How to Train a Happy Mind

The How to Train a Happy Mind podcast brings meditation to modern people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. Each week, host Scott Snibbe and his guests share powerful mind training techniques that go beyond mindfulness to harness our intelligence, emotions, and imagination. Learn how to build a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world through a secular approach to meditation that is based on modern science and psychology, yet grounded in the authentic thousand-year old Tibetan Buddhist tradition of analytical meditation. How to Train a Happy Mind is a project of the nonprofit Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment. Our host, Scott Snibbe, is a twenty-five-year student of Tibetan Buddhism whose teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Snibbe is the author of the popular How to Train a Happy Mind book, and leads meditation classes and retreats worldwide infused with science, humor, and the realities of the modern world.

How to Train a Happy Mind is a religion podcast hosted by Scott Snibbe, with 340 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Scott Snibbe hosts How to Train a Happy Mind, a religion show with 340 episodes published.

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  Episode #228

  Healthy Masculinity: A Meditation on Sex, Strength, and Love #228

  Aug 18, 202632 min

  A guided meditation led by Scott Snibbe on healthy masculinity, exploring sexuality, strength, compassion, self-acceptance, and emotional connection to help men feel more whole, grounded, and deeply connected with themselves and others. Episode 228: Healthy Masculinity: A Meditation on Sex, Strength, and Love If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community with Scott. Help us stay ad-free Follow us on socials

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  Episode #227

  Sex, Strength, and Love: Karen Brody on Modern Masculinity #227

  Aug 11, 202653 min

  One of the greatest challenges I've faced as a man hasn't been sitting on a meditation cushion—it's been understanding the woman I love most. Karen Brody has a unique perspective on modern masculinity, intimacy, and sexuality. Her insights help us understand why men and women so often misunderstand each other, how sexual confidence differs from neediness, what keeps love alive over decades together, and the surprising parallels between her work and Buddhist practice in transforming desire rather than suppressing it. Episode 227. Sex, Strength, and Love: Karen Brody on Modern Masculinity If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community with Scott. Help us stay ad-free Follow us on socials

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  Guided Meditation: Transforming Bias with Equanimity #23 [rebroadcast]

  Aug 4, 202621 min

  The Buddhist meditation on equanimity teaches a technique to eliminate bias and expand our love and concern from family and friends to strangers and even enemies. It tames our fierce attachment to loved ones and our anger toward enemies for a stabler, happier mind and a more just and equitable world. Episode 23: Guided Meditation: Transforming Bias with Equanimity Join our third annual How to Train a Happy Mind three-day in-person retreat in California's redwoods August 13–16. LEARN MORE If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community with Scott. Help us stay ad-free Follow us on socials

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  Spiritual Democracy #22 [rebroadcast]

  Jul 28, 202632 min

  In everyday life, we ’ re torn between fierce attachment to our loved ones and anger at those that give us trouble. But Buddhism, democracy, and social justice tell us that all people deserve the same rights and freedoms: we ’ re all equal, and we all deserve happiness. The Buddhist meditation on equanimity, applied to our everyday relationships and the painful daily news, teaches us a technique of “ spiritual democracy ” for developing healthy feelings of connection to others — even those we most despise. Episode 22. Spiritual Democracy Join our third annual How to Train a Happy Mind three-day in-person retreat in California's redwoods August 13–16. LEARN MORE If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community with Scott. Help us stay ad-free Follow us on socials

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  Episode #226

  Meditation to Cultivate Hope for the Future | Geshe Legtsok #226

  Jul 21, 202629 min

  When uncertainty and bad news pull the mind toward pessimism, how can we cultivate genuine hope without ignoring reality? In this guided meditation, Geshe Legtsok leads a reflection on gratitude, good fortune, impermanence, and intentional action. By recognizing the blessings in our own lives, appreciating the positive contributions of others, and remembering that change is always possible, we develop a more balanced and hopeful outlook. Episode 226: Meditation to Cultivate Hope for the Future | Geshe Legtsok Join our third annual How to Train a Happy Mind three-day in-person retreat in California's redwoods August 13–16. LEARN MORE If you’d like to practice with others and bring these ideas into your life, join our weekly meditation community with Scott. Help us stay ad-free Follow us on socials

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