Product Description

In the same tradition as such bestselling authors as Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, Insight Meditation teacher Tara Brach has cultivated one of the largest and most active Buddhist meditation communities in the eastern United States. With Radical Self-Acceptance, this gifted guide brings her enthusiasm and depth of experience to a wide new arena of listeners for the first time. "Imagine what it would be like to be without anxiety about your imperfections," begins Brach. Employing her skills in two worlds, this clinical psychologist and meditation instructor takes on what she considers to be the most difficult – and pervasive – challenge to Westerners today: the suffering caused by our feelings of unworthiness and deficiency. Here, Brach teaches the specific practices we need to become more mindful and compassionate toward the "unforgivable" parts within ourselves – and how to free ourselves from "the prison of shame and self-aversion." Practical and supportive, Radical Self-Acceptance marks the debut of one of the most capable new voices today on the marriage between Eastern meditation and Western psychology.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43376 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-30
• Formats: Audiobook, CD
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 3
• Binding: Audio CD

About the Author
Tara Brach is the founder and senior teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. She is a practicing clinical psychologist, a lay Buddhist priest, and the author of In the Shadow of the Buddha.

From AudioFile
Dealing with feelings of unworthiness and self-loathing is the focus of this audio by a clinical psychologist who also teaches Buddhist meditation. It's a guide to practicing meditative awareness and to asking questions that clarify negative self-feelings to make them available for reworking. The author's belief in this process is profoundly evident as she repeats her suggestions, shares genuine stories of shame, and presses on with her invitation to reclaim the self, no matter how deficient or unacceptable it may seem to be. A solid resource goes beyond jargon and mere encouragement to offer a real possibility of emotional recovery. T.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Customer Reviews

Wonderful, Very Loving
I had read this book from the library and found it to be a very thoughtful and loving book addressing problems like shame and depression. Then I bought this book for my mom and she has found it very helpful.

Radical self-acceptance for all
Radical Self-Acceptance is a lovely guide to healing and bringing understanding and acceptance to all areas of life, from a buddist perspective. Not only will it bring healing to those listening to it, but to all beings. For when one person's energy shifts, it has the ripple effect on all those that are connected. We are all one. Peace and enjoy this gentle healing journey.

Excellent
A very good personal develpment aid. Integrates a psychodynamic, buddhist and humanistic approach. As a psychiatric nurse I work hard to provide groups for people who are looking for ways forward and feel desolate and lost. This CD helps me live and helps me help others too.