BITESIZE | A Monk’s Guide to Finding Happiness (Even When Things Don’t Go Your Way) | Haemin Sunim #649

Apr 17, 2026 · 22 min

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0:01Welcome to Feel Better, Live More Bite Size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend.
0:11Today's clip is from episode 476 of the podcast with Buddhist monk Hamin Sunim.
0:18Hey Min is a Zen Buddhist teacher and the author of two Sunday Times best-selling books, including The Beautiful When Things Don't Go Your Way, Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times.
0:32In this clip, we discuss the crucially important notion that we always have a choice in how we interpret and respond to life's challenges, even when things don't go our way.
0:46I guess most people think it is a good thing when things do go their way.
0:51But one of the central cases you make in this book, and it's a provocative title, I really like it, is that we don't always want things to go our way because when they don't go our way, there's real opportunity, isn't there?
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