Best Jacob Buehler Podcasts (2025)

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Facing the Demon — Working with Fear, Gratitude, and Presence 27:39

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Fear contracts our awareness around imagined loss. In this episode, Jake explores how financial uncertainty, self-doubt, and the pressure to perform are showing up in his life right now—and more importantly, how turning toward these inner demons, rather than running from them, is what actually wakes us up. Drawing on Buddhist, Christian, and Taoist…

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The Ever-Full Sea — Nonattachment and Desire in Practice 36:56

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In this solo reflection, we look at the mind’s “stickiness”—how craving pulls us off-center—and explore nonattachment as freedom, not austerity. Drawing from the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, the Buddha, and the poets, we unpack the ever-flowing river / ever-full sea image and land it in everyday life: work, family, food, phone use, and the little barg…

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Kill the Buddha — Spiritual Materialism, Ego, and Practice 45:19

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Kill the Buddha? In this episode I unpack the famous Zen koan to expose spiritual materialism, ego traps, and how to ground practice in real life—on the cushion, in traffic, and in hard conversations. We look at the subtle ways the ego turns spirituality into an identity, and the simple moves that bring you back: breath, honesty, humility, and begi…

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Rose Colored Glasses — Kate Mageau on Abuse and Healing 53:29

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Kate Mageau is a therapist, author, and toxic-relationship survivor who joins me to talk candidly about the mechanics of abuse, the long arc of healing, and what it takes to rebuild self-trust without losing tenderness or hope. Together we map the patterns that keep people stuck—gaslighting, shame spirals, trauma bonds, and the cycle of violence—an…

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Keep Moving — From Hesitation to Wholehearted Action 49:21

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Hesitation can feel holy—like you’re safeguarding a perfect outcome—but it often becomes a kind of living death. This episode wrestles with wobbling (that anxious, double-minded stall) and what it takes to move with trust anyway. From Einstein’s bicycle to the Matrix Oracle, from a boot-camp tower to a spouse’s one-line koan, momentum itself begins…

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Unburned — Diane Buehler on Abuse, Faith, Motherhood 1:11:23

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One afternoon in California, Diane Buehler quietly buckled her four young children into the car and left home for good—fleeing ten years of domestic abuse. In this special episode (the first with a guest on Standing Nowhere), host Jacob sits down with his mother, Diane, to hear how she not only survived those violent years but went on to raise five…

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Anger Belongs — Transforming Anger with Mindfulness and Compassion 48:58

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Anger is a blazing fire—blinding, burning, all-consuming. Within its flames is a chance to wake up with mindfulness and compassion and see ourselves more clearly. Picture a moment of calm—fresh off a morning meditation—shattered when another driver cuts you off with your kids in the backseat. One heartbeat you're serene; the next, you're slamming t…

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Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose — Effort without striving in work, parenting, and practice 1:00:58

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What happens when effort becomes a trap—when we mistake striving for strength, control for care? As one old hymn puts it: ‘Lay your deadly doing down—down at Jesus’ feet.’ From the exhaustion of gig work to the pressure of parenting, from trying to meditate “perfectly” to just trying to pay rent—this is a real-time reflection on burnout, surrender,…

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Trust the Silence — Morning Stillness, Beatitudes, and Surrender 36:19

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“Live in the nowhere that you come from, even though you have an address here.” Rumi’s words echo through this gentle exploration of stillness amidst chaos. In a noisy sushi bar on a Friday night, Jacob quietly drafts an episode about silence — an irony that becomes an invitation into deeper presence. He shares how daily spiritual practice has beco…

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Reverence to Be — Failure, Forgiveness, and Compassion’s Quiet Work 50:10

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“The greatest teacher, failure is.” — Yoda 🕊️ (Just as a wise Master once said, failure can be our teacher.) In this soulful episode, Jacob turns the grind of everyday life into a spiritual lesson. Standing Nowhere Episode 8 finds our host delivering groceries in 115°F heat—underpaid and sweating—yet whispering “thank you” for the moment. It’s a tr…

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Falling into Flight — Avenged Sevenfold’s “Life Is But a Dream” Explained 35:32

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This is a reflection, not a review. I unpack Avenged Sevenfold’s Life Is But a Dream… as a spiritual journey—from the plastic sheen of consumerism to ego dissolving into loving awareness, with grief and wonder braided through the whole. What’s inside: • “Game Over” → the frantic script of modern life and the hunger that turns us home • “Mattel” → m…

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Gone Like Smoke — Impermanence, Loss, and the Peace That Follows 42:32

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“Everything that has the nature to arise… has the nature to pass away.” — The Buddha In this deeply honest episode, Jacob shares the emotional aftermath of car trouble, financial pressure, and fatherhood as his son steps into adulthood. With humor, heartbreak, and wisdom drawn from Buddhism, the Bible, and beyond, he explores the theme of impermane…

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When the Mud Settles — Peace in the Pressure and the Spaces Between 42:16

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What if your life didn’t need to be fixed—but simply witnessed? In this episode, Jacob shares a vulnerable story about his car failing at the worst moment, old fears flaring up, and the strange stillness that followed. Through parenting, pressure, and frozen pizza, he explores how peace isn't something we create—it's something we notice when we sto…

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The Moon, Not the Finger — Mysticism Explained: Labels, Measurement, Mindfulness 47:24

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Mysticism isn’t magic—it’s the direct experience behind every label. In “The Moon, Not the Finger,” we explore how names, borders, and even inches are useful fictions; why doctrines and measurements can’t touch what’s real; and how to recover clarity through mindfulness. Drawing on the Tao Te Ching, Rumi, Kabir, Meister Eckhart, and more, we look a…

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Sky Behind the Thoughts — Breath, Awareness, and Compassionate Attention 45:52

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What if your thoughts are thinking themselves? In this third episode of Standing Nowhere, host Jacob Buehler guides you through a simple, anywhere practice—on a cushion, a chair, or even while commuting—to watch the breath, notice thoughts arising on their own, and taste the quiet, sky-like awareness behind them. You’ll hear how presence (awareness…

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Faith Beyond Belief — From Doctrines to Direct Experience, and the Mystery that Remains 1:03:36

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“I reached a point where the idea of not existing was more appealing than existing,” the host confesses. From that brink of despair, a quiet transformation took root—one that now fills even ordinary moments with a gentle sense of meaning and hope. This episode opens on that raw honesty and promises a journey beyond the edge of belief, toward someth…

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I Don’t Know What I’m Doing — Gig Work, Mindfulness, and Starting This Podcast 45:39

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On my 42nd birthday, I finally hit record. This first episode is a raw, honest origin story: life in the gig economy, working 50–60 hours a week to keep the lights on, and the moment in my car when everything bottomed out—and opened up. From toxic “think your way rich” self-help to a simple, practical mindfulness that met me right where I was (hand…

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Facing the Demon — Working with Fear, Gratitude, and Presence 27:39

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The Ever-Full Sea — Nonattachment and Desire in Practice 36:56

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Kill the Buddha — Spiritual Materialism, Ego, and Practice 45:19

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Rose Colored Glasses — Kate Mageau on Abuse and Healing 53:29

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Keep Moving — From Hesitation to Wholehearted Action 49:21

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Unburned — Diane Buehler on Abuse, Faith, Motherhood 1:11:23

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Anger Belongs — Transforming Anger with Mindfulness and Compassion 48:58

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Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose — Effort without striving in work, parenting, and practice 1:00:58

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Trust the Silence — Morning Stillness, Beatitudes, and Surrender 36:19

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Reverence to Be — Failure, Forgiveness, and Compassion’s Quiet Work 50:10

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Falling into Flight — Avenged Sevenfold’s “Life Is But a Dream” Explained 35:32

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Gone Like Smoke — Impermanence, Loss, and the Peace That Follows 42:32

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When the Mud Settles — Peace in the Pressure and the Spaces Between 42:16

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The Moon, Not the Finger — Mysticism Explained: Labels, Measurement, Mindfulness 47:24

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Sky Behind the Thoughts — Breath, Awareness, and Compassionate Attention 45:52

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Faith Beyond Belief — From Doctrines to Direct Experience, and the Mystery that Remains 1:03:36

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I Don’t Know What I’m Doing — Gig Work, Mindfulness, and Starting This Podcast 45:39

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NEDJ Podcast 3:28