Video Interviews
Psychic Medium Laura Lynne Jackson + Dr. Mark Epstein
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art - Feb 23, 2018
Ego, Disrupted. How Buddhist Wisdom meets Western Therapy with Dr. Mark Epstein
Chase Jarvis - Jan 5, 2022
Mark Epstein The Trauma of Everyday Life
Books & Books - Aug 20, 2013
Mark Epstein: The Trauma of Everyday Life
GBH Forum Network - Jul 30, 2014
Everyday Trauma: Perspectives from Buddhism and Psychoanalysis, Mark Epstein
The University of Chicago - Mar 9, 2015
Dharma vs Freud: How to Transform Your Neuroses with Meditation | Buddhist Psychiatrist Mark Epstein
10% Happier - Mar 13, 2024
Podcasts
Ezra Klein Show : Why Does My Mind Keep Thinking That?, July 11, 2025
Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen - Mark Epstein, M.D.: The Guru of Our Own Intelligence, January 6, 2025
10% Happier With Dan Harris : Episode 969 - Can a Psychic Medium Improve Your Life? Wrestling With the Balance Between Open-Mindedness and Skepticism, June 30, 2025
10% Happier With Dan Harris : Episode 869 - Joseph Goldstein + Mark Epstein On: How To Handle Unwanted Experiences, How Not To Waste Your Suffering & The Overlap Between Buddhism + Therapy, Nov 27, 2024
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins - Episode #233 - Freud Meets Buddha With Mark Epstein, MD, February 23, 2022
Sibling Revelry: ‘How to Get Over Yourself with Dr. Mark Epstein’, April 30, 2021
The Science of Success : Reveal How You Can Banish Stress & Anxiety With Science & Ancient Wisdom with Dr. Mark Epstein, April 4, 2019
Think Again – a Big Think Podcast #130 – I, Me, Mine | Big Think – Mark Epstein, MD Jan, 12 2018
Insights at the Edge, The ‘Good Enough’ Interview, January 27, 2015
The Trauma of Everyday Life, October 13th, 2014
Voices for Healing Talk Radio Show, August 4th, 2014
The Brian Lehrer Show: Forged by Trauma, August 15, 2013
KQED Radio, The Trauma of Everyday Life, August 28th, 2013
Tricycle Talks: Buddhism & Psychotherapy, Fall 2013
Shrink Rap Radio, #252 A Buddhist Perspective on Psychotherapy with Mark Epstein, November 25, 2010
Fresh Air Interview with Terry Gross, July 17, 1996
Press
Articles About :
The New York Times : What Unites Buddhism and Psychotherapy? One Therapist Has the Answer. Jan 11, 2022
Insight and Meditation Society - Inside the Mind of a Buddhist Therapist: A Q&A with Mark Epstein
Kirkus Review: The Zen of Therapy, Jan 11, 2022
New York Times, When a Therapist Puts Buddhism Into Practice, Jan 18, 2018
When Siddartha Met Sigmund: ‘Publishers Weekly ‘ Talks with Mark Epstein Dec, 15, 2017
Publishers Weekly, Nonfiction Book Review: Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself by Mark Epstein.
New York Times, Op-Ed: The Trauma of Being Alive, August 4, 2013
Psychology Today : Buddhism and Psychotherapy: An interview with Dr. Mark Epstein, October 25, 2010
Psychotherapy.net: Interview on Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, 2010
New England Journal of Medicine, Thoughts Without a Thinker, review by Robert Coles July13, 1995
New England Journal of Medicine, Going to Pieces Withought Falling Apart, review by Leston Havens, Feb 4, 1999
Articles by :
Tricycle: Are We All Hungry Ghosts? Oct 21, 2023
Tricycle: How Meditation Failed Me, Summer 2022
Tricycle: Why Do We Turn Away from Joy?, March 2, 2022
Tricycle: People Are Like Koans, Spring 2022
Tricycle: The Zen of Therapy, Spring 2022
Tricycle: Already Free, Spring 2019
Tricycle: Meditation’s Secret Ingredient, Spring 2018
Tricycle: If the Buddha Were Called to Jury Duty, Winter of 2017
Tricycle: What Changes?, Fall 2013
Elle Magazine: by Laurie Abraham, October 2013
Tricycle: Beyond Blame, Summer 2009
Lion’s Roar: Building a Better Self?, Jan 16, 2009
Lion’s Roar: The Miracle of Downward Dog: A Buddhist Discovers Hatha Yoga, Jan 16, 2009
O, The Oprah Magazine: What’s Wrong with Being Angry, February 2008
Lion’s Roar: Analyzing Enlightenment, Sep 1, 2006
Lion’s Roar: Forum on Psychology and Buddhism
O, The Oprah Magazine: Relationship Advice, February 2005
Tricycle: The Merry-Go-Round of Desire, Summer 2004
Tricycle: Dharma and Psychotherapy, Fall 2001
Tricycle: Buddha in 2001: Two New Versions of the Path, Spring 2001
Tricycle: Book Review - The Art of Happiness, Spring 1999
Tricycle: Be Here Angry Now, Spring 1998
Tricycle: Stopping the Wind, Summer 1998
Tricycle: I’ve Been Meditating for Ten Years, and I’m Still Angry. What’s the Matter with Me?, Spring 1997
Tricycle: In the Realm of Relationship, Summer 1996
Tricycle: Shattering the Ridgepole, Spring 1995
Tricycle: Wake Up and Roar, Spring 1994
Tricycle: Awakening with Prozac, Fall 1993
Tricycle: “My Father’s Guru”, Summer 1993
Tricycle: Freud and Dr. Buddha, Spring 1992
NY Times Book Reviews
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Can A.I. Heal Our Souls?
Published Feb. 7, 2025
Two new books grapple with the questions of who we are, what we are, whether we are — and what we can do for one another.
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Is That All There Is? A Secular Seeker Visits Holy Sites.
Published Jan. 10, 2023
In “The Half Known Life,” Pico Iyer journeys around the globe to study conceptions of the world beyond.
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In ‘The Second Mountain,’ David Brooks Chronicles His Journey Toward Faith
The ego, a necessary construction, can also become a burden.
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A Scholar of Religion Confronts Her Own Grief
Everyone mourns differently. There is no template for grief. Religions offer frameworks, structures, rituals and prayers — but these, as Elaine Pagels, a professor of religion at Princeton University…
