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Four Questions To Free You From Suffering | This episode is brought to you by Primal Kitchen, BiOptimizers, and Cozy Earth\nSuffering is part of the human condition. We create our own stories and believe them, however painful and untrue they may be. But it doesn\u2019t have to be this way! We can find freedom from emotional, mental, and physical pain when we take the time to be quiet and ask some simple yet life-changing questions. I studied Buddhism for a long time and have always been interested in self-exploration. My guest on today\u2019s episode, Byron Katie, has created a powerful shortcut to the process of unpacking and slowing down the mental processes that cause suffering, and her work has been one of my greatest tools for personal inquisition and growth.\xa0\nIn 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year spiral into depression and self-loathing, Byron Katie woke up one morning in a state of joy. She realized that when she believed her stressful thoughts, she suffered, but that when she questioned them, she didn\u2019t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Her simple yet powerful process of self-inquiry, which she calls The Work, consists of four questions and the turnaround, which is a way of experiencing the opposite of what you believe.\n\xa0\nByron has been bringing The Work to millions of people for more than thirty years. Her public events, weekend workshops, intensives, and nine-day School for The Work have brought freedom to people all over the world. Her books include the bestselling Loving What Is, I Need Your Love\u2014Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy, and A Mind at Home with Itself. You can visit thework.com for more about Byron and to access the resources we talk about in this episode.\xa0\nThis episode is brought to you by Primal Kitchen, BiOptimizers, and Cozy Earth.\nRight now, Primal Kitchen is offering my community 20% off. Just go to primalkitchen.com and use the code DRHYMAN20 at checkout.\nBiOptimizers is offering Doctor\u2019s Farmacy listeners 10% off your Magnesium Breakthrough order. Just go to magbreakthrough.com/hyman and use code HYMAN10 to receive this amazing offer.\nNice bedding can feel like a big investment, so Cozy Earth makes it super easy to try out their products with a 30-day free trial and 10-year warranty. Plus, right now they are offering\xa040% off. Just go to cozyearth.com use the code HYMANPODCAST40 at checkout.\xa0\nHere are more of the details from our interview:\xa0\n\nByron\u2019s instantaneous insight into how to end suffering (9:18)\n\nThe power of questioning what we\u2019re thinking or believing about any given situation using Byron\u2019s method, The Work (14:00)\n\nWhy guilt drives addiction and is born of a victim mindset (19:12)\n\nAsking the question, \u201cIs it true?\u201d as the gateway to free ourselves of suffering (28:50)\n\nHow to do The Work (32:17)\n\nCreating peace, sanity, and physical healing in our lives by questioning the ego (41:48)\n\nUsing The Work to address fear of the future (44:09)\n\nSourcing our own happiness by living in the present moment and waking up to our true nature (52:30)\n\nLoving where you are frees you of judgement and comparison (1:05:46)\n\nHow we miss our lives when we live in the past and future (1:16:36)\n\nLearn more about The Work of Byron Katie at https://thework.com/.\xa0\nLearn more about At Home with BK at www.athomewithbk.com and check out Byron Katie\u2019s podcast at http://podcast.thework.com.\nAccess the Judge Your Neighbor Worksheet here.\n\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices