{"podcast":{"title":"Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield","slug":"heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894","podcast_index_feed_id":588894,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/b8/cd/bc/08/b8cdbc08-ece4-4faa-b575-2a5e48f87f12/fb4d2788b60be43321e405a763f9a9e1bd7769d23d293a482c5135ee2896c9b107cfe18cd339967532491894b6630f4b95596ab57106f7fca7c4d143f9bf749a.jpeg","author":"Be Here Now Network","episode_count":327,"summary":"The Jack Kornfield Heart Wisdom hour celebrates Jack’s ability to mash up his long established Buddhist practices with many other mystical traditions, revealing the poignancy of life’s predicaments and the path to finding freedom from self-interest, self-judgment and unhappiness.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T06:19:39.247932+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 310 - Sometimes You Need a Story More Than Food,  All In This Together Series Pt. 1","slug":"ep-310-sometimes-you-need-a-story-more-than-food-all-in-this-together-series-pt-1","published_at":"2025-11-20T17:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-310-sometimes-you-need-a-story-more-than-food-all-in-this-together-series-pt-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/4535ecf1-369f-4202-9fac-88e011be57df.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/4535ecf1-369f-4202-9fac-88e011be57df.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Celebrating the release of his new book of his favorite stories, All In This Together, Jack shares why ‘sometimes we need a story more than food.’  Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. Jack’s new book is out now!: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World “Light the candle, make a sacred space, and talk about what it means to hold this life in compassion. And then invite people to tell the stories that they need for the healing of their own heart. That’s why ‘sometimes you need a story more than food’ (Barry Lopez)—sometimes to hear it, sometimes to tell it.” – Jack Kornfield In this episode, Jack mindfully explores: The art of awakening through stories  Barry Lopez and why ‘sometimes you need a story more than food’ Stories that release the weight from our souls and unburden our hearts Lighting candles, making sacred space, and sharing stories together Overcoming the world’s conflict through the lens of stories The story of Terry Dobson and the compassion of Aikido  The spiritual art of listening to stories—feeling the resonance and feeling into who you would be What can we learn from stories? Stories like storehouses—the true intelligence of a good story Ram Dass, the Dalai Lama, and inhabiting the difficulties of life with humor, honesty, and love How to hold conflict and that which causes suffering with compassion Delivering your special cargo, your beautiful gifts to this world “A really good story is something to mine, something to inhabit.” – Jack Kornfield This Dharma Talk originally took place in April 2019 for Spirit Rock Meditation Center ’s Monday Night Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation. Stay u…","meta_description":"Celebrating the release of his new book of his favorite stories, All In This Together, Jack shares why ‘sometimes we need a story more than food.’ T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1940,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/episodes/ep-310-sometimes-you-need-a-story-more-than-food-all-in-this-together-series-pt-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-310-sometimes-you-need-a-story-more-than-food-all-in-this-together-series-pt-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}