Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis

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298. How to Make a Decision (a little Buddhist Tip). Oct 03, 2025

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Waylon speaks with the Elephant community about a Buddhist method to apply toward making decisions in our lives—big, or little.

Suggested Reading:

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind ~ Shunryu Suzuki
Read more about "don't-know mind": https://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/04/i-dont-know-do-you-know/

297. How to be truly Christian—from a Heathen who loved his Sunday School. Sep 26, 2025

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We're seeing a lot of talk about being Christian and the Rapture and all. Most of it is missing the point: Jesus' message of compassion was radical for his time, and clearly still is today.

296. One of my life heroes just died What was your favorite Robert Redford movie? Sep 16, 2025

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What was your favorite Redford film or two that you'd recommend to others here?

RIP, Bob. Thank you, Mr. Robert Redford, for being an iconoclast—an example particularly to so many young men like myself of humor and strength and kindness and integrity in a world of unoriginality, greed, willful harm, and suffering.

Read the full article with more context from Waylon, here, on Elephant Journal: A Personal Goodbye to Robert Redford. ~ Waylon Lewis {+ Podcast, Walk the Talk Show video}

295. The Buddhist Approach to Stress & Anxiety. Sep 12, 2025

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Breathe through the Big Moment. Easier said than done, right? Serious psychological issues, trauma, or deep-seated issues...those require a different approach. But this conversation is an opportunity to talk openly about the Buddhist approach to our everyday stress and anxiety that we're all experiencing—perhaps more in 2025 than ever.

"I'm talking about sort of surface everyday stress and anxiety. You're speedy. You're not getting enough done. You're lazy. From a Buddhist point of view, laziness is a reaction to busyness where you want to take a break, but you tune out in a way that isn't actually relaxing." ~ Waylon H. Lewis

294. Plastic is Spooky! Sep 05, 2025

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Waylon shares a wish for our sweet, sweet (endangered) place in the solar system:

Imagine if we could celebrate Halloween without trashing our planet and teaching our children that it's okay to do so.

293. Don't let them Normalize Gun Violence. Aug 28, 2025

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What we *All* (especially Parents, hopefully) Want.

Waylon shares a reminder that while we all want nice air to breathe, healthy water to drink, a stable planet for our children to grow up on, and for our children to be safe...we vote for politicians and support corporations that do the exact opposite. Again and again.

"We gotta walk our talk. So that's the name of this video series, Walk The Talk Show. It's exhausting. It's exhausting to talk about the same thing. So this is just a reminder, if you do care—let's deeply care. Let's be willing to care, willing to expose our hearts and actually make some changes." ~ Waylon H. Lewis

"The vast majority of Americans want to take action. Thoughts and prayers are a great start. Nothing's wrong with thoughts and prayers, but if that's where it ends, everything's wrong with thoughts and prayers." ~ Waylon H. Lewis

292. Let Love be Love be Love. Aug 15, 2025

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Waylon shares with Elephant Readers, our community, and everyone listening, a simple plug for love in a moment when the GOP / MAGA is again looking to take away gay marriage rights.

"Ultimately, we all want to be happy, whatever that looks like. We need to remember that when people are in love, that's one of the greatest contributors to societal happiness and stability." ~ Waylon H. Lewis

291. Tough Time getting Motivated? Don't do what you normally do. Aug 08, 2025

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Waylon shares a counter-intuitive, Buddhist-inspired tip for those struggling to find motivation—whether you're an entrepreneur, a parent, a teacher, or simply a human who has to "produce something." If we have to do something, have to earn something, want to accomplish something...well, we all sometimes struggle.

" If you're struggling to 'produce' at work, take a step back. Pressure won't help. That's burnout and doesn't create great work or good leadership. Rediscover your motivation. Do something fun or kind for yourself. Then jump back in, with mission harnessed to motivation. You got this!" ~ Waylon H. Lewis

290. 4 Ways to Clean your Mind. Aug 01, 2025

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Waylon speaks about four (plus a bonus fifth!) methods we can use to clean our minds in these times that are, to put it kindly, a little nuts.

" We need to actively clean our minds, and by that I don't mean we need to be pure. I mean that we need to come back to our basic human goodness." ~ Waylon H. Lewis

289. Why Superman is not only Timely but "Buddhist." Jul 25, 2025

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This week on Walk the Talk Show, Waylon speaks about how Superman is an ideal Buddhist hero.

"Growing up, Superman was a hero of mine. Kind. Caring. He used his strength, his power, not for evil or hurt or selfishness but to protect those in need, children, the vulnerable. He wasn't grim, like Batman. He was, in Buddhist fashion, vulnerable himself (Kryptonite) and unafraid to smile, to romance, to fly high and celebrate this magical life and world from a lovely yet noble and appreciative, loving point of view. I'm glad to see his example back. We need kindness as heroism, now." ~ Waylon H. Lewis

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