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How to Train a Happy Mind

How to Train a Happy Mind

By: Scott Snibbe
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The How to Train a Happy Mind podcast brings meditation to modern people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. Each week, host Scott Snibbe and his guests share powerful mind training techniques that go beyond mindfulness to harness our intelligence, emotions, and imagination. Learn how to build a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world through a secular approach to meditation that is based on modern science and psychology, yet grounded in the authentic thousand-year old Tibetan Buddhist tradition of analytical meditation.

How to Train a Happy Mind is a project of the nonprofit Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment. Our host, Scott Snibbe, is a twenty-five-year student of Tibetan Buddhism whose teachers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Snibbe is the author of the popular How to Train a Happy Mind book, and leads meditation classes and retreats worldwide infused with science, humor, and the realities of the modern world.

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  • 10-Minute Path to a Happy Mind Guided Meditation

    10-Minute Path to a Happy Mind Guided Meditation
    Jun 10 2025

    Scott Snibbe leads a 10-minute guided meditation that is based on the sequence he shares in the How to Train a Happy Mind podcast and book. Many Tibetan Buddhists, do this meditation every day. If you don't have much time or want to start small, this is a good place to begin. It touches on the precious life, impermanence cause and effect, suffering, renunciation, love, compassion, and interdependence.

    Episode 193: 10-Minute Path to a Happy Mind Guided Meditation

    From August 28 to 31, Scott Snibbe is leading an in-person meditation retreat at Vajrapani Institute. We’ll explore antidotes to anxiety, fear, and loneliness—and cultivate the deeper causes of a happy mind; connected, loving relationships; and a better world. It all happens in the beautiful redwood forests of California, while enjoying delicious vegetarian meals and meeting thoughtful new friends.

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    12 mins
  • The Complete Path to a Happy Mind #192

    The Complete Path to a Happy Mind #192
    Jun 3 2025

    "I'll tell you something. I've learned it's hard work to be happy." Brian Wilson

    In this special retreat episode, Scott Snibbe guides us through the full path to a happy mind—from appreciating the simple miracle of being alive to confronting our deepest mental habits and reconnecting with our capacity for kindness, meaning, and change.

    It’s not a quick fix or a life hack. It’s the whole path. And it might just shift how you see the world.

    Episode 192: The Complete Path to a Happy Mind


    From August 28 to 31, Scott Snibbe is leading an in-person meditation retreat at Vajrapani Institute. We’ll explore antidotes to anxiety, fear, and loneliness—and cultivate the deeper causes of a happy mind; connected, loving relationships; and a better world. It all happens in the beautiful redwood forests of California, while enjoying delicious vegetarian meals and meeting thoughtful new friends.

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    46 mins
  • 5-Minute Breath Awareness Meditation with Larry Ward #191

    5-Minute Breath Awareness Meditation with Larry Ward #191
    May 27 2025

    Dr. Larry Ward—student of Thich Nhat Hanh and author of America's Racial Karma—leads a short but powerful breath awareness meditation.

    Episode 191: 5-Minute Breath Awareness Meditation

    From August 28 to 31, Scott Snibbe is leading an in-person meditation retreat at Vajrapani Institute. We’ll explore antidotes to anxiety, fear, and loneliness—and cultivate the deeper causes of a happy mind; connected, loving relationships; and a better world. It all happens in the beautiful redwood forests of California, while enjoying delicious vegetarian meals and meeting thoughtful new friends.

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    7 mins

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