Radical Self-Acceptance: A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from Shame

Tara Brach
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How would your life change if you genuinely accepted yourself, just the way you are? According to Dr. Tara Brach, feelings of shame and unworthiness are the source of many problems we experience with our relationships, careers, creative endeavors, and most fundamentally, our spiritual unfolding. Course Explain how feelings of shame and unworthiness are the source of many problems we experience with our relationships, careers, creative endeavors, and most fundamentally, our spiritual unfolding. • Discuss Radical Self-Acceptance and how to free yourself from the grip of your insecurities about being good enough. • Practice Radical Self-Acceptance as a way to discover the freedom that comes with kindness and true appreciation of yourself and others. • Utilize insights from both Eastern contemplative traditions and Western psychotherapies to guide you through a full program of meditations and skills you need to become more compassionate toward the unforgivable parts of your Self. On Radical Self-Acceptance , this respected clinical psychologist and Buddhist meditation teacher shows you how to free yourself from the grip of your insecurities about being good enough. With insights from both Eastern contemplative traditions and Western psychotherapies, Dr. Brach guides you through a full program of meditations and skills you need to become more compassionate toward the unforgivable parts of your Self. As Dr. Brach says, the most difficult―and pervasive―challenge to Westerners today is the suffering caused by our feelings of unworthiness and self-aversion. Radical Self-Acceptance offers a way to break out of this emotional prison, so you can discover the freedom that comes with kindness and true appreciation of yourself and others.
Genres: Self HelpNonfictionPsychologySpiritualityBuddhismAudiobookMental HealthHealthPhilosophyPersonal Development
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