Right Effort: When to Push and When to Let Go with Yung Pueblo

Forrest is joined by author, meditator, and friend Diego Perez, also known as Yung Pueblo, for a conversation about right effort, the balance between pushing through and letting go, and the death of nuance in the age of social media.

They start with Diego’s experience on his recent 60-day silent meditation retreat, and what that kind of practice teaches about craving, attachment, and getting unstuck from old roles. Diego frames right effort as the middle path between forcing your life and going with the flow, and that tension leads into a conversation about social media, including the appeal of reductive advice and being told what to do. Diego closes with what he'd recommend for someone who wants some of the rewards of practice without committing to a long retreat.

Key Topics:

0:00: Intro

2:02: Diego's 60-day silent retreat

8:17: Right Effort: balancing pursuit with letting go

15:49: Attachment, craving, and suffering

19:25: Diego's journey to the sensitive boy’s club

25:19: Resistance: a sign that something is wrong or that we should push harder?

31:07: How to stop outsourcing your decisions & find guidance within

42:41: The limitations of labels and therapy-speak

52:26: Practices for those who aren't serious meditators

55:39: Recap

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