I'm a recovering heroin addict in alcoholic. And I remember early on in my recovery career, I was just lit up. You know, and I see it with people who come in. In the beginning, you're kind of like a baby deer,. But about a two year mark, all of a sudden they are just all about it. That energy is really contagious and really beautiful.
Diego Perez is a meditator and New York Times bestselling author who is widely known on Instagram and various social media networks through his pen name Yung Pueblo. Online he has an audience of over 2.7 million people. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves.
In this episode, Eric and Yung Pueblo discuss his latest book, Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
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Yung Pueblo and I Discuss How to Feel Lighter and …
- His book, Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future
- Human Habit vs. Human Nature
- What it means to live from compassion and self-awareness
- The anxiety and sadness that grew in him, starting in his childhood in poverty
- The life-changing moment that caused him to turn everything around
- That your initial reaction is usually your past trying to work its way into your present
- How he has gone about burning away the patterns that cause him misery
- His motto of “if this is helping you heal yourself, do it”
- Repetition in the positive sense
- The impact of gambling with his life in order to avoid his emotions
- What to do and not do when you find yourself in a low mood
- The power of first letting whatever is happening to just be
- Why it’s important to notice when a goal is slipping into a craving
Yung Pueblo Links
Diego’s Website
Instagram
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