#534. How to Stop the War Against Yourself | Tara Brach

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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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In this episode we talk about:

• Why Tara says self-hatred “divides us from our ourselves”
• The benefits of learning the habit to stop kicking our own asses
• Simple meditations to help us with self-forgiveness
• Questions that can help us understand what really matters to us, and what we really want
• The power of seeing the profundity in mundane experiences 
• A refresher on a fan favorite meditation technique: RAIN
• How to start trusting reality more than we believe the beliefs about ourselves
• Forgiveness vs accountability

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Where to find Tara Brach online: 

Website: https://www.tarabrach.com/

Social Media:

• Twitter: @TaraBrach 

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Other Resources Mentioned:

• Tara’s Dharma Talk: Self Forgiveness with RAIN
• Jeff Warren
• Jack Kornfield
• TPH: #224: Tara Brach: Making it RAIN
• TPH: #408: Can You Handle This? | Tara Brach
• TPH: #156: Shawn Achor, The Science Behind Gratitude
• Karl Menninger 

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Additional Resources:

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