<description>&lt;p&gt;This episode is a recording of a class I taught on my online meditation course on Thursday, the 8th of January 2026. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a 15-minute talk explaining how our cultural perspectives on gratitude and optimism work against us, and how we can adopt a different perspective that&amp;#39;s more helpful by training our minds through meditation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We then moved on to 30 minutes of focused-attention meditations, which form the foundations of the mindfulness and resilience practices I teach.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click below to learn more and join us. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://meditationcourse.live" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;https://meditationcourse.live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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This episode is a recording of a class I taught on my online meditation course on Thursday, the 8th of January 2026. There is a 15-minute talk explaining how our cultural perspectives on gratitude and optimism work against us, and how we can adopt a different perspective that&#39;s more helpful by training our minds through meditation. We then moved on to 30 minutes of focused-attention meditations, which form the foundations of the mindfulness and resilience practices I teach. Click below to learn more and join us. <a href="https://meditationcourse.live" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://meditationcourse.live</a>

The Meditation Course Podcast

The Path to Optimistic Resilience Through Meditation

The Path to Optimistic Resilience Through Meditation

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