Author: Buddhist Recovery Network

Not Scratching the Itch: Buddhist Recovery and Hardcore Truths with Mikey Livid

Not Scratching the Itch: Buddhist Recovery and Hardcore Truths with Mikey Livid

⚠️ Trigger Warning:This episode contains discussion of suicide, grief, and traumatic loss. Please listen with care. In this powerful and unflinchingly honest episode, Buddhist teacher and punk rocker Mikey Livid shares his journey from bar fights and blackout nights to Buddhist practice, pastoral counseling, and teaching on death row. Mikey speaks with raw compassion about…

70: BRN #70: “Middle Path Recovery Project” feat. Pawo Dorje — Evidence-Based Healing, Embracing Harm Reduction, Self-Defining Your Sobriety

70: BRN #70: “Middle Path Recovery Project” feat. Pawo Dorje — Evidence-Based Healing, Embracing Harm Reduction, Self-Defining Your Sobriety

📝 Episode Description: In this deeply personal and illuminating conversation, we welcome Pawo Dorje, a recovery coach, dharma practitioner, and the founder of the Middle Path Recovery Project (MPRP). With nearly 15 years of lived recovery experience and decades of spiritual and personal growth, Pawo brings a grounded and compassionate voice to the world of…

69: BRN #69. Freddie Lara ❖ The Role of Shame in Relapse, Spirituality, Mentorship & Recovery

69: BRN #69. Freddie Lara ❖ The Role of Shame in Relapse, Spirituality, Mentorship & Recovery

Freddie Lara is a Latinx Actor and Acting Coachbased in the LA area and is involved with Recovery Dharma. Growing up in an environment of instability, violence, and shame, he shares about his early struggles and what recovery is like now. • instagram.com/freddielaraactorsstudio

68: BRN #68. Vince Cullen ❖ From Abstinence to Abandonment, Power of Personal Vow, Launching the 5th Precept Sangha

68: BRN #68. Vince Cullen ❖ From Abstinence to Abandonment, Power of Personal Vow, Launching the 5th Precept Sangha

Podcast Notes: Vince Cullen shares his journey into recovery and Buddhism, which led him to develop programs, host retreats, and help others find a new way of life. An ex-alcoholic, Vince has been involved in Buddhist-oriented drug and alcohol recovery since 1998 and has a long association withWat Thamkrabok monastery in Thailand, where he has…

67: BRN #67 Julia Hayes ❖ SatiSeva: Reimagining Recovery & Support, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Creating Wise Options

67: BRN #67 Julia Hayes ❖ SatiSeva: Reimagining Recovery & Support, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Creating Wise Options

• SoulsCenter.com/weekly-offerings.html 👉 join Recovery Dharma & other online offerings • SoulsCenter.com/SatiSeva 👉 join SatiSeva online: Support for Families, Friends, Professionals, Addicts (All are Truly Welcome) __________________________________________________ Julia Hayes is an ember keeper. She lights small fires wherever she goes as way of illuminating the wonder and joy of life.  Her focus is spiritual empowerment…

First Aid Kit for the Mind

Heal from the habits that limit you. Developed by a leading writer on addiction and recovery, keep this small book close for those moments when you need inspiration, guidance, and the courage to deal with your impulses skilfully. A workbook, a guide to reflection, and a prompt for greater embodied mindfulness – turn away from ‘stinking…

Living Kindness: Metta Practice for the Whole of Our Lives

Through stories from the ancient Pali canon of Buddhism and personal reflections on modern life, Dharma teacher Kevin Griffin reveals the richness and multifaceted nature of loving-kindness or metta on the Buddhist path. Along with the other brahmaviharas or “divine abodes” of compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity, the practice of loving-kindness is not only a meditation technique—it’s…