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Podcast: Handful of Leaves | Mindfulness & Buddhism in Everyday Life
Episode: Ep 62: A Narrow Heart Is a Fragile Heart | How to Stop Feeling So Alone
Description: In this episode, Lopen Ani Pema Deki (Ven Emma Slade) — a former London investment banker who left after a near-death experience in Jakarta to ordain in Bhutan — explores what it means to widen the heart and become truly unbreakable. She contrasts fleeting, manufactured happiness with the effortless joy that arises from practice and explains how small acts of kindness build resilience. Perfect for listeners curious about practical spirituality and living with purpose.Key Takeaways:🧠Choose Liberation, Not Comfort — Why training the mind matters, and how practice aims for freedom from samsara rather than temp...