Explore all of Loch Kelly's practices and teachings on the Mindful Glimpses app, found at https://mindfulglimpses.com. This innovative mediation and wellness app offers daily micro-meditations, step by step programs, and simple-yet-advanced tools for awakening.

Loch and Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John, a leading voice in mindfulness and addiction recovery, dive deep into a discussion about relieving "perpetual dissatisfaction" through Buddhist teachings and the expansive ground of awake consciousness.

Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John, M.A (hon.doc) has been practicing mindfulness for over 30 years and is one of the leading African-descent voices in the field of mindfulness and addiction. They are the award-winning author of 10 books, and the co-author and co-founder of Eight Step Recovery: Using The Buddha’s Teaching to Overcome Addiction. Valerie — also known as Vimalasara — was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Community and is a senior teacher in this tradition. They are the co-creator of Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR) and is a certified professional Mindfulness Teacher, Recovery Coach, Life Coach, and a Compassionate Inquiry Facilitator and Practitioner. They train professionals working in the field of addiction all over the world.

| Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John |
► Website: https://www.valeriemason-john.com/
► Buddhist Recovery Network: https://www.buddhistrecovery.org/

Loch Kelly is the creator of the Mindful Glimpses app, award winning author, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher known for his unique practical methods that support awakening as the next natural stage of human development. Backed by modern neuroscience and psychology, Loch introduces Effortless Mindfulness, an ancient form of nondual meditation that allows immediate access to our embodied awake nature which arises as calm, clarity, and compassion.

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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Introduction + 8-Step Recovery
04:45 - Collaboration with the Book
07:06 - Stinking Thinking and Addiction
09:05 - The Root of Suffering
12:37 - Effort on the Path of Recovery
13:46 - Over Identifying with Small Self
15:38 - Addiction and Emptiness
21:35 - What we don’t know
24:11 - The 4 Immeasurables
28:02 - Metta + Self Love and Addiction
35:37 - Thoughts Becoming Identity
39:41 - Reorienting Through Refuge
45:01 - Effort in Stopping the Behavior
48:41 - Our Relationship with Parts
52:56 - Service Arising from Waking Up
56:57 - Further Resources for Addiction
58:02 - Mindful Glimpse: Loving-Kindness and Compassion are Here