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True Refuge

Psychologist Tara Brach on True Refuge From Body Dissatisfaction

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W. | Posted 04.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Bad Body Image, Body Image, Meditation, Tara Brach, True Refuge, Body Dissatisfaction, Radical Acceptance, Binge Eating, Positive Body Image, Body Compassion, Healthy Lifestyle, Mindfulness Meditation, Self-Image, Healthy Living News
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.

"The intention is to feel compassion toward yourself so there's less identification with the self that is disgusted with looking bad and more of an inhabiting of the awareness that is observing with kindness."

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Where Do We Find Peace and Freedom? An Interview With Tara Brach, Ph.D.

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. | Posted 04.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stress, Psychotherapy, Depression, Trauma, Mindfulness, Elisha Goldstein, Tara Brach, True Refuge, Anxiety, Compassion, Emotional Wellness, Healthy Living News
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

Tara Brach embodies and emphasizes that beneath the turbulence of our minds and hearts is a loving awareness that as we learn to tap into over and again can reveal a source of resiliency, peace and genuine happiness.

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Loosening the Grip of Core and Limiting Beliefs

Tara Brach | Posted 01.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Health, Feelings of Endangerment, Inspiration, Taking Refuge in Presence, Limiting Beliefs, Living Your Purpose, Healthy Living, With Our Thoughts We Make the World, Happiness, Meditation, True Refuge, Mindfulness, Stillness, Wisdom, Healthy Living News
Tara Brach

Our core beliefs are often based on our earliest and most potent fears -- we construct our strongest assumptions and conclusions about life from them. This conditioning is in service of survival.

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