BE HERE NOW with Scott Snibbe

Scott Snibbe on Raghu Markus’ Mindrolling Pocast EpISODE 552

Author and artist Scott Snibbe joins Raghu Marcus’ Mindrolling podcast to teach listeners how to train the mind for long-lasting happiness. In this video, Scott and Raghu discuss ways to cultivate happiness from Snibbe’s book How to Train a Happy Mind including:

• How being in tune with reality leads to happiness

• Scott’s childhood and sensing the feeling of infinity

• Selfishness/self-centeredness as an antagonist to joy

• Happiness through cherishing others

• Analytical meditation and filling your mind

• Remembering how precious every day is

• Stabilizing the mind through meditation to be less reactive

• Connecting with ourselves first thing in the morning

• How cell phones externally define our world and lead to unhappiness

• Looking at who we are beneath our thoughts, feelings, and personality

• Small shifts in our daily lives such as smiling

• Embodying human rights in our thoughts and behavior