Open Air with Cheri Huber Open Air with Cheri Huber - February 17, 2026
Feb 19, 2026
Lauren, a caller who tapered off long-term pain meds and found new well-being. Anne, a practitioner who took a risk by memorizing and recording poems to deepen practice. SRB, a Sangha member navigating illness and inner voices while reconnecting to practice. The conversation explores using presence to redirect attention, risking new practices, and living with compassionate awareness.
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Use Simple Interventions To Stop Self Talk
- When destructive self-talk shows up, redirect attention and use a simple chosen intervention instead of arguing with it.
- SRB used Bob Newhart style “stop it” and redirecting attention while sick to prevent conditioning from dominating her days.
Belief Changes How Moments Appear
- Perception shapes reality: believing each moment is perfectly right makes that true once the inner conversation drops away.
- Cheri noted without the voice in the head there is nothing wrong with any circumstance, even terrible events.
Maturity Shows Up As Not Feeding Ego
- Choosing not to feed ego impulses is a mark of maturity, not weakness; the centered self rarely brags or seeks to elevate itself.
- Kim described declining to claim “professional singer” and noticing the choice point where ego could have inserted itself.
