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Standing Nowhere
Jacob Buehler
19 episodes
2 days ago
In your twenties, it’s easy to feel like you’ll always belong somewhere — a friend group, a workplace, a Saturday night ritual that feels like home. But what happens when those circles fade, and you suddenly find yourself everywhere in the city… yet belonging nowhere? In this deeply personal episode, Jacob shares the story of poker nights and found-family friendships, the sudden loss of someone who helped anchor his world, and the quiet isolation of gig work that left him feeling like a ghost...
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In your twenties, it’s easy to feel like you’ll always belong somewhere — a friend group, a workplace, a Saturday night ritual that feels like home. But what happens when those circles fade, and you suddenly find yourself everywhere in the city… yet belonging nowhere? In this deeply personal episode, Jacob shares the story of poker nights and found-family friendships, the sudden loss of someone who helped anchor his world, and the quiet isolation of gig work that left him feeling like a ghost...
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Spirituality
Education,
Religion & Spirituality,
Society & Culture,
Philosophy,
Self-Improvement
Episodes (19/19)
Standing Nowhere
Ghost in the Restaurant — Belonging, Loss, and Aloneness
In your twenties, it’s easy to feel like you’ll always belong somewhere — a friend group, a workplace, a Saturday night ritual that feels like home. But what happens when those circles fade, and you suddenly find yourself everywhere in the city… yet belonging nowhere? In this deeply personal episode, Jacob shares the story of poker nights and found-family friendships, the sudden loss of someone who helped anchor his world, and the quiet isolation of gig work that left him feeling like a ghost...
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3 days ago
47 minutes

Standing Nowhere
The Holy Fool — Laughter, Ego, and Living Without Armor
Three years ago I was broke, sharing an apartment with scorpions, and couldn't see a way forward. Then I discovered that laughter—the real, spontaneous kind—can be a powerful spiritual practice. In this episode we explore why ego and humor can't coexist, and how laughing at yourself transforms everything from meditation to life's hardest moments. What we cover: The scorpion story and the spiritual breakthrough that followedWhy heaviness is "spiritual death" and lightness is lifeHow to spot th...
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1 week ago
36 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Facing the Demon — Working with Fear, Gratitude, and Presence
Fear contracts our awareness around imagined loss. In this episode, Jake explores how financial uncertainty, self-doubt, and the pressure to perform are showing up in his life right now—and more importantly, how turning toward these inner demons, rather than running from them, is what actually wakes us up. Drawing on Buddhist, Christian, and Taoist wisdom, he discusses the practice of grounding in the present moment, the power of gratitude even in difficulty, and what it means to show up fait...
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2 weeks ago
27 minutes

Standing Nowhere
The Ever-Full Sea — Nonattachment and Desire in Practice
In this solo reflection, we look at the mind’s “stickiness”—how craving pulls us off-center—and explore nonattachment as freedom, not austerity. Drawing from the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, the Buddha, and the poets, we unpack the ever-flowing river / ever-full sea image and land it in everyday life: work, family, food, phone use, and the little bargains we make with desire. In this episode Nonattachment vs. renunciation: letting nothing own youWhy the relief after “retail therapy” comes from t...
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3 weeks ago
36 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Kill the Buddha — Spiritual Materialism, Ego, and Practice
Kill the Buddha? In this episode I unpack the famous Zen koan to expose spiritual materialism, ego traps, and how to ground practice in real life—on the cushion, in traffic, and in hard conversations. We look at the subtle ways the ego turns spirituality into an identity, and the simple moves that bring you back: breath, honesty, humility, and beginner’s mind. Along the way: Chögyam Trungpa’s warning about “spiritual materialism,” Jesus and the I AM, Richard Rohr’s The Universal Christ, Ram ...
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1 month ago
45 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Rose Colored Glasses — Kate Mageau on Abuse and Healing
Kate Mageau is a therapist, author, and toxic-relationship survivor who joins me to talk candidly about the mechanics of abuse, the long arc of healing, and what it takes to rebuild self-trust without losing tenderness or hope. Together we map the patterns that keep people stuck—gaslighting, shame spirals, trauma bonds, and the cycle of violence—and practice simple ways to move from analysis paralysis to clear decision-making. We focus on safety planning, overcoming hesitation, and mindfulnes...
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1 month ago
53 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Keep Moving — From Hesitation to Wholehearted Action
Hesitation can feel holy—like you’re safeguarding a perfect outcome—but it often becomes a kind of living death. This episode wrestles with wobbling (that anxious, double-minded stall) and what it takes to move with trust anyway. From Einstein’s bicycle to the Matrix Oracle, from a boot-camp tower to a spouse’s one-line koan, momentum itself begins to clarify the road. Planning is wisdom; paralysis is not. Early-episode experiments, an AI-editing spiral, awkward first dates, a career crossroa...
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1 month ago
49 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Unburned — Diane Buehler on Abuse, Faith, Motherhood
One afternoon in California, Diane Buehler quietly buckled her four young children into the car and left home for good—fleeing ten years of domestic abuse. In this special episode (the first with a guest on Standing Nowhere), host Jacob sits down with his mother, Diane, to hear how she not only survived those violent years but went on to raise five kids alone with unshakeable faith. Picture Diane as a young mother standing over a crib in the dark, one gentle hand resting on her sleeping baby’...
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1 month ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Anger Belongs — Transforming Anger with Mindfulness and Compassion
Anger is a blazing fire—blinding, burning, all-consuming. Within its flames is a chance to wake up with mindfulness and compassion and see ourselves more clearly. Picture a moment of calm—fresh off a morning meditation—shattered when another driver cuts you off with your kids in the backseat. One heartbeat you're serene; the next, you're slamming the brakes and seeing red. Or imagine working 60-hour weeks delivering food, only to get a $1 tip that stings with injustice. In these everyday mome...
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1 month ago
48 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose — Effort without striving in work, parenting, and practice
What happens when effort becomes a trap—when we mistake striving for strength, control for care? As one old hymn puts it: ‘Lay your deadly doing down—down at Jesus’ feet.’ From the exhaustion of gig work to the pressure of parenting, from trying to meditate “perfectly” to just trying to pay rent—this is a real-time reflection on burnout, surrender, and the strange freedom that comes when you loosen your grip. I talk about raising my son Trent, quitting habits, and missing him after he left ho...
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2 months ago
1 hour

Standing Nowhere
Trust the Silence — Morning Stillness, Beatitudes, and Surrender
“Live in the nowhere that you come from, even though you have an address here.” Rumi’s words echo through this gentle exploration of stillness amidst chaos. In a noisy sushi bar on a Friday night, Jacob quietly drafts an episode about silence — an irony that becomes an invitation into deeper presence. He shares how daily spiritual practice has become his lifeline. As a gig worker and father stretched thin by extreme hours, financial strain, and heartache, Jacob finds solace each morning in a ...
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2 months ago
36 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Reverence to Be — Failure, Forgiveness, and Compassion’s Quiet Work
“The greatest teacher, failure is.” — Yoda 🕊️ (Just as a wise Master once said, failure can be our teacher.) In this soulful episode, Jacob turns the grind of everyday life into a spiritual lesson. Standing Nowhere Episode 8 finds our host delivering groceries in 115°F heat—underpaid and sweating—yet whispering “thank you” for the moment. It’s a true story of finding gratitude in the grind: an everyday DoorDash delivery becomes a practice of presence and stillness. Jacob embraces what is, dis...
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2 months ago
50 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Falling into Flight — Avenged Sevenfold’s “Life Is But a Dream” Explained
This is a reflection, not a review. I unpack Avenged Sevenfold’s Life Is But a Dream… as a spiritual journey—from the plastic sheen of consumerism to ego dissolving into loving awareness, with grief and wonder braided through the whole. What’s inside: • “Game Over” → the frantic script of modern life and the hunger that turns us home • “Mattel” → masks, veneers, and the ache for something real • “Nobody” → nonduality, ocean-and-wave, the courage to let go • “We Love You” → satire of endless ...
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2 months ago
35 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Gone Like Smoke — Impermanence, Loss, and the Peace That Follows
“Everything that has the nature to arise… has the nature to pass away.” — The Buddha In this deeply honest episode, Jacob shares the emotional aftermath of car trouble, financial pressure, and fatherhood as his son steps into adulthood. With humor, heartbreak, and wisdom drawn from Buddhism, the Bible, and beyond, he explores the theme of impermanence—how everything we cling to, from stability to identity to love itself, will one day dissolve like breath on a mirror. You’ll hear reflections f...
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3 months ago
42 minutes

Standing Nowhere
When the Mud Settles — Peace in the Pressure and the Spaces Between
What if your life didn’t need to be fixed—but simply witnessed? In this episode, Jacob shares a vulnerable story about his car failing at the worst moment, old fears flaring up, and the strange stillness that followed. Through parenting, pressure, and frozen pizza, he explores how peace isn't something we create—it's something we notice when we stop fighting for control. You’ll hear reflections from Psalm 23, the Tao Te Ching, Star Wars, and a powerful teaching from the Buddha on breaking hab...
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3 months ago
42 minutes

Standing Nowhere
The Moon, Not the Finger — Mysticism Explained: Labels, Measurement, Mindfulness
Mysticism isn’t magic—it’s the direct experience behind every label. In “The Moon, Not the Finger,” we explore how names, borders, and even inches are useful fictions; why doctrines and measurements can’t touch what’s real; and how to recover clarity through mindfulness. Drawing on the Tao Te Ching, Rumi, Kabir, Meister Eckhart, and more, we look at the dance of opposites (hard/soft, good/evil), the veil of maya and the Eden story, and a fresh reading of “I AM” as living from being itse...
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3 months ago
47 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Sky Behind the Thoughts — Breath, Awareness, and Compassionate Attention
What if your thoughts are thinking themselves? In this third episode of Standing Nowhere, host Jacob Buehler guides you through a simple, anywhere practice—on a cushion, a chair, or even while commuting—to watch the breath, notice thoughts arising on their own, and taste the quiet, sky-like awareness behind them. You’ll hear how presence (awareness) and love are two sides of the same coin; why “suffering = pain × resistance”; and how prayer—understood as presenting what is—meets meditation in...
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3 months ago
45 minutes

Standing Nowhere
Faith Beyond Belief — From Doctrines to Direct Experience, and the Mystery that Remains
“I reached a point where the idea of not existing was more appealing than existing,” the host confesses. From that brink of despair, a quiet transformation took root—one that now fills even ordinary moments with a gentle sense of meaning and hope. This episode opens on that raw honesty and promises a journey beyond the edge of belief, toward something softer and more alive. It’s 3:00 AM and you’re wide awake, heart pounding over unpaid bills. In the silent darkness, worry feels endless—until ...
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4 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Standing Nowhere
I Don’t Know What I’m Doing — Gig Work, Mindfulness, and Starting This Podcast
On my 42nd birthday, I finally hit record. This first episode is a raw, honest origin story: life in the gig economy, working 50–60 hours a week to keep the lights on, and the moment in my car when everything bottomed out—and opened up. From toxic “think your way rich” self-help to a simple, practical mindfulness that met me right where I was (hands on the wheel, breath in the chest), I share how paying attention turned grinding anxiety into a surprising, steady peace. You’ll hear: How financ...
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4 months ago
45 minutes

Standing Nowhere
In your twenties, it’s easy to feel like you’ll always belong somewhere — a friend group, a workplace, a Saturday night ritual that feels like home. But what happens when those circles fade, and you suddenly find yourself everywhere in the city… yet belonging nowhere? In this deeply personal episode, Jacob shares the story of poker nights and found-family friendships, the sudden loss of someone who helped anchor his world, and the quiet isolation of gig work that left him feeling like a ghost...