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It's the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey gang, how we doing? Today we're going to talk about six Buddhist practices to help you stay calm when it feels like the world's on fire.

We are recording and releasing this episode in the middle of the contentious 2024 presidential election

campaign in the United States, but if you're listening to this in the future just know that this stuff can be done by anyone anywhere anytime.

We have brought in a trio of Ace Buddhist teachers today.

They are Kyra Jewel Lingo, who's a frequent flyer on this show.

She was an ordained Buddhist nun for 15 years,

and now she lives in New York and writes books

and teaches meditation all over the world.

Valerie Brown is making her second appearance today.

She's a former lawyer and lobbyist who traded in a high pressure job to teach the

darma. She also works as an executive coach. And finally Marisella Gomez

who's making her debut appearance here today. She's a physician and public health scholar and

longtime meditator. All three of these guests come out of Ticknah Hans' Plum Village

tradition for the uninitiated Tickn was a great Zen Master who died a few years

ago. He set up this great community called Plum Village, and you may hear my guests refer to their

teacher as Thai.

That's what many of his students call him.

I should also say that Kyra, Valerie, and Maricella have just put out a book called

Healing Our Way Home, Black Buddhist teachings on ancestors, joy and liberation.

We get calm with Kyra Joolingo, Valerie Brown,, and Maricella Gomez right after this.

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