A Radical Buddhist Antidote for Anxiety | John Makransky and Paul Condon
24 November 2025 - 53 minsCombining modern science and ancient Buddhism to treat anxiety, anger, and impatience.
John Makransky is a professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College, AND ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist lama. Paul Condon is an associate professor of psychology at Southern Oregon University and a research fellow at the Mind & Life Institute. Both are the authors of How Compassion Works: A Step-by-Step Guide to Cultivating Well-Being, Love, and Wisdom.
In this episode we talk about:
The sales pitch for compassion—even at a time when what most of us really want is for other people to be nicer The connection between attachment theory and compassion Why compassion is our natural sta...
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