For the moment right before you do the thing you’ll regret.

You know the moment. The phone in your hand before you’re out of bed, the snack you didn’t want, the text you shouldn’t send. This meditation is for that moment. We practice feeling the urge all the way through, without giving in and without fighting it, until it passes on its own. Because it does pass.

Find a comfortable seat, close your eyes, and join me.

Pair with this week’s Soul Talk: You Can’t Stop the Waves, But You Can Learn to Surf.

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The Goal Is Soul.

The Goal is Soul with Dr. Benjy Epstein

Produced by Ben Wallick of Xperience Audio

Every urge passes. Every single one.

In this week's Soul Talk, the theme we are working on together is learning how to surf. If you are someone who sometimes gives in to unskillful impulses and urges, thereby engaging in behaviors that aren't in line with your higher values, then this episode is for you! (Spoiler: this one's for everyone!)

Alan Marlatt's urge surfing, a white bear that won't leave, and the Tanya on the light that only comes out of darkness.

Soul check: You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. I'll ride the wave..where it takes me…

Pair with this week's Soul Practice: 15 Minute Guided Meditation to Stop Giving In to Cravings.

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This week's soul is dedicated in honor of the release of *Baderech: Along the Path of Torah* by Rav Judah Michelle, aka the Chief Rabbi of the World - https://mosaicapress.com/product/baderech-along-the-path-of-the-torah/?srsltid=AYCX9vJ3jC4S-sSCakNLRaCjxt6bRIDRCEnc6tjDzQtF7KrK-cT-9HoV&v=4605f628f91d

The Goal Is Soul.

The Goal is Soul with Dr. Benjy Epstein

Produced by Ben Wallick of Xperience Audio

If you struggle with anxiety, this one's for you. A meditation for when the chest is tight and the mind won't stop running. We find an anchor, soften what's been bracing, and meet the fear the way we'd meet a scared child, with a hand on the heart and a few kind words.

"Safe and at home in this breath. Safe and at home in this moment. Safe and at home in this life."

Pair with this week's Soul Talk: Calming Your Anxious Mind.

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This week's soul is sponsored in memory of Gayle Myers Sock, Mazel bat Reuven, a true soul warrior, by the Sock family, and in memory of the victims of October 7th, with hope for the survivors.

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The Goal Is Soul.

If you struggle with anxiety, this one’s for you. Why panic feels so inescapable every single time, the second arrow we shoot into ourselves, and what Rebbe Nachman really meant about the narrow bridge.

“The main thing is to never make yourself afraid.”

Pair with this week’s Soul Practice: Befriending the Anxious Mind.

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This week's soul is sponsored in memory of Gayle Myers Sock, Mazel bat Reuven, a true soul warrior, by the Sock family, and in memory of the victims of October 7th, with hope for the survivors.

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The Goal Is Soul.

In this episode: the crash that comes seventy-two hours after the peak, the Motzai Shabbos blues, and what happens when the afterglow becomes just "after." And why the Chassidic masters say God wanted a dwelling place down here, in the traffic and the dishes, and in Fugazi's waiting room.

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."

This week's Soul Practice brings it home. Come sit with me there.

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This week's soul is sponsored by Timbuk2.

In this episode: the crash that comes seventy-two hours after the peak, the Motzai Shabbos blues, and what happens when the afterglow becomes just "after." And why the Chassidic masters say God wanted a dwelling place down here, in the traffic and the dishes, and in Fugazi's waiting room.

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."

Pair with this week's Soul Practice: https://youtu.be/PTJpKWfbQ2Y

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This week's soul is sponsored by Timbuk2.

The Goal Is Soul.

A meditation for Sukkot. Letting go of what isn't, and being with what is, fully.

"The joy is in the letting go itself."

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Chag sameach. The Goal Is Soul.

In this episode: can you lay terra firma over the fundamental groundlessness of being human? The sukkah, whose core feature is that it's impermanent. And Rav Kook on why the joy of Sukkot comes from exactly that.

With Pema Chödrön, Alan Watts, and Rav Kook.

"Each now is forever."

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This week's soul is sponsored by soul brother Corey Fuchs.

Chag sameach. The Goal Is Soul.