Todd Perelmuter
I have one purpose in life: to make this world happier, more loving, and more peaceful. After all, the more peace we bring into our lives, the more #peace we bring into the world.
Having seen so many around me suffering from stress, addiction, suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression, I decided to embark upon a 9-year journey that would take me to over 35 countries living with and learning from shamans, gurus, monks and tribes. I studied 16 religions and spiritualities, and spent 50 days meditating in total solitude, all in an effort to discover the secrets to a peaceful mind.
If you’re ready to let go of your negative thoughts and the baggage that is weighing you down, if you’re ready for a life filled with joy, purpose and meaning, please join me on the journey within.
Todd Perelmuter
Most people believe that success leads to happiness. We often look up to people who are more successful than us with jealousy and it creates immense suffering in our lives. But financial success is not related to happiness. Just ask any monk with no possessions or money.
The markets go up and they go down. Our money will go up and go down throughout our life. Relationships, our health, and the circumstances in our life will all rise and fall. But we can remain the calm center in the storm.
Jim Carrey famously talks about how he was never happy growing up. He thought if he just had some success, he could finally be happy. Then, he became more successful than he ever dreamed. He had more fame and money than he ever thought possible. And yet, he was still unhappy. He was still in the exact same mental place as before his success.
It’s normal in our society to think that we should put off our happiness until we've achieved success, and only then can we be happy. But we have to learn to be happy now, even while struggling and scraping by. Even when life is uncertain, chaotic, and busy. Because there is only now. Happiness can only ever be found right here, right now.
Not after the promotion. Not after the perfect house. Not when everything finally falls into place. Now. I write how to find it in my weekly Path to Peace newsletter (check my comment below). Let’s walk that path together.
#happiness #mentalhealthhelp #innerpeacejournery
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The hardest thing in life is losing a loved one. Stuff can be replaced. More money can be made. But the people we lose leave a hole in our hearts that can never be filled.
Grief shatters us to our core. Loss makes us question life: why are we here, what is the point, is life meaningless?
In my latest YouTube video, I read an excerpt from my book, Grief and Spiritual Healing: Surviving Life After Loss. It confronts the deep questions during life's hardest moments. Written during my own period of grief, may these words bring you some bit of peace and comfort as they brought me.
#griefhealing #griefjourney
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The problem with FOMO is not the missing out.
The truth is, we can never miss out. It is an illusion.
There are only choices, and none of those choices gives us zero experience.
We’re always having an experience; it’s just a trade-off. There is a time for adventure, and there is a time for rest, and we need both.
There are countless things we could always be doing, and we could never do all of them.
It is only comparison (what is to what could be) that creates the conflict within us. If our desire for experience exceeds our capacity, we suffer. If we embrace every experience we have, we’re free.
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Why do we suffer from mean words? What is the real root cause of this suffering? Why do words directed at us hurt more than watching those same words on TV? What is getting hurt? And is there a way to stop getting angry and upset by the cruelty and unkindness of others?
In this podcast, I do a deep dive into the root cause of this particularly difficult and all too common form of suffering. I talk about what role trauma plays in us getting triggered. And I share some simple but powerful ways to stay cool and calm in every situation.
Sometimes people just want to push our buttons. They want to make us miserable. They want to tear us down. Here’s how to be on guard and defend yourself. Full podcast link in the comments 👇
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Our job is to remember the light amidst the darkness- and to remember the darkness during the light
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If you can cherish every moment that this universe blesses you with, then it doesn’t matter if you live 20 years or a thousand years. Because you lived fully. And that is why we’re all here.
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We all have those days.
The ones where a coworker is particularly difficult,
or a family member is creating a lot of drama and chaos.
The ones where every little thing that can go wrong, does go wrong:
We spill the milk.
We burn the toast.
We drop a glass.
We oversleep.
Traffic's the worst.
Maybe the problem is even deeper.
We've been rejected.
We’re going through a breakup.
We made a mistake at work.
We're worried about finances.
We've suffered personal loss.
And sometimes we just wake up on the wrong side of the bed.
Maybe we had a nightmare.
Maybe our stress from the previous night carried over.
Or for just no reason at all, we are in a bad mood.
We've all had these kinds of days where worry and stress, doom and gloom, weigh so heavily on us that we can't seem to shake it off.
The worst part is, life didn’t come with an instruction manual.
We’re not taught how to get through tough times.
We’re not taught how to become our best self.
How to be happy and get through the ups and downs we will all face.
That’s why my next book is a guidebook for thriving in a chaotic world without losing yourself. 200 pages done, a hundred more to go.
I’m hoping it will be released by the end of this year.
Until I finish the book, I want you to accept the challenge of staying peaceful — with that difficult coworker, with that difficult family member, with that ketchup you got on your shirt right before the big meeting...
They teach us how to find calm in the chaos so that when life throws real storms our way — a screaming boss, a painful betrayal, a family member who knows exactly where our buttons are — we can remain calm and steady. This is the power of conscious living.
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Todd Perelmuter
If you're living and breathing, someone at some point in your life will inevitably say or do something mean, hurtful and cruel.
Every single one of us has been hurt in some way,
and every one of us has probably accidentally said a hurtful word or two as well.
It's human nature.
Unless we live in a completely toxic-free society, we're going to be hurt,
and we're going to subconsciously and unintentionally pass that hurt on to others.
People’s actions are a reflection of what they’re carrying inside.
But knowing that doesn’t always make the sting go away.
And if our own mind is already restless or weighed down, hurtful words cut even deeper.
That’s why I write the Path to Peace weekly newsletter (the link is in comments if you would like to read it). We all carry storms inside.
Sometimes we just need a little light to rediscover the stillness of who we truly are.
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Whether it's praise or criticism, if either can sway us, move us, manipulate us, or control our emotions, we're still trapped in a game.
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Contained within every storm is the rainbow at the end,
within every dark night is a sunrise, within every birth is death, and within every love is grief.
The only way to have a life free from loss is to have a life free from love. And as difficult as it may be in times of loss, we all choose a life of love.
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