Life comes at us fast — stress, conflict, grief, the chaos of a fractured world. A Resonant Life offers a different way forward. Drawing on Buddhist wisdom and real-life experience, Mike Thompson explores how putting others first — even when it's hard — unlocks a deeper, more authentic happiness. Not theory. Practice. Not escape. Engagement. Thirty minutes to help you become a force for peace, starting now.
Latest episodes
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32 min
FAFO and the Compassion Muscle
Ever caught yourself thinking "you deserved it"? Yeah, same. Let's talk about what that reveals — and how to turn it into something better.#AResonantLife, #BuddhistPodcast, #Buddhi…
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32 min
A New Start - Sharing the Flame of Kindness
Rising from disappointment and confusion we return to focusing on kind actions for others as the fuel of positivity and the recovery of a positive heart. Season 2 will start with t…
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29 min
Episode 40 - Revised Terms and Conditions
We’ve often underpinned a lot of our previous discussions and insights with the idea of embracing others without condition, without distinction. But what does that mean? Today we’l…
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29 min
Episode 39 - Zip the Lip and Unzip the Heart
Buddhist concepts, doctrine and traditional practices can seem daunting and nearly impossible to work into our busy and challenging lives. But what the Buddha taught — and what has…
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33 min
Episode 38 - Equanimity: The Flowering of Gratitude
Having suffered some health issues recently, I lost my center and focus — I became focused on my suffering and my inability to take action as I had previously. With help, I was abl…
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27 min
Episode 37 - The Heft & Weight of a Grudge
Facing an imminent meeting with someone to whom I had a grudge, I decided I was no longer willing to carry the weight and negativity of old grudges — the one against this person or…
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29 min
Episode 36 - Pointing to Gratitude
We go through life conflating thankfulness and gratitude and I suspect gratitude is something much deeper, more significant. Using some of the Buddha’s teaching, as well as our own…
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31 min
Episode 35 - Powerful Magic: Apology
Conflicts and disagreements and toxicity are pervasive in our world — from society at large to our neighborhoods and even inner circle of family and friends. This all leads to conf…
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30 min
Episode 34 - When I'm the Jerk in the Room
Recognizing when we ourselves are being jerks is an opportunity to look deeply into our psyches, our egos, and find the places in our mind where we cling, grasp and protect our fra…
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27 min
Episode 33 - The Power of Spiritual Agency
Building on what we discussed before, we tackle the question -- how can I change the world if I can't even change my life or the people around me? And how can I do so if I am overw…
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31 min
Episode 32 - A Garden Hose vs Global Conflagrations
The tragedies of our world -- war, oppression, poverty and want -- can so easily overwhelm us that we turn inward. We tend to shut down our hearts so we don't drown in the sufferin…
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27 min
Episode 31 - Just What Do We Mean By Altruism?
Doing for others, putting others first, giving away that which is ours to benefit others. This other-focus is counterintuitive to our more baser natures -- and our egos' drive to s…
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29 min
Episode 30 - The Weight and Power of Words
Throughout human history, there have been words of power -- mantras, spells, incantations. But it isn't just these special words that have power. Our everyday words are also enormo…
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30 min
Episode 29 - The Rush of Chaos
Our lives -- with ambition, career and family and friends, with social media trends and distractions, or for some, just trying to get by -- life comes at us so fast it is hard to g…
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28 min
Episode 28 - When A Jerk Crosses Our Path
It can't be denied or ignored... Some people are just jerks. This reality poses challenges to our spiritual work trying to be unconditional, accepting and altruistic without regard…
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25 min
Episode 27 - Spiritual Listening - Listening with your Heart
When we feel irritated or bothered by others when they're talking to us, we can use this negative response to create a positive outcome. We can use it to listen with our entire bei…
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28 min
Episode 26 - Never Enough Time
Time - they say it flows like a river, but frankly that river flows way too fast sometimes. Today we'll discuss how to regain balance from overly stressful situations and times in…
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26 min
Episode 25 - It's Not MY Problem!
Our tendency, under the sway of our egos, is to become defensive in situations where we are challenged or tested or blamed. Using that feeling of defensiveness can be a cue to show…
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26 min
Episode 24 - Practice Makes Perfect
How many times have we started a new project, set a new goal, started a new program with the goal of making changes in our life or lifestyle, hobby, health or any positive step for…
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33 min
Episode 23: Creating Happiness from the Wreckage of Anger
Anger is a powerful emotion that can lay wasted to what is positive in our lives. Despite that anger is something we all experience -- maybe more frequently than we'd like to admit…