Escaping Burnout: Using Meditation to Set a Different Course | NBC Left Field
Channel: NBC News
Date: 2019-07-12

A graduate student on the verge of burnout was planning on becoming a monk to escape it all. But on his quest to find peace though meditation, he decided instead on a middle way and to make a film about his journey. What can we glean from his experience to bring some peace into our own lives?

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