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How to be Less Judgmental (Of Other People – and Yourself) | La Sarmiento

Feb 27, 2023

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Being mindful in the face of suffering

01:01

On Complacency and Happiness

01:50

Growing up Queer and Non-Binary: Coping with Insecurity and Judgment

00:48

Being Present: What Stands Between You and Mindfulness

01:20

Introduction

3min

How to Find the Right Vitamins for Your Diet

2min

Instacart - The World Is Your Cart

3min

Do You Have Judgmentalism in Your Relationships?

3min

Do You Still Notice Judgment Coming Up in Your Mind?

2min

How Do You Know When You're Scared or Insecure?

3min

The Dharma - Observing When You're Suffering

3min

Are You Suffering or Are You Free?

2min

Is Your Heart Open?

3min

10.

Shouldn't I Be Judgmental Sometimes?

2min

11.

Isn't It Good to Be Judgmental?

2min

12.

How to Live a More Empowered Life

5min

13.

Are You Suffering Right Now?

2min

14.

I Will Achieve Nothing if I Don't Liberally Apply the Internal Cattle Prod

2min

15.

The Price of Security Is Insecurity

3min

16.

How Can You Judge Yourself Harshly as a Motivational Tool?

1min

17.

I Can Eat the Ice Cream, but I Can Be Really Active

2min

18.

How Do You Survive in the World?

3min

19.

What Is Standing Between You and Being Present Right Now?

2min

20.

Whose Amazing Life

2min

21.

Meditation and Self-Judgment

2min

22.

When You Wake Up From Distraction, It's a Moment for Self Judgment

2min

23.

Is It Possible for Me to Just Accept Myself for Who I Am?

3min

24.

I Love Her Anyway, but I Don't Have to Agree With Her

3min

Meditation and mindfulness doesn’t uproot your capacity to be judgmental, but it can help you see the value in being judgmental by learning how to work with the judging mind.

La Sarmiento has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. La is a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, a teacher with Cloud Sangha, and a contributor to the Ten Percent Happier app.

In this episode we talk about:

How mindfulness can help us identify when we’re being judgmental
The difference between discernment and judgment
How it can be so delicious to be judgmental of others – but why it’s actually harmful to ourselves and others
The four questions to ask when we notice ourselves going into judgment mode
How to operationalize the phrase “am I suffering right now?”
Investigating the motivations behind striving for success
Why owning up to being a jerk is sometimes the exact right answer

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/la-sarmiento-564

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