How to Stop the War Against Yourself | Tara Brach

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<p><em>New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.</em></p> <p>---</p> <p>It's possible to actually be addicted to self-criticism, especially as a way to keep yourself safe. But evidence shows that's not true, and today's episode dives into strategies to deal with your own self-hatred. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>This is part two of a series this week on forgiveness. In our last episode, Jack Kornfield focused on forgiving other people and in today's episode, Tara Brach talks about forgiving yourself. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>Tara Brach is a meditation teacher, psychologist and author of several books including Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion and Trusting the Gold. Her weekly podcast is downloaded 3 million times a month. Tara is also the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li>Why Tara says self-hatred "divides us from our ourselves"</li> <li>The benefits of learning the habit to stop kicking our own asses</li> <li>Simple meditations to help us with self-forgiveness</li> <li>Questions that can help us understand what really matters to us, and what we really want</li> <li>The power of seeing the profundity in mundane experiences </li> <li>A refresher on a fan favorite meditation technique: RAIN</li> <li>How to start trusting reality more than we believe the beliefs about ourselves</li> <li>Forgiveness vs accountability</li> </ul> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Full Shownotes:</strong> <a href= "https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/tara-brach-534" rel= "noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank">https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/tara-brach-534</a></p>