Tara Brach on dealing with fear and uncertainty

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🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The 7 team is off for Memorial Day so we're bringing you a conversation our colleague Elahe Izadi had recently that we've been thinking about a lot. It digs into how to manage what we can't control as the world can feel increasingly uncertain.

Elahe sat down with Tara Brach, a therapist with a PhD in clinical psychology who has also spent years studying Buddhism and mindfulness. Tara teaches meditation, and she’s written several books including one called “Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha.”

If you’re interested in learning more about her work or accessing her podcast and meditations, you can find that here.

This episode was produced by Emma Talkoff and mixed by Sam Bair. It was edited by Maggie Penman.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Hannah. The seven team is off for the Memorial Day holiday. We'll be back to catch
0:07.5	you up as usual tomorrow morning. Today, though, I want to share a conversation that first
0:12.6	published earlier this month on another Washington Post podcast. That show is called Post Reports.
0:19.3	In a special weekend conversation, my colleague Alahi Azadi spoke with the renowned psychologist Tara Bragg.
0:26.7	It's a conversation about how mindfulness can help us cope with uncertainty.
0:32.2	Here's that conversation, which, again, as you'll hear, was first published on May 17th.
0:37.6	Enjoy, and I hope you're able to get a break this holiday.
0:43.2	Hey there, it's Ella Hey. I hope you're having a great weekend.
0:47.9	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
0:55.3	Brock. She has a PhD in clinical psychology. She's a therapist. And she's also spent years
1:01.5	studying Buddhism and mindfulness. She teaches meditation. And she's written several books,
1:07.7	including one called Radical Acceptance.
1:14.8	Recently, I found myself turning more and more to Tara's work.
1:20.9	I just went through a health crisis, which is why you haven't heard me much on the show in recent months.
1:25.1	I caught it early, and I'm better now and in the clear.
1:29.3	But during those months, I was dealing with a lot of fear.
1:31.6	Tara's meditations helped.
1:37.6	But even if you're not going through a health scare, the world is really scary right now.
1:47.3	A lot of us look around and see wars, climate change, economic uncertainty, just a lot of overwhelming things we can't control.
1:51.6	So today we're going to have a conversation about fear.
1:58.2	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post reports.
2:01.0	I'm Elahe Izadi. It's Saturday, May 17th.
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