![hungry ghost desire 1](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hungry-ghost-desire-1-e1697834228269-560x400.png)
Mark Epstein
![hungry ghost desire 1](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hungry-ghost-desire-1-e1697834228269-560x400.png)
![psychotherapist mark epstein childhood](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/social-5-560x400.jpg)
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
How Meditation Failed Me
![Turning away from joy](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/dorothea-oldani-8YHmOdmnGOI-unsplash-560x400.jpg)
Why Do We Turn Away from Joy?
![the zen of therapy](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mark-epstein-zen-therapy-2-560x400.jpg)
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
People Are Like Koans
![mark epstein zen therapy](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mark-epstein-zen-therapy-1-1-560x400.jpg)
The Zen of Therapy
![Ram Dass on the beach](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ram-dass-swim-2-560x400.jpg)
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Already Free
![Golden Buddha reflected in water, right concentration](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/meditations-secret-ingredient-right-concentration-mark-epstein-1-560x400.jpg)
Meditation’s Secret Ingredient
![empty jury seats in courtroom, mark epstein jury duty](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mark-epstein-jury-duty-560x400.jpg)
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
If the Buddha Were Called to Jury Duty
![psychotherapy changes](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/What-Changes_HeroLayout_Fall2013-560x400.jpg)
What Changes?
Podcasts
The Zen of Therapy
![The Zen of Therapy](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Podcast-mark-epstein-1024x1024.jpg)
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, psychotherapist Mark Epstein shares how he brings his Buddhist practice into his therapy sessions.
Listen Now on Tricycle | iTunes | SoundCloud
The Task Is Being You
![The Task Is Being You](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Mark-Epstein-Tibetan-Book.jpg)
The Buddha had a prescription to end suffering—the eightfold path. But can the Western tradition of psychotherapy build upon these essential steps? Here, Buddhist psychotherapist and bestselling author Epstein talks with Tricycle contributing editor Amy Gross about how the two realms of wisdom view the idea of self as both problematic and helpful. Drawing from his new book, Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself, to discuss the ways meditation illuminates aspects of ourselves that we’re afraid or ashamed of, allowing us to let go of the identities that constrict us.
Listen Now on Tricycle | iTunes | SoundCloud
Buddhism and Psychotherapy
![Buddhism and Psychotherapy](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1011epstein.png)
In the debut episode of Tricycle Talks, contributing editor Amy Gross speaks with practicing psychiatrist Mark Epstein on Buddhism and psychotherapy. Epstein emphasizes that there is dukkha (suffering) in every place at every time, and that psychotherapeutic practices can help alleviate this suffering. Epstein’s new book, The Trauma of Everyday Life, also explores this topic.
Listen Now on Tricycle | iTunes | SoundCloud
![](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tricycle-1modifs.png)
Start your day with a fresh perspective
![a photo of a Buddhist meditating](https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/online-courses-cta-photo.jpg)
With Stephen Batchelor, Sharon Salzberg, Andrew Olendzki, and more
See Our Courses