Hey there, it's Ella Hey. I hope you're having a great weekend. Today, I wanted to bring you a

conversation I recently had with someone whose work I've followed for a while. Her name is Tara Brock.

She has a PhD in clinical psychology. She's a therapist. And she's also spent years studying Buddhism and mindfulness.

She teaches meditation, and she's written several books, including one called Radical Acceptance.

Recently, I found myself turning more and more to Tara's work.

I just went through a health crisis, which is why you haven't heard me much on the show in recent months.

I caught it early and I'm better now and in the clear.

But during those months, I was dealing with a lot of fear.

Tara's meditations helped.

But even if you're not going through a health scare, the world is really scary right now.

A lot of us look around and see wars, climate change, economic uncertainty,

just a lot of overwhelming things we can't control.

So today, we're going to have a conversation about fear.

From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post reports.

I'm Elahe Izadi.

It's Saturday, May 17th.

Today, how fear shows up in our lives and what we can do about it.

And at the end of the episode, Tara Brock will lead us through a guided meditation. I visited Tara's home on a rainy afternoon,

and I started off by asking her to define mindfulness and meditation, especially for people

skeptical of this approach or who feel like

they could never meditate.

Yeah.

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