Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter

Todd Perelmuter
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Surviving is not the same as living. On Path to Peace, Todd Perelmuter guides you toward joy, inner peace, and the deep sense of oneness with the universe that your soul has been longing for.  For more information and free resources, visit www.eastwesticism.org And for video podcasts, join me on  www.YouTube.com/toddperelmuter

  1. 5h ago

    From Victim to Hero: Changing the Story of your Life

    Send me a message Every single one of us carries a story of suffering, trauma, and hardship. But while our experiences differ, the source of our suffering is often the mental narrative we hold onto. The good news is, you aren't just the receiver of this story—you are the writer. In this podcast, Todd Perelmuter shares how to loosen the grip on past pain, quiet an overactive mind through present-moment awareness, and consciously rewrite your mental story to find lasting peace, stillness, and healing. Chapters: 0:00 - The stories of suffering we tell ourselves  1:44 - The universal source of human pain  2:50 - Becoming the writer, not the victim  4:45 - Why the brain holds onto trauma  6:00 - Practice 1: Trusting yourself and letting the story go  7:50 - The weight of trauma: setting it down  9:12 - Why suffering lives in the mind, not the present  11:24 - Finding true peace through stillness  12:33 - Practice 2: Building moments of inner silence  15:20 - Your mind and memory are tools, not a curse  17:21 - Consciously creating a new future  19:39 - Rewrite your story for maximum joy Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. Video podcasts are available at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddPerelmuter For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundle If my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the Podcast And if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

  2. Oct 24

    How to Protect Your Energy from Everyone

    Send me a message Why do some days leave us exhausted before we’ve done anything? Why do certain people fill us up, while others leave us feeling empty? Our energy isn’t only about sleep, food or coffee. It goes wherever our attention goes. Every time we relive an argument, worry about the future or keep giving to people who only take, we drain ourselves. When we stay present and love what we’re doing, even a three-hour line at the DMV, we have boundless energy. In this episode of Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter, I share how to protect your energy from people who drain you, how to deal with energy vampires without getting pulled down, and how to restore and create more energy from within. Chapters  0:00 We are all master energy manipulators  0:43 Not woo-woo: energy we can all feel  1:35 How negative stories drain us  2:37 Why we never get full rest  3:27 Paying attention to where our energy goes  5:15 Spotting the people who drain us  7:04 People who multiply our energy  8:25 “I love you” with a little sarcasm  9:23 Why people try to pull us down  10:13 How to respond when someone hurts us  11:17 Don’t get pulled down by energy vampires  13:41 We don’t even need coffee  14:51 Loving the line at the DMV  16:37 Love is the power generator  18:30 The greatest sight on a hike  20:56 Where our energy really comes from  22:45 Physically active, mentally resting  23:50 Thank you Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. Video podcasts are available at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddPerelmuter #protectyourenergy #energyvampires #innerpeace #mindfulness #meditation #spirituality #toxicpeople #presence #selfcare #overthinking #pathtopeace #toddperelmuter For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundle If my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the Podcast And if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

  3. Oct 11

    The Simple Trick for Heavy Emotions That’s So Easy We Miss It

    Send me a message Why does a good life so often fail to make us happy? And why can’t we think our way out of a heavy feeling? The quality of our life isn’t decided by our circumstances. It’s decided by how we feel, and by what we do with those feelings. When we compare, ruminate or run from pain with a drink, a snack or a scroll, the feeling only gets stronger. In this episode of Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter, I share the one skill no one teaches us: how to get out of our head and meet difficult emotions like anxiety, grief and stress with calm and curiosity. It’s so simple we miss it, and it’s the foundation of lasting happiness. Chapters 0:00 Our feelings color our whole life 0:43 Comparing our worst to someone else’s best 2:15 We create the quality of our experience 3:26 Happiness leads to a good life, not the other way around 4:44 Building the house within 6:52 Tending our inner garden 7:25 From thinking to feeling 8:16 When we want to run, stay 10:00 We can’t think our way out of a feeling 11:07 Having everything vs. feeling like we have everything 11:40 The one simple trick 12:27 Why we look away from a paper cut 14:31 Making our feelings a friend 15:43 How we get out of our head 16:44 Why reliving memories changes them 18:23 The monster becomes small 21:30 A skill no one teaches us 22:24 Thank you Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. Video podcasts are available at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddPerelmuter #happiness #meditation #mindfulness #emotions #anxiety #innerpeace #overthinking #spirituality #selfhealing #presence #pathtopeace #toddperelmuter For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundle If my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the Podcast And if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

  4. Oct 4

    This Art School Drawing Trick Will Change How You Look at Everything

    Send me a message In art school, they gave us a strange assignment. It ended up changing how I see everything, and it has very little to do with drawing. If everything we do is ultimately for happiness, why does our happiness never last? We blame people, money, luck and circumstances for our misery, but we also blame them for our joy. In both cases, we hand our peace to things that are always changing. In this episode of Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter, I share how to stop blaming others, and ourselves, in two steps: letting go of identification with the ego, and resting our attention in the stillness and silence beneath every thought. That's where lasting peace comes from, and the art school lesson at the end shows why it's been there all along. Chapters 0:00 We blame things for our happiness too 1:30 The blame game 2:21 Why the answer isn't blaming ourselves 3:10 Expecting others to make us happy 3:39 The illusion of separateness 4:50 Blame is a mental habit 6:39 Whatever we depend on becomes our prison 7:45 Two steps out of the blame addiction 8:01 Step one: disidentify from the ego 10:55 We are recycled atoms 11:33 Happiness only exists within us 13:06 Separateness vs. oneness 13:34 Where our thoughts come from 15:10 Step two: focus on the stillness 16:18 The movie screen and the projector 19:57 The art school drawing trick 20:53 Peace is always there 21:48 Thank you Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. Video podcasts are available at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddPerelmuter #enlightenment #meditation #spirituality #innerpeace #ego #blame #mindfulness #oneness #nonduality #buddhism #pathtopeace #toddperelmuter For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundle If my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the Podcast And if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

  5. Sep 26

    You’re Living in a Video Game. Here’s How to Escape It.

    Send me a message Where is our consciousness? Scientists have searched every millimeter of the human body and haven't found it. Asking where consciousness lives is like searching a video game for the microchip. We can explore every level and never find it, and yet it runs the whole game. In this episode of Path to Peace, Todd Perelmuter explores consciousness through the lens of meditation, quantum physics and a video game analogy. We look at why we chase pleasure and run from pain like a mouse in a maze, how stillness offers a third option, why suffering comes from resistance to reality, whether AI can ever be conscious, and how we can become the conscious creators of our own experience. Chapters 0:00 Where is consciousness? The microchip analogy 1:07 Consciousness as the creator 2:57 Welcome to Path to Peace 3:22 The mouse in the maze 5:15 The third option: stillness 6:06 When the game looks broken 8:11 Playing in God mode 9:55 Suffering is resistance to reality 11:07 Death: the last great adventure 13:01 Will AI ever be conscious? 15:34 What "God is everywhere" really means 16:24 Quantum physics and the information universe 18:02 Matter as patterns, like waves in the ocean 19:24 Diving beneath the surface 21:12 Turn on God mode 22:01 Tell better stories 23:18 Thank you Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. #consciousness #meditation #spirituality #quantumphysics #godmode #innerpeace #mindfulness #nonduality #simulationtheory #aiconsciousness #pathtopeace #toddperelmuter For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundle If my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the Podcast And if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

  6. Sep 19

    Why Your Brain Makes Anxiety 10x Worse (And How to Stop)

    Send me a message Social anxiety and overthinking don’t come from what others think—they come from the mental stories we tell ourselves. When we place other people’s perceived opinions above our own, perfectionism and anxiety take over. In this podcast, Todd Perelmuter breaks down the root cause of social anxiety and shares how awareness, mindfulness, and presence can stop the overthinking spiral and bring lasting inner peace. Key Takeaways: • Why almost nobody is watching or judging you as harshly as yourself • How resisting anxious thoughts amplifies stress in the body • 2 steps to break free from overthinking and return to the present moment • Why authenticity is the ultimate antidote to social anxiety Timestamps: 0:00 - The Root Cause of Social Anxiety 1:12 - Why Nobody Is Watching You (The Scooter Story) 2:41 - Letting Go of Perfectionism 4:47 - Step 1: Catching the Mental Story 10:15 - How to Stop Resisting Anxiety 15:00 - Step 2: Grounding Yourself in Presence 19:11 - Authenticity as the Antidote Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. Video podcasts are available at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddPerelmuter #SocialAnxiety #Overthinking #Mindfulness #InnerPeace #MentalHealth #PathToPeace For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundle If my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the Podcast And if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

  7. Sep 5

    This 5-Minute Happiness Hack Will Change Your Life

    Send me a message Five minutes a day of intentional positive thinking is enough to start changing how your mind works. Here's the practice — and why our thoughts run negative by default. Almost all of our thinking is unconscious. It's habit, conditioning, and repetition, and it leans negative because the mind is a survival system built to scan for danger. That worked in the forest. It doesn't work in a life with infinite things to worry about. The practice is simple. Set aside a few minutes every day and deliberately think grateful, positive thoughts — and feel them as you think them. Thought fueled by emotion is what makes a new habit stick. There is nothing wrong with you. Illness, aging and death are part of life, not evidence that you're broken. We are not the mind. The mind suffers. We witness it. Every interpretation of what happens to us is true. We get to choose the one that serves our life. CHAPTERS 0:00 There is nothing wrong with you 0:22 Why our thoughts run on autopilot 1:16 The mind is a survival system 2:38 Five worries became infinite worries 4:16 The practice 4:58 Set the time aside every day 6:11 Think it and feel it 8:38 We are not the mind 9:22 Every interpretation is true — choose one 10:11 When you start needing fewer thoughts 14:08 What waking up actually means 18:00 Even a few minutes starts the shift Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. Video podcasts are available at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddPerelmuter #happiness #positivethinking #gratitude #presence #mindfulness For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundle If my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the Podcast And if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

  8. Aug 29

    Why We Quit on Ourselves So Easily

    Send me a message We quit on ourselves because we tied our confidence to the finish line. When the goal gets delayed, the confidence goes with it. If achievement is the only thing that makes us feel good, then 99% of our lives will feel like failure. The answer isn't smaller goals. It's moving where the good feeling comes from. Getting back up is the achievement. Real confidence comes from being willing to look like a fool in front of people who are better than us — the person who loves the practice passes the person with the talent, every time. Manifestation focuses the mind. It doesn't do the work. Success and failure are two sides of one coin. The only real failure is quitting. CHAPTERS 0:00 Why a delayed goal feels devastating 2:22 Why 99% of life feels like failing 5:04 Why natural talent loses 8:32 Smart risk and dumb risk 12:23 Success is how fast you get back up 15:07 The only way to fail is to quit 16:00 Does prayer or manifestation work? 18:57 There are no mistakes 20:10 Why growth feels invisible Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. Video podcasts are available at https://www.youtube.com/@ToddPerelmuter #confidence #failure #motivation #presence #personalgrowth For the days when life feels like too much, these 4 free books are for you. Get the free 4-books bundle If my words have ever touched your heart or helped you through a hard moment, I’d be deeply grateful for your support in keeping this podcast alive. Support the Podcast And if you’d like to explore these ideas in greater depth, you can find all of my books here.

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Surviving is not the same as living. On Path to Peace, Todd Perelmuter guides you toward joy, inner peace, and the deep sense of oneness with the universe that your soul has been longing for.  For more information and free resources, visit www.eastwesticism.org And for video podcasts, join me on  www.YouTube.com/toddperelmuter

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