265. Happy Honest New Year!
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Release Date: 01/03/2025
280. In Defense of “Stuff.”
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon discusses the idea of "stuff" as he goes through the process of moving out of the home he's lived in for 18+ years. A close friend shared that it wasn't Waylon's "life in that box" when Waylon shared a video of his Pod being taken away. Rather, his friend replied that it was "just stuff." "I replied that I half agree. Things are things, and yeah, if a fire consumes my house, I'm gonna run out with my wife and my dog and myself, and count myself lucky—right? Ultimately, our health and our corporeal bodies and minds and hearts are far more important than some cool lamp. At the same...
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279. What to do when you’re Overwhelmed.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon discusses what we can do when we’re overwhelmed with overwhelm. He also offers a reminder of where Dharma (or expertise) comes from. (Hint: it’s not our ego) “We all get overwhelmed. We get overwhelmed by the news. We get overwhelmed by relationships. We get overwhelmed by stress around food, or money, or how we look, whether we’re popular or not, depending on what age we are, and what’s going on. Overwhelm is really just a lack of oxygen.” ~ Waylon H. Lewis
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278. Not Hoarding, but: Top 10 Mindful Buys before Tariff Prices Hit.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon offers a message to those in the United States: What to do now that he’s Tariffed you. "This isn't about hoarding, but this is about having a mindful, smart reaction. If you don't have to spend money preparing, save your money and hopefully we can get through this together. Panicking doesn't help but preparing in community does. Big love." ~ Waylon H. Lewis
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277. What's the Buddhist practice of Right Speech in the Face of Hate & Lies?
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon asks the question: what is the Buddhist practice of Right Speech when it comes to hate and greed and lies? “From a Buddhist point of view, we need to be honest. We must not be harmful in our speech, but we need to be able to be frank. In fact, the Buddhist notion of idiot compassion would lead us to (hopefully) remember that allowing hate or lies or prejudice or violent speech to go unanswered in any way is actually harmful." ~ Waylon H. Lewis
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276. Don’t Depend on Billionaire-controlled Media.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon shares a message that isn't exciting, or riveting, or hateful...but is hopefully mature, and reasonable, and helpful: "I am scared that a lot of the social media [platforms] are one decision—by an already corrupt, greedy billionaire—away from shutting down our means of communication. So I think we gotta invest in community. We gotta invest in resistance. We have to invest in connecting in ways that aren't just on social." ~ Waylon H. Lewis
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275. A Sweet Message to MAHA.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon offers a message directly to those who identify with MAHA, aka, Make America Healthy Again, a political platform and slogan used by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who is now in charge of the health of Americans under Trump: " I have a special anger and resentment toward MAHA. And that anger and resentment isn't the neurotic kind of anger and resentment that I, as a Buddhist, want to breathe through and let go of. It is one that I want to share openly and vulnerably." ~ Waylon H. Lewis
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274. We can do this together. Things can get easier. Keep caring.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Mindfulness, meditation, compassion… The things Elephant focuses on… These are not separate from caring about politics, policy, public service. If we keep coming from a place of caring, of basic goodness, the boulder we are rolling up the hill will begin to roll down the next hill. We can do this together. Things can get easier. Keep caring. “Compassion fatigue arises when there's confusion and ego mixed up in [our caring]. Ego doesn't mean that we're bad people. We all have ego. We all get caught up. But if we can truly come from a simple place of caring, that's considered to be an...
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273. The Buddhist Notion of Groundlessness (is Actually Good News).
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
This week on our longrunning, ongoing “Walk the Talk Show” podcast and video series: "Groundlessness is something Buddhism talks about a lot. And you think, well, groundlessness, that sounds pretty bad. We always want ground beneath our feet. We want to be able to ground into Mother Earth, connect with the heavens above, connect with our hearts, our shoulders, connect with society. That's actually a meditation practice in the Buddhist tradition. But groundlessness is something that all of us go through. When we're having a hard time, when we're lonely, when we're feeling rejected,...
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272. What to do when we’re Feeling Blue—from a Buddhist Point of View.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon gives practical Buddhist life advice for when you're feeling defeated, depressed, or blue. “The advice from a mindful point of view is obvious, but when we're in that state of mind what's obvious is forgotten: so get in nature, look up and out—force yourself to breathe—meaning going for a walk, biking, anything where you have to [intentionally] breathe because breathing helps us process. Desperately try to avoid negative habitual patterns.” ~ Waylon H. Lewis For more: Habitual Patterns: Meditation: More Meditation:
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271. Feng Shui your Love Life: Waylon & Kelsey Lewis w/ Anjie Cho.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon and his wife, Kelsey, have a frank conversation about love and dust bunnies with one of our favorite guests: mindful feng shui expert . They discuss how we can use mindfulness, Buddhism, and feng shui to awaken our love lives this Valentine’s Day. Anjie came with the goods—not only does she have specific advice for Waylon and Kelsey, she offers several tips for singles looking to attract a partner into their lives, and those already in a relationship.
info_outlineWaylon welcomes the new year with a message to the Elephant community...and a little honesty for us all to take to heart.
He asks: what can you do this year to serve our planet, be kind to yourself, and care about others?
“Whatever you can do in this new year is going to be vital. And that includes taking care of yourself.” ~ Waylon Lewis