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Meditation and mindfulness doesn\\u2019t uproot your capacity to be judgmental, but it can help you see the value in being judgmental by learning how to work with the judging mind. 

La Sarmiento has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1998. La is a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, a teacher with Cloud Sangha, and a contributor to the Ten Percent Happier app.

In this episode we talk about:

• How mindfulness can help us identify when we\\u2019re being judgmental
• The difference between discernment and judgment
• How it can be so delicious to be judgmental of others \\u2013 but why it\\u2019s actually harmful to ourselves and others
• The four questions to ask when we notice ourselves going into judgment mode 
• How to operationalize the phrase \\u201cam I suffering right now?\\u201d 
• Investigating the motivations behind striving for success 
• Why owning up to being a jerk is sometimes the exact right answer

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/la-sarmiento-564

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