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He is also a business consultant with companies creating a variety of offerings integrating meditation in a larger health and well-being context – including Goldman Sachs, Journey Meditation, Creative Live, True Nature Meditation (Tokyo), Balanced Athlete, The Center for Health & Healing, Om Births, and Kobre & Kim law firm among others. He has been featured in The New York Times, FOX News, Netflix's The Midnight Gospel, Huffington Post, The Buddhist Geeks podcast, Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast, Pete Holmes' You Made it Weird Podcast, and many others. David is the author of the critically acclaimed Awakening From the Daydream: Reimagining The Buddha’s Wheel of Life and his recently released Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck . He mentors individual students both in person and online, and leads meditation teacher training programs around the world. 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Grab Lama Rod’s new book,  The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors In this episode, David, Michael and Lama Rod chat about: Realizing that liberation is driven by uncomfortable contradictions The seven great sorrows of the new saint Leaving people behind on a spiritual journey Offering space to paradoxes in order to find clarity Support on the Boddhisatva path Focusing our energy on ourselves Prayer as an imperative part of spiritual work Being relevant and speaking the language of the times Teachers who inspired and helped Lama Rod Being yourself and using your own qualities to help others Commitment to a reduction of violence Getting active in getting free About Lama Rod Owens: Lama Rod Owens is a Black Buddhist Southern Queen. An international influencer with a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School with a focus on the intersection of social change, identity, and spiritual practice. Author of  Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger  and co-author of  Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation , his teachings center on freedom, self-expression, and radical self-care. Highly sought after for talks, retreats, and workshops, his mission is showing you how to heal and free yourself. A leading voice in a new generation of Buddhist teachers with over 11 years of experience, Lama Rod is highly respected among his peers and the communities that he serves. From these intersections, he creates a platform that’s very natural, engaging, and inclusive. For current offerings and programs, click  here .  “The whole project of The New Saints was…","meta_description":"Facing the obstacles on a spiritual path, Lama Rod Owens, David Nichtern, and Michael Kammers, discuss the seven sorrows of the new saint. 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