#395 How Does Suffering Help Us Grow

Over four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare wrote a line in Hamlet that perfectly captured the foundation of modern cognitive psychology: 'There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.' We spend so much of our lives trying to control external events, believi ...  Show more

We spend a shocking amount of our time mentally living in the future. We tell ourselves that our real life will begin when the workday ends, when the weekend arrives, or when we finally reach that next big milestone. But while we are busy treating the present moment like a waitin ...  Show more

We all try to avoid suffering, but what if suffering could actually be used for your own growth? In this episode, we are going to talk about how to use applied suffering to grow yourself.

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In today's episode, we're understanding the difference between pain and suffering.  Pain, my friends, is part of our journey – it's those unavoidable bumps we hit along the road of life. But suffering? That's a whole different story. It's more about how we choose to react to t ...

Is there a benefit to suffering? We'll find out in today's episode.

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Can suffering be a path to growth? In this episode of “The Dr. Hyman Show,” Dr. Mark Hyman looks back on his conversations with Yung Pueblo, Tara Brach, and Dr. Robert Thurman to unpack how radical honesty, mindfulness practices, and embracing impermanence can ease our emotional ...  Show more