Tara Brach

Combining the principles of psychotherapy with the teachings of Buddhism, this illuminating guide explains how to eliminate the personal conflicts and feelings of not being good enough that can cause such problems as addiction, overwork, and perfectionism, and how to develop balance, compassion, acceptance, self-healing, and a more fulfilling life. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

Radical Acceptance

'An invitation to embrace ourselves with all our pain, fear and anxieties, and to step lightly yet firmly on the path of understanding and compassion' Thich Nhat Hanh Feelings of self-doubt and insecurity are what hold us back in life and cause true suffering. In her landmark book Radical Acceptance, renowned meditation and mindfulness teacher Tara Brach offers us all a path to freedom. Drawing on personal stories, Buddhist teachings and guided meditations Tara leads us to trust our innate goodness. She reveals how we can develop the balance of clear-sightedness and compassion, heal fear and shame and build loving, authentic relationships.

Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

Marcy Pursell 

A therapist recommended this book to me. The library book was several weeks away from being available, but the audiobook was available right away, so this is my first audiobook read. I didn't love Cassandra's voice, but I did end up listening to the whole thing over the course of several days. Immediately, the first chapter sucked me in and I felt like she was talking about me. As the chapters continued, she talked about different meditations or practices to do, but as a reader, or listener in this case, I was focused on that part and not stopping to practice the meditation. The author also mentions Buddhism and being a yogi, so I didn't connect as much to those things, but I very much appreciated all of the stories she shared about other people who came to her with issues over the years including some of her own problems that she shared. Overall, I think it was a very good book, very informative, and lets me know that we are all dealing with issues, and there are some ways to try and work on those.

Heiki Riesenkampf

Goes rather deep into Buddhism and how the author herself went through different phases of less and more spirituality in her life. A great recollection how to connect your spiritual self with your ambitious and career-driven self. Great read overall.

Ugis

Buddhist teachings to accepting life as it flows and raising our awareness. Somehow I expected a bit more from it in a more condensed writing. Was finally ok with few takeaways. [reading time: 11h20m]

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Andy Sporring

For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much--just hearing of someone else’s accomplishments, being criticized, getting into an argument, making a mistake at work--to make us feel that we are not okay. Beginning to understand how our lives have become ensnared in this trance of unworthiness is our first step toward reconnecting with who we really are and what it means to live fully. —from Radical Acceptance “Believing that something is wrong with us is a deep and tenacious suffering,” says Tara Brach at the start of this illuminating book. This suffering emerges in crippling self-judgments and conflicts in our relationships, in addictions and perfectionism, in loneliness and overwork—all the forces that keep our lives constricted and unfulfilled. Radical Acceptance offers a path to freedom, including the day-to-day practical guidance developed over Dr. Brach’s twenty years of work with therapy clients and Buddhist students. Writing with great warmth and clarity, Tara Brach brings her teachings alive through personal stories and case histories, fresh interpretations of Buddhist tales, and guided meditations. Step by step, she leads us to trust our innate goodness, showing how we can develop the balance of clear-sightedness and compassion that is the essence of Radical Acceptance. Radical Acceptance does not mean self-indulgence or passivity. Instead it empowers genuine change: healing fear and shame and helping to build loving, authentic relationships. When we stop being at war with ourselves, we are free to live fully every precious moment of our lives.

Radical Acceptance Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

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