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Psychologist

Tara Brach is an American psychologist born on May 17, 1953. She is renowned for her contributions to mindfulness meditation and psychotherapy, particularly in the areas of stress management and emotional regulation. Dr. Brach's work emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and inner wisdom.

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“My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.”

Firsts Heart Book Feelings Suffering Turns Strong Understanding Steps Practice Path Teaching Acceptance Grew Forgiving Currents Radical Refuge Nurturing Unworthy Radical Acceptance

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“Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.”

Ends Desire Suffering

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“When desire for a certain person's attention becomes an "I have to have" kind of grasping, then identity gets organized around needing that and it becomes very solid and sticky. That causes suffering because we're not inhabiting the fullness of who we are, we're fixated and contracted on life being a certain way.”

Way Kind Persons Desire Certain Suffering Causes Attention Identity Organized Who We Are Fullness Grasping Sticky

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“There are stories we take on from our culture, and there are stories based on our own personal history. Some of those stories lock us in limiting beliefs and lead to suffering, and there are others that can move us toward freedom.”

Stories Moving Suffering Culture Belief Locks Personal History Limiting Beliefs

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“In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.”

Way Mind Suffering Kindness Seeing Acceptance Judging Happenings Radical Antidote

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“When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, "Darling, I care about your suffering," a deep healing begins.”

Care Pain Suffering Grief Healing I Care Darling Thich Nhat Hanh

Book:Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

Source: Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

“We, like the Mother of the World, become the compassionate presence that can hold, with tenderness, the rising and passing waves of suffering.”

World Mother Suffering Mom Wave Passing Passings Rising Compassionate Tenderness Being A Mom

Book:Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

Source: Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

“Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.”

Wisdom Faces Suffering Challenges Attitude Determine

Author:Tara Brach

“The Buddha never intended to make desire itself the problem. When he said craving causes suffering, he was referring not to our natural inclination as living beings to have wants and needs, but to our habit of clinging to experience that must, by nature, pass away.”

Want Needs Said Problem Desire Suffering Causes Natural Habit Inclination Craving Passing Away Clinging Referring Wants And Needs

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“Compassion can be described as letting ourselves be touched by the vulnerability and suffering that is within ourselves and all beings. The full flowering of compassion also includes action: Not only do we attune to the presence of suffering, we respond to it.”

Action Suffering Compassion Vulnerability Touched Flowering

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“As we free ourselves from the suffering of 'something is wrong with me, 'we trust and express the fullness of who we are.'”

Suffering Who We Are Fullness

Book:Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

Source: Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

“Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.”

Suffering Belief Attention

Author:Tara Brach

About the Author

Born: May 17, 1953
Known for: Psychologist
Quotes: 180

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Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and ShameRelated source material

True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened HeartRelated source material

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a BuddhaRelated source material

Radical Self-Acceptance: A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from ShameRelated source material

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