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The Tony Robbins Podcast · May 10, 2026 · 59:14

Byron Katie: The Simple Practice That Ends Emotional Suffering

Byron Katie and Sage Robbins explore "The Work," Katie's transformative self-inquiry method for ending emotional suffering. In a deeply personal conversation, Sage vulnerably shares how discovering The Work helped her navigate fertility struggles, miscarriages, and grief—and how it's enabling her to find presence and peace while caring for her mother with dementia. Rather than lecturing, Byron guides Sage through a real-time inquiry, demonstrating how questioning stressful thoughts can transform pain into clarity and connection.

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Curious

The Work: Four Questions for Examining Stressful Thoughts
The Work is a self-inquiry method using four questions to challenge stressful thoughts and reveal hidden assumptions, enabling emotional freedom and clarity.

Editorial

As Byron guides Sage through The Work inquiry about her mother's dementia, fear and guilt give way to presence, clarity, and joy—revealing how much love and connection is missed when trapped in fearful thoughts.
Fertility Struggles and The Work: From Hopelessness to Peace
Sage Robbins shares how discovering The Work transformed her during a painful season of repeated miscarriages, fertility struggles, and being told she had less than a one-in-a-million chance of becoming a mother.
The episode explores the emotional complexity of caregiving for a parent with dementia, showing how questioning fearful thoughts can transform the caregiving experience from pain into presence and love.
After nearly a decade of severe depression and despair, Byron Katie experienced a sudden awakening in 1986 that fundamentally changed how she understood suffering and led to the creation of The Work.

References

Loving What IsByron Katie (2002)Katie's foundational book introducing The Work

Misc

Sage Robbins' fertility journey: told she had less than a one-in-a-million chance of becoming a mother, experienced repeated miscarriages
The episode is Mother's Day-themed and centers on Sage's relationship with her mother, who has dementia
Byron Katie experienced a life-changing awakening in 1986 after nearly a decade of severe depression and despair
The Work is presented as a living, demonstrated practice—not just explained but enacted in real-time with Sage
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