Wendy Shinyo is a long-time Buddhist practitioner and lay minister with The Bright Dawn Center of Oneness. She is also the host of the podcast, "Everyday Buddhism: Making Everyday Better", and works as a life coach, meditation teacher, and spiritual companion. In this episode Wendy talks very honestly about how her practice was turned upside down during the pandemic after she started to feel anger and act irrationally with people close to her. She experienced these people as very ‘other’ despite years of Buddhist practice and ‘knowing’ no one is really separate. This led her to seek a talking therapist who helped her to recognise she had become very good at pushing away the trauma that arose from the after-effects of coming out as gay in the 1960s. As a result her body had accumulated years of unresolved resentment. She very openly and affably discusses the confluence of psychotherapy and Buddhist practice and the importance of somatic-based meditation when coming to terms with your troublesome buddhas. This podcast is sponsored by Zen Minded - An online lifestyle store offering you the very best of Japanese craft, incense & other Zen-inspired home-goods. Check it out at www.zenminded.uk If you liked this podcast, consider:  Sharing it via social media - sharable link to this episode https://www.buzzsprout.com/1902945/10953717Signing up to my email listwww.markwestmoquette.co.uk Support the show