Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- A (potentially challenging) Buddhist recipe handling anxious times. Tara Brach, a legendary meditation teacher, psychologist, and frequent flier on this show. She is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and has been active in bringing meditation into schools, prisons and underserved populations. She has also written several books including Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion and Trusting the Gold.  In this episode we talk about: A Buddhist tradition known as the Bodhisattva teachings… which are quite radical… and which Tara thinks can vastly improve your life… and the health of democracy.  We also talk about: why some people might think this stuff is too soft 4 practices to develop compassion  A mindfulness technique known as RAIN How mindfulness can help you see what is beneath your anger Letting distress be a portal—and the amazing phrase, "action absorbs anxiety" How to get active when you have limited time And how to counteract the tendency to numb out Tara also recorded a guided meditation based on this conversation, which you can find on www.DanHarris.com. Related Episodes: The Dalai Lama's Guide To Happiness Vitamin E: How To Cultivate Equanimity Amidst Political Chaos | Election Sanity Series | Roshi Joan Halifax A Counterintuitive Source of Hope | Sebene Selassie Best of the Archives: Making it RAIN | Tara Brach Can You Handle This? | Tara Brach How to Stop the War Against Yourself | Tara Brach Sign up for Dan's weekly newsletter here Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok Ten Percent Happier online bookstore Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Our favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular Episodes Full Shownotes: https://happierapp.com/podcast/tph/tarabrach-833

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