Radical Compassion with Tara Brach

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Tara Brach joins Rick and Forrest to explore how we can find more compassion and acceptance while maintaining our motivation to change ourselves, and our world, in positive ways. About Our Guest: Tara is the founder and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C., and has a doctorate in clinical psychology. She is the author of three books: Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, and most recently Radical Compassion, and leads one of the largest mental-health and Buddhism-focused podcasts in the world. Key Topics: 2:00: Why “radical?” What does it mean to have “radical compassion?” 6:30: Practical applications of “no self.” 9:00: Maintaining “less self” while also being motivated to change. 10:30: How can we “accept ourselves” while also wanting to change in positive ways? 12:30: What gets in the way of compassion and self-acceptance. 17:15: The “trance” that keeps us away from compassion. 20:00: The RAIN meditation. 27:15: Making it easier to nurture ourselves. 32:15: “After the rain.” 34:00: Can, and should, we find acceptance and compassion for people we disagree with? 41:45: Coming to terms with our participation in systems of oppression. 48:50: Hope during challenging times. 52:30: Recap Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership. Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.5	Hello and welcome to being well I'm Forrest Hansen. If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting well-being. And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:18.8	I'm joined today, as usual by Dr. Rick Hansen, so Dad, how are you doing today?
0:23.0	I'm good and I'm especially good because we're going to have a chance to talk with someone
0:27.6	who's been a profound benefactor for me personally, which is a term that really
0:32.2	means something to me, as well as a teacher and a friend
0:36.1	and just one heck of a person all the way around, Tara Brock. So I'm really happy that we're going to be doing this.
0:42.1	I'm super happy to be here with Tara.
0:44.6	Tara is the founder and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C.
0:50.6	One of the largest non-residential meditation centers in the United States.
0:54.8	Prior to that, as you said, she earned her doctorate in clinical psychology and developed a
0:59.0	clinical practice.
1:00.6	Her teaching blends those two backgrounds, Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices,
1:05.6	mindful attention to our inner life, and then a full compassionate engagement with the outside world,
1:11.1	which has been perhaps particularly challenging recently.
1:14.8	Tara has taught all over the world and is the author of three books,
1:18.7	radical acceptance, true refuge, and most recently, radical compassion, which I believe just came out in
1:25.6	paper back. And her podcast is also I think the largest Buddhism focused
1:30.3	podcast in the world, which is pretty incredible incredible if you like what we're doing here
1:34.0	you should definitely give it a lesson so Tara it's great to have you here today how are you doing
1:39.0	first thank you I am totally delighted to be with both of you. You're both deers in my heart.
1:44.7	Yeah. Oh, that's sweet. One reason I wanted to really talk with you, including in terms of
1:50.8	current events, has to do both with your new book Radical Compassion,
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