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Biography

Christin Chong is a Biotech Marketing and Medical Education Leader, Neuroscience PhD, and an Interfaith Buddhist Chaplain. She has coached 400+ entrepreneurs including clients at Google based on functional mindfulness principles, resulting in development of action-oriented mindsets and accelerated product launches. She authored Debug Your Meditation, a book on developing a joyful meditation habit, developed a writing course, and dispatches a newsletter to 500+ subscribers on meditation, writing, and friendship in modern times.

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Past Speaking Appearances

GM Farcaster ep 166

GM Farcaster ep166 Wednesday October 9, 2024 with guest cohosts @christin and @cameron

Join @adrienne and special guest cohosts @christin and @cameron from /okbanger for 29 minutes of Farcaster news to start your day! Thank you to our premiere partner @base -- be sure to check out their Base Around the World buildathon events starting this month! Visit the /base channel for more info.

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The Middle Way with Dr. Matthew Goodman

The Middle Way #51 - Christin Chong, PhD - The Promises and Pitfalls of Buddhism in the Modern World

Mindfulness has grown increasingly popular over the past two decades. Yet there are legitimate questions about how, and whether, this practice is appropriate for the modern Western mind. Can mindfulness be extracted from its original Buddhist cultural/philosophical context? How can this practice best be adapted to modern, Western, capitalist life... especially when so many of us are prone to trauma, anxiety, and the brain-scrambling effects of Tik Tok and other technology? Can we "shortcut" spiritual practice? These are among the questions that I discuss with my very delightful guest, Christin Chong, in this deep dive into the mind. Christin Chong is a neuroscience PhD, Buddhist chaplaincy trainee, and creative entrepreneur. She is the author of "Debug Your Meditation" and offers speaking, consulting, and online courses at the intersection of Buddhism, science, and creativity. ⁠Her online writing community, Kind Camp, offers a space to deepen personal discovery through reflection and support based in Buddhist and neuroscience principles. In particular, we discuss: -Christin's early childhood and how witnessing life's ephemeral nature inspired her career path. -The continuous human experience of "never having enough." -The "inner" and "outer" story arc of our lives. -The tension between spiritually oriented work and pursuing financial success. -How the illusion of "doing spiritual work" can actually obscure our deeper path and potential. -The question of whether mindfulness can be extracted from its original Buddhist context. -Mindfulness as a self-improvement tool. -"Shortcutting" the spiritual path through psychedelics versus the slow and boring path. -Why its hard to "step on the brakes" and meditate when our brains are being overstimulated by Tik Tok and technology. -Misconceptions about "ego" and why low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety are also rooted in high ego. -Bringing mindfulness and Buddhism into the business world. -Alternative mindfulness practices for anxiety, panic, and trauma. -And much more! Christin's website: https://christinchong.com/ Grab a copy of Christin's book, Debug Your Meditation: https://christinchong.gumroad.com/l/debug/COMMONPLACE Referenced in this episode: "On the Path" (Documentary Film on adverse meditation experiences): https://vimeo.com/482172141 Subscribe to The Middle Way Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-middle-way-with-dr-matthew-goodman/id1566423470 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24QlEy5FOCTSQTWjsoOCRZ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/matthewgoodmanphd Let's connect: Website: https://matthewgoodmanphd.com Instagram: @matthewgoodmanphd Consulting: https://ccg-group.eu/ and https://the-middle-way.com Thanks for listening! ~May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you live with ease and joy. May you be free of suffering~

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Informal Conversations with Mark (@meditationstuff)

"Authenticity and Fidelity" — Series: Informal Conversations (almost uncut) — "Christin and Mark 1"

https://linktr.ee/christinchong https://twitter.com/christintweets Buddhist communities mentioned: - Bhante Jayasara / Maggasekha (Student of the Path) https://maggasekha.org/ - Buddhist Insights / Cloud Mountain Monastery Monk Chat: https://www.youtube.com/@BuddhistInsights 0:00:56 three breaths 0:02:07 Christin's work 0:05:49 struggles to communicate 0:10:09 rough meditation is real meditation (troll) 0:12:59 working with groups, writing and meditation 0:15:38 meditation + X 0:17:34 where people disagree with Mark; meditation techniques 0:22:59 misunderstandings of no-self 0:26:05 insights from neuroscience, self-acceptance, what you can change and can't change, hardware and software, working with lack of self-acceptance 0:34:54 it takes care of itself 0:36:06 current edges 0:39:49 also a student 0:44:22 trojan horse approach, authenticy 0:48:03 right language for the student, fidelity, translation, original intent 0:52:45 inappropriate appropriation 0:54:53 relationship between meditation and life 0:58:02 sitting like shitting 0:59:39 doing versus like falling asleep 1:02:12 more current edges, death, mortality 1:05:31 goal of practice, aging, death 1:09:12 reincarnation, rebirth, cosmology, pattern, identity, instantiation, deep time 01:17:40 mission or goals for teaching, popularity 1:26:52 business development, livelihood, entrepreneurship 1:33:59 informal conversations versus Meditative Synergies Podcast

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Curiosity Conversation with Paul Millerd

Curiosity Conversation & Special Guests Christin Chong & Chris Wong

This is a weekly "no agenda" conversation where you can ask Paul anything you'd like about his book, alternative paths, digital nomading, freelancer etc... To register for live streams: https://lu.ma/curiosityconvos To submit questions only: https://airtable.com/shrBrLEezSZQ24Sio

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Getting Through the Dip with Tilt The Future

Getting Through the Dip Christin Chong advice Loom 31 January 2023

Getting Through the Dip WOP 2023-01-25 presentation Runway You will have a dip, so plan ahead. It's about mindset and preparation. Christin Chong shares her wisdom on what worked and what doesn't. She is one of my first champions! And we all need champions. Support each other. Christin's newsletter: https://christin.substack.com/ My newsletter: https://tiltthefuture.substack.com/ Loom 31 January 2023

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Chiwi Journal Podcast with Camellia Yang

#125: Asian in Western World, Buddhism and Neuroscience, Stay True to Yourself with Christin Chong by Chiwi Journal

My guest today is Christin Chong. She is a neuroscientist at heart and enjoys investigating consciousness through the Buddhist lens. Christin's work history continues to evolve-from research in the lab to biotech marketing, to creating a delicious self-care tea for physical + mental health, to establish a community for accelerator compassion.

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