Buddhability
226 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 513 ratingsThe reality is, we’re already enlightened. It’s only as we face obstacles, stress and our own messiness that we start to forget it. This is a show about how to believe in yourself again, told by a community of Buddhists doing it everyday, and changing the world along the way. Hosted by Cassidy Bradford, each week you’ll hear an honest conversation about real life and how to tap into your Buddhability. From relationships and dream jobs to lessons from psychology and activism, subscribe to Buddhability on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts so you never miss an episode. For more stories, tips on practicing SGI Nichiren Buddhism, and our newsletter, visit www.buddhability.org.
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When you feel like you don’t belong anywhere
January 19, 2021 22:36 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBFeeling like you fit in is hard, especially when you have many different identities. If you’ve ever felt like you put on a different mask every place you go, this episode is for you. We speak with Falcon Sang, a young artist from L.A., about how practicing Buddhism helped him find himself. Key takeaway: If you’re willing to dig deeper, you’ll find that Buddhability is universal, and it can help you connect with anyone. Cheat sheet: 00:30 Announcement: Send us your questions about...
Episode 11: What Buddhism and Design Have in Common
January 12, 2021 18:04 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBIn our first conversation of 2021, we speak with designer and architect James Ludwig, VP of Global Design and Product Engineering for Steelcase Inc., the world’s leading designer of office furniture. He’s also been practicing SGI Nichiren Buddhism for a very long time. We discussed what design and Buddhism have in common, which is a lot, and how, at the beginning of a new year and new decade, we can think about designing our lives and solving big problems. Cheatsheet 1:52 The desi...
What Buddhism and Design Have in Common
January 12, 2021 18:04 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBIn our first conversation of 2021, we speak with designer and architect James Ludwig, VP of Global Design and Product Engineering for Steelcase Inc., the world’s leading designer of office furniture. He’s also been practicing SGI Nichiren Buddhism for a very long time. We discussed what design and Buddhism have in common, which is a lot, and how, at the beginning of a new year and new decade, we can think about designing our lives and solving big problems. Cheatsheet 1:52 The desi...
You Asked, We Answered: 3 Tips for Starting or Continuing Your Practice
January 05, 2021 16:34 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBHappy New Year from the team at Buddhability! As promised, today we are answering 3 listener questions about your Buddhability, which were submitted to us by voicemail over the last couple of weeks. Cheatsheet: 2:20 How to get over the guilt of chanting for things you want 8:12 How to help your loved ones become happy 13:25 What if I don’t chant everyday?
Have a question for Buddhability? Send us a voice memo!
December 18, 2020 14:49 - 2 minutes - 2.26 MBWe’re taking a short break for the holidays but our year-end episode will feature answers to a few listener-submitted questions about anything you want to ask about your own Buddhability. All you have to do is email a voice memo to [email protected] of no more than two minutes, sharing your name, where you’re located, what your question is and any context you want to share. A few selected voice memos will be included in the podcast, so please only submit if you’re comfortable havi...
How to find your place within your family
December 11, 2020 20:25 - 32 minutes - 30 MBAs we enter into a most unusual holiday season, we’re thinking a lot about what family means and how tapping into your Buddhability can impact your loved ones. If you’ve ever felt unsure of your place in your family, or like you wish you could connect with them better, this story is worth a listen. Priya Gunaseharan shares the story of how she found her own voice by helping her grandmother find hers, entirely through a series of phone calls. Key takeaway: If you try your best to acc...
Episode 10: How to find your place within your family
December 11, 2020 20:25 - 32 minutes - 30 MBAs we enter into a most unusual holiday season, we’re thinking a lot about what family means and how tapping into your Buddhability can impact your loved ones. If you’ve ever felt unsure of your place in your family, or like you wish you could connect with them better, this story is worth a listen. Priya Gunaseharan shares the story of how she found her own voice by helping her grandmother find hers, entirely through a series of phone calls. Key takeaway: If you try your best to acc...
Episode 9: How small goals add up to big dreams
December 04, 2020 15:30 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThis week’s episode is about how to build the confidence to pursue a big dream. Seon Yeop Jung shares how he using chanting and goal-setting to rebuild the confidence he lost due to bullying. By pursuing one small goal after another, he discovered his dream of being a scientist and educator. Key takeaway: If you don’t believe in yourself right now because of whatever you may have faced in the past, it’s OK. Just start wherever you are with one small goal and you’ll discover your pur...
How small goals add up to big dreams
December 04, 2020 15:30 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThis week’s episode is about how to build the confidence to pursue a big dream. Seon Yeop Jung shares how he using chanting and goal-setting to rebuild the confidence he lost due to bullying. By pursuing one small goal after another, he discovered his dream of being a scientist and educator. Key takeaway: If you don’t believe in yourself right now because of whatever you may have faced in the past, it’s OK. Just start wherever you are with one small goal and you’ll discover your pur...
What It Takes, A Love Story
November 20, 2020 18:44 - 31 minutes - 29 MBThis week, we’re talking about love. Well, specifically what it takes to be in a committed relationship for the long haul. Ian and Audrey McIlraith, who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary this year, tell us the story of how they overcame their own fears of being alone and of being good enough, to create a happy family. Here are their secrets: if you want to find a life partner and stay together through life’s storms, you need to be willing to confront your fears, see you...
Episode 8: What It Takes, A Love Story
November 20, 2020 18:44 - 31 minutes - 29 MBThis week, we’re talking about love. Well, specifically what it takes to be in a committed relationship for the long haul. Ian and Audrey McIlraith, who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary this year, tell us the story of how they overcame their own fears of being alone and of being good enough, to create a happy family. Here are their secrets: if you want to find a life partner and stay together through life’s storms, you need to be willing to confront your fears, see you...
Winning Morning, Winning Life
November 13, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 35.9 MBThis week, we speak with Rory Arnaud about what a daily Buddhist practice in the morning can do for you. The fact is, most of us haven’t even scratched the surface of what we are capable of accomplishing, learning and giving in this lifetime. Today’s key lesson is that if you can consistently win over yourself in the morning through chanting, you can unearth a treasure trove of wisdom, energy and courage and completely transform how you see yourself and the world. 0:37 Introduction...
Episode 7: Winning Morning, Winning Life
November 13, 2020 22:00 - 31 minutes - 35.9 MBThis week, we speak with Rory Arnaud about what a daily Buddhist practice in the morning can do for you. The fact is, most of us haven’t even scratched the surface of what we are capable of accomplishing, learning and giving in this lifetime. Today’s key lesson is that if you can consistently win over yourself in the morning through chanting, you can unearth a treasure trove of wisdom, energy and courage and completely transform how you see yourself and the world. 0:37 Introduction...
Episode 6: How to make progress, even when you can’t see eye to eye
November 04, 2020 18:14 - 45 minutes - 42 MBThis week, we speak with Abe Uccello about working for change in Florida’s prison system, even when he couldn’t see any forward movement. He explains how chanting can help you build trust and respect with anyone, and what unity actually means. Hint: You have to unlock your own wisdom and compassion first. Cheatsheet: 1:50 What we’re trying to understand today 4:02 Introduction to Abe 5:02 How chanting helped him feel like he had control over his life again 10:54 His expe...
How to make progress, even when you can’t see eye to eye
November 04, 2020 18:14 - 45 minutes - 42 MBThis week, we speak with Abe Uccello about working for change in Florida’s prison system, even when he couldn’t see any forward movement. He explains how chanting can help you build trust and respect with anyone, and what unity actually means. Hint: You have to unlock your own wisdom and compassion first. Cheatsheet: 1:50 What we’re trying to understand today 4:02 Introduction to Abe 5:02 How chanting helped him feel like he had control over his life again 10:54 His expe...
Episode 5: Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding on what it takes to be authentic
October 29, 2020 18:43 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBGreat artists are authentic. It’s how they are able to connect to enormous audiences, yet each person experiencing the music, or art, feels directly spoken to. What would you do if you could go through life with this kind of genuine, inspiring power? Being yourself, truly yourself, is hard. Today, we speak with legendary Grammy-winning jazz musicians Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding about how Buddhism has helped them become their most authentic selves. P.S. The book ment...
Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding on what it takes to be authentic
October 29, 2020 18:43 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBGreat artists are authentic. It’s how they are able to connect to enormous audiences, yet each person experiencing the music, or art, feels directly spoken to. What would you do if you could go through life with this kind of genuine, inspiring power? Being yourself, truly yourself, is hard. Today, we speak with legendary Grammy-winning jazz musicians Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding about how Buddhism has helped them become their most authentic selves. P.S. The book ment...
Episode 4: Dream Job, How I Fight Climate Change
October 22, 2020 23:10 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBDeciding on your career is hard. If you’ve ever felt like what you’re passionate about and what you do for work don’t align, this episode is for you. Climate activist Roberta Giordano shares how she found the courage to make the bold decision of committing full time to fight climate change and how, through chanting, you can do the same, whatever your passion or cause might be. Cheatsheet: 1:22 Episode Intro 2:14 Intro to Roberta Giordano 4:15 How her childhood fears influenced her ...
Dream Job, How I Fight Climate Change
October 22, 2020 23:10 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBDeciding on your career is hard. If you’ve ever felt like what you’re passionate about and what you do for work don’t align, this episode is for you. Climate activist Roberta Giordano shares how she found the courage to make the bold decision of committing full time to fight climate change and how, through chanting, you can do the same, whatever your passion or cause might be. Cheatsheet: 1:22 Episode Intro 2:14 Intro to Roberta Giordano 4:15 How her childhood fears influenced her ...
Buddhism, therapy and how people actually change
October 15, 2020 19:36 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week, we speak with psychotherapist Sean Grover about how therapy works, what its limits are, and what it takes to actually change yourself for the better. He also shares insights from his own Buddhist practice and what chanting can offer in the journey of self-transformation. Key takeaway: Human beings heal through relationships, so how you show up in relationships matters … a lot. If you want to be really, truly happy, you have to learn to care for yourself well, to be y...
Episode 3: Buddhism, therapy and how people actually change
October 15, 2020 19:36 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week, we speak with psychotherapist Sean Grover about how therapy works, what its limits are, and what it takes to actually change yourself for the better. He also shares insights from his own Buddhist practice and what chanting can offer in the journey of self-transformation. Key takeaway: Human beings heal through relationships, so how you show up in relationships matters … a lot. If you want to be really, truly happy, you have to learn to care for yourself well, to be y...
Angelica Ross on How to Get the World to See You as YOU
October 08, 2020 17:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThis episode is a masterclass in how to get the world to see you the way you see yourself. We speak with trans rights activist, actress (you might recognize her as Candy from FX's Pose) and founder of TransTech Social Enterprises, Angelica Ross. She constantly shares about Buddhism in interviews, but today we’re talking about a deeply personal part of her life that chanting helped her transform: her relationship with her mom. For more from Angelica, also see our recent IGTV vide...
Episode 2: Angelica Ross on How to Get the World to See You as YOU
October 08, 2020 17:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThis episode is a masterclass in how to get the world to see you the way you see yourself. We speak with trans rights activist, actress (you might recognize her as Candy from FX's Pose) and founder of TransTech Social Enterprises, Angelica Ross. She constantly shares about Buddhism in interviews, but today we’re talking about a deeply personal part of her life that chanting helped her transform: her relationship with her mom. For more from Angelica, also see our recent IGTV vide...
What is Buddhability and how can I tap into it?
October 01, 2020 20:21 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBWelcome to Buddhability, a new weekly podcast about the amazing ability people have to change their lives and the world. On this episode, we welcome you to the show and Buddhability universe, and speak with Cynthia McCright about what Buddhability is and how you can tap into it. You can also subscribe to Buddhability on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. Cheatsheet: 0:00 Welcome to Buddhability 1:38 Basics of Buddhism 3:39 How and why Cynthia started chanting 6:58 ...
Episode 1: What is Buddhability and how can I tap into it?
October 01, 2020 20:21 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBWelcome to Buddhability, a new weekly podcast about the amazing ability people have to change their lives and the world. On this episode, we welcome you to the show and Buddhability universe, and speak with Cynthia McCright about what Buddhability is and how you can tap into it. You can also subscribe to Buddhability on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. Cheatsheet: 0:00 Welcome to Buddhability 1:38 Basics of Buddhism 3:39 How and why Cynthia started chanting 6:58 ...
Trailer: Introducing Buddhability
September 29, 2020 05:03 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MBBuddhability is a new weekly podcast about how to believe in yourself, told by a community of Buddhists doing it every day. Hosted by journalist Jihii Jolly, who you might know from the popular SGI-USA podcast Buddhist Solutions for Life’s Problems, each week you’ll hear an honest conversation about real life and how to tap into your Buddhability. From relationships and dream jobs to lessons from psychology and activism, subscribe to Buddhability on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you ...