In Episode 48 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon visits humorist Randy Cohen’s podcast, Person Place Thing, to talk about her most inspirational “Thing,” the Statue of Liberty. Randy Cohen’s Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this Read More
In Episode 47 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon is joined by colleague and friend, Joseph Goldstein. Sharon and Joseph show us how to find love and awareness through meditative practice. They take questions from their live audience about applying Read More
In Episode 46 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon speaks with Roshi Joan Halifax about the idea of about meditation as way of “getting used to” the deepest places we already know in ourselves. We get a better understanding of Read More
In Episode 45 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon digs the into some of the reoccurring challenges we all encounter along the path. Our path to liberation is not a linear one of progression, in which we clear hurdles that never Read More
In Episode 44 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon shares four reflections on the Dharma that will sustain us in our practice. Who in the Western world can imagine sitting in silent meditation for years at a time? What can Read More
